Evening star., 1915-04-05
WILL TELL PEOPLE
Of NATIONS CITY
Senator Jones of Washington
Goes Home to Conduct Cam
paign of Education.
BELIEVES IN LIBERALITY
TO COUNTRYS CAPITAL
Prefers Present Form of District to
Any Other That Has Been
Devised.

The people of the state of Washing
ton are going to know more about the
city of Washington than the people of
any other state know, except, perhaps,
those of the states which are con-
tiguous to the District of Co1um bia, =
said Senator Jones of Washington to-
day. Il am going home tomorrow to
meet the people who nominated and
elected me to the Senate last fall with
out my being home at all. ] am going
all over the state, and / am going to
talk about the National Capital, not
about politics.
Il have collected here and there more
than hundred views of Washington,
it's public buildings, wide streets and
the surrounding country, and ! have
procured a projecting lantern to show
the pictures. I am going to show them
and tell them all about Washington |
can: tell them something of the legls-
lativc methods of the government
Senator Jones said he expected to
leave Washington tomorrow and would
be in Washington state until next pc,
cember, or until Congress is called
back to this city.
when the year is over my people
will be very familiar with Washington
city said Senator Jones am solns
to ask them what they think ABOUT
it, and whether they think the nation
should do it, or whether it should be
left to the people of the District.
am going to find out whether they oo-
ject to the small burden that may ne
imposed upon them in order to make
their capital what it ought to be-. l
have no doubt as to their answer, but
7 am going to tell them what the pres
ent system is. what OBJECTIONS nave
been made to it, what is proposed. and
then ask them to express themselves
squarely upon the question.
Argues for Generosity.
Il shall tell them what think about
it and see how our views agree. | have
no hesitation in saying that l think
the government should be most gener-
Gus to the District, and I am not sure
but what the entire expenses of the
federal District should come out of the
federal Treasury I will get the school
children together, as well as the
possible and Let them see Washington
as well as they can without actually
visiting it.
. washington city was never intended
tai. Instead of selecting one of the
comparatively popular cities already in
existence. few farms on the Potomac
were secured and laid out into streets,
seat of the government Of the great
republic. To insure it's permanent ma
tional character Congress was vested
with sole and exclusive control and
jurisdiction over 1T in the federal Con-
stitution itself.
hi ic
nations capital. and it will never be
anything else. The development and
prosecution of great business enter
prises are. in effect. forbidden in the
interest of beautiful city. Over so
per cent of it's area is included in
streets, avenues and parks, the fee
simple title to which Is in the United
States. 1t will grow as the country
grows in population rather than in
business.
1T should be the grandest and most
beautiful capital in the world. Every
citizen of the republic is interested in
1t. and should be proud to have it
spoken of by other people as the acme
Of beauty. and national greatness.
Improvement Serves Nation.
The primary interest to be served in
the development, improvement, beautifi-
cation and government of the District Of
Columbia is the nation. All other inter-
ests. local or otherwise are subordinate
For this reason Congress is given full
and exclusive jurisdiction over it, and
for this reason the pcopIe of the Dis
trict are given no voice in their govern
nent. While some object to this, I am
inclined to believe that in view of the
object sought and the very purpose of
the District. the present system is the
very best that has been devised.
by reason of this condition and the
purpose to be attained. peculiar duty
and responsibility rests upon the ma
tional government in the way of i'm
provement. Washington city should be
beautif1ed in every possible way. Its
streets and alleys should be kept
In frst-class condition; it's public
schools and school system should be
models for the rest of the country: its
hospitals, asylums and reformatorieS
should be of the best, not in the In
terest of the city or its people. but
in the interest of the nation itself.
There should be no quibbling over
what part the local people or the ma
tionaI government should bear in max
ing our capital what it ought to be.
III should not be a refuge for wealthy
taxdodgers, but its interests as the ma
tion's capital should not suffer on this
account. The people of this country
will not begrudge any money spent to
make their capital city the finest and
most beautiful and the most famous IN
the world, as it should be-