The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-16

",' Sums l",'s Undermined sdOu .
program OF legislative ende;\r
which I" appeal 20 the countrA "n
presidential campaign next yeor y ae
PoindeSter Seeks Nomins,i,.
Another candidate for the Ronu,,
can nomination for the presidqnc v' @I
entered the Held. or at any rate Aa'
clared 81 BE- about ready 70 on. ue'
This candidate is Senator ,,, u
l"indcNter of the state of Wash,, LIES
The Republican candidates anrna Oa'
or having friendly organizations I"'e
I" announce them are these. ,''uy
Wood. Hiram W johnson F.. JI''ru
Lowden. Warren g. Harding pnn "
der {. Knox. Miles Poindexter anu ian
or two others who as yet are in ,ha a"ue
certainty stage. ut'
Capitals Summer Loneliness
Steady rain for two weeks s.p.,
wash the beauty out of WasbInr.o
The capitals beauty is %.. Oa
against everything except foo, r.OO'
Time and again efforts hovo h""
made by men To erect atrocitiss :,
the shape of buildings, statnaO
memorials of other kinds. Oceasaa
ally the attempts have succeeded H..
In the main they have failed IN
promise is that hereafter they will ..S
every time.
Washington today stands in mi.
summer lovelineSS. The rnins h.~.
helped rather than hurt, for vhn.
they have torn petals from manv :,
the blossoms they have kent N.
leaves green and glistening. II IL
fair town today.
| have tried to find out wha, o..
eignerS think of the city of Wasta,
ton. There are men from forIn
parts in this town who have yiS,s
nearly every capital Of the old word
and some of whom were stationed n
other days as officials of their goyeu.
ments in several of the capitals q
Europe. An Englishman is rsthr
loaih To admit that anything anyvhs,
is finer than corresponding things n
his own land. In times past he IA,
been lOath also as rule TO adm
that America holds many things ma,
beautiful, or more commanding, thu
the continent of Europe has to Ors,
Seemingly Englishmen In the ms
have felt obliged to champion the CO..
tinent as well as their island.
"Most Beautiful Of Capitals"
Not long ago l asked the corr
spOndent of the greatest LOnd4|
newspaper. who had been in Was
ington for some time, what he thOugl|
of this city. He said: at Is the mod
beautiful capital in all the world
In the expressive, If inelegant, lah|
: guage of the boys, this was goinl
some for an Englishman.
James Bryce. former British smbaI
sador to the United States. not lOn}
ago delivered an address on the cid
of Washington. 1t was packed wild
praise, but there was thin intel
Harding of suggestion. Ambassad
: Bryce felt so warmly toward this ID
he was afraid that in the clty's Il
! pansion ii was possible that ns
might allow 1t in part to be spclr|
; by homogeneous buildings, or By U
l ! running of some of the wonderful Vi
tas. He urged many things and
;. advice was followed, although 1t MI
e be that the plotters and planners
n the growing city simply had vless
e things as the visiting Brltisher b
e viewed them.
: Washington Is growing rapidly d
r perhaps not so rapidly as to overai1
: and overwhelm the proper preanI
n tons for orderly growth. SuDuni
e have been planted and thanks to
Il rulings Of sanity they have br
q planned well.
/ The Mall is one Of -Washinga
IS chief beauties. A right line eztehc
= from the center Of the capitol pas
y through the uncompleted Grant noe
r ment, the Washington monument
l. the nearly completed Lincoln
e mortal. On each side of the ilh
It green swards and garden spor
p the magnificent Potomac boron
y the spaces lying toward that I'VE
n 1t Is perfectly true that tenpon
buildings necessitated by the ens
cies of war have been erected Oh
s. Mall, but in the course Of time
4 will disappear, their places .
ID taken in part by white marble y
e lures housing the growing acn'
'e of government.
View From Cathedral HsSAn
. The highest spot in the ely
~ Washington proper is that ron '.
m rises the one completed tower
- Protestant Episcopal cathedral
= place is called Cathedral heisnn
from it one gets a wonderful VIC.
. the city, its buildings the H. 80
% river and the far-reachins y"
a a, hius There is one danger w
g. threatens the view from the .a ,
:, Heights. There has been = s
" mand for housing facilities u
%. of Washington recently anu
he nous apartment houses na' I'd
70 erected. 1t may be that 'nss a
~ croach upon the sloping sue .s a
he heights and shut OIL tne W.
20. every vantage point except .s ~. IN
tops of the towers when '
dral is completed. .o,sns
10 Rock Creek park u a.
~ reservation which lies WITHIN ~