The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-03-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Amended San DOMINICAN Urea
ty To Be Ratified.
Proposition to Build a Great
Convention Hall at the
Capital City.
OTHERMATTERS OF INTEREST,

Especial to TaE RFrrBLwAS.l
Washington, ID. c., Mar. 10, 1908.
There is no doubt that San Do
mingan treaty will be confirmed by
the Senate but it will be so little like
the original treaty first submitted as
to be unacceptable by its authors.
The history Of this treaty is some
what curious. The Secretary of
State, who has during his eight
years management of the depart
ment achieved such a big reputation
as diplomatist. was. i'll and away
from the department during the
San DOMINICAN negotiations. An AS
sistant Secretary bdngled the job.
The President who thinks more of
results than of verbiage and whose
time was much occupied with other
matters permitted the papers to go
to the Senate as presented and it is
probable that he is as grateful as he
should be for the careful scrutiny
and amendment that it has received
from that body of lawyers and strict
constructionists.
The death after the three days i'll
ness of the venerable Senator Bate,
of Tennessee. is so far the most con-
spicuous fatality Of inauguration
day exposure. There are many
other less notable victims. 1t is inn
possible under usual fourth of March
weather conditions that there shall
not be many deaths from grippe.
pneumonia and other diseases from
exposure. On every fourth of March
at the Inauguration ceremonies
hundreds Of thousands of people un-
accustomed to exposure are in the
weather from five to ten hours, Of
ten without food and it cannot be
otherwise than that many of them
must succumb.
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There is much interest in Washing
ton and there will be more or less in
terest in the country In the enter
prise of building a great Convention
Hall in the National Capitol. There
is no city in the country more eligi-
BILE or desirable for great conven-
tions than Washington. The Capt.
toll, the National Library. the Ma
tional Museum, the great depart
'ment building, the white house,
Mount Vernon, Arlington. the Wash
ington monument are only some of
the attractions of interest to pa
triotic Americans but there is no
great meeting house. Congress, at
the session which has just closed,
voted to present to the city of
Washington the United. States
exhibit building which now stands
in the St. Louis Fair grounds. The
frame work is Of iron and 1t Is calcu-
lated that it can be transported to
Washington at an expense of not
more than $4,000. and completely
rebuilt at an estimated expense of
not less than half a million dollars.
1t will make an admirable place for
great assemblies.
1t is expected that Washington
will at no distant day have another
Art gallery, the gift of Mr.. Freer, a
multi-millionaire and an art connois-
eur like w. w. Corcoran to whose
beneficence in art and charity the
National Capitol is so much indebt-
ed. If, as it is said that the fnan-
cial center of the world is shifting
from London to New York why may
we not expect in time that the art
center will shift from Paris to Wash
eon?
The National Congress of Mothers
is now in session in Washington and
delegates from twenty States in the
Union have been registered. The
greatly increased number of Moth
ers' Clubs represented indicates the
growing strength of the organiza-
tiDn which has for its object educa-
ton and welfare of children of class