The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
\ RuaSheldon S. Cline


wAsHINGToN. July o, kin ordinary ,tti' "a Y
summers. the mon this OF and august Y
are frightfuly, fearfully dull IN
Ing Tho hal lis OF Congress e Re de. de-
serted the4Nhite II louise IS tei,anteti Only y
by car etakers, members o,f the diplomlat,ic
corps have moved their ernba ISLES Il tnd
5legatno1ls to the North Atlantic III coast
and the heads Of depar tments have tl leg
the heated city leaving suso ryilna ties to
ion have departed, and only the toner's
remain Even the toilers toll as little II! as
they may and no one who can avoid ~
5stirs abroad when the! sun Is shining.
5s But this summer It Is different ASH
iington has q business boom. 4 II Z looks liko
10 aure-enough genuine boom. and 56 one one
tina will be- fproduc tive OF result y,
lTho thing has been tried nj before-tried
4 r,any,t imes-and has "a Us failed, II failed
because the real sen iment OF the conf
m unity was not back OF i a For many
years the attitude OF a nlajortt yT OF the
influential people has been that Washing
ton was a residential city, in which office
holding and catering to office-h olders was
the only desirable ~ business. Now, S8 It
would SEEM a s,stransforma ton In their
way Of thinking alas Il been wrought
even manufactures, which always have
been discouraged, . are invited to locate IN
the environs, s5i A. S33 81
@ II the n,ids summer dream OF " asning-
ton is realized, the Capital may become
the commercial center OF q large section
1 OF the country. y It Is referred ito here as
the YGateway OF the South, and as It's
ambition is progressive plans already are
under way for the commercial conquest
Of territory to the North ard ~ West
washington has grown TO a city Of 3oo, 600
without commerce or industry. With
commerce and industry added. It may be-
come metropolis In fact as well as IN
theory IL ~ is5s
The City Beautiful.
3 Along with the Il movement for a
Greater Wash gton ! CONNIE rcially there
has come a revival Of interest IN plans
: to make Fl tSthe city Beau ful' Of the
world IN II as tanuchEis accomplished N TIE
next quarter OF a century as has been
acco1nplished In the twenty-five years Ju is'
past, the American capital Will nave &dl dis
3tanced all Its rivals In the race for beau
Tty.{9 M S63 \, ,53
It was only a few years ago that Con-.
sress gave scantily and grudgingly TO the
Identification OF Washing ton, It was as g.
hard then to get q few thousand dollars;
TO pave q street as It Is now 10 secure
|urliliions for project OF improvement.
During the past FIVE 4 years almost as
much money has been ex pended and au-
Athorized to be expended as had been done
In the previous hundred years OF the
icity' history. Not only Il Is the governs
iment building and planning beautiful
structures OF classic destgp. but private
enterprise Is doing Ats full Share. a union
railroad station, to cost, With It's al.
proaches, about $14,000.00o, Is only one o.
numerous projects ,lnder way. ThlocNuN VIZ ~ n
5out tho city there Is everywhere manl--
tested "a disposition to build beautifully
seems to have something IT has utterly
alacked In years gone-civio spirit, tS'
With this awakening to a new life, there
Is heard again the demand Of enfran-
chiseunent for the !nhabi tants Of the Dis
$tr!ct of Columbia w aRhln ne tonlans wan
a voice In the government, and more
especially they want home rule, Next
winter there Is likely to he "a d stel'n'ned
effort to secure comet thing OF a. concession
In this line from Congress. The de-I
mand probably will Ioe for a. seat IN the
House Of Represent and an cleo
tive district government. Even II Porto
Rico is better treated than the National
Capital, for Porto Ri co has "colnlnls-l
|sioner'' who Is entitled TO the Eprlyileges
OF trfle moor Of potn ,ftOHse ana SeHAle,
TIC cannot vote, It ,is true, nor can the
territorial delegates, but It Is an under
3niable advantage to have a represents
Stiyeaon the floor,
There Is a growing disposition to be-
slleve that the form OF government fas-
tened on the District OF ollTabia 70 not
q success, The governing body consis ts
OF two co,nrr,iss loners from iyil life and
an army officer detailed from the engi-
neer corps, The appoln tanents are made
lIy the President, end while the law res
euires that the clYilia COL loners
shall he bona flde rest dents Of the DIS
trict, the men appo lnted are not always
n Ntolol, With the Nv people on the
pistriot's needs. The communist oners are
s l.p to represent the District Before
Congress. and jdqri ms "a session they are
freaaent hsarlngs 1m BE- nn meas-
iW w ossess, the con1il ence OF GonETessT
I men. and the 6R0t that the cQI11a sAtpnsgA