Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03


for the removal of the
The Capital capital to some other
city, Washington new
h0mosaA' ertheless took nat
ural interest in the discussion that oc-
casionally arose on this subject. In
The Star of July 26, 1859. is an extend
ed editorial on the subject, In part as
follows:
''That. the western papers should IN
these dull times, renew the <agitat,oh
of the. project Of transferring the po-
litical, metropolis. of the. Union from
Washington tor the valley of the Mis-
sissippf Is not surprising because, as
the Richmond Wing very justly op-
serves they have two standing top
les for discussion. the hog crop IN
winter and, the removal of the capitai
in summer, But the eastern press
seems to have. caught the infection
this time, orttaken up. the subject for
lack Of something more, exciting, ana
now In nearly every Exchange we
OPEN from all sections at, the country
we find staring us in great variety OF
big type the headline: Removal OF the
Capitals 49,
Most OF the large cities, some OF the
towns and not few villages Of half
a hundred inhabitants have already
mod estly set forth the peculiar and
numbsrless advantages which they
possess 'as sites for the. seat Of our
central. government. The New YORK
Tribune. In its usual slap-dash style
disposes Of the Recommendation OF Its
nainesake of Chicago that st. Louis
should be; the elected city, and having
ruled out the claims of those rival
communities and those Of Cincinnati,
Omaha, Keokuk, Nadvoo. Hannibal,
Oshkosh, Promontory. Station and
other aspiranfs for metropolitan hon
ors, says that It results, as matter
Of course, that whenever the capital is
moved ii must be moved to New York,
and any other change would be only
temporary. But the Philadelphia Tele-
graph thinks that 1t would be sui
cidal Arrangement on both sides. as
New York, as we'll as Congress-. would
suffer UNNECESSARILY H. almost I'M
defnabls disasters in case they were
unfiapp1iy. brought into conjunction,
and says If tany change is made the
capital should go back from whence
1T started, that is tosthe Quaker city.
,Tiiefea is a pleasing variety, az
least, in the arguments put forward
in behalf Of the central places sug-
eested as. suitable. places for the cap
ital. It is modestiy claimed for st.
Lotiis that her morals are unexcep-
tfonable ana that. her position on the
b SsnSu oYtshe Father Of waters, and
with more railroad facilities than any
other one point. defies.all, competition
New York boldly asserts herself
Through Mr.. Grseley) to be the COM
merciaf'. and {what will Boston say
the country, and demands therefore
that she shall be the political center.
Philadelphia is-ruIed out by the prin-
ciples. Of rotation, her only claim. be-
ing, that the capital. was removed
from that city and therefore ought TO
Including = besides : those we have
umerated above. a. hundred or two
others, mostly content themselves
with statement OF their peculiar
geographical advantages but some
few cannot refrain from setting forth
cago sets herself up as the metropolis
of American wealth and enterprise,
but Is srather. apprehensive of the good
moralsaof her society from the faint
ed infusion ,ofl congressional man
ners,' Oh, dear! Milwaukee claims that
her. pqsitjon on the mighty lakes and
her .ineyhaustible, suppfy OF. the best
lager on the continent gives her the
precaHence. Peoria boasts. her corn
juies the only genuine American
beverdgS to bE purers more abundant
ana cheaper than Ecan BE found any
where else ION the habitable globe and
I'd give her .tpre -eminenee. over .saH
the advantages Of all thu rest-posi-
ton. morals whisky--and in addition
is the center Of the pork trade, of the
universe :, ,..xx .,.e - =,