Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-27

program OF Legislative endeavor with
which to appeal TO lns country in the
presidential campaign next year.
Poindexter Seeks Nomination.
Another candidate for the Republic
can nomination for the presidency has
entered the field, or at any rate is de-
clared TO be about ready to enter it.
This candidate Is Senator Miles
Poindexter of the state of Washington.
The Republican candidates announced.
or having friendly organizations ready
TO announce them are these: Leonard
Wood, Hiram w. Johnson, Frank O.
LOwden. Warren G.. Harding. Philan-
der c. Knox. Miles Poindexter. and one
or two others who as yet are in the I'M
certainty stage.
Capitals Summer Loneliness.
Steady rain for two weeks failed to
wash the beauty out Of Washington.
The capitals beauty is proof
against everything except fool man.
Time and again efforts have been
made by men to erect atrocities in
the shape of buildings, statues and
memorials of other kinds. Occasion
ally the attempts have succeeded, but
in the main they have failed. The
promise is that hereafter they will fail
every time
Washington today stands liz mid
summer lOyeliness. The rains have
helped rather than hurt, for while
they have torn petals from many of
the blossoms they have kept the
leaves green and glistening. 1t is
fair town today.
have tried to find out what for
elgners think of the city of Washing
ton. There are men from foreign
parts in this town who have visited
nearly every capital of the old world,
ana some of whom were sta toned in
other days as officials of their govern
ments in several of the capitals of
Europe An Englishman is rather
loath to admit that anything anywhere
is finer than corresponding things in
his own land. In times past he has
been loath also as rule to admit
that America holds many things more
beautiful, or more commanding. than
the continent of Europe has to offer.
Seemingly Englishmen In the past
have felt obliged to champion the con-
tinent as well as their island.
"Most Beautiful of Capitals"
Not long ago l asked the CORE
spondenr Of the greatest London
newspaper. who had been in Wash
ington for some time, what he thought
Of this city He said: at is the most
beautiful capital in all the world"
In the expressive, if inelegant, Ian
guage of the boys. this was going
some for an Englishman.
James Bryce. former British ambas-
sador to the United States, not long
ago delivered an address on the city
of Washington. 1t was packed with
praise, but there was a thin inter-
Harding of suggestion. Ambassador
Bryce felt so warmly toward this city
he was afraid that in the city's ex-
pansion it was possible that man
might allow 1t in part to be spoiled
by incOngruous buildings, or by the
running of some of the wonderful Wis
tas. He urged many things and his
advice was followed, although 1t may
be that the plotters and planners of
the growing city simply had viewed
things as the visiting Britisher had
viewed them.
Washington is growing rapidly, but
perhaps not so rapidly as to oyertake
and overwhelm the proper prepare
tions for orderly growth. Suburbs
have been planted and thanks to the
rulings of sanity they have been
planned well.
The Mall is one of Washington's
chief beauties. A right line extended
from the center of the capitol passes
through the uncompleted Grant monu-
ment, the Washington monument, and
the nearly completed Lincoln me-
mortal. On each side of the line are
green swards and garden spots with
the magnificent Potomac bordering
the spaces lying toward that river.
1t is perfectly true that temporary
buildings necessitated by the eXigen-
cies of war have been erected on the
Mall, but in the course of time they
will disappear, their places to be
taken in part by white marble struc-
lures housing the growing activities
of government
View From Cathedral Heights.
The highest spot in the city of
Washington proper is that from which
rises the one completed tower of the
Protestant Episcopal cathedral. The
place is called Cathedral Heights and
from II one gets a wonderful view of
the city, its buildings, the Potomac
river and the far-reaching Virginia
hills There is one danger which
threatens the view from the Cathedral
Heights. There has been a great de-
mand for housing facilities in the city
of Washington recently, and enor-
nous apartment houses have been
erected. 1t may be that these will en-
croach upon the sloplng sides of the
heights and shut off the view from
every vantage point except that of the
tops of the towers when the cathe-
dral is completed.
Rock Creek park. government
reservation which lies within the Dis
trict Of Columbia. which means that
il lies entirely within the city of
Washington. is one of the most beau
tiful parks in the world. living
stream flows through its valley. There
are shade and GOODNESS everywhere