Show PUBLIC I 1 12 the capital are severely C r 11 ash agton gazette city the capi of tile united states containing it bout a qu arter ofa million of inhabitants the centre of the ili isioro c focient in public buildings Luil dings than perhaps any other altro fit lie country that be a city exi capt the oft ces devoted strictly to tire of the general government and the institute we have no public worth tile name other places even wl lid cat towns that have sprung up like fit a single night on the line of some western railroad have pot offices and tov a balls that are notable at leis t for material grandeur if as idest they are but pretenses pretences of architectural appropriateness but the capital of the count tile city completely under tile diction of coutress Cou gress the nursery aher 0 it of our legislative crinks cr inks ries refo rillers and politicians are making in po litreal 6 rafting and political vegetation this city Is asi bare of decent as a fishing hainlin fit thal jersey inam lies or a miners manelf in t lie 8 terra nevada liall our city postoffice post office Is a ini old ro okary our custori house would be taken from its outside looks for a country tavern in some dutch village of pennsylvania while many even of the offices of alo left oral government aro away lit tumble dot old rookeries rook eries of rented 0 oso combined rents would more than y tile lu terest on A film suit 4 chent aiple 9 r act appropriate and is tell pictures of till orifices that are re quire tito fault lies alt eaber with gress congress that I 1 so far fit the district is concerned Is by the policy that our national legislature legie lature fit the carl y days of tile republic fifels true that thi monumental meanness alp slin I 1 1 ness of our early legislators il some respects a good thin for this generation for the in of these was ball as bad could be and hall they appropriated liberally for district buildings the re suits of their appropriations mould have been eyesores and national to preaches today to day it was then I 1 list te fat ers u ere stingy the Congress pal of lie present epoch have been for the of their bembers nem bers ana ng there is no exemae for their we ought to get decent public build ings for this city sunday gazelle however pro tests against ahe erection of any public upon the public reserva wn tho city lim already been more than and do I 1 I 1 Z faced y e helln borso than lins alicy rile t j 1 i c pl lr lf been destroyed IY t 1 0 rr yo n 0 ito hideous brick to known wi tho pension allo fouth half of tile S grounds has been utterly ruined by the erection thereon of insufferably u gly architectural medical and the national while the armory grounds have I 1 an eyesore from tile building erected feature is its public reservations its broad streets are simply adjuncts to its unique awl beautiful system of parks ro occupy these parks with buildings build I 1 then Is to change tile aspect 0 f our city ma its fair face ruin its c 1 and pitch it headlong into I 1 lie ranks of thoi huge piles of brick and mortar constitute for abo anost part ame rican cities no more building up of government reservations should be ier bitted but there bro other places besides public reservations Nh oreon public buildings an be erected it idill cost the government something to try them tint what of thata men havo to 1 ay for everything they gt fur they have les es it will ba cheaper now than in tile future gave us aben 0 congress I 1 at leaha decent district building and a city postoffice post office |