Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-13
DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde.

DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde.
! Congress in its relation to Washington
has been sometimes Mr. Hyde as well a.
often DIR. JekNn. A broad minded pa
triotic majority and a narrow reactionarv
minority have for most OF the time str,ir-
gled to control the destiny of the capita.
/ Congress took donations of privsta
property as consideration for the estab-
| lishment here of the permanent seat OF
government. Congress has kept its com
pact and retained the capital here and
now one questions its permanency
hut no sooner had the permanent capital
been located here than an intensely and
perniciously active minority. which threat
ened 10 become al any moment a major
! !ty. demanded removal OF the capitai
/ from Washington in violation OF the ma
| tons compact.
This proposition tainting the nation with
bad faith would. II successful. have meant
the death of Washington. and an active
| minority of the capitals constitutional
guardians and protectors have thus held
over its head. from the hour of its birth
until comparatively recent date IN.
! threat Of sudden death Since there was
no certainty that this minority might not
at any time become a ma jority and carry
out its threats of perfidious murder the
/ slowneSs of Washineton's DEVELOPMENT
| over II may easily be imagined
! Congress. representing the nation. aisa
in effect contracted for valuable con
sideration in land and money the pro
| ceeds of the sale of donated land to build
up. here national capital on grand
plan entirely beyond the means OF Tn.
local residents and taxpayess to carry
ont. Al! the power and the primary finan-
cial responsibility fell under this agree
| ment on Congress as the controlling
partner in whose hands all the assets
of the capital were placed in trust
/ When through neglect OF the national
obligation the municipality. endeavorin.s
| to bear both its own and the nations bur
den OF capital making. went into virtual
bankruptcy in 1888 Congress came to Is
| relief and recognized and reaffirmed 1t
capital building obligation.
/ IT did the same thing under simlar
conditions in 1874 and 1878. and I'm ~"
latter year il recognized formally ITS
| partnership relation in respect 10 tic
| capital and its financial responsibility In
this connection from the beginning. II
| assumed. in effect one-half of the in
debtedness incurred by the municipality
| through expenditures OF the past on the
| partnership capital budding account en-
| tirely out of the local taxes. and Il
agreed in framing permanent form o.
government for the capital TO meet
| squarely its obligations in the future on
! the half and half partnership basis.
| In the early years Of the CAPITAL. during
the period of national neglect much NOR.
than half of the burden of capital main
tenance fell properly on the shoulders
Of the nation. represented by Congress.
but as Washington had developed, even
though slowly and painfully ts'arved and
threatened with violent death by its CON
Stitutional GUARDIAN il had accumula ted
some resources with which To meet its
share of partnership assessments. and re-
lief from onc-lialf of the burden of cap
ital making represented to ii the differ
ence between inferno and paradise.
/ Thus Congress has responded in recogni-
ton of its responsibilities toward the cap
tal and has finally put these relations in
shape alleged TO be permanent. which Is
! wise and fair. and under the operation OF
which the once shabby. neglected and
/ discreditable capital is developing stead
| lily. if not rapidly. into the city beautiful
and is coming into its birthright OF pride
and affection in the hearts of the Amer
| lean people.
! But perniciously active minority
/ in Congress threatened for seventy-fiye
years the national dishonor of capital re-
moval; and the same minority sue
! ceeded in starving and stunting the
growth of the youthful capital for the
| same period by perSladng the nation TO
neglect its financial responsibilities IN
! capital building; 50 a minority. Influenced
by the same lInpatriotic sentiment OF hos
/ tility TO the embodiment Of the national
spirit III 4 nation CITY. has resisted ana
attempted to overthrow or undermine tHt'
wise and fair partnership agreement of
1SIS. under the operations of which cap
I.11 -
TO the nation, through conditions FOR
which the nation was responsible j.
! steadily deveopin. into capital of WHEN
This minority mas assaulted the rar
nership agreement in every manner tIS.
a peryertei ingenuity could devise FRI
the direct PROPOSAL of lis repeal 10 ti.,
proposition of successive reductions ~
Tho nation : par.cntaco of mariners. ~,
4 combination and 70 lis rcnoal by indire
ton through thc elimination Or siicc,ssiy..
4 ,.l,sse Of nlintcipsI rx,,.ndititra from
its annIication
Instead of rc.ocujzip.. f,ta :, is,j,,t,, a-.i
/ fairness of tic capitai-h,iil,irl. partt5,.r-
| SHIN arr.u.cn,ont Of Is,s ana ,',rrXinp I,
! on, II GOOD tain mis- ,ninorft, III N.
1 spirit Of the enemies of ,ia National CA
| al from, III. nacnuit,.,l z4satilte ,bc ,o,s.l
cour,I,uity tho silent mariner ~ tho
| r,npcnant win +, yiriau.pess that IN
! vjew NJ flo noIit cal helt,l.ssjia.:s ~ III.
! disfran,hised community is cnly;irdt,. and
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