Evening star., 1921-07-17

OF public works
Improvements and under the new
Capital Moving. erpmen. Of the
District ffty years ago had bearing
upon the project advocated In some
quarters for the removal OF the cap
ital from Washington. This point
was noted by one of the New YORK
newspapers. concerning whose COM
ment The Star said in its issue OF
July II. 1871:
''The New York World vies with
the Tammany organ in this city IN
laborine to break down our District
government and its plan OF improve
ment. But one. Of the arguments
used by the New York paper WILL
not be likely to address itself with
much force to the people ot th's A's
trict Says the World:
1.-The announcement that -FOUR MIL
lions of dollars are about to be placed
in the hands Of the board OF punHo
works at Washington for the en-
bellishment OF that capital 10 not
cheering. One can understand that
Washington people will like 1t. For
every dollar Of additional public
money invested in Washington is an
moval of the capital. But, while the
question Of removing the capital 10
mooted, it is unfair to prejudfce II
by extraordinary expenditures. Once
divested Of this palatial significance.
Washington would have no excuse
for o~ief;po and Uon1H soon cease TO
exist. One could buy land there as
cheap as, according to the unsavory
comparison of Falstaff. II would Dc
! bought in England after an unsuG-
aces by the Potomac even more
| cheaply than now he can in deserted
palaces by the Arno and the Tioer.
This contamination nobody need be
desirous to avert unless he be an IN
habitant Of washington; so,n. ~. h.v.
! maintained; that the embellishment
| and improvement of the capital on
! the scale proposed by the District
government will settle the question
| OF the permsnence OF the seat OF
ture. This view Of the case is so evi-
! dent that it is surprising that any
paper here should, for merely par:!-
! san purposes, cndeavor to cripple the
measure on which the prosperity OF
|
the case with a paper Identified in
any way with the interests OF this
| community"
| Fifty years ago the feeling between
the Irish factions in this country
reached a point OF
Rioting in acute intensity. cul-
/ minating in a riot in
New York. New York city, in
which at least 100 were killed and
injured. when a procession Of Orange
men was mobbed on the 18TH Of July.
1871. Regarding this tragedy, Tho
Star in it's issue Of the next day says:
The supremacy Of law and order
over mob dictation was established
in New York yesterday. but at the
cost of many lives. In consequence OF
the vacillating action the Orangenen
did not turn out in large Force. One
New York paper estimates the number
in procession at not more Than 100.
not more than were killed and wound
ed in the fighting to defend their
right to parade. Gov. Hoffman's final
action is applauded. but he ID CEN
sured for not having set his foot down
sooner. Had he and the city alIthor!-
|, ties made a positive announcement
in the outset that the law must be
maintained it is certain that there
would have been no riot.
THE militia not only carae squarely
up to the mark. but the police ferce,
| largely composed of Irish Catholics.
| seem. with two or three exceptions,
to have performed their duty, most
faithfully and zealously."