Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-15
UNCLE JOE TAXES PROFAN VIEW
 IF BEAUTY
ExplodeS When He Finds Three Quarters Billion Is Wanted to Make Washington the Most Beautiful City In the World.

NEW YORK, Nov 14.-Within the week Speaker Cannon took another whack at the proposition that Wash ington shall be made the most beauti- ful city in the world, even if 1t takes all the money in the treasury to do tI5 jO1. iiie speaker ss=e-=GGil e easions has admitted that he is not greatly impressed with the beauty spot" plans of the artists and archi- tects for the Improvement of the District of Columbia in a manner and to an extent commensurate with the dignity and resources of the Ameri- can nation"
 In the first place the Senate did not consul the House of Representatives in making provision for the orgauiza- ton of a commission of experts to outline a plan for the development of the national capital
 This was a tactical oversight, for t is well known that the speaker is in clined to guard with jealous eye the rights of the body over which he pre- sides. and that he resents any effort on the part of the Senate to rob the House of its right to voice in mat ters within it's jurisdiction.
 Secondly, the plan of improvement contemplates the expenditure of more money than will be required for me digging of the Panama Canal For many years Speaker Cannon was chairman of the Committee on Appro- priations. He became accustomed to dealing in large figures, but was stag gered when he learned what was wanted by the commission of experts.
 It is related that after the plans had been prepared for the so-called improvement and devslopment prof ect the commissioners had an inter view with the speaker. After they had fully explained their ideas about parks. buildings, plazas, monuments bouIeyarde, etc, Mir Cannon wanted to know, About how much is tnfs thing going to cost?"
 | Quiet prevailed Tor nearly a minute wden one of the commissioners said it was impossible to figure it in de tail. He thought, however, that fl the whole scheme should be inaugur ated the cost would run from half tC three-quarters of a billion dollars. He aded that, of course, these expendi lures would cover a long period oi years. At this the speaker proceeded to express himself in language more forceful than elegant.
 But, Mir Speaker" protested one of tae commissioners, the expendi : ture is not extrayagant when you stop to consider what has been spent for making beautiful some of the capitals of the Old World"
 That may be true" was the reply but you must remember that every now and then the people across the sea rise up In just indignation and {, hang their rulers"
 | But it's not question of dollars and cents that has brought the recent pro test from the speaker and has en listed to his support many well known public men of Washington and else where. One of the initial steps in the plan of improvement involves the cutting down of 8 large number O, beautiful trees. Several of these trees are historic landmarks and fol years have been pointed out to ad miring visitors by the Washington guides. The ax was about to fall when a local evening newspaper took up the cudgels for the preservation oF the trees. A Washington lawyer cianced to read the story of what was described as "a threatened act of vandalism" and went into court and secured a temporary injunction to restrain the cutting.
 The i-aflzaanna nf Sneaker Cannon was then invoked and. without delay dispatch came to the war depart ment from Danville, H., asking that nothing be done until the convenlns of congress, or until the matter could be presented to the President.