Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-21


trict Of Columbia committee In the
Senate. and, at first attracting opposi-
ton because OF that one-sided origin
1t IL so full OF beauty and finds SO
most consider it as strongly establish
ed as If 1t had been declared In the
statute as the only guide by which the
growth of Washington can be con-
trolled
Need of Public Buildings.
AS a business proposition in Wash
ington, we are in need of several great
public buildings and we ought to have
them now. We are renting so much
that it would pay the government to
construct a department of justice,
department of commerce and labor.
state department and building for the
geological survey. These buildings
ought to be put in the nelghborfood
Of the Mall. Indeed. land has been
condemned and purchased for the erec-
been advertised for, for the erection Of
three of them, and beautiful plans they
are.
Then there is the Lncol9 memorial.
After years of delay, Senator Cullom of
Illinois has succeeded in securing a stat
ute which insures the erection of an
appropriate and beautiful memorial to
that greatest American-Abraham Lin
coin.
From the dome of the Capitol to the
bank of the Potomac. along the single
axis. we shall have the national dome.
covering the greatest Of the national
buildings. the home of the legislature and
the court; and at the foot of the hill the
statue to the great. silent soldier. Grant,
and then, two-thirds OF the distance to
the river that pure, white shaft rising to
the heavens, to do honor to the first
American, Washington, who founded the
high on the bank of the Potomac where
will stand a great memorial Of classic
beauty to Lincoln, who saved it.
Urges Memorial Bridge.
We must have a memorial bridge. It's
appropriateness is manifest to even the
wayfaring MANTLE connection between
the north and the south banks Of the
Potomac river, the union of the capital
of the country with its Walhalla-Ar-
lington-the restoration of the Union,
seen in the beautiful arches Of such
bridge-are ideas that will all force them
selves into physical realization. because
they are so fit and square so completely
with the logic of history. on the one
hand, and with the conceptions or artlstic
beauty on the other.
Then we must have that which belong
ed to Washington years ago: we must
have the other side OF the Potomac 10
preserve the beautiful palisades and to
give Washington place to grow.
Would Get Virginia Land.
I would very much like to direct law
suit to test the question whether the re-
PROCESSION Of half the District of Column
bia to Virginia was within the power OF
Congress. 1t Is possible that We have
waited too long and that this method
cannot be pursued If the Attorney Cen
eral can find a substantial reason for
hoping any success In such suit, [ shall
direct it before leave office. Whether
that be the method. or some other, we
must acquire for the District, from the
state of Virginia, that which we had
taken from US, and make it again a part
of our great National Capital, and thus
recognize our growth from day OF small
things to one in which the National Cap
ital has become truly a metropolis. and
in which its ample territory shall make
it, in appearance and in fact, the most
generous municipal home of a great ma
ton.
Now, my friends of Washington. good
bye.
/ shall come here in the future when
ever opportunity will permit.
But, wherever my lot shall be, my love.
hope and pride in Washington, the ma
tons capital, will never abate.