Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-08
SATURDAY EVENING. FEB. 8. 1902.
AMONG THOSE who are feeding many


AMONG THOSE who are feeding many
tbouehtIess persons 10 this city WITH
idle dreams couceruIDg utop'sn oonoi'
lions were Alexandria part oil sue
District of Columbia Is Mr.. Park Ae-
new. at present collector OF internal
revenue for the eastern district OF VIr'
oIuIa and for four years postmaster
in this city. Among other reasons why
he thinks Virginia should be despoiled
of Alexandria city and county Is be-
cause the government fought to take
IT, Another equally logical reason
and one we never thought OF before, and
which seems to be incoutrovertibie. Is
the splendid atmosphere OF wash
ipeton in contrast with that OF Alex
andrIs. The third reason why Alex
apdria should be part OF the Dls'rlct
is. 10 Mr.. Agnew's opinion, OF a SOCIAL
and moral nature upon which he
thinks il Is unnec sssary to dwell
The difference between the atmosphere
ot Washington and Alexandria is &C.
rious matter and one which should Dc
considered closely, as there are nearly
seven miles between The two Cities
Now how the smoke OF manufactures
can 10 any way seriously interfere With
the growth or prosperity OF the capital
CITY no one can understand, especially
when every visitor to London knows
that potteries are tolerated on the
south bank of the Thames In close
proximity to the Parliament House ana
Westminster Abbey. The people OF
Washington have for some time been
endeavoring to attract manufacturers
TO that city, and should Alexandrls
be forced into the District all such
indus ries would be kept north OF
the Potomac, as was the case before
1s46 when Alexandria was part OF the
District. The insnuation that social
and moral reasons exist why Alexan'
drIa should 90 back to the District Is
ambiguous. Mr.. Agnew may mean
Alexandria will prove the leaven OF
righteousness or be may mean the op'
posite. This he will probably explain
later. The reasons above enumerated
should be weighed carefully and
solemnly by the Senate judiciary COM
mittee, az grave and momentous.
Mr.. Agnew is a gentleman known and
respected by all Alexandrians, against
whom personally no one would say
aueht; but, though We speak with all
friendiness, be is the type of number
OF other gentlemen Of this city who
owe their all to Alexandria. Many oil
them came here q third OF a century ago
with industry only as their capital 10
trade. They have hourished and some
have made fortunes, yet they are the
most uncharitable and critical when old
Alexandria Ia mentioned to them. and
dream of memorial bridges, App'sn
ways, Mount Vernon Avenues, a.
were the city back into the District
Such Authorizations are about as tangi
BILE as the pot OF gold at the loot oil tne
rainbow or the golden fleece. Mr.
Agnew, clever citizen 80 he iS, owes hl'
all to his adopted city, where he has
made friends outside of the republican
party, and his prominence and popu
lsrlty with both organizations was the
cause OF his political success which
probably would not have been 80 pro-
nounced had he started 10 the race Of
life In some larger city where the road
ID eminencs would have been more
closely contested and where he could
NOT have drifted With the tide. He has
no reason to complain OF Alexandria
and should be the last one to kick ovei
the ladder which has brought him
where he Is.