The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-26
TAT | GIVES A
new VIEW Of
WASHINGTON.
E-@
Former President Describes
Beauties Of the National
Capital.

! WASHINGTON. d. c., April 2s.--
IN a paper recently prepared for the
National Geographic Society, fornne.,
President Taft gives a new view or
the nation capital, its history. its
present situation and the hopes for
ldts future. Accompanied by the quad
rl-co lor8 drawings of the fine arts com
mission this represents what is uni
versally conceded here TO be the most
remarkable portrayal OF a nation;
capital ever pre- pared In the course
OF his paper the ex-president says.
have been deeply interested in
the development Of Washington ever
since as solicitor general i looked
out Of the windows Of the clerks
office OF the supreme court, at the
capitol, and stood aWestruck BY the
beauty OF that sweep from the cap
/ jtnl down TO the monument thence to
the shining bosom fthc Potomac be-
yontl. and across TO the Arlington
Ihills. That Is now quarter OF a
century ago, and my love for Wash
inston and my interest in securing
tfrom Congress the needed legislation
and appropriations TO bring out it's
Incompatible beauties have never
| abated.
4Aftcr comm renting upon the great
pGduIl 3uiAIllP#S site s1lPEIeH& On
George Washington for building OF
The nations home OF government. NIi.
Taft speaks earnestly OF tho RESPONSE
Utilities OF the present generation to
their first city:
t'.rs General Washington. al a time
when his country was atlittle. hemmed
lin nation. hoashng but5a single sea-
board. with a population Of only five
million. and with a credit SO bad that
lot sales. lotteries, and borrowing
upon personal credit had to he re-
!sGTted TO in order TO finance the new
capital could look to tho future and
that II was Ills DAIRY TO
4 build for the centuries to como and
/ for a great nation. how much more
Should VIC do HOW
III SIN those days there were men a.
plenty in Congress and ont. who bit
E1erly opposed provisions for tho future
for it's own needs outNeiThed every
] other considerations; buta grateful
nation reioices today thatthe wisdom
+ of the Father of his Country prevail
cd and that III * natinnAi, capital wa
Il built fOrsus as We'll f-5r In people
tcfa his generation.
'-Ef We arc ..atetIli IN MASKING
ltnn made provision fftI inc century
| ahead Of him, noay nIuch the more
4 should We be careful ippfovide for
the century ahead Of us:
H liz the growth Of this country con-
I-tinues for another hundred years at
!! q rate al all commensurate with that
| maintained in the gen Grafton just
\ past. the America OF 2115 must have
] a capital suited to the needs OF ESQ
million people. Thanks tn the fore.
eight ef the founders ofEthe city al !
isnf the elements pf a great and ma Eni-
! ticent national canitai have been prp-
n vlded for iii the original ground plan;
and. according 70 Mr.. Taft, the great
lest danger that Westminster faces fs
THAT men may come al some time into
control If the rity.s destiny who "a re
not fitted lie appreciate oialind e1tstand
4 all that its capital must mean to tho
/ nation that little Americans may
work trreparable damage in mistaken
economics. and inanistaken concep-
4 tons OF the4citv 81 nature
The national capital, by virtue Of
II being the CAPT tai /. is different from ali
\ the other cities OF the country. All.
TAFT points out. Thus, il IS not an
industrial city. not q commercial city.
not city existing for or belonging
10 us citizens. but one serving every