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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, May 09, 1909, Sunday Evening Edition, Image 6

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PRESIDENT OPPOSES OPPOSESSUFFRAGE OPPOSESSUFFRAGEFOR
SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGEFOR FOR CITY CITYfaft
Taft at Banquet Is Cham Champion ChamI Champion Champion ¬ I
pion of More Beautiful BeautifulCapital BeautifulCapital BeautifulCapital
Capital CapitalMAY CapitallVIAY CapitalMAY
MAY URGE CHANGE CHANGETO
TO ONEMAN RULE RULEDisagrees RULEDis RULEDisagrees
Disagrees Dis grecs With Justice Stafford Staffordon StaffordWathingtons
on Washingtons WashingtonsNeeds WarhiogtonsNeeds WathingtonsNeeds
Needs NeedsFor Needsyr NeedsFr
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For Waahlngfon and its future thor thorswill thoreil thorwkL
will il be no more more zoalous workor than thanWilliam thlUtWitham thanWilliam
William Howard Ho ard Taft TaftThe TartThr TaftTim
The President made tnlu promise last lastnight lwtnight Lntnight
night In his hl speech at tho banquet given Rivenhm glvonlrm givenIm
hm by the clUzons of Washington un under under undci ¬
der the auspices of the thocommorclal thocommorclalbodies commercial commercialbodies commercialbodies
bodies of tho District out he amplified amplifiedthe amplifiedtho amplifledthe
the pledge with the statement that thatthere thatthere thatthere
there must be no suffrage In the th Dis District District District ¬
trict and that the National Govern Government Government Governznent ¬
ment must continue to rulo and control controlthe controlthe controlthe
the J District government governmentj
j His ns speech was macro in an unprc unprccedcnted unprecedented unprccedented
cedented setting and In an atmosphere atmospherecharged atmosphereh atmospheredfltrged
charged h rged with Uh Interest that bordered on onsuspense onsuspense onsuspense
suspense It came Immediately after an aneloquent aneloquent
7 eloquent address by Justice Wendell WendellPhillips WendellPhillips WendellPhillips
Phillips Stafford of o the Supreme Court Courtof Courtor CourtOt
of the District who pleaded for the ox exercise oxrla oxrciap ¬
ercise of suffrage by the people p oplo of ofWashington of1Ya8hln ofWash1ngton
1Ya8hln Washington ton
Wash1ngtonStill tonStill
Still Is In Doubt DoubtAfter DoubtAftcr DoubtAfter
After differing In the clearest and androost anc1most andrnost
roost = emphatic terms with tho justices justicesargument jusUceslltUment justcestgument
argument that the District should have haveone haveone haveone
one Senator and two Representatives Representativesdln RoprosontativI4n
I4n dln the National Legislature Mr Taft Taftexplained Taftexplained Taftexplained
explained that his chief desire Is to toascertain toascertain toascertain
ascertain whether the present municipal municipalgovernment municipalgovernment municipalovernnicnt
government overnnicnt can be best conducted by bythree b bthree bythree
three Commissioners or one man a amayor amayor amayor
mayor mayorHe mayorHe mayorHe
He said frankly he had not made up upills uphis up1Th
ills mind on this point pointMora pointM01O pointMore
Mora than 800 OO of Washingtons busi business business bustness ¬
ness and professional men were present presentin
in the big banquet hall of the Wlllard Wlllardc tHudThe
c The hall ha was transformed Into a bower boweru
u of palms cedar red roeos and dog dogWool dogwood
1 wood blossoms The ceiling was almost almostIdden almosti1dden
Jiidden Idden by a temporary covering 01 01i Olcpdar ottIar
i cedar branches and the walla were weresolid werelIolld weresolid
> solid banks of palms roses and the thedogwood tho4ogwood thedogwood
dogwood blossoms It was a scone of ofBeauty o oauty ofbeauty
Beauty auty Incomparable IncomparableAt
At the Speakers Table TableAt TableAt TableAt
At the speakers table which ran the theHvhole thehole thehole
Hvhole hole length of tho hall sat John Joy JoyKelson Joyd60n JoyElson
Kelson d60n chairman of the joint committee committeet
c t of the Chamber of Commerce and the theBoard theoanl theloard
Board oanl of Trade in charge of the ban banand bane banc
e c quet On his right was the President Presidentand
and on his left the vice President Presidentv PresidentOthers PresidentOthers
v Others at that table wore the Speaker Speakerof
tt of the House the District D trlct Conunis
1 Floncrs and members of the House and andSenate and5enate and6enate
Senate District D trlct Committees CommitteesAt
At the close of the banquet Mr Edsonarose Edsonarose Edson EdsonArose
Arose and after a brief sketch of the theitMstrict theI thefljfjj
I itMstrict fljfjj introduced Justice Stafford StaffordITbe Stattornrhe StaffordTbe
ITbe justice ju Uce arose at his placo directly directlyopposite directlyopposite directlyopposite
opposite the President across the big
> bail and In his clear forceful language languageInade languagenade languagemade
made an Impassioned speech asking
that this city of the tii dumb be glvona glvonavoice given Ilvonolee a avoice
voice olee in the National Legislature and andley amIu andzuggeztlng
zuggeztlng u gest1ng that there should be a fixed fixedCTICY fixed1cy
CTICY ley of home rule In the awarding awardingEILiOCal
EILiOCal local of3ce oC1lcfJi 011ccWby
Why hy be asked should the people peopleC
fO tof C the District have their deeds recorded recordedfcy recordedy
fcy y a man from California CaliforniaCheeredT Catornl CatornlCheered Caornlk7Cheered
Cheered Wildly WildlyHe
He was Interrupted Ume and time timegain timeapin tisteagaIn
agaIn gain by thunders of applause aprl u e His Hisevery Hisevery lii liievery
every declaration that the people of ofWashington orWa ofWaiington
Wa Washington 1ington should be allowed repro representation reproEcntaUun reproEentatiun ¬
sentation In Congress Conb ess and thus take takj4rt takeJLrt takert
j4rt rt in District legislation as well ell as asnational asnatlon3J asnational
national greeted with outbursts that thatapproached thAtspproaohed thatapproached
approached ovation ovationThen oat1oneThen ovatloneThen
Then the President who had sat At un undemonstrative undemonstraUv undemonstrative ¬
demonstrative through the speech of ofJustice orJustice ofJustice
Justice Stafford arose lro e On what hat he hehad hehnd hebad
had to say might depend whether there theretens the1fJWas therewaB
tens In the future tho project of o re rebuilding rebuilding rebuilding ¬
building tho citys government His Hissentences Hisentences Hissentences
sentences would show whether he had hadat bada hadat
at a heart the growth and beauty and andpower ando andpower
power o er o or the city His audience was wasstill wasti11 W88lUll
still ti11 leaning forward In anxiety andet lest lestthey lestthey lestthey
they miss a single word wordHe wordHe wordHe
He opposed at the outs outset t the argument argumentof
of the th Justice that suffrage should b bextended be becxtcnded beextended
extended to the people of the District Districtand Dl DIStrictand trlct trlctand
and he took the poelton that to do so sowould IJOwould sowould
would be to contravene tli the letter and andspint an anJ5plrt andspirit
spirit of the Constitution He WAIl a anationalist anationalist anationalist
nationalist he said and he knew that thatWashington thatVashlngton thatWashington
Washington belonged to the whole wholefJOOOO wholeiufock
0000000 people of the th United States StatesAdheres StatesAdheres StatesAdheres
Adheres To Present Plan PlanFor PlanFor PlanFor
For this reason he could uld not see e his hisxva hiscIar
xva 31 > ckar d ar to turning turnln from the well wellbeaten iii iiibeaten 11 11beaten
beaten path of governing v rnln the District Districta
aIL a it is now governed governedbY by the National NationalGovernment NtIonalGlvt NationalGtvornment
Government Glvt > rnment with th the provleton that the thecity thOuts thecity
city should have UK It muiilciTwl trtttty Uty
Its it own fystom of ruling Its strictly
loral affair affairOne atrtlreOne affatrFOne
One thing only wax clouded lu h his hismind hismInd hisuilncl
mind he wa was frank to say This was waswhether Watlwhether waswhether
whether he should continue the present presentPaii presentpan ett ettpan
pan of o having three Commissioners Comnl lonft8 of ofcoual ofoJal ofCvial
coual powers or whether whet there should nhouMbe llhoulbp shouldbe
be one man invested with 1th the power and andthe andthe andthe
the responsibility of the three On this thUhe thtAhe thisbe
he explained Ie hud hA not Vet made up
his h1 mind but he intimated that It hl hlctJdv hictltir his hisLti4v
ctJdv of < t tw th situation warrants warraa it It he hetrtll heWill ie1ll
Will 1ll recommend to Congress that the theoneheaded then theCnoheaded
oneheaded n h > aded form of government be es established elltab1 established ¬
tablished tablishedTills tab1 tablishedTbIs she sheThis
Tills however he said interfered not notat notat nota
at a all lT wth the principles of tho present presentorm pr present1orni nt ntorm
1orni orm of o government gov rnmont bat was merely ely an anattempt anstttmpt anattempt
attempt to improve the governmental governmentalmac g8YlIJlmentalmah1neo
mac mah1neo ijlnery
Contrast In Speeches SpeechesTiiore SpeechesT SpeechesTore
Tore T ltre was wa a unique feature in the thej t ttwo thetwo
two speeches lp hes of the President Pro kt and Jus Justire Justl Justier
j
tire tl p Stafford The Justice spoke lInt flrstand lIntand lirsiand
and made his plea for national suffrage suffrageand suffragead uf
and nd representation repreettn in Congress on In Inpassing Inv Inaasing
passing v aasing n nf he voiced vie a stroup strout strou suggestion suggestiontat suggestiontat
tat home hoe rule rue should shCJk be promoted promotedas pope popeas
as much IPUG as possible po be He H evidently flvknty took tookpains tookpains
pains to keep away Iwy from analysis anly of tho tliomunicipal thotJnicpa thotninlelpal
municipal tJnicpa form for of government loYenmnt and le dootf levnfrl
vnfrl otr otf rI his hil > time Ue to the th4 argument alment that A the thepeople thenple
Vt people plf of WashinRton W shlnton had ha a rip 1 to toVt tovt toThe
The President Ppdet answered AhlrP this thl argument argumentfnr argmnt argmntflU
fnr flU f tii f1tP U franchise franehi but made hi h his speech speechprfm Bet speeciprimpally
prfm JnlpaJY primpally < pally on the municipal munkIp1 government governmentrnd ovement ovementtn1
rnd t tn1 trp re the he possibilities p lblUM of Washingtons Valn tel fu fut fuVhll u utrp
While reWhile Vhir Vhll both bth sneakers nerl had hd to do with withWashington wih wihWklhlnn withWnshington
Washington Wklhlnn they tfe touched tcb their sub subJt sb sub1v
Jt 1 1v t m I fl different dfCoet ptaces pe in the main mainTJrgos 1ln 1lnUrgo inalnUrges
Urges Urgo Park Bolt BoltMr Bolti BeltMr
i Mr Taft Taf left lef no doubt dbt of hi his ardent ardentse ardentf ardentceire
se ceire > f ir to do much mu for Washington anton and andls andls
ls It improvement mprovement Without qualification qualificationi qulfctlon qulfctlonmade
i made the prediction prtton that th the th city citywit ely elywll citylivc
wit live lvp to see th thl the Burnltam Dumb Park Com Coms CI CoinrlaionpIan
s r isslonplan rIslonplan < carried crrt out ot He wanted wARte to tocr tor tosce
sce cr r lie said 11d a circuit crut of y vast beautiful beautifuli buUCul buUCulp beautifulrrks
i parks p Tk taking takln in Rock Ro Creek Crek Park con con2rrfting eonr
2rrfting r ertirig rt1f through the t he mouth muth of Rock Rockc Rok Rokc Rockrk
c c rpfk rrfk or otherwise othpr1I with 11 h the th parks parksi
i t adf ad out bf the Potomac ptac flats ft going goingtliore glnf glnfdown goingtcni
tliore down the 1111 Mall > Iall to the Capitol CapUoland Cpot Cpot8d Capitolevl
and from there th re to tf the Soldiers SoWle Home Homea lionseaguin ome ome8Jln
a 8Jln aguin nln connecting onn < Uol with Rock R k Crete Crfe Park ParkHPthrow PAr ParkHe
HPthrow fp He throw out tho auggmUienthat 8uJgeton suggestion that it itwould ItWfld Itwould
would Wfld bo 0 well wel to t agitate tRte the local le a pos posiMllty poesstiity
iMllty J Hly of recovering roovenl from fm Virginia Virginian Vlnla Vlnlar
r < T t h of the land lan whkh w wa was ceded to totiat toat toat
tiat at Slate flt by the th Congress Cgf of 1W 1 e but butwhrli hutwhrJ butwhri
whrJ whrli had been ben originally or ln11 a part prt of the theItstrlct th thI thfistrfrt
Itstrlct I strlrt He HI bad I aev epr tsvr > r been able to toMtisfv toit toiftIsf
Mtisfv it hrh himself hlnf he 1 mid Mii that hat congr onrp2K onrp2Kar nngrmioi nngrmioilad s ss
lad > s ar i the right r lt to mak ml tins 11 rotro TPtroIp rtroThe fBB n nThe nThe
The cause caUle of jqtbl v Wf b playgrounds was wasalso wal was1o
abo also 1o championed capIoned by him hm hmJ himI
J
I TAFTS ATTITUDE ON D DisTRICT STRICT AFFAIRS AFFAIRSPresident AFFAIRS1 AFFAIRS1President I II
I
1 1Predent
President Predent Taf Tafts Tafts t Js ideas deas of the needs of the District of Columbia both as to its it form of government governmet and ad its it future development developmet are ae outlined outlinedin outied outiedin utlhiedin
in in his hs full speech herewith at the banquet given by the business busies V men of AVashington W Vasirgt hingon n His Hs address addes address2 > revealing reveang as it does doe his hs attitude a ttde toward the te city ct is fruited fruitedin rted rtedin
Air llr Chairman and the solid old men of ofWashington orWAsington ofWashington
Washington WashingtonI WAsington WAsingtonI
I wish Hh to t t thank you ou from the bottom bottomof bottomot
of my m heart her for the te courtesy courtey that you youhave youbave youhave
have extended to me this tis evening in this thismagnificent tis tismalcent thismagnificent
magnificent malcent banquet and ad In your com coming cm cmIng oemleg ¬
ing hero h ro to jtake take part in this tis occasion occasionI ocolon ocolonI
I am proud prud of it I If it I be the case cse and I Imust ImUt Imust
mUt must believe bleve it I from the assurances assurancesSiven a assurancesven
Siven vn tonight that this thll is the first frt time timethat timeta timethet
that ta a 8 President Irolent of the United Urle States Stateshas StttesAsas
has ia ever had the pleasure pIOre of mooting mOtng on onsuch onHUDh onsuch
such an occasion ooasion and under such cir clrcurnstanoas eIrcurstos cirournatanoes
curnstanoas curstos the te business buine men of Wash Washington Washigton Washington ¬
ington igton I hope for close cose intimacy itimcy I Ihope Ihope Ihope
hope that tat we may come together and ad we wenmy womfY wemay
may mfY discuss these tese things because boaU80 cer certainly certnlnly cerably ¬
ably we needIt needItI ncerl need It ItI
I take the utmost utost personal pCronal pride In Inthe Inthe inthe
the city ciy of Washington It I thrills trls my myheart myhert myheart
heart hert even Oe day ay to look out of the back backwindows back1ndows backwindows
windows of tho White Vhle House Houor Housefor for the theshort theshor theshort
short shor time tme I have been there thoreand thoroand and when whenever whenever whenever ¬
ever I 1 gut the opportunity opportuniy to see this tillsbeautiful thisbeautiful
beautiful bcutrul city ciy in whioh hla we are permit permitted perlt perltt permitted ¬
ted t d to Jive UVeU10o JiveUsose those avonues avonue and streets streetsconstructed street streetconstcted streetsconstructed
constructed constcted on a a magnificent magifcent piin look lookIng lookinG looking
Ing inG forward forrd for centuries centurlo these th00 trees treesplanted treespltuted
planted plted with wih great Great foresight foreight to make makeevery makeover makeevery
every over part pat of Washington Wahlnton a park prk these thesevistas thesevist thesevIstas
vistas vist Into which wich always aways creep cep unbid unbidden unbiddon ¬
den that beautiful bautful shaft that marks the thememory thememor thememory
memory memor of the te founder foun or of this city citySympathy ciy citySympathy
Sympathy Syp thy In Capital CapitalI Capita
I have not been ben here very ve hong lons in the thecity thoc thecity
city of Washington as some men count countit
c
it long IonS I was wa here two years yor between between1SOO betWCn betWCnl
1SOO l and 1S92 1S four years yo frofn from UXH 1 to to1SO tol tOlObut
1SO l lObut but that is a little lte bit longer than thanJustice thanJ thanJustice
Justice J tce Stafford StaffordI Stfon
I have been a taxpayer tRpyor I have In Invested InvoSed Invested ¬
vested voSed some money in land in Washing Washington Wahing Wahington ¬
ton and have not seen a dollar dolar come comeout comeout comeout
out of it i I have sont my m children chidre to tothe totho totho
tho public ubUc schools I have hung 1mn to tostraps tosrp tostraps
straps srp In street cars rs going Jolng both ways waysto waysto
to the Capitol Capiol i i have Iave bathed In the thePotomac te tePotomac thePotomac
Potomac mud mudIn In a bath tub I have havelunched havelunched havelunched
lunched atHarveys at Hareys Harveys on those t0se steamed steamedoysters steamedoyster steamedoysters
oysters oyster and I iave ave ave been ben a fan with withmy withmy withmy
my friend Sunny SunnS Jim at the baseball baseballpark baobal baseballpark
park par and have hada had a love and culti cultivated cul cultivated ¬
vated it I with him for f r tallondors talonder And Andtherefore Andtherefore Andtherefore
therefore I claim cllm that I 1 have been beenthrough beenthroUlh beenthrough
through experiences eperlenco that ought to give giveme giveme giveme
me some of the local locl atmosphere atosp3re and andsome andsome andsome
some of the local loal feeling t lng of Washing Washington ahlng ahlngton ¬
ton And nd yet ot with wih all that that gentlemen gentlemenI gfntcmon gfntcmonlS
I as lS I look about here into those th01 smiling smilingfaces sming smingaces smilingfaces
faces aces these somewhat rotund forms formsthat formsthat formsthat
that give giv evidence of o prosperity prospriy It is isa Isa isa
a a little ltte difficult dlfcult for me to rolzo realize that thatIt thatI thatit
It I was wa about those th 0 caitiffs caUffs and these theseslaves thoe thoeslaves theseslaves
slaves that Mr Justice Stafford Stafford6T Staffordsoke
6T soke sokeUI > oke okeI
UI I Am a Nationalist NationalistIn Na ion3ist ion3istIn
In spite spie of ot that oxporiande oporleto with wltt re respect respect respect ¬
spect to Washington Vasblngtn I am a nationalist nationalistThis natonalst natonalstThis nationalistTills
This city cfy Is the te home of the Govern Government Gover Governmont ¬
mont met of a nation nat09 natio9 and when men who whoare whoare whoare
are just as much muc imbued Imbue with wit the theprinciples theprnciple theprinciples
principles prnciple of civil liberty Jbort as any who whohave whohave whohave
have come after aer Washington WMllnstn at the thelioad thehead thehead
head put into the Constitution Consttton the te pro provisions provisions provisions ¬
visions with wih reference to the govern government gocrnment governmont ¬
ment of o the District Ditt of Columbia they theyknew theyknew theyknow
knew what wJat they were doing and spoke spokefor spokefor spokefor
for a coming possible pos lble eighty millions mlUons of ofpeople otpeple ofpeople
people peple who should sould insist Ingst that the home homoof homeof homeof
of the Government Go mmont of that eighty mil ml ¬
lions lons of people peplo should he governed gvorne by bythe bythe bythe
the representatives reprosontth d of that eighty mil millions mi mlllions ¬
lions lons of people pelple and that if I there ter were werein wereIn werein
in that eighty millions miins of people men menwho menwho menwho
who desired to come and share in ingrandeur in iiigrandeur hl hlgrand
grandeur grand our of of oi that th Capital Capial ard live lve in a acity aciy acity
city ciy of magnificent maJntfcent beauty beuty as a this thi was wasandenjoy ws wsand wasand
andenjoy and enjoy all al the privileges prlvne es then they theycome the thecome theycome
come with wih their eyes open as a to the thecharacter thecJuuactor thecharacter
character of the government govo nment that they theywere theywere theywere
were to have and they must mut know that thatthey thatthey thatthey
they must depend not upon the prin principles prlnolple prinelpios ¬
ciples olple ordinarily ordlnarfy governing In popular populargovernment populargovernment
government but that tat they must must trust trustin trustIn trustIn
in order to secure seeur tholr liberty to got gettheir gottheIr gottheir
their guaranties guarntesthp guarantIesthey they must trust to the therepresentatives therepresentatives therepresentatives
representatives of eighty Ibty minions mi1ions of ofpeople ofpeople ofpeople
people selected under that tat Constitution ConstitutionRight Consttuton ConsttutonRight ConstitutionRight
Right of Petition PetitionNow Pettion PettionNow PetitionNow
Now I want art to tsy srr J with wih deference defern < e to tothis tothis tothis
this discussion that if this meeting meoUlb or orsubsequent r rubRequent rsubsequent
subsequent meetings mealnS are ae to be devoted devotedto
to securing 56curnG an amendment to the Coast Constitution COnll COnlltutlon Coasttution ¬
tution by which you are going to disturb disturbthe disturbthe l turb turbthe
the principle of of two Senators Senator from cv every cvcr cvcry ¬
cry cr State Stte and you cu are ar going ging to abolish abolishthe abolsh abolshthe abolishthe
the provisIonMJiat in there
provslonmt was put ex exinduetria oxIndustria
induetria Industi by George Gerge Washington WahlnJon you youwill youw1 youwill
will w1 not get t ahead ahed in the matter matte of bet better better better ¬
ter government in Washington Wahingon by such suchmeetings suchmeetngs suchtheotings
meetings meetngs I do not no want to seem to be boabrupt beabrupt beabrupt
abrupt but I believe b leve it i is possible po lble by bysuch bysuch bysuch
such meetings meeUng as this to arouse the in interest Irterest hrterest ¬
terest of Congress and the Executive Executiveto Eecutve Eecutveto
to the necessity of consulting conslng the people peopleof peo h hor
of Washington to left l them tiam act at as s Amer Americans AmerIcans Amerleans ¬
icans act when they dont have the right riglttof rlSht rlShtof rightof
of suffrage sutrJlat suffragelet let them act by the ri r rlbt rlbtof ht htof t tof
of petition ptton and po P > o they not c cthat exercls exercisng nl
that ta right rIlht all al tIc t1 time timeIsnt tme tmeIsnt timeIsnt
Isnt it posslbe to tc determine dotenine on the thepart te tepar thepart
part par of the te committees commltHes of the House Houe anl an1the anlthe anlThe
the Senate what the attitude atttude of the theWashington theVnshington therashingtor
Washington Vnshington citizens cItzens is Why the gov government JOV JOVernment government ¬
ernment that tt we have today to ay in Wash Washington Wah Wahington Washington ¬
ington everybody everbody admits admis is a good gov government tv tvcrment goveminent ¬
eminent crment Has it I not been brought about aboutthrough aboutthrough aboutthrough
through tin 1J aid of those very or commit committees committes committees ¬
tees tes in tho House and Senate Snate who you yousay yousay OU OUsay
say know nothing about aout Washington AVashingtonand Vahlngon Vahlngonmd
and who make their knowledge knoledg or lack lackof lackof lackof
of knowledge JmowledSe ridiculous by showing showinG ii iiWe I IVe tWe
We Ve are all imperfect Imperfet Wo Ve cannot ex expect expet cxpect ¬
pect pet perfect government but what we weought weought weought
ought to do Is I to pursue practical practcl meth methods methodE methods ¬
ods odE and not I submit with wlh deference deferenceto dcferen e eto
to Justice Stafford Stford make make it i seem as asif asIf
if the te people of Washington shln ton were suffer suffering su1er su1erJng sufferIng ¬
ing some great gre and tremendous troendous load loauland Joland loadand
and sorrow SOOW when as a matter mater of fact factthey factthey
they th are the envy of the citizens cltxen of ofother uroter ofother
other oter cltic clticWashingtcis cltc cltcWashingtcs citicaWashingtfs >
Washingtcis Washingtcs Intentions IntentionsWashington Intentons IntentonsVashlnron IntentionsWashington
Washington Vashlnron intended Intede this to 4 bo b a I Fed Federal lie Fedcml
eral city and i1 i Is a Federal city ct and andIt andit
It I tingles tnles down to t the to feet fee of f < wory v ry r man manwhether menwhether
whether he comes ome from Washington Washingtoncity Washingtn Washingtncty
city cty or Los Ls Atvjolos Anol0 or Te Tems > as when he hecomes hecome liecomes
comes come and walks lks these thee citj elt streets street and andstarts andstt anJstarts
starts stt to feel that this is 11 my m city ciy I Iown Iown Iown
own a part pr of tills Capital and I envy envyfor evy evyfor envyfor
for the time i being > eing those who are able ableto able ableto ableto
to spend tnelr tielr time tme here hereI hoe hoeI
I quite Qute admit that tha thre are ao defects defectsIn deCot
In the ay system stem of c government Iovorment by which whichCongress whichOongress
Congress Cnges Is bo bJlt bouii J l to took lok after ater the te got government goY goYerment goterument ¬
ernment of the District lstc of Columbia Columbia It Itcould itcould
could culd not be otherwleo ther1 under such a asystem t asystem
system 5ste but I submit submi to the judgment judgent of ofhistory o ohistor ofhistory
history histor that the resus rel vindicate vindicte the theforesight theforeight theforesight
foresight foreight of the fathers fathersNow father fathersNow
Now I am opposed oppsed to the te franchise frncle In Inthe Inthe Inthe
the District Dltrkc I am oppotv opp d L and not be because beCU because ¬
cause CU I yield yeld to t anyone anyon n 1 r support supportand supportand
and belief blef in the princi prlnc princt4e < ueu of Swlfgov Swlfgovernment 31f alfgovernment V
ernment ernment but bt principles are applicable appJeabl
generally Jonerly and then unless unle you ou make makeexceptions makeoxcpUons makeOxcoptions
exceptions oxcpUons to the application applcaton of those thoseprinciples thoseprInciples thoseprinciples
principles you ou will wl find tnd that they will willcarry wi willcarry
carry crr you to very illogical and ad absurd absurdresults absurdresult absurdresults
results result This was wa molcal taken 1 n out of th t1e t1eapplication e eapplication
application appJoUon of the principle of selfgo selfgovernment selfgoernment selfgoernmeiit te teappJoUon ¬
ernment in the very Constitution that thatwas t tiatwas at atw
vel Cnsttuton
was w intended to put that tat in force in inevery Inever IIIevery
every ever other part of the country county and it itwas I itwas
was was done one because It was wa Intended to tohave tohave 10have
have the tlo representatives repreenttive of all al the peo people peOpie ¬
po pople
ple in the country control contol this one city cityand cityad cityand
and ad to prevent its It being beln controlled controte by bythe h hthe bythe
the parochial prchial spirit spirt that would necessar necessarily necesr necesrIy necessariiy ¬
ily Iy govern gvern men who did not look beyond beyondthe beyondthe beyondthe
the city ciy to the grandeur andeur of the nation nationand naton natonamI nationand
and this as the representative if t that thatnation thatnaton thatnation
nationWhat nation nationWhat naton representatve
What Wat Government Form FormI For
I have got over being frightened frghten by bybeing bybeing bybeing
being told that I an a forgetting forettn the theprinciples tbelrlnlpl thelwirnipIee
principles lrlnlpl of the fathers fathers The princi principles prlnclle printipies ¬
pies lle of the fathers f thcr are maintained by bytlioso bytaoEe bythose
those taoEe who maintain maintin them with wih reason reasonand re80n re80nand reasonand
and according accordln to to t the te fitness t1n of the thing thinjerand thingand thingand
and not not by those tose who are constantly constantlyshaking constunty constuntyshuldng constantlyshaking
shaking them before bfore the maps mgs of the thevoters thevorers thevorers
vorers for or the tle purose purpose of misleading misleadingtli mlslealng mlslealngUlem misleadingthem
tli them UlemNow themNow em emNow
Now the question queton arises arses What shall shallwo shal shallwe
do Wash Washington Washington Washington
wo with IUl the government of ¬
ington Shall San we have the te present presentboard presentboan presentboard
board boan of three tee shall shal we have one on or orshall orshal orshall
shall shal we have hav some other form tor I con confess confess contess ¬
fess I do not know kow My predecessor predecessorhas predce3mr predce3mrlIas
has recommended a a change of the t pres present present proseat ¬
ent form fon so as to elance give the responsi responsibility repnsI repnsIb1t responsibhhity ¬
bility b1t to one with wih the gve view Vi W of vesting vestingthat vetng vetngthAt vestingthat
that one with Wil the responsibility respnslblt On the therther thedher theether
ether hand had it i Is said that tat three have haveworked haveworccd haveworked
worked worccd well el that it i gives more oppor opportunity OpPOl opportunit3 ¬
tunity tunl possibly for counsel and that thatIt tlat tlati thatit
It i takes ttc away aw the bureaucratic burucratc charac character charc charctcr chariicter ¬
ter of the government ov nment As T have hXe said saidI
I have reached no conclusion conc1usionts vis to towhat tohat towhat
what hat recommendation recommendaton I shall shal make mae to toCongress toCnnres toCongress
Congress Cnnres m t be subject s b ct I fully fly concur concurvith cncur cncur1h concuraith
vith 1h Justice Ju UCI Stafford in thinking that It Itwould I itwould
would be most unwise to Introduce introduo Into Intothe intothe intothe
the District Distrct what I understand undertand to be bea bea bea
a bureaucratic buructlc form for of government governmentThat svernment governmentThat
That Is right rishtNot Iht rightNot
Not For Bureaucracy BureaucracyA Bureuracy BureuracyA
A bureaucratic burecrlc form fn of government Is Isone isone Isone
one which vhlh as a hr very ver well wel described describedit derlbed derlbedIt
it would make the War ar Department Departmentlook Departmentlok
look lok after fer the streets st et8 Dr Wile pos possibly pos possibly p08sibly ¬
sibly look after the Ue health heaththe healthtue the Agri Agricultural AgrIcultural Agricultural ¬
cultural Department Dapartmnnt through throug him himand himandthe himandthe and andthe
the Treasury Treaul Department Depament look tok after the thefinances thefnacs thefinances
finances fnacs And Andso so as to each Oeh branch of ofthe orth oftho
the th government you should go to the theWeed thehd theWend
Weed of that particular patculAr department deparment in inthe Inth Inthe
the th General Genera Government Government I think that thatwould that thatwould thatwould
would be b a very ver burdensome burenome a very veryavkward ver veryawkwari
avkward 2whwa a a very vcr clumsy clum system of ofRovernment ofvornment ofgovernment
government vornment I Idm am strongly in favor of ofittalning of ofictalning
ittalning 1 the rnuiiclpal form for so o thateverything that thateverything
everything ovelting which shall shal affect afet the city cityof cty ctyof cityof
of Washington ahlnlou shall sh11 be done under the thechief thechlet thechief
chief executIve execuUt of that city cty and an by that thatchief thatcht thatchief
chief cht executive In other words I Iwould Iwould IWould
would give an entity to the city cty of ofWashington ofashlnbron ofWashinton
Washington or the th District DIst1ct of Colum Columbia Columba Columbin ¬
bin ba and take all al of that entity enUt out of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the operation operton of the bureaus of the Gen General Generl Gaitoral ¬
oral erl Government G vornment That is i what whtt I un understand understnnc1 undrstand ¬
derstand to be the government today todayand tOdayand todayand
and the only question queson that has been beenmooted beenmooted n nmooted
mooted is really reaty whether wh e one man manshould manhould manshould
should be put at a the te head 1081 of that got government goternment o ornment ¬
ernment as a mayor tor or whothdr you youshould yousould youshould
sould should have three three I agree aree that prob probably prb prbably probably ¬
ably three three men me are better where whee you
have formLegslatve formLegislative form formLegislative real Tal legislative leislathe functions tuncton to per perform pr perform ¬
Legislative Legslatve Functions FunctionsI Functons FunctonsI
I am inclined inclne to think tink that tha where wherethe wheretho wherethe
the leglslatfve l Isatre functions functons are reduced reuced to toa toa toa
a minimum and consist cnsst in little Utle more morethan mOretar morethan
than tar mere executive excuto regulation rlaton that
possibly Jsslbly the oriahoaUed Ol eIoUe form is the te bet better better bettar ¬
ter for tr executive executve purposes and to t fix fixthe fx fxthe lixthe
the responsibility rponsibity but I am only ony think thinking thlnkJng thinktag ¬
tag out loud and only because becuse we are arehere arehere arehere
here talking right rght out in meeting I am amtelling amtelng amtelling
telling telng you the reasons as they have havebeen havebeen havebeen
been brought to me meNow me meNow
Now I want wnt to talk tlk about the future futureAnd future futureAnd
And Ad the future of Washington What Whatan Whatan Whatan
an enormous development Wahlnton is before usl uslWhy us usVh3 usWhy
Why Vh3 I am not nt an imaginative man but butI
I would like Jke to come ImagnaUe back here a t hun hundred hundred hundred ¬
dred years yers hence and ad see the te beauties beautiosof
of If which this city ciy Is capable cpable Right Righthere Righthere Righthere
here under our noses for a time tImet under underour underour underour
our very vel vei eyes are thoso beautiful beaulrul Po Potomac Potomac Potomac ¬
tomac flats that are going to t make as asflne asfine
fine fne parks and parkways as there are areIn areIn areIn
In the w wlrld rld Those parks ought to tobe tobe tobe
be connected w wth th the Rock Creek Park Parkby Pak Pakby Parkby
by means of the ti mouth mout of Rock Creek Creekor
or otherwlg and ald then through them all allthere al allthere
there thtre ought ou ht to be carried a park clear cleararound cleararound gleararound
around including inrudlng carre the Soldiers Sldiers Home Homeand Homeand Homeand
and completing compl Ung the circuit circui with wih Rock RockCreek Roc RockCreek
Creek at the other ot1er end end endComing w wComing
Coming Development DevelopmentThon Developuent DevelopuentThon
Thon too there is the development developmentin
in Anocostia AnQosta and ane along the te Eastern Easternbranch Easternbranch Easternbranch
branch Then the opportunities oppornites for forplaygrounds torplaygunds forplaygrounds
playgrounds playgunds that there ther are re In Wash Washington Wah WahIngon Washington ¬
ington Ingon It I just makes maIte any m mouth waterfor waterfor water waterfor
for my poor poo city of Cincinnati CninnaU when I Ilook Ilook Ilook
look out mId can cn see clear down dow to tothe tothe tothe
the Potomac and an < see six and seven base baseball bae baebal baseball ¬
ball bal matches going on with all al the fer fervor fervor fervor ¬
vor of young America America and ad nobody to tosay tosa tosay
say sa them nay nayAnd nayAnd nayAnd
And to think thinkto to think that we had hada
a genius a hundred years year ago almost almostin
in his way as matchless as Washing Washington Wahing Wahington ¬
ton to make the plan for a great get Capi Capital Capital Capital ¬
tal like lke the Frenchman Frenchma whose remains remainswere remainswere remainswere
were burled burJed11ere here the te other day and andwhose andwhose andwhose
whose plans wersjjardly wer hardlY changed cage in inthe Inte inthe
the te new plan made by Burnham and andids andhis andhis
his associates I know now there tero has been beendiscussion beendlscusslor beendiscussion
discussion dlscusslor as to that tat plan plan There has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been a feeling felng that tat perhaps lt t was ws slip slipped sUppe slippod ¬
pod pe on to us at one time tme and nd slipped sUppe slippedIn
In at another but we all al know even evenmv evenmv eventnt
mv dear friend good go oW oI o1 Uncle Joe Joeknows Joeknows Joeknows
knows that we are ar going tj t t build buid up
to that plan some day It Is not com ¬
ing at once but we ought tc thank God Godthat Godtat Godthat
that tat we phave have got a plan like Ike that to tobuild tohuld tobuild
build huld to so so that when we go on with withthe wIt
the te Improvement every dollar dolar that we weput weput weput
put in goes goe to make Washington Wahingon beauti beautiful beat beautiUi ¬
ful Ui a hundred years yer hence henceGiving henceGvg henceGiving
Giving Gvg Back Laud LaudThen LandTen LaudThen
Then Ten Justice Justce Stafford Starord In his hi very ole eloquent eo eoQuent olequent ¬
quent remarks rark called cled attention ateton to t the thefact thetact thefact
fact that in 1S15 181 iSISI I am sorry sor to say It Itought It itought
ought to be b characterized at least leat as asfar asfar a afar
far as that is concerned coracared as a a day of ofsmall oCnl ofsmall
small nl things thingswh who the Congress Conses could couldhave couldhave
have recited rcied this thisWhereas thisWherea thisWhereas
Whereas Wherea no inure territory torlor ought otht to tobe tobe tObe
be held hel under uder the exclusive eclusve legislation legislationgiven legilton legiltonven legislationgiven
given ven to Congress Con es over ove the District Districtwhich Ditrct Ditrctwhich Districtwhich
which is the seat of tho General Gfivern Gfivernment Gernmont ern ernment
ment than may be necessary necessy an and proper properfor properfor properfor
for the te purposes purpose of such suc a a seat seat There Therefo
fo b 1 > we give back all a1 that we got from fromVirginia fromVlrgnbr fromVIrginia
Virginia VirginiaWhile Vlrgnbr VlrgnbrVle VIrginiaWhile Jve
While Vle it is true tre the early eary statute said saidthat sd sdthat saidthat
that no buildings buldlns should be put on any anyond anything anything
thing but the Marl Maryland d side otthe orthe river rivera riverand
and a perhaps perhp they felt f It that tat as we were werenot Wee Weeot werenot
not ot going to ure that side for buildings buildingsthey buldlg buildingsthey
they te did not nt n md d it I at all allI aUI allI
I have hve never been able able to satisfy stsfy my mysfeif mys myself
self s f that tht that tat retrocession retrocesion was wa within withinthe v1UJn v1UJnthe wthiiathe
the power of Congress Con ongroes 0 to make They
did attempt attept to settle tte it once onc In the Su Supreme Supreme Supreine ¬
preme Court but the Supreme Court Courthas Courthas
has bs a facility faclty in avoiding aoldng the main mainquestion min minqueton mainquestion
question queton born brn of long lng practice practiceWhat pr practiceWhat lce
What Wat Court Ruled RuledAnd RuledAnd FailedAnd
And when hen a gentleman getlean who is i paying payingtaxes p payingtaxes Ing Ingtaxoon
taxes taxoon on this ths side asks a1 that tat they tey be ox 0
tended to the te other ota side on the te ground groundthat gound goundtbat groundthat
that that retrocession rtocesion did not carry crr
Virginia so that he might have his histaxes 115 115tae histaxes
taxes tae reduced reduce tho thoSuprme thcVSuprome Suprome Court Curt said sd
he could not do It in a collateral
a olaterl way waysaid ay aysaid y ysid
said sid that as both bth parties pare to t the te trans transaction tr transaction ¬
action seemed to be satisfied
ncton stsfe up to this
t
time Uno tiniethey they did not not nothntejd intend intEd to investigate InyeUste or
seek se arts burdens that tat their thei salaries sJares did
not require reuire them tho to meet We have
never n ver had that question tested I be ¬
queton teed bu
hove Ueve we ought to look forward to a
great get city cty of Washington ftrd and while the a
Washingon ad whie
AngloSaxonan S and
AngloSaonnd rn especially the Anglo I
Saxon of Virginia Vlrgluiholds VirgInIaho5 holds on to territory Ago
as J long long ° f fs a as he can c It might be b possible possibleto
by agitating I I
tne
agtUng tie queton question in a a legal way
legl wy
to
Induce another aoter settlement stlemet by which
we e should get Iot the only part of that whch that thatVuHJve
pr I
we realywould really would lke like to have the tat part
tllat we own now in ar
VuHJve P T11 lee the 1100 110 acres acresonly aere
i the
Alingon Aritngton estate and a great I
a e3t
deal eal
that Is unoccupied leaving Alexan
dia tiiia out and Fals Falls Church and taking in I
only 4nly niy that that is inhabited inhabie so tkig that we ve I
s
may have in this District
ti D1tr undor our ourroads 0 ur
fosterIng fostering cntrl control where we w can bulkl
roads and make the District en still buil
Ditrct more
beautifulthat bank of sl mre
beuUtltat tho th Potomac PotmR on onNeed
te the other sde side as You g up toward
Cabin John Bridge BridgeNee BridgeNeed f i
Need Nee More Territory TerritoryWe Tertor il
We Ve will w1 need nee it i the city cty wi will continue
to grow gw It I may my be as a Justice ustic Stafford Staffordsaid Sttor Staffordsaid
said saic1 that there will be inaugurated
ther wi iauted a aprotest aprotet aprotest
protest protet by the te people pople living lving here that thatthey thatthe thatthey
they the have not 10t political poltcl power pwer but I Ithink Ithink Ithink
think that the justice justce will wl find fnd when wheniii hen henlI
lit lI comes come to looking looknG Into the hearts hearb of ofthe
the American Americn people that they will wi not nt ntbe notbe
be convinced when they come to Wash Washington Wa WashIngton ¬
ington ingon Hint th t the Washingtonians Vashlngonians are suf sr sufeying
eying to that degree desee that thatlequlre requires a
reversement reveement of the policy pOlcy adopted with
adopted
entire eiUre clearness clearc of mind by the fram trm
ers er em of the Constitution Con ttuUon Washington who
doubtless doubtess inserted Inserte that Washingon particular parcuar pro provision pr provision ¬
vision in the Constitution Conttuton through trough his
influence Infuence also alo had ha IBnfant lEfant draw drw the
plans plan of Washington Washl on and ad the plans lan t of
Washington Vashlnson were not adapted to a vIV vi
a vI
lage like lke Alexandria AIeandrt and the village
vl
f
that was a In the District at at the te time tme we wecame wecme wecame
came cme here I1emthat herethat that was w adapted aapted to a city
of magnificent magicent distances d1tncs and therefore tetore cit
the clause was wa adopted knowing lowing that
just such a city clt cit we would voud have here hereand heread hereand tat
and ad just such SUcl a city ciy would nave nvo to get petalong
along aong relying relyg upon the te training In self selfgovernment selfgoverment selfgovernment
government goverment of thu tQ representatives repreentatve of I
50000000 500 of people ta to do Justice justce by it itInterested it itInterested
Interested Iteested In I District DistrictNow DIStCt DistrictNow I
Now my dear er friends frends I want to say sy syto sayto
to you that I have got Into a constitu constitutional consttu consttutona constitutlonal ¬
tional tona discussion dlaulon here hee that tat I did dd not an anticipate a antlclpate ¬
ticipate tcpate but I hope It has ha not clouded cloudedmy cloudedmy
my meaning meang which I Intended Intende to make makeas mke mkea makeas
as a clear as a possible pssble that I am a deeply I
interested in the te welfare welar of the District DistrictI
I am am deeply interested interese In securing securig good god godsvcnlment goodgovernment
government svcnlment to every over man woman and andchild andchid andchild
child chid in this District Distct and to secure seue as asfar asfar
far as a is i possible posible with wih the te original orgin plan plani planmier planinder
nder i the Constitution such voice oice as asfhe aslire
Consluton
lire people lople of the District D trct may require requiren rque rquen
n their thei local matters mattersBut mater mattersBut
But when It I comes ome to defining defng howl how howthat howthat
that Is i to be given I cannot be any
more lore explicit pUclt than ta bven to say say it i must lUst res resultimately r re reultimately
ultimately ltmatel on the right of representation representationand reproenttlo reproenttloand representatioand
and petition petton I do not see how you can cn
do anything ay thIn else I am sure sur that fc t IL you youwill youvl youwill I
will vl constantly constnty agitate 3site and if I you Ot will wii
have hv as a eloquent an orator ortor as a Justice Jutce Justice1
Stafford Staford talk to the te committees commlteo of the thoHouse theHouse
House and Senate Senat every ever year esr he will willrouse wil willrouse
rouse them tem to such acl a desire deire to save ve you
from fo the slavery slaver that tt he has ha pictured picturedthat picturedthat
that serve you will wl get the te attention atteton you ou de desorve desone deserve
JlSTICE JUSTICE STAFFORDrS STAFF Rrys < PLEA FOR SUFFRAGE IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTONJustice I IJustice I IJustice
Justice Stafford of theSupremc mc Court of the District in his hisplea s plea for suffrage for Washington said in part
I pledge ple you in a sentiment 8Rtment that is isalmost Isamost isalmost
almost amost a prayer pryeruMay prayecMay May this prove a a for fortunate fortate fortunate ¬
tunate tate day for the District of Colum Columbia Coumhla Coluinbisr ¬
bia bisr Without Wiout doubt the people Jeple of the theDistrict theDitct theDistrict
District Ditct look upon tho occasion ocsion that tat has hasdrawn basdrw hasdrawn
drawn us here hee as a most happy augury auguryWhat auguryWhat
drw What u do we mean men when we augr saythe saytheDistrict sy say the theDistrict he heDlstJct
District of Columbia Clumbi There are at atleast atleat atleast
DlstJct
least three meanings menlns hi I which the ex expression expresion oxpression ¬
pression presion leat tree may be accurately acurately used use It Itmay Itmay
may mean the mere territory terItr the theseventy theseventy theseventy
seventy men square miles ml0 of land lnd and water waterIt waterI
It may mean men suar the te municipal municipl corporation corporationwhich crorton crortonvhlch corporationwhich
which I has ha been created crote by tho act of ofCongress orCong ofCongress
Congress It may moan the te political politicalI poltcal poltcalcommuniy politicalcommunity
I Cong community communiy which may be called and andby andby andby
by the te Supreme Court Cour has ha bean re repeatedly repotely repoatedhy ¬
peatedly potely called cale for certain cerin purposes puroles a aState aStte aState
State In this third sense sen e It Is not a amere amere amere
mere Stte municipal municipl corporation crrton but is filled filledwith 1led 1ledwt filledwith
with the sovereignty of the United UnitedStates UnitedStates
States Stt6 wt of America Amei It I is of the utmost utmostimportance utm0t utm0tImportance utmostImportance
importance to distinguish dtUngih between btwen those thosemeanings t0e t0emanlng thesemeanings
meanings especially between the second secondand secondand
manlng Oeay
and ad the third thir if we would keep our ourthinking ourtltnJog ourthinking
thinking tltnJog clear clearThere cler clerThee clearThere
There Thee is I only one sovereign syorelp in the theDistrict theDlltrit theDistrict
District of Columbia Columbia Indeed Inde in respect respectto repet repetto
to Dlltrit sovereignty the situation Uuatln is I precisely preciselythe peisly peislythe
8veregnty
the same ec an if there te were no n other oter do domain doman domain ¬
main affected Afete by the th central mtr govern government goven govenment governmontas ¬
man
ment montas as If all Its I functions functon were per performed Pl performed ¬
formed here he Why then it I may be ask asked aske askad ¬
ed form should there thee be such a municipality municipalityas munlipaUty munlipaUtyI
e as 5 Ibol the District D rc of Columbia at all allWhy anWby altWhy
Why I should not ot the General Genel Government Governmenttake Goverment Govermenttke Governmenttake
take shol direct dirt control utrol and administer adJlniter all allthe al allthe
tke the affairs afl of the District Distrit through its itsown Itsown itsown
own bureaus brou It I would not be J so o easy easyto 0Y 0Yto easyto
to answer that question quetion if two facts factswere fact factswere
were anwe other than thl thev are First Firt if ifthere ifthere ifthere
there were no citizens of the Unied UniedState UnitedStates united unitedStates
States except those tho ctzes who ho live lve in the th Dis District Dlstrd Distilet ¬
trict second excep if I the thf District elected eleto the thenational thenUnl thenational
trd un
national officers of de en But there are ap 350000 350000people 360000people
people nUnl here hee and there are some me 9flWp000 9flWp000outside 90000000 90000000outside
outside pee and ad all al are citizens citzens of the Unite unit united ¬
ouWe ed States t and Id the th 369000 JO 0O00 who live lve here herehave herebe herehave
e have some me interests Intorts which they do not nothold nothod nothold
hold be in common emmoR with wth the 80000000 100 who wholive wholve wholive
live lve hod outside It I is i in part prt at least Jet for forthe Corthe forthe
the recognition rolon and an protection proteton of these theseseparate thee theeepte theseseparate
separate and an peculiar pula interests Interet that tbt a amunicipal amunkpl amunicipal
municipal epte government jvernment exists ext and is re required reQuire required ¬
munkpl
quired All Al the t more mre Is it needed nee by byreason byre1 byreason
Quire reason re1 of the fact that there ter is I no suf sufLet 8ufCr suffiage
Cr fiage fiageLet
Let re us U picture what might be be The Thestreets Tle Tletret Thestreets
streets tret and al public IHlble works work might all al be boput beput beput
put 1nfe under the te War War Department tho thopublic thopbli thepublic
public pbli health b1b under uner tho surgeon aur en geif geiferal gel geitoral
oral Il the charities chrte made a bureau bUTO in inthe tnto inthe
the to Department D8ptment of o Commerce Cmmerce and La Labor L Laher ¬
her br or perhaps perhap of the Interior Interor and andthe andth andthe
the th toehools ebooIs ba turned turno over OVOl to the Commis Commissioner Cmmls Cmmls5ae Commisdonr ¬
sioner of Education Fucaton And HO M it I might go goon goon goon
5ae o
on until the local loal government was com completely compely cornplotely ¬
pletely bureaucratic bureaurratlcunttjthe unty the rod ro of ofnational ornatin ofnational
national natin pely bureuntcuntihe administration HmlnllrUon turned turne serpent serpenthad lrpent lrpenthd serpenthad
had hd swallowed walowe up all the little ltle rods of oflocal otlol oflocal
local lol administration admlnl raUon and an was left alone aloneupon alonAupn aloneupon
upon the tht floor Uor In the meantime mOtme the thecity theclt thecity
city clt upn growing J1lng by leap lea and bounds bbu ds has hasdoubled hal hasdoubt
doubled doub doubt d and trebled trebed Hs t present prent popula population ppula ppulatla populaties ¬
ties tla and an we have here a amlion Mnllllon pee people pe peepie ¬
pie without thout a a word wor to t say In theory theoryor tory toryor
or pe in fact rat directly dl ty or indirectly Iniretly about aboutthe abouttie aboutthe
the tie streets 8reet they the walk the water t they theydrink tey teydrnk meydrink
drink drnk the th light l ht they burn brn or the te ado education el adocation ¬
cation CAton of o their chikl chTkre1thlng chlklroneverythtng ran everything
done doe for them and done dore by officers otfcer in inwhose Inwho inwhose
whose who selection lloUon they the had ha no voice and andwho andwho andwho
who have been bn selected letl with no par particuutr particutar
pr prtkl
ticuutr tkl r reference referece to their thlr opinions or ortheir orthir ortheir
their thir needs ne To some Jme of 01 us hat h is riot riota rot rota
a pleasing pleslDI spectacle spectacleIs spedadI
Is I National Natonal City CityCertainly CityCnly CityCertainly
Certainly Cnly we must mul not forget forge that thatthte tkatth thatthis
this th is a 8 national ntona cfty et There Thor is little littleriek 1tle 1tlerisk littlesisk
risk of that tt But Bt tharo are are Institutions Institutionsmany Insttutonl institutionsmany
m many and important Imrtnt which ar 814 not notnational DOtn8tonal notnational
national n8tonal in n their thr aim or o character They Theyare Th Tha Theyarc
are a < xactly xedl such Ich Inetltutioun lftutO as B the theRine theie
Rine 11 ie numerical population Jllton would woul ro roriuire roiur
riuire iur mre vrvre Pfp this lds not the te nations 1ua cani canitil CI CITf capiImt
til Tliar Tf 1 tnie tMIf nf thr th > InwUtutfOfW Inttt Of Ofrharity ofcharity
charity harU and anr punishment rHuth nt Wr W should lould louldn shouldaced houJdn
n aced od c to t have ha achoolE hole recording r ordlng offices oIice
postoffices posofce r d courts cur we we should need needstreets nee needstreets
streets street and brldge bridges and ad a a thousand thousandthings thou thousandthings nd ndthings
things besides bel by reason re8n of the fact factthat factthat factthat
that Institutions that thatanswer thateswe thatanswer
we are a city cty I Ututons
answer eswe the needs neec of the community communitymerely cmmunity cmmunitymerely communitymerely
merely as a a community cmrunly without wihout refer reference rfer rferEnce referonce ¬
ence to tho th National Natonal Government Governmentshould Goverment Goverment8hould Governmentshould
should not these th se be treated tue as a local locl in institutions Insttutons n nstituthona ¬
stitutions sttutons Should they tey not be admin administered admlnlitered adminlstezed ¬
istered litered as a a par ar of o the 1aiclp nunclpal rov rovernment coy coyernment oy oyernment
ernment and officered oricere by b men me identified identifiedwith Idented Identedlt identIfiedsith
with lt the District DistrictThose Distct Distctrrho DistrictThose
Those rrho courts cour of the District Dl trlct which whichdeal whichdeal whichdeal
deal not exclusively eclwdvely with local lol contro controversies controvenle controversies ¬
versies venle t 1 b > ul in large lare measure meur with wih dis disputes dIspute disputea ¬
putes pute to which the nation naton I h a a party partymay prty prtymy partymay
may my perhaps prhap r3 13 fairly inadu u up one onehalf onebaIt onehalf
half of membarsdrawn membm dr from frm the te bosh locallity 10cl boshity
ity v and a onehalf onehif from the nation naton at atlarge atJ atlarge
large J re This Ths seems s the more mr appropri appropriate ¬
ate inasmuch Inauch as a those tbO who o hold hod apprp these tltaoeoffices thB theseoffices
offices ofce hold them during durng good go behavior behaviorand bhalor bhalorItd behaviorstud
and Itd when they come com here come cme hoping hopingto hping hpingto
to behave bhve well enough enorh to remain remainthrough rain rainthrough remainthrough
through life lifeBut Jfe lifeBmit
But Btt many offices offc relate rclse exclusively to tothis tothl5 tothis
this community ommunly at alet a least as amuch much so J as asthe a asthe
the offices otc of any ay community cmmuniy can an bo bosaid besuki
said a to relate rete to itself 1t1 alone and why whyshould whyculd whyshould
should culd not these thee be b filled fle by 1 local lol citi citizens clt cltzen citiseas ¬
zen Even if there thee should fee b no nostatute nostatute o ottute
statute ttute thin tu restricting Itrllng the galactic galacticought Meh Mehought seleotkiought
ought not such tch a course cour to be b pursued pursuedas PUIue
should shouldthe shouldthe bouldthe
as a permanent peranent policy pUcy Why
the people pople of this il District Dlstrlct have their theirdeeds theirIeeds theirieeds
Ieeds recorded rvrde by a man from Cali California Ci Cifornla Celifornia ¬
fornia Why 1 should Washington V8hln on bo the theonly te teonly theonly
only city ciy in I th thin land lan that cannot cnot have havea hYO hYOa
a piStmttnMr fJstmlt appointed ppolnt from among amOrb its itscitizens f ItscItizena
citizens clzen8 If I we are to tc keep up the thoform to tot theform
form t rm o municipal government at a all alldoes al alldoes
Jovernmt
does doe not a I fair consistency cnsistency demand that thatwe tbatWe thatwe
we should treat tr at it I as a munlcipalras munlclpa1s ex existing e oxtoting ¬
toting itng among amon other purposes PUr0C to care carefor cre cretor cerefor
for all that Is peculiar pular and local locl in the theinterests theIltorCU theinterests
interests IltorCU and deeds dees of the community
Will WI it not be wisdom wisom to treat trt it I so soLet 81 soV
I V Let Lt us UI not forget foret that there are thou thousands tou tousnds thousands ¬
sands snds upon thousands here who have no noother n noother
other abiding lbldln place plae Their roots root have havestruck havestnlck havestruck
struck deep into the soil Si They Tey love 106 the thecity t thecity
city ciy with wit all al the national natonal pride we share sharewith shro shrowih sharewith
wih with them them and with wih that tender senti sentiment snU snUment sentimeat ¬
ment which wo call cal the love of home homebosides homeblde homebesides
besides blde Is it wise whie to treat tre them themalens as asaliens asaliens
aliens alens In the house hous of their fathers fathersOthers tather fathersOthers
Others Olh r8 have lived Uve here till ti all al ties Ue with withother wih wihoUor withother
other oUor places plac arc dissolved dl IVe and ad they ex expect exJect cxpoet ¬
poet Ject that their children chidren will wn live lve here herewhen herewhon herewhen
when they are gone These The people peple so socompletely 8 socompletely
eomplBely completely and irrevocably IrOobly Identified Identifiedwith Identfe identifledwith
with wih the place constitute con Utute an element elementnot element10t elementnot
not 10t wisely to be overlooked overloke when whe one is isconsidering Iscqnlderln Iscqnslderlug
considering cqnlderln how local 10c affairs Aar may m be bemost hembst
most prudently prudenty and an loyally adminis administered admlnl admlnlstered ¬
tered teredParting t8r91 t8r91Partng teredParting loyly
Parting Partng of the thi Ways WaysWho WaysWho Vaysro
Who ro knows knoW Perhaps erhp we have come comealready come comealroay comealready
already alroay to the rkrting trUn of the ways wYI Lit Little Li LittIe ¬
tIe te by little lte tltf t local lol hold hol is I lost 101 Hero Heroa
a hospital hOlplal is dawn d awn wn under tie control controlof cntrol cntrolof
of a n department deJrtmon There Tero the Jail jl slips slipsthe aUpsout slipsout
out or the hads hands or the DistrIct Into Intothe Intothe
the hands of tho Attorney Atorney General Generl Now Nowit NowI
it I is proposed propo that the schools hoJ be placed placedunder placedunder
under a bureau bureu and now that tht the city cityHhall cityHhaU cityshall
shall HhaU be officered ofcered on the principle of ofefficiency oteIcency ofefficiency
efficiency eIcency alone aloneby aloneby by anyone prncipe who can cn be
found who Is most mot competent cmpetet though tough
he never n er saw sw aw Washington lhlnJon before It Itwould Itwould
would wuld be something somethinG to assume ume that thatamong tat tatamoni thatamong
among amoni 350000 30 such as a we find gathered
hero not a a single man could be b found foundcapable founcJblt foundcapable
capable cJblt of conducting onducUng the te business bulne of
the city But if I it I should be conjectured conjeture
that In sonic lome Taroff aror place lace a f Commis Commiseflicicnt Comml Commisabner
aloner might ho found smewhat somewhat more moreefficient
mre mreefcient
efficient efcient would that difference dllernco in effici efficiency orll orllOcy efflelcecy ¬
ency make up for the sacrifice of one onemore onemore onemore
more bond bondsmeUme boadsomaumee sometimes it seems Im race as If I it
a
were the last Iatbetwe matbetween between the government goverment
and the locality locly
The problem proble df city ciy government governmet is isnot Isnot isnot
not ajtogether J venture to think a amatter amatter
matter mater of porfrctln porfrctlnftova polcUug tberaclner the machinery tink a
Ite host are not altogether mechines They
alogeter mbi
rieY
have b8 sentiments sontrot they the have ba hearts JM And And
if I there tere had 1m not boen bn sentiment HlUmel and
lumr heart na wall w H as a brain brn there tero would be
today no ihmgton AB far tal as n the
municipal munkIal government is I concerned the thepeople thepeple thepeople
people peple of the District seem concere to have havesettled haveMtle havesettled
settled Mtle down to the arrangement arrngement that thatthere thattee thatthere
there tee should shotld be no suffrage suffrageSir sufage sufageSir
Sir I am a not inclined Inclne to discuss dl us to tonight ti tonight ¬
night the various proposed propo changes change in inthe Inthe inthe
the constitution of the city ciy government governmentThese governmentThme ovenlment
These The concern cncorn a possible pssible increase Incree of ofefficiency oteficiecy ofefficiency
efficiency eficiecy in the municipal municpl machine In Inwhat Inwhat Inwhat
what I am yet tafcsay tQ ay I prefer to dwell dwellupon dwl dweltupon
upon upn a a broader brader question Qeston But no one oneought oneouht oneought
ought to refer to the form of govern government governinent ¬
ment that has given 1ven shape shap to t our Sve affairs affairssince afair affairssince
since snee 1874 14 without doing olng justice justce to the thesplendid thealendld thesplendid
splendid alendld advances that tha have bye been made madeunder madeunder madeunder
under Its It direction dlreton In 1S78 188 the plan was wasadopted wasadopted
adopted adopte of raising raisin upon the ratable ratableproperty rbe rbepopery ratableproperty
property popery hero a tax ta of Ifc 1 per cent and andof ad adoC andof
of matching that with
mtcing tat an equal eual amount
from frm the National Nalo al Treasury Tresur
Up to that time the District Dl tlct had car carried carrind ¬
rind rIe the burden year ye b by year yer almost almostor c
or quite Quie alone and was sinking sin Jng under a adebt adebt
debt of t many my millions milons Under the new newarrangement newarangement newarrangement
arrangement arangement Washington Vashlngot has ha sprung to toher tohe toher
her he feet feet Parka Parkt have bean laid la sprnG out out ave avenues ayenues ¬
nues nU0oende extended bridges brld f built buit public publicbuildings pubUbuidings pubh1buildings
buildings buidings erected grade crossings abel abolished abelished ¬
ished ilhe railway raiway terminals terminls lerminals ge crossngs improved Impro aOI aOIilhe a amagnificent amagnificent
magnificent masifcont new station staton built buit the sew sewage sewage w wao ¬
age ao and ad water wter systems s tem8 practically pracc13 made madeover madeover niadeover
over millions mUlons upon upn millions mll0n spent to toward toward toward ¬
ward making mklng the city In health and andbeauty ad adtay andleauty
beauty tay what It I ought oUGht to be aieantlnie aieantlniealMHilute 3feantlnseawehtte rentme rentmeah
alMHilute ah 6l0 fidelity fdelty in the discharge of o du duties doties u ute ¬
ties te no stain atln or hint of o corruption corruptionscarcely crupton cruptonBClrely corruptionscarcely
scarcely BClrely a dishonest d hone8t transaction ever evercharged everchar evercharged
charged char c Surely that trnscton is a record for forany forany or orany
any city ciy to cherish cherih and for a roor those who whohave whohave
have had a share she in making maknJ it to look
back bk upon 11n with wth pride prideObstacles prideObstaces prideObstacles
Obstacles Obstaces Overcome OvercomeSome OvercomeSome OvercomeSome
Some forbidding forbfd < lng obstacles obtaJ have have been beenencountered beE1 beenencountered
encountered encountre and arc ar met ot t with wih still stillOne sUl stillOne
One Is thto thl Iwirg compelled compole to pay PY for forpermanent forpnnanent forpermanent
permanent pnnanent improvements out of the thecurrent thecurrent thecurrent
current income What othrar city cty is ex expected cxpected x xIcted ¬
pected Icted to pay for its Is great get works to tolast tGlast tolast
last for generations generto out of its t ts ordinary ordinaryreceipts ordinaryreceipt ordinaryreceipts
receipts receipt meanwhile mewhle taking it out of its itsschools Is Isschool itsschools
schools and scrimping r png its Is legitimate legltmate ex expenses o oxpenses ¬
penses pen 1 Any ether her city cty would raise ris the themoney thE themoney
money on bonds bnds and pay pa them a a little littleat ltte ltte8t littleat
at 8t a ilme hme tme Washington Vahington need not be bebended bebnded bebonded
bended bnded since nce the National 1atlonal Treasury Teury can cansupply cansupply cansupply
supply It I with toe ta loan lo and lot it I be bepaid bephl bep511
paid phl back at at a rcasonble rate rte but the theprinciple Ule1rlnc theprinciple
principle 1rlnc principle le Is sound olnd It I is t nforced Clfored by the thelate theIRte thelate
late Secretary of the Treasury asul In his hisWe hiswle histhle
wle We report ecrol for lOPS 19 where he sets ats forth forthnational forh forhwih forthwith
wih with great at lucidiy lucidity tbo nod nood of a anational
national natonal budget to bring brin about an ad adjustment adjUHtment adjuntment ¬
justment between disbursements and re receipts Tecelpt receipta ¬
ceipts celpt with wih a rigid sopo ation Uon between betweenexpenditures blwen blwenexpendiures betweenexpenditures
expenditures expendiures for the 1he ordinary ordinar service erlc of ofthe otthe ofthe
the Government and those for perma permanent penna perniasent ¬
nent public works the latter to be mot motby motby metby
by bond issue issueBut IssueBut issueBut
But there are obstacles of graver im import Import tntport ¬
port and they constitute con tltuto defects radi radical mdical HlI HlIcal ¬
cal and without remedy In the present presentrelation prosentrelation presentrelation
relation between nation and District DistrictThey Districtrhey Districthey
They hey can bo removed only by a change changein
in that relation r < latlon Itself We shall all alla all8croe allsiree
a 8croe re that to legislate legl late wisely requires requirestwo
two things First a lively Interest lit litthe Inthe hithe
the object of legislation second a clear clenrIntelligence cIarorIntelligence clearIntelligence
Intelligence touching the subject in inhard inhard inhard
hard There being no representative representativefrom
from the District Dl trlct itself in either branch branchof
of Congreee it becomes nectssary nect s mary to tocommit tocommit tocommit
commit the th Interests ts of the th District and andthe andthe andthe
the Interests Intere Ul of the th nation In the Dis District District District ¬
trict to hands han s unfamiliar with the sub subject subje subjet ¬
jet je t and without any lively Interest Interesttherein InterctittJreln interesttherein
therein The Congress s a all a whole can cannot c cnot cannot ¬
not be eocpectcd to supply these requi requisle requisItes
sle 81 sItes No ono pretends it does Jt It ie ieengaged 1 1engaged Isengaged
engaged upon a thousand subjects subjectsinauy ubJcctsmany subjectsisaisy
many of which appear to its members membersthat membersto
to bo va vastly tly more Important Ulan any anythat anythat
that concerns the thenot District We Ve can cannot cannot
not wonder at itit is the nature of oftilings ortbl ofthings
things tbl J it should be so soThe OPhe soThe
The ate step te > logically required by tide tlitocondition thlacondition tideconditIon
condition Is a n next xt taken A committee committeein committIn
in the 110 House and a committee ODmmJtteeln in the theSenate theSenate theSenate
Senate are areapacIt1Jly specially charged chargetlwltb with these th
affairs Not that their word Is accept accepted ¬
ed as final If it were some difficul difficulties dlft1culties difficulties ¬
ties would be escaped But in the end endtheir endtheir
their report must run the gauntlet of ofthe
the whole House or Senate Here
ignorance of District affairs has often oftenit oftenMown oftenshown
Mown itself so egregious and glaring
it could excite nothing but laughter
if tears wore not often a more fitting fittingrecognition fittingT6C0bDltJon fittingrecognition
recognition of the folly follyNo tOllyNo follyNo
No Representative RepresentativeAnd
And when that occurs there is no norep norepreRentattve rep representative reprefientative ¬
resentative or the District to meet the theIgnorant theIgnorant theIgnorant
Ignorant unfounded claim Three hree hun hundred hundred hundyed ¬
dred and fifty thousand popple p60 > le are voice voiceless voiceboss olce olceless ¬
less In that hall The committees can cannot cannot cannot ¬
not meet the emergency To T expect It Itwould Itwould Itwould
would be to expect more than mortal mortalmen mortalmen mortalmen
men can do Who are the members of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the committee Are te they Senators and andRepresentativessct andRepresentatlveslset andRepresentatives
Representatives sot part for this work workand workand workand
and free to devote themselves entirely entirelyto
to such business By no means They Theyhave Theyhave Theyhave
have their own constituencies to serve serveand serveand orveand
and they have besides their share of re responsibility 18Bpon reaponsibihity ¬
sponsibility Bpon lbllity fur thegeneral the goneral legislation legislationlike
like all their fellowmembers They are areappointed oreappointed areappointed
appointed thoy do the best they can canand canand canand
and If I they give sufficient time to our ouraffairs ouraffaIrs ouraffairs
affairs to understand our problems they theyrun theyrun theyrun
run the risk ri k of losing their seats entire entirely entirely entireby ¬
ly by being thought at home to have ne neglected neglected neglected ¬
glected their own States or districts I Ian Ian Iair
an credibly informed that the risk has hasturned hasturn hasturned
turned turn d into a certainty certalnt in more in instances Instances Instances ¬
stances than one But more than that thattho thatthe thatthe
the membership of House and Senate Senatechanges Senatechanges Senatechanges
changes and the membership of the thecommittees thecommittees thecommittees
committees changes too Hardly has hasmembor a amember amember
member become reasonably acquainted acquaintedwith acquaintedwith acquaintedwith
with our subject than he is called away awayanother awayanother awayanother
another takes his place and the whole wholeprocess wholeprocess wholeprocess
process of education must be begun begunagain begunagain begunagain
again againThat againThat againThat
That is the radical and incurable de defect de defect dofeet ¬
fect of the present pre ont system Keep your yourthree yourthree yourthree
three Commissioners If you will or sub substitute liub8t1t1 substittie ¬
stitute 8t1t1 e for them a single b bead ad Improve Improvethe Improvethe improvethe
the machinery of municipal administra administration administration adminlstration ¬
tion all you ou can until It run runs with the theregularity theresularlty theregularity
regularity of 0 a Swiss watch watchyou you have havenot haOnot havenot
not touched the trouble What is need needed needed needof ¬
ed is two men in the House and one oneman oneman oneman
man In tho Senate Senatereal real live men with withblood withblood withblood
blood In their arteries and brains in intheir Intheir Intheir
their heads men who > have lived long longin longIn longIn
in the District of Columbia and belong belongto
to her herj men who know her needs and andher andher andher
her capacity who know the history and andcondition andcondition andcondition
condition of her Institutions her chari charities charIties eharities ¬
ties her prisons the views and aspira aspirations aspirations aspiralions ¬
tions of her people men who are proud proudof
of their connection with her anti proud proudthat proudthat proudthat
that to her soil has been committed the theark theark theark
ark of o civil and religious liberty What Whatwe Whatwe Vhatwe
we need Is members of these bodies bodieswith bodlpswith bodliswith
with the prestige that belongs to mem members membersnot mernhorsnot ¬
bers bersnot not figureheads not lobbyists not notdelegates notdelegates notdelegates
delegates but a member of ta tF t1 Senate Senateand Senateand Senateand
and two members of the House able ableenlightened ableenUghtencd ableenlightened
enlightened informed fit to represent representthe
the will and Judgment of 350000 citizens citizensgathered citfzensgathered citizensgathered
gathered within these bounds boundsBut boundsBut boundsflut
But that tho require asn amendment of ofthe otthe ofthe
the Constitution Con UtJtlon So it does An amend amendment amendment amendsnent ¬
ment In strict accord with the principles principlesof
of the Constitution C < made necessary by bythe byth byth
the th changed chan ed conditions of a hundred hundredand hundredand huiidiedand
and twenty years made unavoidable unavoidableand
and inevitable by the changes that will willtake WilltAke willtake
take plate bla Iat In the fifty or one hundred hundredyears ilUndredyears hundredyears
years to cme cmeIn cmeIn me meIn
In the Future FutureDo
Do yon imagine Im gin that when a million millionor
or fifteen hundred thousand thou and shall be beswarming bewarmlng bessvarinlng
swarming in our borders they will be bethe betllO bethe
the only people in this broad domain to tohave tohave tohave
have no Jtand hand in the government of this thismagnificent thismagnlfte thismagnificent
magnificent t republic no word in the theelection theelectlonof theelection
election electlonof of it Its Precedent no tongue in intho Inthe inthe
the National Assembly As embly7 When a mil million milUon raillion ¬
lion men are arehelc here when they thoyack ask why
they alone can have no part in a repub republican repubIlcan republicaa ¬
lican form of government do you youImagine youimagine youimagine
Imagine they will call 2t a sufficient sufficientanswer sufficientanswer sufficientanswer
answer to be told Because B cause you live in inWashington InVashlnbton inWashington
Washington If you lived in Pumpkin PumpkinHook PumpkinHook PumpkinHook
Hook or Bloody Blood Gulch you might but butnot butnot butnot
not while you live here Bear in mind mindI
I am not speaking of municipal suffrage suffrageI st
I am speaking of the right of a million millionof
of simple Americans to have a share shareless shareless shareless
less than onehundredth part it would wouldbe wouldbein wouldbein
be bein In the legislation that concerns their theircountry theircountry theircountry
country and its capital Suppose they the 1
have no more right than the same num number numher ¬
ber of people who live anywhere else elsein cis cisin elsin
in the United States Have they not notBLS notas notas j
as much And that Is all the right rightof rIghtOf rightof
of which I speak speakSir speakSr J
Sir If I had it in my power tonight tonightto tonlghto
to dispose of this matter as I would do doyou doyou doyou
you know what I would do I would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot
not change the Constitution I would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot
not give the people of the District suf suffrage suffroge sotrage ¬
frage rage What I would do is this I would wouldset wouldset wouldset >
set to their dry hearts the flame of that thatold thatold j jold i
old Promethean torch the love of lib liberty Uborty liborty ¬
orty I would fill them with divine un unrest unrost nflrest ¬
rest st t their condition I would set setbeside setbe setbesitf
be beside l that condition a a picture of the thedignity thedignify thedignity
dignity and power they might enjoy as asreal asroal asroal
roal citizens of their country I would wouldmove wouldmove wu1dmove
move them first to desire and then to todemand todemanl todemand
demand their portion of our heritage herl heritageI e eI I II
I would nerve them to toil for It and andlight andfight andlight
light for it through years of bitter op opposltlonand oppositionand j
position posltlonand and then at last when the theagitatfon tlloagltatfon theagitation
agitation had created a new ne Washing t 3 lng ¬
ton tonwhen when four hundred or five hundred hundredthousand hun hundredthousand red
thousand people were calling as with withone withone withone
one mslity m hty voice olce for the great prize of ofrepresentative otrepresentative ofrepresentative
representative government Overnmentthen then than I Iwould Iwould Iwould
would bestow it on them And sir I
believe that Is exactly what the god of
time will do doAnd doAnd doAnd
And now Mr President at the end endas endas endas
as at the beginning we turn to yount yountto
to express the he hope that you may maydh5 djs discharge djscharge ¬
charge the new duties with clearer sfeSt sfeStor
or firmer fidelity than you discharged
the old for that would be impossible
but that in your more exalted e lted station stationyou stationyou stationyou
you may find a wider field for or your our
beneficial endeavors cheervd as you youwill YOUwlll youwill
will be i i uv > jr y the personal love of millions millionsof
of your fellows and supported by the thejunwaverlrjj thenwaverlrg theinwaverirg
junwaverlrjj faith of all America
TAIlS PLAN CLEARS CLEARSWAY CLEARSAY
WAY AY FOB fUTURE fUTUREGeneral b bGenera
General Verdict Is That ThatPresidents ThatPresidents ThatPresidents
Presidents Program Will WillHelp WillHelp VillHelp
Help Conditions ConditionsContinued ConditionsContinued ConditionsConUnuot
I
Continued from First t Page PageIfSrtted PaseIy Pageby
IfSrtted Iy stated his convictions upon the main
principles upon which Federal control controlf0 controland controland
f0 and V the > municipal munj government should be b
based They were ere broad and practical practicalQjnnJteiy
They hey wlll ba e the effect of settling
aefnIte1v QjnnJteiy certain questions que tJOtlS in the minds
of the people such as that purely mu
nlclpal affairs affaj should be administered administeredv
i v y he Jooal local Government
Of the Interest which the people of ofquestion
the whole nau nation on Rav have in the 4pital pital
City the Improvement and progr progress s
that should be made and the great
question of suffrage he unequivocally anequhOC lIy
expressed his convictions CoilietiopeThere
There is no citizen ef Wasbl Washington ton
that doesnt t feel apprecia appreciation and satis ¬
faction and attach
great important < 9
to the fact that the President Is deeply
Interested in and is seriously eonsider e nsider
lug In the welfare of the District Dismi of o Co CoadminlstraUon o
lumbla and at this early stag n bl his hisadministration
admInistration has had title conference
Commissioner Macfarland luacfarlandthe
the Presidents speech was aa admirable
It will do great good The whole oc occasion cccasion ¬
casion will prove very valuable v luable to
Washington It reflected great credit
on the committee of arrangements the
Board of Trade and the Chamber of
Commerce The addresses of Chairman
Edson and Justice Stafford were worthy worthyof
of them I heartily second Chairman
Edsons suggestion s that such a banquet banquetshould banquetshould banquetshould
should be held every year and I have haveno haveno haveno
no doubt it will be done doneCharles doneCharles doneCharles
Charles C Glover GloverI
I am heartily in accord with what whatPresident wbatPresident whatPresident
President Taft said last J st night as to our ourpresent ourpresent ourpresent
present form of government I am also alsoopposed aI80oposed alsooposed
oposed to suffrage as I think that be beeause beuse besause
eause use of the peculiar pecnllarcon conditions Jtins that thatsurround thatsurround thatsurround
surround the District Dl triet the elective fran franchise franchise ran ranchige ¬
chise would be fatal to good govern government government governmont ¬
ment mentThere mentThere
4
There is in my opinion no need to tochange tocha1ge tochaage
change the present form of local gov government govermnent goterurnent ¬
ernment It would be Impossible impo slble for a asingle asingle asingle
single executive to accomplish what the
three present Commissioners do If
there Is any atl fault It Is in the e fact f that
the Commissioners Commis loners should receive larger largersalaries J largersalaries eF eFsalarIes
salaries A substantial Increase weald wealdalways w cvcnldalways 1d
always assure us of getting the best bestavailable be6tavailable bestavailable
available men to serve It now seems
to me that the President bad settled sottiedfor sottiedforan for forall forall
all time what is best for the District Districtin
in the way of Government GovernmentWilliam GovernmillltWilliam GovernnintWilliam >
William F Gude GudeUndoubtedly GudeUoubtodly GudeUioubtodIy
Undoubtedly the best thing that ever everhappened overhappened everhappened
happened for Washington was the ban banquet banquet banquet ¬
quet to President Taft It has started startedwork startedwork startedwork
work in the right direction directionto to ascertain
just what improvement Is needed and andwhatplan andwhatplan andwhatplan
whatplan is best I agree in part with
both speakers Incidentally I never
i heard two more able presentations of
different views I am Inclined to favor favorastnglehead favorMinglehead favoraslnglehead
astnglehead government this man to
have a board about him with whoui be bemay bemay bemay
may advise I am also in favor K O suf sufrage ¬
frage rage of some kind but it sHould s1iouJdbe be of ofa ofa ofa
a modified form formI
I dontbelieve dont belteve that Washington wants wantsunlimited wantsunlimited wantsunlimited
unlimited suffrage Just how these thesefor
tl1ln things can be worked out Is a matter
for the future and for much thought
It Is a great problem all the way
through We are all agreed however howeverthat howeverthat howeverthat
that the banquet of last night was the theoiggest
biggest thing that has happened here
In many a day and its Influence will willi
i be felt immediately immediatelyPUT immediatelyPUT liurnediatelyPUT
PUT UP FOR FORr
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