The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-10-28

date for recorder, should succeed III
being elected, the recorders office
will not be used as a real estate office
nor as headquarters for any political
party.
The Bulletin of Monday thinks it
has invented an argument that will
prove unanswerable on the capitol
extension proposition when it says.
Suppose Crawford county should in
vest twenty to fifty thousand dollars
in enlarging the court house grounds,
how many people would think it a
wise thing to do?"
This, like most OF the political az
suments of the Bulletin has no appli-
cation to the case in hand. The legis-
lature OF Iowa at the last session, de-
cided that the capitol grounds at Des
Moines were not large enough and de-
cided to purchase additional grounds
and proceeded to make the purchase
not only with the thought of having
grounds large enough but which, when
properly improved, will make the
state house grounds beautiful and at
traCtive
The government at Washington is
not censured because il has invested
in something like 1000 acres of ground
which it now owns. Neither the Bull
letin nor Mr.. Hamilton, candidate for
governor on the democratic ticket.
has seen fit to censure the government
for investing SO largely in property
in the District of Columbia.
The court house grounds of Deni-
son are large enough for all purposes.
1t was thought last spring that mon
ey should be invested in identifying
and adjoining the grounds here, and a
considerable amount OF money was
spent for this purpose. In this in
stance, however, the citizens OF the
town raised the money. There are
If the space of the court house yard
OF Denison is multiplied hundred
times it would make more ground for
the capitol in Des Moines than the
state has planned to purchase 1t is
recognized by all rational people that
state buildings. state grounds and
state improvements shall be OH lars-
er scale than that Of the counties
which compose the state.
From the beginning OF time all
nations have made expensive improve
ments for buildings of national
character and churches have spent
money laNishly in erecting taber-
nacles of worship in the large cities.
The state Of Iowa has invested large
amount of money in building its cap
itol, which is one OF the finest in all
the country, and to say that build
ing OF its value and appearance shall
be located upon small and made
quate tract Of land is doing violence
to the prestige Of the state. We as
sumo that where both democrats and
republicans joined together and
reached the conclusion that the cap
itol grounds at Des Moines should be
enlarged, that they knew what they
were about and acted with sufficient
reason. We have yet to find anyone
more competent than the members Of
the legislature. to say just how many
acres should be included in the cap
itol grounds of the state OF Iowa.
The Bulletin and Mr.. Hamilton the
candidate for governor on the demo
cratic ticket, on the eve OF election,
when both are candidates for Office.
are greatly disturbed about capitol
extension which costs them a dollar
apiece but adds thousands if not hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars to the
prestige OF the state.
NJ IJ,, hn rs
the Bulletin had been democratic
candidates for Office at the time King
Solomon erected the temple we have
no doubt but what they would have
complained bitterly at the expense OF
the building. We are sure that West
minister Abbey and st. Pauls church
in London would represent nothing
but extravaganza to these gentlemen.
The millions upon millions OF dollars
spent for the erection of palaces and
other public buildings in France, &C
cording to these gentlemen, was but
waste OF money. buckingham palace
in London should never have been
erected We imagine that when these
gentlemen come to enter the Ne"
Jerusalem" they will hesitate On ac
count of the pearly gates and the goit
paved streets.
If the democratic party had any
thing else to talk about they certain
| ly would not resort to an argument
which belittIcs them by complaints
| because the state of Iowa is takinG
pride enough TO extend its capito
grounds to proper proportions. With
in a few years, when the people o
Iowa shall visit Des Moines for the
| sole purpose OF viewing the beautiful
capitol grounds, these democrats vii
| claim the credit of having brought