Show SENATOR CANNONS CANNON'S BIG MAP There is direct and real local in- in interest in int interest terest t terest i st in Senator Cannons Cannon's proposition tion to establish in the immediate tY of the national cap capital a agle gle map ground map of the United States When the proposition was first made it was not thoroughly understood and as a consequence there there was no display of public en en- Now v o however wever the idea seems seem to be fully comprehended and it has a large number of thoroughly earnest supporters who can see see how much of educational value will be found in the map when it is completed com corn d and has become one of the permanent features of the seat of oi government Elsewhere in today's Star there appears an article in which the nature of the plan is fully explained A su suitable table site for this gigantic map is easily within reach The upper p portion of the reclaimed Potomac c flats will have to be improved improved improved im im- im- im proved at some some time tim in the near future it isa rea reasonable proposition iti n and nd one which h- h should hould appeal to the economists of of congress as well as to those who view vie the matter from a amore amore amore more sentim sentimental 1 standpoint to accomplish co this this this' improvement me nt by locating the country's miniature there Amore A Am more re attractive or interesting interesting inter e esting ting improvement than this could not easily be devised there is something something some some- t thing ing well ni nigh h irresistible in the union nion of novelty patriotism and business enterprise thus thus thus' made possible The many and weighty reas reasons reasons ns for the construction of such sucha a map are well well set set forth in other columns by the author of ot the pro pro- The senate has already aready gives givs its unanimous and ready approval of lh the idea of a commission empowered to attend to the pre pre- It is not at all likely that the house of representatives will be averse to the Cannon pro position Washington Washington Star |