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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
The Nations Street.

The prospect for securing apprOpria-
ton for a municipal building at this ses-
sion of Congress is favorable. The need
Is apparent and the evident economy of the
case is to provide forthwith for this neces-
sary home for the District government.
The question of a site is of first import
ance. The proposition to locate the build
ing on judiciary Square seems to receive
favor in some quarters. 1t is opposed.
however, to the best thought for the i'm
provement of the capital. which suggests
the location of all future structures upon
the south side of Pennsylvania avenue,
from the Capitol to the Treasury. The post
Office building is contribution to this end
and should be followed by other cCnstruc-
lions rapidly as the needs of the govern
ment and the state of the public purse will
allow.
The municipal building. as the seat of
local government. deserves to be every bit
as prominent. both in design and in loca-
ton. as any departmental building. The
devotion of the area lying between the ave
nue. and the mall to this purpose commends
itself to every consideration of propriety
and utility. The street itself is one of the
most beautiful in the world. Its historical
suggestions are unsurpassed by those of
any other thoroughfare. Its uses are now
and will always be suggestive of dignified.
beautiful surroundings. 1t is the nations
street. just as the capital is the nations
city. 1t should be lined by the most deco
rative and significant of the architectural
creations here assembled.
The government owes 1t to itself to pro-
vide for the future by deciding now upon
a policy Of public construction which shall
be susceptible in the years to come of har-
monious systematic development To scat
ter the public buildings here and there. de-
pending upon passing circumstances or in
sistent influences to determine the choice
of q site, is to neglect the very essentials
of capital making. To declare certain
range of sites the choice of the government.
preserving all the utilities and the unities,
is to take the surest and longest step to-
ward making Washington the true symbol
of the republic.
Something has been done toward central
izing the buildings by grouping five of the
departments in the immediate vicinity of
the Executive Mansion. A continuation of
this group eastward along the avenue
would therefore be logical, and the OPP
portunity is at hand to settle the policy by
establishing this "city hal1 on that line.
abandoning the petty thought of a little
false economy to be achieved by locating
1t in one of the parks. The money saving
would be comparatively insignificant. The
violence done to the principles of park
preservation would count for far more
the other side of the ledger. The real in
vestment in permanent beauty and utility
by putting this building on the avenue
range would soon be realized upon in the
development of the best and most lasting
phase of capital creation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

The death of Senator-elect Harvard of
Nebraska. instead of proving a political
boon to the parties in that state opposed to
the republicans. by affording a chance to
gain seat in the upper house of Congress
mas turned out to be a serious handicap
and, according to the tale told by a special
dispatch from Omaha to The Star. printed
today, it may seriously interfere with the
national plans Of the democrats and the
populists. Great results sometimes flow
from comparatively Insignificant sources
The death of Hayward summoned a swarm
OF senatorial aspirants. Foremost were AL
len, the populist, and Hitchcock, the demo-
crat, each state leader in his own faction.
each with unblemished prestige as a fighter
for free coinage and a hater of republic
canism. Each was friend to Bryan Each
could dc him much harm in opposition as
well as much good In support. After a
time of turmoil and intrigue the word came
from Bryan's peripatetic headquarters that
Allen should be favored. The governor
forthwith appointed Allen. Immediately
arose an outcry from the affronted Hitch
cock and his men, and now a row is on
which threatens fusion not only in the state
but In the country as well.
It appears from this information that AL
len has played q shrewd game. 1t is as
serted that he literally forced his selec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

The kaiser's methods may be theatrical
and he may be overload of the center of
the stage. but there is no denying the fact
that he Is an exceedingly clever politician.
He has repeatedly given evidence of this.
but never more convincing evidence than
in the address he delivered on yesterday
The occasion was not of great Importance
but his theme was, and he handled 1t so as
to get the ear, one may be sure, of every
man in the empire. Whenever he talks
about my army and my navy" quotes
from his grandfather. whom he calls "the
great emperor" and asserts that the securi-
ty of my empire rests upon the devotion
Of my people in arms. he is in his frank
est and sincerest mood.
Such was his tone and mood in Berlin
yesterday. Never was time better chosen
Attention everywhere is fixed on England
The prestige of great empire is at stake
and for the moment is somewhat impaired
And there is an impression, widely prevail
ing, that the English have been caught
mapping; that they have permitted their
army establishment to run down, and so
have suffered Notifying check at the
hands of a pair of pigmies among the ma
tons This may be an extreme and mac
curate appraiSement of the situation lint
nevertheless it has been accepted very gen.
orally, and probably nowhere with less
reservation than in Germany, where pride
in the army is so high and where appro-
priations for the army are as a rule so lib
eral
so the kaiser. anxious not only to keen
both the land and sea arms of his forces at
the top notch of efficiency. but to inerease
their size and power refers with gratitude
10 the situation at home. and insists that
nothing must be spared to keep the father
land by such means well up to its oppor
tunities and duties. He makes of course
not the slightest reference to England but
the English, SO to speak Of his whole ad
dress is, Let US not be caught in such A
trap. The German people once permitted
their military power TO wane. and they were
humbled into the dust. But the mistake of
hundred years ago must not be repeated
What we are today we owe to our yalor in
the held and to our preparedness for war.
and We must preserve what we have and
push on"
1t will be strange indeed If this appeaI
SO shrewdls and 50 timely put, does not ac-
ccmplish all that the kaiser has in view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

ton by allowing it to be known that II
turned down in this race he would become
a candidate for the presidency this year
on straight-out populist ticket. Here was
a state of thiugs-a choice between a demo-
cratic enemy and populist ally on the
one hand and a populist enemy and a
democratic ally on the other. That Mr..
Bryan chose the former alternative Ind
cates that he estimat ted the populist alliance
as Of more consequence than the democratic
enmity.
The complication grows apace. The Hitch
cock democrats, including the Simon-pure
of the faith in Omaha and other cities, have
virtually declared war on Bryan and all his
works. They have named Hitchcock as
POSTMASTER at the forthcoming Jackson
banquet. in violation of the rules of the
Jackson Club. Bryan was scheduled to speak
on The Fate of the Nation toast calcu-
lated to extract from him his fullest flow of
oratorical criticism. A few days ago and
everything pointed to this banquet as
great event, the onset of the Bryan second
charge upon the White Hosse. Now it
promises to be either fizzle. with the
chief speaker conveniently absent. or else
to smash fusion in Nebraska into smitner-
Gems.
Big factors are at work. The iist of
guests includes some of the most striking
names in the democratic roster. These
guests are seeking ostensibly to close the
breach. Can they do it? On this question
hangs perhaps the success of the forthcom-
ing program of fusion between the demo-
cratic and the populist parties. But with
singing specials speeding by order from
Omaha to the Cincinnati Enquirer. describ-
ing the feud. it is clear that in some quar-
ters at least the row in Nebraska. calcu-
lated in its present proportions to cost Mr..
Bryan his own state at tie next election. is
viewed with keen delight. Verify all is not
we'll in the camp of the silverites. and the
fruit Of fusion is as ashes on the lips of the
faithful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

The year 1899 win long be remembered
as a phenomenal one in our trade history.
In all lines of production, with one or two
miner exceptions. We have broken our own
best records and distanced all previous
achievements. 1t may indeed be called ex-
pausion year.
We said at the beginning of the discus
sion of the matter of expansion that this
country was destined to expand in the in
evitable order of things. Expansion is a
fact rather than a theory. and the past
year has amply demonstrated it. Here and
there there may be local exhibition of lax
prudence, but in the country at large the
steady march is forward. We have start
ed to set the gauge for the coming century.
and this year will show astonishing re-
suits.
America is expanding and these are our
preliminary expansion years. Our future
Is assured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
Wasted Time in the Senate.


If Senator Mason's renewed attempt to so
change the Senate rules of debate as to
provide for stoppage of talk by the appli-
cation of the previous question does moth
ing more, 1t will at least call the attention
of the country again, and keep it directed,
to the grave misuse of the public time now
so often made by the Senate. Under it's
present rules there is nothing to hinder in
terminable debate on a question of trifling
Importance, and there is no stay to fiiibus-
tering. The people do not approve of such
laxity, and protest at every session against
the long and pointless speeches in which
senators indulge, but that body has ig-
nored them heretofore, and WILL doubtless,
continue to ignore them until the pressure
of public sentiment becomes too strong to
be resisted. Senator Mason's resolution
may be the thin edge of the wedge that
will eventually pry the Senate away from
its traditions in this respect and Introduce
needed reform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

pense. Should any general street railway
legislation be enacted this session by Con-
gress one item of it should certainly refer
to the protection of the motormen. even
though the companies might seek to show
that the percentage of days when that pro-
lection is required is relatively low In
Washington. When there are agencies for
the prevention of cruelty to animals and
children there should assuredy be some
thought for the prevention of cruelty to
these essential servants of the people.
whose sufferings are virtually unnecessary,
being ayoida BILE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
Mighty Interesting Reading.
m the st. Pall Pioneer Press.

What a scoop 1t would have been had
some loyal journalist managed to get hold
of Aguinaldo's correspondence before it fell
into the hands of our soldiers and was
placed under seal. The editing of all those
letters from Aguinaldo's American sympa-
thiZers would have been a luscious job
Even as it is, however. the thought CT
those letters in the hands of our govern
ment must give American disloyalists many
a bad quarter Of an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

One of the peculiar things about our civ
ilizatioh is that the Seeley dinner continues
to be talked about long after the momen-
tous> political banquets in New York have
been forgotten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
Alert.

1.-THE great danger said the grave citi-
zen, sis that we will drift into a paternai
form of government
Yes" answered Mr.. Meekton, with a
sigh; ''Henrieti seems worried about that
every time / speak to the Children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
Variable.

What is this title professor that hear
so often?" asked the distinguished for
eigner
We'll" answered Miss Cayenne ''u's
getting rather hard to tell. Usually it
means man who knows more than any
one else, and sometimes it means a man
who simply won't work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

The election of a man who has conducted
an anneXationist paper in Toronto to be
mayor of that city is not regarded as being
of sufficient importance to call forth a
poem from Sir Alfred Austin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
Beset With Doubt.

I'm glad the holidays are over" said the
little woman with an anxious look in her
eyes.
Don't you enjoy the gladstone spirit Of
the timer"
mo. If I don't give my husband a pres
ent he feels sighted. and If I do give him
one he makes fun of it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
SHOOTING STARS.


There's no doubt about it, said the
man with a large diamond in his necktie;
that man is genuine patriot.
How do you know?''
why he can get up as much enthusiasm
over an election as he does over a prize
fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

Mr.. David B, Hill could give Mr.. BRYAN
some solemn admonitions about the man
ner in which Richard Croker is liable to
treat a acknowledgements
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

Senator Mason has not yet offered any
sympathy to the people who seem to be
getting the worst of it In this beginning-of-
the-twentieth-century argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

BY finishing the fight in five rounds Mr..
Kid Mccoy conferred a benefit on those
people who will go to see the ma gic- intern
pictures of the affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

In spite of the temptation to make a new
start with the year 1900 the Molineux trial
will resume at the point where it left on.
instead of going back to the beginning
This represents a great and welcome saving
of time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

Havana is disposed to feel more kindly
toward the United States than ever since
discovering that this country has some pic
turesque and noisy holiday customs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
Not Superseded.

The horse and bicycle have fled
From modern needs they say;
But the father who with cold half dead
Must draw the gleeful youngsters sled
Is on the turf to stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

There are people who will believe that
Senator Clark is being made a martyr of
simply because he was not stingy in an
election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
A GIOriOus Day.

Some welcome it. day of fun,
And sing of January 1.
But give me January 2,
When all the hideous noise is through.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

Now that the prize fight program has
reached intermisslon. Congress may
once more step forward and be heard from.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

1t would be unreasonable to expect Score
'ary Gage to carry large sums of govern
nent money In his inside pocket until peo-
pie can decide just what he ought to do
with il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

Andrew Carnegie might have been elect
ed to office several times with the money
ne has spent in educational work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

England has not yet felt called upon to
dare Dom Paul to come out on the ocean
and fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02

OM per cent discount on all Cloth Suits
~ at $40 to $45, all Coats at SO to
SOS. all Fur Garments at S. to $50. all
Tea Gowns Wrappers and Bath Robes at
81 to $40. all Silk Petticoats at IS to SIS,
all Dressing Sacques at 9Sc to IS.
O2~ for. the A1l-wool Flannel Waists
worth $1.4S to $2.4S. Only 81 35
for those that were 81 .9s to 1898. Black
and colors. Plain and braided.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-26

they are matters Of record which the
Democracy cannot get away from. Then
weimustitake intoiaccount the Economic
conduct Of the public Institutions OF the
state. Notwithstanding the increase ia
the population and the consequent In
creased demands on these institutions
they show q decided improvement over
the Democratic administration, the
penitentiary being brought up 10. "a self
supporting basis instead OF recording
deficit exhibits. q
The auditor further shows that dui-
Ing the years OF 1ssa-1S96 Inclusive, the
Democratic administration spent for
criminal charges, uncllding deficiency
claims accruing previous to October /,
1896, which had to be paid by the Re-
publican legislature OF 1880 the sum OF
s4sS,243 81, while the Republican state
administration during a like a,pcrlod.
iss7-lsoo inclusive, spent $3.50, 900, a saw
Ing Of s55,243 81 in four; years.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-26

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any cnse OF Catnrrh that can.
not be cured by.Hull's Cntnrrh Cure.
.t}s FIJI. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. o. q
,,We. the undersigned. have known L.
J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable In ail
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm. \. ly5 aE
WEST & TRUAE,
.tiii Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O..
1lFWALDING, liINNAN & MARVIN,
', Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
md mucous surfaces OF the system,
Testimonials sent free. Price TIC per
bottle. Sold by oil druggists. -
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-26
Just Mended Three Ribs.

1t really was OF no consequence, d"
said Senator Scott, when questioned
about the adventure few moments
after. only ! have Just got three
broken ribs mended. and l was afraid
the strain would break them again"
Another adventure Of Mr.. Scott was
related by the cheerful Gibbs Senator
SCOTS only other colleague In sight II.
Headquarters. Scott said to me-" said
MIR. Gibbs, Fred what kind OF people
do you have coming up hcre?' It seems
that 1 nice-looking young fellow was
the first one to brace him. Said he
had a scheme for hanner ,aising at
Long Branch or Asbury Park, or some
where, and then asked Scot for fifty
cents to get down there? Did he get
the half? He did not"
Mr.. Gibbs IL very proud of the mp
pearance Of the headquarters. There
Is a sign In n maroon ground and with
gold letters across the front OF the
Metropolitan Life Building, which
reads: Headquarters Republican Ma
tlonal Committee" 1t looks as if Sena-
tor Hanna and his friends owned the
whole sky-scrapcr. They only have
twenty-five rooms on the third floor.
Senator Scott picked out n room that
has all the, southerly brcezes. No
winds frcm any other point get into
any OF the rooms. 'Slnce I'm going
to be here all summer. let's be com.
Portable" said the senator.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-26

Imperialism does not impress the
western Germans as much as the build
ters of the Kansas City platform mag
ined 1t would. DR.. Emil yPretorlus. the
editor Of the westliche Post. an infiu-
entail newspaper Of ST. Louis. persists
In adhering to the financial question as
the most important one of the cam
paisn. "Expansiop," says he, SIS com
paratively an academic question; free
silver Is practical" He does not find
everything in. the, Republican platform
that he looks for. But he finds l6 to /
in the Democratic platform. mo more
dangerous political heresy." he tells tn.
Germans. "has been, promulgate ted in re-
cent years, and the }Westhche Post will
look upon II as an imperative duty to
tlght,lt until 1t is squelched."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-26
What Will BRYAN Saw 2

y While Mr.. Bryan is rounding his sem
fences and polishing his periods on i'm
perialism' which he expects to thunder
forth In his speech Of acceptance at In
dianapolis, 1t would be wise for him to
study what President Mckinley sud to
the committee that notified him Of his
nomination. ut Canton. In speaking OF
the policy to be pursued toward our
new possessions the President said:
There will be amnesty broad and lib.
eral. but no abatement OF our right. no
abandonment Of our, duty Thare must
be no scuttle policy. We will fulfill In
the Philippines the obligations imposed
by the triumphs of our. arms and by the
treaty Of peace: by international law:
by the nations sense OF honor; and,
more than all, by the rights. interests
and conditions Of the Philippine peoples
themselves. No outside interferencu
blocks the way to peace and stable
government. The obstructlonists are
here. not elsewhere. They may post
pone, but they cannot defeat the reali-
cation OF the high purpose OF this ma
ton to restore order to the islands and
10 establish n Just and generous gov
eminent, In which the Inhabitants shall
have the largest participation OF which
they nre capable. E''1F
I'VE have been moving IN untricd
paths. but our steps have been guided
by honor and duty. There will be no
turning aside. no waverIng. no ratraat.
No blow has been struck except for lib.
erty and humanity. and none will be.
We will perform without fear every
national and international obligation.
The Republican party was drticatni
to freedom forty-four years ago. It has
been the party OF liberty and emancipu-
ton from that hour; not of profession.
but OF performance. 1t broke the
shncklcs OF 100000 slaves and made
them free. and to the party OF Lincoln
has come another supreme opportunity.
which It hns bravely etin the liberation
Of 100000 Of thu human family from
the yoke OF imperialism. In its solution
OF great problems. In It's performance o!
high duties, II lils had this support OF
members OF all parties In the past and