« m H j LA ñ íi íiA ílí <-<>»5<üV Thursday, February f harried m oves to pre- t*1.e »nd the C ongress falling in; ;he hands of the British. t'- s t movement from the I n e t t y place, Philadel occ ’ 1 ht 1776, when the ig to move up- tne D ecem ber at 1776, was held "ST«' f°TUÍd¡ ve4f ho im m ediate phia tem - ever, the iat city in M ar^, U ■at , wi — h an o th er movement o f the B ritish in th a t direction, 'astily rem oved to I-ancaeter, nsylvania, w here it remained bin io r three days, re ­ . _ — m oving thence to Y ork on the' op­ posite side of the Susquehanna, w here it spent all f th a t terrible ,n which »Vashington was a t Valley F o rg e oc pora Con T.“ Returns to Old Quarters O n the evacuation of P h ilad el­ phia by the B ritish in 1778, C on­ gress retu rn ed to its old q u a rte rs in f t * 1, C1# ’ • re m aining there until l/» J . O w in g to som e m isu n d er­ sta n d in g s w ith the Philadelphia a u th o ritie s, it rem oved over n ight Princeton, New Jersey. At P rm c e to n it com pleted its session and th ere adopted a plan for the c re a tio n of tw o p erm an en t capitol eit -s, one to be located on the P o to m a c and the o th er on the Dela- Ashland Tidings Established 1876 Published Every Evening ___ Sunday After five years in old Federal Hall it was packing its bags Just 131 years ago to move to; Philadelphia, thence to Wasl.ington. TELEPHONE 39 Entered at the Ashland, Oregon. Postoffice as Second-class Mail Mat­ te r_____________________________ debt of the C onfederation; second, the full paym ent of th e dom estic debt, which had fallen far below ■mr in its m arket value; and. third. assum ption by the G overnm ent o. e debts incurred by the re- spi " states during the revolu­ tion. «r®t proposition, for full paym eni t the foreign debt met w ith no o; m sition, and th at for the paym ent of the dom estic debt was opposed by m any but received a m ajority vote. • Lure of Great City T h e session of 1783 was held a t A nnapolis and th a t of 1784 a t T re n ­ ton, w here it appears th a t the lure of the g rea t city of New Y ork, which had then a population o f 33,000, o v ertu rn ed the doub’e capi­ tol plan, and in Ja n u ary , 178a, the C ongress rem oved to N ew Y ork, w here it w as g ran te d the use of the City H all. All of th e m eetin g s up to th is tim e had, c>f course, ccc:.rred u n d er the A rticles of C onfederation, which, how ever, had proven un­ satisfacto ry , and when the ninth state ratified the p roposed C o n stitu ­ tion, in 1788, the C c n p re -s, then in session in N ew Y ork, .a s tl y passed a m easure req u irin g tba*. the vote for the P resid en t, p ro . d n ' by tue. new C o n stitu tio n , sh..: . occur on "the first W ednesday i i Ja n u ary , 1789,” th at the electo ral votes should be east on “ the hr t W ed ­ nesday in F e b ru ary .” . ud th a t the P resident should bo inaugurated on “ the first W ednesday m Mai oh.” As it happened th at the fir. i W ed­ nesday in M arch fell ’>pon i he fourth day of th at m onth, the da e “ M arch 4th,” as the beginning uf the term of the P resident a n d Con- p-ess, was thus perm an en tly estab - ished. Opposition is Aroused T he th ird proposition, th a t the G overnm ent of the U nited State» should assum e the debts created by the respective states during the R evolutionary W a r was b it.e rly o p ­ posed and its final settlem ent re ­ sulted incidentally in the good-bye of C ongress to W all street. T he opposition to paym ent by the Gov­ ern m en t of the claim s of the re­ spective states was b itte r and long drawn out, much of the opposition being based upon the assertio n th a t the claim s had been already bought up by speculators and th a t the as­ sum ption by the C ongress under f Inauguration is Delayed W ith the lim ited facilities of com ­ m unication and travel which c h a r­ acterized those days in which the telegraph the w ireless, th e railroad o r the flying m achine had not yet been dream ed of, the official rep o rt of the election did n e t reach G en­ eral W ash in g to n a t his hom e in V irginia until A pril 14, 1789, and because of tdie tim e occupied by his jo u rn ey thence to New Y ork, his actual in au g u ratio n did not occur until A pril 30, 1789. M eantim e, the en te rp risin g citizens of N ew York, realizing th a t the dignity of C on­ gress and P resid en t under the new C o n stitu tio n required m ore suitable surro u n d in g s than those offered by the old City H all, had contributed $32,500 for the im provem ent of th a t building, and it w as re-nam ed “ F ed ­ eral H a ll” and ih u s becam e the m eeting place of the F irs t C ongress u n d tr the C o n stitu tio n and the place in which W ash in g to n took the oath of office as the first P re s ­ ident of the U nited S tates. Why Congress Moved It was d uring the second session of th a t J ir s t Congress- under the new C o n stitution th a t the events occurred which resulted in the de­ p a rtu re of the C ongress from New Y ork and the estab lish m en t of the p erm anent capitol zif the nation at the spot now designated as the D istrict of C olum bia and the city T he .American C ongress had ten m eetin g places up until the tim e it w as p e rm an en tly lo cated in W ash - m g to n in 1800. T h e pictu res reproduced here are fm m rare old p rin ts and original draw ings collected by Mr. A ustin. T hey are listed below in the o rd er in vhich the buildings w ere occupied by C ongress: 8. C a rp e n te r’s H all, P hiladelphia, 1774 4. O ld City H all, N ew York, Wall and Nassau 10. 179OJ8SoenCC HaH’ P hiladeIphia’ 177S- 1777-78. S treets, 1785-88. 6. B altim ore, D ecem ber, 1776. 7. F ederal H all, N ew Y ork (re c o n stru c te d City 9. C ourt-house, L a n c aste r, P ennsylvar.ia 1777 H all), \ \ all and N assau S tre e ts, w here the first 2. C ourt-house, Y ork, P ennsylvania, 1777. C ongress under the C o n stitu tio n m et, and P re s­ 1. N assau H all, P rin ceto n , N. J., N ovem ber, 1783 ident W a sh in g to n w as inaugurated. 3. S tate-house, A nnapolis, Md., 1783. 11. F irst C apitol building at W ash in g to n , D. C., 5. C ourt-house, T re n to n , New Jersey, 1784. 1800. of W ash in g to n . O ne of the first im p o rta n t questions laid before the C ongress had been th a t of the a s­ sum ption by the G overnm ent of the ex istin g debts of the C onfederation and those which the states had created d u rin g the revolution T he foreign deb t am ounted to $12,000,- 000, the dom estic debt of the C on­ federation $42,000,000 while the debts of the various sta te s incurred during the R evolutionary W a r a g ­ greg ated $26,000.000 m aking the grand to tal of $80,000.000, a sum which then sounded large, no m a t­ ter how sm all it seem s to us in Love in a Cottage Enters Life of Rich American Except THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO. OFFICIAL CITY AND C(fUNTY~ PAPER C§UMME c P l AYGR0UND' ware; the sessions pending the con* struction of the proper buildings a* the new capitols to be held alter­ nately at Annapolis and Trenton. H r ÉE? . sieincd likely to fail, diplom acy m. its fine work. '1 he question it | to the p erm an en t location of \ ie I Capitol of the N ation was . eti pending. N ew York, P h ila ik a:® and B altim ore w anted it. Sv did i several o th e r e n te rp risin g cities a n d ’ tow ns in the m iddle sta te s a n d in V irginia. T he South, which w a t opposing the m easure for the pay­ m ent of the claim s of the states, was solidly in favor of the tra n s fe r . of the p erm an en t seat of go\ e m ­ inent to th at section of the co u n try . H am ilton favored the paym ent o f the claim s of the states, Jefferson favored the location of the C apitol a t the South, and these tw o ex­ perienced m en, p u ttin g their head® to g eth er, w orked out a plan whichf! was laid before certain of theii col-' leagues a t a dinner at the hom e otf Jefferson, w here th e details we'r« agreed upon. T h e n ex t day, tv th a asto n ish m en t of those n o t im m edi­ ately p a rticip a tin g in the agree- n en t, the h o stility of certain S ou th s ci i m em bers tb the paym ent of th a claim s of the states m y ste rio u tly disappeared. T h e bill fo r p ay m en t of these cla’m s w as passed and ®T little later t e m easure estab lish in g a perm anent eat of G o v e rn m e n t’ on the P otom a cam e a law, with! a proviso th a t L. ■‘•ss should re-; move to Philadelp. a before the, these days in which we count gov­ e rn m en tal a p p ro p riatio n s in term s of billions. H am ilton’s T hree Proposals Wall Street in the early days of the Republic. The building with the “custom house” sign is on the site of the present home of The National City Bank of New York. th a t date w ould n o t be m aterially beneficial to the s ta te s them selves. M ost of these claim s w ere held in the N o rth , and as a result, the m em bers from th e n o rth e rn sta te s favored the proposition, while those of the S outh w ere alm ost solidly a g ain st it and succeeded in tem p o rarily d efeatin g this feature of the m easure. How it Was Settled T he p roposition subm o r .l ihe A t this ju n ctu re, when the a s ­ C ongress by H aniiit'.-e included" first, the assum ption lr u „ u “White” r m .,..,, Russian forces . m ira i KOlChak, WTOte The Diary stase Anrevitch Vonsiatskoy-Vonsi- ter tered «veralls at work in shop No. I ers of » the returns. of. a Monarchist,” which, he says, atsky, 23, when questioned as to his 1, contract No. 16, in his capacity as HU romance Mrs. Martan would a p p ro v e p o p u la/« published The amount of the “borrowings” . puunsneu ranged from a few dollars up to one intentions following his marriage to chemical tester. He is well-liked by Stephens, wealthy divorcee was the . . v loan of $8000. The average was ap­ Mrs. Marian Stephens, 45, heiress to his fellow workmen, to whom he is result of a chance meeting’ in Paris r h ‘S C° UQ try ’ let alone in 30T, et $40,000,000 in New York. known as “V. V.” -----------------------L-_ ’ KU8sia-__________ proximately $200. "The house at No. 505 Swarth­ Ever since he came to Baldwin’s Warrants charging Bischoff and more avenue, where we will live, is two of his aides with obtaining mon­ he has been working to establish the ey under false pretenses were issued to be mine. I may take out citizen­ home at Ridley Park, on which h e ! yesterday and the police are now ship papers for America, but that is looking for Harrington, one of the not certain. I would return to my promoters, who was declared to have own country if they would restore bride Is of the familiar Pennsylvania the szar, for I am a monarchist Af­ Railroad school of Swiss architecture left the city. there are two mighty important birthdays fairs in Russia now are chaos—I do so frequently found in this section, not even know if my brothers and but its lack of artistic merit does not RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE crowded into February, and both Washington sisters live. I have seen horrors: I bother Aanastase. ST. LAWRENCE TERRITORY have lived horrors. My wife is He is proud of it and delighted to and Lincoln were vigorous advocates of thrift younger than her years; but I—I am be ordering furniture for it from WASHINGTON, b. C.. Feb. 16.— older than my years, for I have seen Could there he a more fitting tribute to the Camden. Also, he prides himself on Purchase by the United States of all mn dying, suffering, wounds, death!” the acquirement of a second-hand tho Canadian territory south and memory of these two great men of America He shddered and seemed to visu­ automobile. He paid $100 down on east of the St. Lawrence river and alize the last stand of the shattered than the opening or increasing of a savings the center of the Gulf of St. Law­ remnants of Admiral Kolchak’s army the car and displayed a telegram rence. with a view to developing and against the encircling hordes of the signed “Marian” to the salesman In account f utilizing half of the water power Bolshevists. Anastase was aide to which the balance of the sum of $1600 was guaranteed. from the river, is proposed In a reso­ General Denikin and Admiral Kol­ After several encounters with lution introduced by Representative chak before they were overwhlemed groups of newspapermen he has as­ Ten Eyck, democrat, of New York. In the rising Red tide. sumed a bored expression, which The author suggested that pay­ Before his marriage Vonsiatskoy ments due the* United States on the lived like an average American here. plainly says that he would rather face the hordes of Lenlne and Trot­ Ashland, Oregon British debt be 'tftifcel'W 'tk e pur­ He roomed at the Y. M. C. A., sky ten times over than run the chase 'where each morning an alarm clock gauntlet of question® and telephone date set for the next session, the first Monday in December, 1790, CALL FOR CALUMET «A Ä BY A TRUST f'ÍM T l’ IßPO^1 SC*1! b a k A in g ft o»*a It’s moderate in price and never fails A p o u n d c a n o f C a lu m e t c o n ta in s fu ll !6 oz. S o m e b a kin g p o w d e rs c o m e in 12 oz. c a n s in s te a d o f 16 oz. c a n s. B e sure you d e t a p o u n d w hen y o u w a n t it SALE! 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