The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
coatInaed - - one.

SO that everything whlch shall at
feet tie city Of Washington snail
be done under the chief executive
Of that city and by that chief ex-
ecu:ive
IN other wo-Gs. 7 woaid give an
entity 20 the city Of Washington, or
the District OF Columbia, and tske 81
Of that entity oct OF nc operation OF
the bureaus Of the general govern
nlent.
That Is what / understand to be
the government today, and the only
question that has been mo0ted Is
really whether one man should be
put at the head OF that government
as a mayer. or whether you should
have -hree.
Thinking Out Loud.
I agree that probably three men
a-e better applause where you have
zeal legislative functions TO perform
I am inclined 10 1hinf that where
the legislative functions are reduced
10 a minimum and consist in little
more than mere executive regulation.
that possibly the one-headcd form IS
the better. for executive purposes. and
TO fix the responsibility but I am only
thinking out aloud. and only because
we are here talking right out in
meeting I am telling you the reasons
as they have been brought 10 me.
Future of Washington.
Now I want 10 talk about the
future. And the future Of Washing
ton, What an enormous development
is before Us. Why, I am not an
imaginative man. bvt I would like 20
come back here 100 years hence and
see the beauties Of which this city is
capable lApplanse)
Right here. under our noses. for a
time. under our very. ewes. are those
beautiful Potomac fats thai are going
10 make as fine parks and parkways
as there are in the world
These parks ought 10 be connected
with the Rock Creek Park by means
Of the mouth Of Rock Creek. or other
wise, ana then through them all there
ought . be carried a park clear
around Including the Soldiers Home.
and completing the circuit with Rock
Creek al the other end tApplaUse.)
Sorry for CincinnGti-
Then. too. there Is the development
in Anacostia and along the Eastern
Branch. Then, the opportunities for
Fairgrounds that there are in Wash
ington.
1t Just makes my mouth water FOR
my poor city Of Cincinnati when I
lock out and can see clear down to
the Potomac and see SIX and seven
baseball matches going on with all the
fervor Of young America, and nobody
10 say 20 them Nay. applause and
Iaughter)
And TO think-to think that we had
a genius 100 years ago almost in his
way. as matchless as Washington, to
make the plan for a great Capital
Ike the F-enchman whose remains
were buried here the other day zap
pl2use). and whose plans were hardly
changed in the new plan made by
Burnham and his associates
y know there has been discussion
as 10 that plan. There has been
feeling that perhaps Il was slipped
onto Us al one tine and slipped in at
another: but We al know, even my
dear friend. good old Uncle Joe,
knows. that we are going 10 build up
10 hat plan some day daughter and
applsuse)
II is not coming AZ once. but we
ought TO thank God that we have got
a plan Ike that to built 10 (appIause)
50 that when we 20 on with the i'm
provement every dollar that We put
IN goes 70 make Washington beauti-
ful a hundred years hence
Then. Justice Stafford, II his elo-
qUent remarks, called attention 70 the
fact that In IS4s-I am sorry TO say Il
ought tsrbe characterized. at least as
far as that IS concerned, az a day OF
small things-when the Congress could
have recited this
Whereas. no more territory ought
10 be held under the exclusive legis-
lation given 70 Congress over the Dis
trict. which IS the seat Of the general
government, than may be necessary
and proper for the purposes Of such
seat Therefore. We give back all that
we got from Virginia 0-aughter.)
While II IS true the early statute
said that 10 buildings should be put =
anything out the Maryland side Of ie
river. and perhaps they felt that as
we were not going to use that side for
building, they did not need IT at ali.
Oaughter)
i Constitutional Question.
7 have never been able To satisfy
myself that that retrocess.on vas
within the power OF Congress TO make.
(Applause.)
They did attempt 10 settle It once in
the Supreme Court. but the Supreme
Court has a facility for avoiding the
main question daughter and epplause)
born Of Ions practice. Laughter.)
And when q gentleman who is paying
taxes on this side asks that they be
extended 10 the other side. on the
ground that that Tetrocessioa did not
carry Virginia. so that he might have
his taxes reduced. the Supreme Court
said be could not do il in 4 collateral
way. said that. as both parties 20 the
transaction seemed 10 be satisfied I'D
10 this time. they did not intend TO IN
veStig2te OF seek any burdens that
their salaries did not require them TO
meet daughter and applause)
We have never had that question
tested.
I believe we ought 10 look forward
to a great city OF Washington. and
while the AnglO-Saxon-and especially
the Anglo-Saxon in virginia-holds on
70 territory as long as ne can Qaugh-
ter. il might be possible. by agitating
the question in a legal way. tosin-
duce another settlement by which We
should get the only part of that that
we really would Ike 70 have, the
part that we own now in fee. the
LEO acres Of the Arlington estate. and
a great deal that Is unoccupied. Ieav-
ing Alexandra out daughter. and
Falls Church laughter. and taking
in only that that is inhabited. so that
We may have in this District. under
our fostering control, where We can
build roads and make the District still
more beautiful, that hank Of the Poto-
mac on the other side. as you 90 up
toward Cabin John Bridge.
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