Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26

| tn1nK tnere might De souhe uISuuStiVi'
made with respect to such bill.
/ Something has been said about the
| Lincoln memorial. Uucle Joe said 1t
was 100000; i thought it was 81
100000; If it is 100000. 1 am glad.
for certainly we need that amount.
I'VE have made great progress and
have created a national art commits
sion. a commission to which all these
plans for Improvement can be properly
| referred and from whom we shall re-
ceive the suggestions OF men OF great
ability, of great professional skill and
| with an earnest desire to make this
city the most beautiful in the world.
We may not always agree with that
commission.
| Il do not say they are infallible.
| They may admit it. but / do not con-
| cede it. But we should never proceed
| to any work of this kind without their
one who understands how great bust
ness is carried on must admit this.
Refers to Lincoln Memorial.
Uncle Joe spoke about the Memorial
bridge. I sincerely hope this Congress
may be induced. and I know there is
movement on foot for that purpose, to
authorize some commission. perhaps the
Lincoln memorial commission. also. to
look into the question of the Memorial
| bridge / have always had a theory
| tndt the Memorial br1Qge and Lincoln
memorial might be well united or
| ISOLATED in the axis of the Mall, look
ing to Arlington on the one side and
the Washington Monument and Capitol
| on the other
IF 1 live and that proves to be the
| case, you can be certain that the Mall
| is established for all time.
| II don't know why it is that Michigan
| seems to produce good men for the Dis
| trct of Columbia You remember Sena-
/ tnr nd rxrha l,n
| trihuted to the city of Washington.
Every time l take a meal and every
| time go to bed now ! think Of Senator
Mcmillan, for it was to him that was
due the appropriation that enabled Nc
Kim to make over the White House into
the most suitable and most dignified resi-
dence for chief executive in the world.
1T cost great deal OF money and
that has subjected it to criticism. Well.
as Uncle Joe said. Whatever grows into
anything useful that doesn't have crit
icism?' 1t is monument to Mckim as
one OF the greatest architects America
ever had.
lone of the pleasures of living there is
Of having that brought to you every hour
of the day evidence of that pure colo
NAL architecture that We all seek to have
and generally fall so short of I, OF
course. realize that the exchequer of the
nation must regulate contributions to the
improvements of Washington in so far as
they are to be met out of the public treas
ury = the general public treasury -
| out We can afford to be generous.
We we are not going to the poor
we have a democratic House coming in.
Where is Brother Burleson? There is no
better brother in the District than
Brother Burleson here. 1 should hate to
have to come to a farewell dinner to
Brother Burleson. He comes from Texas,
ana there is probably no danger. but
should be glad at all times. as l do now,
to testify to his disinterested zeal in be-
half of the District. He came to see me
ing two District Commissioners. and he
helped me in every way to select the best
men / could
This Potomac Park and that stretch
beyond there just about where the Wash
ington channel and Potomac meet fur
nishes an opportunity for beauty and
usefulness to the people of Washington
that makes my mouth water every time
swamps down beyond the bridge. That is
what strikes me in going over this city.
is the opportunity, and l believe Con-
gress realizes it. The money cannot be
all contributed at once. and it Is prob
ably better that 1t should not be. 1t Is
better than the plan should be worked
out gradually and that while we have a
plan and should work to do that. we
may by waiting acquire more experience
as to what is needed most and all join
together in the work that is necessary to
make this the most beautiful city In
the world.
II think in a way it is now. but 1t sug-
gests. as you look 1t over. so much
to pronounce it as complete city.
Again I wish to testify to my high ap-
probation of MI Gardeners efforts as
| member of the District committee. and
| to my belief that as long as you have
| such men as Mr.. Gardner and Mr.. Burle-
son you can count on being we'll gov
erned in Washington"
In introducing the President Mr.. Ed
son said that since Gen. Grants time no
President J ad given as much personal
| interest to the development of Washing
ton as President Taft. Mr.. Edison men
| toned the great projects started in the
District in the seventies. and gave all
| credit for those big works to three men,
namely, President Grant, Gov. Shepherd
| and Crosby S. Noyes.
Eight Years Of Labor for the City.
Tonight we are not dexterously plan
ming. maneuvering and intriguing for fu-
ture service" said Mr.. Yerkes. I'VE are
not giving hostages to coming years, but
with genial cordially we would, around
this board, avow In honest, sincere, SIM
Pile phrases our intense appreciation OF
your eight years of faithful intelligent
clear-sighted comprehensive labor, di
rected to right legislation for this ma
tional city, our home. The only shadow
falling across the hour is supreme regret
that possibly for two years your efficient
direction of District affairs will cease.
only men of distinct ability consider
questions in their broader aspect, on the
heights, In clearest atmosphere. Here is
"A city of 3JO,O local residents, with all
the actual needs, the varied hopes. as
p;rations and political sentiment Of
jewellers In self-governed municipalities.
Power Over the District.
Under distinct, definite provisions Of
| the Constitution, written before the
boundaries of the District had been fixed
or the corner stone of the federal build
| ing laid, Congress had exclusive power
to leg1slate for us. Within the four cor
ners of the great instrument which erect
ed a nation upon the solid base of rep
| resentatiOn, q representative govern
ment-we find paragraph segregating a
small area of the general domain and it's
residents, and denying to them repre-
| sentative political rights. There must
| have been substantial reason for this.
hut will those words of the eighth
, section Of article / be construed by the
Congress today and in the future. mar
power. or will they be read and resolved
in the radiance and illumination of the
ever burning and flashing beacon light
Of all American liberty, local, self-gov-
eminent. IL so. the people of the Dis
| trict. speaking through their Commits
| sioners, or through other proper repre-
sentatives. will receive careful hearing
| by the Congress because of conceded
right to be heard.