Evening star., 1917-12-08
Growth Of Washington.

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Commissioner Gardiner alluded 10 the.
|remarkable growth WashinEton has
experienced since tho war began, ana
said that the capital not only the
most beautiful city Ia thu world. nus g tnas fsss
largest. Such development y now taking
place. he said, that the city has ovtgrown
| Its clothes and must be provtdeos 1or
He referred Particularly to the condi-
tions on the car lines. saying. that ne
and Commissioner Brownlow stood re-
Gently on the steps Of the Treasury
building and saw cars between 15tn
street and the Peace Monument, on
tervals Of fifteen feet apart. with all
| standing space occupied and people
| at the corners clamoring unsuccess-
| fully to get admission. It was evident
| that no more traffic could be accom-
modated. he said. and the congested
the public utilities commission has
found 1t necessary to summon a traffic
| expert to Washington to end or 10
| find a solution of the problem.
| The Commissioner extended a press
ing invitation to the members Of the
held at the District building, December
| Is and, 20. when the applications OF the
gas and telephone companies to raise
rates will be considered. The telepnone
company, he stated. claims to nave
spent 100000 in Washington as re-
suit Of the war. and whether or not
this win have any bearing on the rate
question. 1t shows how one corpora
tion alone has contributed to the re-
cent remarkable growth OF the ma
tion's capital.
Mr.. Gardiner on Suffrage.
Commissioner Gardiner then referred
to the proposal for suffrage in the Dis
trict, saying that he was more inter-
ested in this than in any other issue
pending. He told of his advocacy OF
the organic or so-called half and half
act. on the basis that Washington IS
the city Of all the people of the nation
tho cost Of its maintenance.
The minute we go to Congress ana
ask for representation, declared the
Commissioner Congress will say to
want representation and still want US
to pay half Of your expenses?"
It was the hardest thing he ever had
to do to make up his mind to oppose
suffrage, Commissioner Gardiner said,
but he believed that the suggestion
was not for the best interest of Wash
ington and its citizens. and he pro-
posed to stand by this decision.
entitled to more credit for the preser-
vation of the organic act that Prest-
dent Noyes and that the only change in
the present fiscal relation existing be-
tween the Federal and District gov
ernments which he would ever favor
would be one increasing the amount
the nation would contribute toward
the upkeep Of it's capital city.
, James T. Du Bois Discusses War.
In answering the question. "Is there
any real reason why we entered this
war;" James T. Du Bois, the conclud-
| ing speaker, by his eloquent and pa
triotic words repeatedly worked the
Oldest Inhabitants up to outbursts of
patriotic fervor.
For fifty years." said Mr.. Du Bois,
"red-thinking Prussia had been train
ing for the day when she could lay her
mailed fst upon this world and die
tate the governmental policies of man
kind.
'That day is near. for IL the allies do
not win this war they will lose 1t, and
| IL Prussia does not lose this war she
will win 1t. There is absolutely no other
way out of this worldwide dilemma.
Therefore. there Is only one decision
for civilization to make: Shall the
world beall Teuton or shall it be all
free?" If the world is to be all free,
or any part of the world is to be free,
the Prussian junkers-not the great
German people-must be forever stop
ped in their mad aggressions against
the rights and properties of mankind.
.. II the Kaiser Should Win.
.If the kaiser emerges victorious from
the Balkans. with Macedonia, Meso-