The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-03


I Cabinet the supreme Court the Congress.
and the Ambassadors and Ministers of all
I the other Governments Of the world ac-
credited to the United States This IS
and ought to be, and always will be- its
3 distinctive glory II had this At its be
ginning hundred years ago. when Pres
ldent John Adams announced formally 10
Congress the transfer Of the seat Of Gov
eminent 60 its borders Even then u had
that fine srCiety which il has always had
since, and hat noble life, fun Of interest
I anu cuitur', OF high pursuits and great
aHdlIS- IT mas not the most pOlyglOt
population, but II has the most COsmO-
politan interests in the United States
All the Presidents except George
I Washington. and all their Cabinet off,
GERS. all the Chief Justices from John
AarShdll down. and all their associates In
the Supreme Court. ali the Vice Presi-
rents since Jefferson. all the Senators and
all the Representative since the Fifth
Congress. all the Ambassadors and Min
lSterS of foreign Governments since 1900
an the great officers of the army and
navy and many of our most eminent
scientists have been residents OF the Dis
I trict OF Columbia, and have contributed
10 It's society, always distinguished for its
refinement and culture not only the
honor Ga cheir presence. but the riches Of
their minds. More important still. the
public men have done their great deeds
ana spoken their great words. making in
large measure the history Of our country
m the District of Columbia. Simply to
recall the names Of men whose biOgra-
plies are that history win give yO1 a true
conception Of the wealth and greatness
OF the district of Columbia. which claims
them, their speeches and their actions at
their best as its own Each of them is
claimed by some State. possibly as its
proudeSt boast. but all Of them belong to
the District Of Columbia where they
IVed ont their greatness in word and in
deed
= BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED CITY.
The Intelligent American. visiting
Washington for the first time. sees not
only that it is beautiful for situation and
beautiful in Itself. with it's splendid ave-
nues and streets. its parks and trees. its
noble buildings and handsome residences.
but that II Is majestic and impressive in
its memories and associations. He sees
1t peopled with our leaders in the century
whose progress this exposition celebrates.
In the Executive Mansion. in the Capitol.
ON Pennsylvania Avenue. he walks in the
footprints Of the greatest men we have
known, and he sees at every turn remind
ers Of their lives and their work The
washington Monument, towering above
an similar structures in the world. is a
symbol not only of the great and pure
FOUNDERS life. but Of the life Of the city
which he founded in its greatness and
simplicity, IN its high aspira tons and in
us separation from mercenary cOnSidera-
uons- We need no Westminster Abbey
WINE we nave Washington TO preserve to
us that which cannot be wrought into
marble or bronze. the very spirit OF the
best that was in our statesmen and he
roes. and in performing this high office il
rises IN simple grandeur above the rnarts
OF the mOncy-mdkers and the gatherings
Of the factories.
From the windows Of the Washington
Monument. 80 feet above the ground and
almost in the centre Of the original Dis
tIiet OF Columbia, one can survey almost
its entire extent without a glass. It is a
small State. though not 50 small as
Athens or as Rome. Il is smaller than
any other political division OF the United
states. although 10 has more population
than six Of the States-DeIaware Idaho
Montana, Wyoming Utah and Nevada.
and than any Of the Territories. Il is not
rich in money, as riches go today. though
X IS not poor, as riches went but yeSter-
day Bot il is wealthy in the common
wealth OF reatness, intellectual and
spiritual, in good government good So
Ciety. outward beauty and inward e-aca
NOBLE men and noble memories and a
glorious history II stands supreme far
above the terrible waves Of rraterialisn.
Tor intellectual and spiritual achieve
meut. for high thinking and fine living
and Tor those ambitions which cannot D.
SauSned with SOrdid gains or sensu0us
pleasures Its voice sounds even above
the ciamOr Of the market places 10 re-
mind as OF men who were too busy To
make money. and too patriotic 70 seek
seillSn eulS- nd who gave 10 their COun-
Try what other men gave TO themselves
II tells the youth Of the country that
there IS something better than seIdshness
and summons them with the irresistibIa
otto endeaV0r-
From the calm height OF the Washing
ton Monument men and things below an
pear IN proper proportion they are sen
through the distance Of space as thrG7.r-b
the distance OF time, and with the serene
eye or history True and relative values
appear We See. too. how ont or an ~
wrongs and all the difficulties and an rho
eduStrs OF the past even through the
mlShty agonies Of the civil war. the ma
ton las been led constantly into a Isrf-sr
place and 20 better thirgs Looking vs.
ward UP the beautiful reaches Of the Po-
t'Inac, curFluS toward the sunset We r.
HlthlDtE now George Washington rode
there looking with the eve of rho frs1
Sl'al American cNpausiOniSt beyond the
notl-cH- beyond the Blue Ridge and rba
Allsghenies. TO that promised land witch
ne sought 10 have us OCCUpv. and NE r.
member now step by step. in spite OF am
obstacles and all diScOura geuseuts and an
CtL-.itS. tne IDEA OF Washington has been
carried out until his principles. reDrase-+
tG by MS nag, have been spread over tho
STANDS OF the sea in the utt-rna0st u3rt.s
or the Garth. far beyond his fsrfEeSr
dream ~
LOOKING TOWARD MOUNT VERNON.
AS we look TO the southwark toward
Mount Vernon. where he lived ana si.5
and yet StiN lives. we think how his idaa1
OF republican freedom. his example as a
revolutionary patriot. brought a score of
republics into being south Of us. and how
MS teachings made the United States III.
protector and the friend Of every one IF
them. without making the United States
lIlr enemy OF aHE other country Then
when We turn 90 the eastern ,ri~gl.l,,-.'
looking out to the hills beyond which ~.
iae atlantic Ocean we see m. frfrrrrr-,.[.
cI W 4ShiuEton and his example in the Re
P-Ll' OF France. IN the republican -rssr,f
rltlOuS of other European ~rrrrf-i.s. =,
the democracy which is the mi - -
mont ~ Great Britain. We see his doc
o.