The Washington times., 1913-01-25
ontributed to the anal favorable re-

contributed to the fnal favorable re-
suit.
This act and the one establishing
Rock Creek park are OF great. sem
eral, and permanent interest to the
capital of the nation, and II should
be especially gratifying to you TO
know that you have been able 20
bringing both these important meas
ures to q successful termination.
With sentiments of the highest es-
TEEN, yours sincerely,
JOHN ]. HEMPHILL
To Mr.. Charles c. Glover,
Care Riggs q Co., City.
Editorial From the Post.
I must give you the contemporaneou,
opinion Of the Washington Post o.
March !, 1897. On that day It said edi
torially:
SHALL 1T BE GLOVER PARKr'
The President has signed the bill
deyoting what are known as the Po-
tomac nats. to the purposes Of pub
lie park. 1t II the contamination OF
work Of years, prosecuted faithful
ly under every encouragement and
setback by one public-spirited and
COufa8eous HaAn, Mr. Shafies ~.
Glover, the active manager Of the
Riggs National Bank, In this city.
There has been much opposition to
the measure, chiefly conducted by
bumptious new Congressman from
remote districts, who .innocently sup
posed that the first duty OF q true
statesman was to hold down the Dis
tenders Of the groaning masses
against its selfish and rapacious
echemes. 1t happened. however, that
there was In Congress good sense
enough. to say nothing Of wisdom
and Information. to set aside this
cheap demaSogy that inspired II. The
bill passed both Houses, and the
President has now, by his signature.
made 1t law.
Park In Place Of Mud Bars.
The result can easily be foreseen-
We shall have In place Of the un-
slightly mud bars that now MI up
the channel of the Potomac beauti-
ful and gracious park. open to the
enjoyment Of the public from all
parts Of the -country-a delightful
green spot where now IL shabby des-
olation-a summer resort OF surpass-
nament to the Capital at every sea-
son Of the year.
All this 10 to be credited to the
patriotic and disinterested efforts Of
a gentleman-a private citizen-who
has already laid the city under grave
oblixations by labor and achievement
IN other important directions It b
to Mr.. Glover that we owe the reali-
ration OF the Rock Creek park
scheme. It is to Mr.. Glover that
we owe lasting gratitude for his
potent help In the matter Of the new
Corcoran Art Gallery. 1t II to him
that we are now Indebted for this
last and crowning achievement at
present under discussion Alone.
against every ignorant and frivilous
opposition. he has labored patiently
and bravely for years. Alone, sus-
tafRed only by his personal influence
and force. he has confronted and
prevailed over the apathy and preju-
dice of Congress. Mr.. Glover se-
cured the passage of the bin. and Il
In Mr.. Glover that we have to thank
for the attractive and delightful
prospect that has been thus revealed
to US.
Indebted to Charles c. Glover"
We have no doubt that the work
of Identification will be prosecuted
with all due energy and skill. II II
to be expected that, within a very
few years, the now unsightly "fiats''
will be converted into a beautiful
and gracious spot where our people
may resort with benefit and comfort
to themselves. It should be called
Glover park BY every rule of justice
and propriety, but, whatever name
they give II, we shall all know that
we are indebted for IL to the unseifish
and public spirited efforts Of our
distinguished Charies
Also the editorial from the. Wash-j
ngton Times of March IL, 1887, head
ID Potomac Park"
the great importance attaching to
a bill, not ten lines long. which,
after the most earnest solicitation,
President Cleveland formally ap-
proved a few minutes before his
term expired. This was the bill
declaring the Potomac fiats pub
lie park. and dedfcating 1t, or, as
Mr.. Cleveland would probably OBJ
serve, "consecrating II forever to
the use, and for the recreation and
pleasure of the people,"
This adds in one body nearly 700
acres Of ground to the park sys-
tenn of the Capital City, and when
1t shall have been laid out in roads
and walks skirting the half dozen
or more artificial lakes and nearly
three miles Of river front, it will
be difficult to exaggerate its
beauty and attractiveness. Joined.
as Potomac Park will be, with the
Monument grounds. the Agricul-
tural and Smithsonian grounds,
the Botanic Garden, and the Capt.
tol terraces, all of which will be
united in one comprehensive and
intercommunicating park, certain
ly no city Of this continent. and
. -
cities, with Its expansive Bois de
Boulogne, can be considered an
having the slightest pretensions to
rivalry.
Praise for Mr.. Glover.
To Mr.. Charles C. Glover, more
than to any or all of the citizens
of Washington. are her people in
debted for this great boon. 1t was
he who conceived its practicable
ity, as well as its possibility, when
Of prominent citizens to meet at
his residence and begin the work
of promotion. The succeeding
steps have all been taken under
Mr.. Glover's' direction, and every :.
progressive movement has been
promoted and energized by his
persistent endeavors. Conflicting
titles to some of the tracts in
volved. which bade fair at one
time to make shipwreck of the
whole project, have finally been
adjudicated or brought up, until at
last the title has been declared
unequivocally in the Government
Money has been annually appro-
priated to carry on the necessary
work of reclamation-not auto
matically or spontaneously, as
some might suppose. but because
Mr. Glover has made 1t his busi-