The Washington herald., 1916-02-11
The Capital Need Not Be Moved.

Representative Cary wants to move the Ma
tional Capital to Milwaukee that it may be in a
city of liberty-loving people. Senator Sheppard
wants to make the National Capital place which
will be uncongenia to rberty-oving people
Neither of these extremists will probably have his
way. The Capital is here in the District OF Column
bia and liberty-loyng people have contributed
quite as much as the government to make it the
most beautiful capital in the world. 1t is not ncccs-
sary to go to Milwaukee to find liberty-oving
people. They here, drawn from every part
OF the country and not few from Milwaukee,
Some of them have memories OF the old Iron
Brigade which spilled some blood to keep Wash
ington as the Capital of an undivided nation Just
because the Constitution set apart the District OF
Columbia to be governed by Congress- is reason
why lberty-loving people should not live here and
enjoy all the rights OF citizenship except that of
electng mayor and city council to take the
government now committed to Congress.
A citizen of the United States is owing
allegiance to the government of the United States
and whose person and property the government
is in turn bound to protect That applies to Amer
lean citizens who live in Washington just as it
does to those who live in Milwaukee, and the gov
ernment is quite as safe in Washington as it would
be in Milwaukee 1t is not probable that Repre-
up to Milwaukee, delightful in climate and cbuent
! of American spirit as the city on Lake MICHIGAN
may be.
Neither will Senator Sheppard be able to con-
vert Washington into Forbidden City, such as the
Emperors OF China built where only the govern
ment dwelt, with the people living beyond the
walls in city of their own. We have copied some
things from China but it is not probable that Con-
gress will adopt the Chinese plan of Forbidden
City, walled in by restrictions which are not toler-
ated in any other city of more than 100000 popu-
lation in the United States. We believe that Wash
ington in the future will be like Washington in
the past and the present the National Capital to
which the citizens from all parts of the country
will come and find here the spirit of America ex-
alted SO that all will feel at home 1t would be a
queer National Capital it otherwise and an
invitation to the people to stay at home and leave
| the government in much sccluson as is Yuan
Shi Ka in the walled inner city of Pekin, with an
! army to keep the people from intrudng.
| We believe that the government will continue
of the District of Columbia the same as it pro-
tcCtS inc pcisOHS property OF american Cltl-
zens everywhere, within and without the confines
of the United States. Senator Sheppard, OF Texas
| Senator Jones, of Washington, and few other
Senators may have ingrowing consciences as to
what the people Of the District ought to be allowed
to eat and drink, just what shall be the cut of a
mans whiskers or the length of a woman's skirt
but even they may have their eyes opened to the
fact that these $4,000 people in Washington pa,
more to support the national government than dc
any 100000 people in any of their great States
and that the payment of taxes has always beer
accepted as evidence of allegiance which called
for protection to persons and property by the