Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-22
SCENE OF SPLENDOR


Conditioner .-,,, r,,.,,o.,
VooneInueu I.o-. -.eS en.n Z ase.J
OF the country is destined to be the f,nan-
ciaI center of the world
And. gentlemen, for a nation that loves
peace better than war, and liberty better
than peace. a nation that in three short
months won its way into the peerage of
nations. what is too grand to represent
such a country? We should build In this
capital institutions rejecting the grandeur
of the nation We should have the finest
government buildings, our homes should be
palaces IL need be, and our streets and
avenues should be broader and more beau
tifuI than any in the world. We should
Law broad plans and build nobly to repre.
sc MT the grand liberty loving people of the
United States"
Mr.. Needi1am was eloquent and feryid.
and WAS constantly fntcrr1lnted nv app}anse
f' H. NS's ENe"afAs'
Toastmaster Edison next introduced Mr..
R. Ross Perry, one Of the local members
Of the centennial fcommfttee Mr. Perry
a,a A., o,,,,,,o, Of loo 4,,,o.,, -. -.
that had never occurred before In the ma
tional city. -;
we meet mere fonlshe. he continued
gross and Nth gnxarnnrs "a, e,son ~ LII Ill
of this broad land, and, know of no
that of an honoreds mother seeing her 10y
a. sons ga.nerihg ABOUT put, aer TO express their
iosal uS'o'ioi. CLo years ago our
ii,'iu , htpsei ,ea3 tssn suns. Ah,fteeh
:. sioSs t.ae p" 80, ousn a u,oous'
naro war before .iey saEhereo aoout ner.
~ iothe, evei iau q ip e'lrirei .iiall
tiiose lnii leen .h 1.'tsS. It's. n,Ie
SUI 'a1t,s NJ INC "a ihes "eie I'll,
hloit. he ,i!,l a IT. ienless , lney
prousnt WIN them thelr Respective stories
Ol eiiOIl soCteSS. -NcAl C'ttiie
chio' LOUISIANA Ihuiaiia, Iliiiiio's anu MICH,
lsah. Eacn one was new Dlith aho g.c,,
ohe piousnt 10 nr,.oH pc, '.nET Mh.'
sohs our hationai Iapt.al, our washington
our dhother, mas. Nnat sons Ihey are.
IN coiiils tose' III 'oihsn- we liial
put liie pesiiliiiiis ms - tile ms. nm
lhe hlother SONS ,r tars sa'neieu a apou. tns
hd.iohai pdith.. ~. go iiioticl 10 neai
ana oeaI 10 ,hehi, ~. my iiiuch SralieeI Is
.ne Ia.iu u o nc p sopiI VI ~.
country nave never yer . peea, nnlesa as theS
NJ 'pua Hs that has haar .hsa 81 nv Ill
rue ood. tiih' ia osen aiisu III .ii,. pas
mas no. neeh saeu .n vail H., iur i =. oFts
US together anu ilah eS vs. Ieaiise snal
a. ta 10 hIassing's ""i'''' 10 so''ie
Co.,, ,,.,,;,a .ho,,, =. 49,. g.
an,,,ttoo fa,,a,,.a. NJ D.,
So, 80 ;.s.~,s,,S, NJ. 60
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IN az tiial - soilis oit III WasI,.llstoli ooh
ing " ils deSetopiheh. anu 'iipi oFehitht l
nave enjoyed uoine what couid 10 acorn
Wasniastoh anu mar II .he mos. peauti-
Iui CITY on enis hemisphere IL nos on me
s,ooe user; Inns Mofh its oseh tIe mos 5
PHEASANT OF my uuties; II l naii pe sple
70 no soiHetniIs u HGiP 't'of''' TINS 1ehleii-
MAJ ce epratioh shali ieei lap2y. lnueed.t
l. 100 peHeVe that IN washington we
pulioihss on tIe oruer el the Consressiohal
Library; which Is the nncss OF It's KIND IN
the world All OF the people who come here
want to see that library building and they
profit by doing so. There should be other
buildings like 1t. And, further. We ought
to have some certain section designated
Where all our pubic pul'dinS3 could &c
located. am sure something to this end
VIII come from To-Day meeting ana to-
nights gathering
1.-THE Washington board of trade is
unique organization. 1t looks after the
interests of the people, and | have always
found it ready and willing to assist the
committees of Congress in carrying on any
plans for the benefit OF the CITY,.
Gov. NcMtIltp,. posit,ou.
GoV- Benton AcMllhn OF tennessee was
introduced as an old friend of the District.
The governor declared he could NOT ex-
press his delight at being once more with
~
me people Oh washington alter re"
months of absence. One of the proudest
boasts of his life, he said. was that during
twenty years in Congress he had never
lost sight of the great interests of the re-
public and of Washington, it's capital.
Il suppose I am the only man YOU ever
saw who, after serving twenty years in
Congress, resigned to accent the governor
ship of his state. And YOU ask me WHY.
1t was because 1 am governor today of the
Gov McHiIyin raferrad H. ~ ,ha raoors 90
Mexican conflict. There was no building or
improvement IN Washington in which he
" INTO noIitics sat:;,. .s''iiiii uiii'eu priei
ut seems to have become the fashion
nowadays for to put our cheek by the
1owl of Great Britain. Gentlemen, I am
an American citizen and l want no alliance.
we couldn't get Britain when we needed
her ard now we do not want her. | am
neither Boer nor Britbn, but if had to be
one or the other l would be a Boer for
tnose people are fighting for liberty. Some
times we see pusilianimous little fellow
VINO says he does not believe the American
government is quite strong enough Can
any one want anything stronger than self
government" BY self-government this