Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-23

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are spending 1t for is worth, that de-
termines whether YOU are economical and
businesslike in your expenditures.
Not Wasting Money.
And If you are spending money for
monuments that are to be here for hun
uieds or wears to make your city wbat
~ ought to be. You are not was,ipv
n,ohey-you are putting it where the nen.
bte OF the United States would wish 70
nave II as an evidence of what We 81 -
IN making model city. citv of heaut,,
city full of art structures
ana the parks. of course arc III.
breathing places of any city. but the
f fa. Ms mere ought to be- the framework
mat represent the majesty and SOC
efeiSnty of this country That is an "a
uiloIal reason for having mart sys
zen lem mere greater and more beautiful than
'he park systems of other cities
don't know whether I have l.f, .,
noupt as to where I stand about tbs
PARK system of WASHINGTON or wb.r eiG
stand about the erection of these ere.t
Nn.hG!tures that the government needs
Notfhng is wanting except a vote of 80
appropriation COMMITTEES To annron.;.
money out of the Treasury of the Trn;taS
Stdtes 10 go on with the work E,.e
Structure VIII take five or six wears
Now. why delay when il takes thst
length of time? '"al
Thing Most Wearing.
one OF the things that is most wear
ihs-and have had a great deal NJ .x
peiiehce In that-is the PROTECTING of
''iiiss ana then waiting to see them ac-
oonipilsheo The happiest time in q mans
me Is "hen he goes to a place. after ba
lbs taken part in the proiect,n. re
S S, ana sees 1t completed and 60 ..
AZ oiiiS me work that it was Intended a.
Pb;,;nn aat IS pleasure I have had in the
.iiiippines-of seeing some OF the i'm
proFements that were proiectad AZ III
tiile now developed into usefuInass Tns
those people uiness ior
here In Washington there is nothing
10 prevent but the fear of unjust critt
cism, and man who fears uniust cr..;
cisn Is not going to go far in usefulness
TO his country. 1t is just for the fear AZ
unjust criticism that the needed MONEY
Is not appropriated when We all of us
know. when We all feel in our very bones
that the opportunity is here to make this
a great city of beauty. Why should we
hesitate? Well. you say: You have not
any interest in politics. You are not
looking for another term Well, I am
not Therefore l am able to look at 1t
much more impartially than those VINO
fear.
Disgrace to Be "Skeered."
There is a song that one Of the men,
bers of your Chamber of Commerce
sings: 1T Amt No Disgrace to Run When
You Am Skeered. 1t is a disgrace to be
skeered when there is no reason for it
Il am very confident that the improve
ment and Identification of the city OF
will find a patriotic response
in every citizen Of the United States and
that when man gets up on the plat
form and denounces a party for increas-
ing it's expenditures because 1t is putting
money into the city of Washington he
will not find an encouraging approval Of
his view.
Senator MARITIME, besides pledging his |
support to the improvement Of the park |
system in Washington. declared that the |
government should proceed with the erec- |
tion Of the buildings which it needs for |
is own use here. He said that property |
owners who rent buildings here to the /
government make from % to 40 per cent |
,n their investment and that the gov
should stop renting and build /
is own offices. Senator MARITIME said, in
part:
In my little Official station 1 do be-
ieve that it is my duty, as far as / may
md i believe it is my fellow-citizens'
Iuty. my fellowsenators' and my fellow
members in the House of Representatives
to do all that we can to make this city,
he most beautiful in the land. This is