Evening star., 1932-11-06

construction Of the Washington Monu-
ment in this city,
washington after it had stood in
Monument. an unfinished state
for many years,
there was considerable impatience for
its early completion. The Star of No
vember Z. 1882. thus reports the prog
ress Of the work:
The Washington Monument has now
attained the lofty altitude Of 322 feet,
and it is expected that before the sea-
son closes it will reach height of 342.
II the weather continues favorable the
work of laying the stone courses will
probably be continued through the pres
ent month and probably the first week
of December. The work Of stone cutting
will be continued through the Winter.
SO that there will be large amount Of
material ready for the stone maSonS in
the Spring 1t is thought now that the
Monument, or at least the marble shaft,
will be completed in June 1884. There
will be at the close of this season 158
feet yet to add to the shaft. This it Is
thought, under favorable conditions.
can be accomplished during the next
building season in the Spring Of 1884.
Interest is now being taken in the
design for a terrace about the base Of
the Monument and also the material to
be used in the cap. or roof, which will
extend in pyramidal form so feet above
the summit of the shaft. Iron and
glass have been proposed as the proper
material, and it has also been suggested
that the cap should be covered with
slabs of marble.
Designs have been drawn from Ar
chitect Clarke of the Capitol for the
terrace One plan contemplates sin
gle terrace, 220 feet square. with wide
flights of stairs. and another double
terrace. there being an inner terrace
Immediately about the base of the shaft.
The four plaques designed by Mr.. Larkin
Mead are provided with places in Mr..
Clarke's design in the massive walls of
the terrace. These plaques were de-
signed to be placed about the shaft
itself, near the base, but objection was
made that such a disposition of them
would destroy the grand effect made by
the solid, unbroken shaft of marble"
Elections were held on Tuesday, No
vember Z, 1882, for Congress and for
- !. some State officers,
Uemocratlc inter est centering
Tidal Wave. largely in the contest
Star, on Wednesday, November 8, 1882,
says:
1T was plain enough prior to the
election that thousands of voters who
had formerly been faithful in their al
legiance to the Republican party had
determined to rebuke the methods
which dominated their party organiza-
ton. The result in Pennsylvania, the
dissatisfaction in New York and else
where, prepared the country for Repub-
lican reverSeS, but the election returns
show that the diScontented element was
much larger than was estimated. The
result is another tidal wave sweeping
the oft-defeated Democrats into power
in the lower branch of Congress and in
majority of the States. A brief retro
spect will account for the change of
popular sentiment which has wrought
political revolution. Just two years
ago the Republicans elected their Pres
ident and he was welcomed into his
great Office by the almost unanimous
acclamations Of the people. This ma
tional harmony was interrupted by
bosses, who would brook no opposition,
not even remonstrance when the ele-
ments of their party which hated ma
chine politics and the result has been
that these elements have been driven
temporarily to withhold their support
from the party Now the all important
question Is, will these independent Re-
publicans be driven entirely out of the
ranks, or will the severe lesson taught
the stalwarts yesterday teach them the
lesson of moderation. The Republicans
who have either voted against their
party or have abstained from voting
for it still claim membership in the
organization and are ready to return to
it, If they are treated as political equals;
but II the stalwarts attempt to carry
out the policy Of prescription and ostra-
cism they have threatened against those
Of their party who have opposed them,
they will make permanent what now
seems to be but "a accidental victory
Of the 0emockAt&"