Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-28

faction among the people. Mr.. BENJAMIN had re-
ferred to the interviews In TIE STAR to show that
there was no dissatisfaction or the one hundred
West End about twenty In Central Washington,
and fifteen were from East washington. Most OF
those interviewed were rear estate men ana repre-
maintaining tho Commissioners and who made the
Commissioners.
"Wont they make councilmen. too7" asked Mr..
Smith.
''They may In their division, but not in ours,
Mr. Dodge proceeding, said IL was held up as a
barpng on IL, that Congress would withdraw its
contribution to the expenses OF the District. Now,
the committee did not propose to change the law
In that respect at ALL and could not II they wanted
to. The committee had wanted to get the simplest
thing they could that would give the people q
voice In the management OF Affairs.
MR.. SUIT SAYS Mr.. DODGE rs MISTAKEN
Mr.. S. T. Suit said he thought Nj. Dodge was
laboring under a mistake when he said that the
interviews in THE STAR did not represent the SEN
timent of the people. Personally he had talked
with from ten to nifty persons day on this sub
1ect. Up to the present time ne had not found one
very forciby that If they were going on to make
governments congress would put up their taxes to
Mr.. Weller spoke Of Mr. Benjamin as setting up
dummies to knock down. He insisted that the
change proposed was not radical change.
as q radical change but q radical measure. He
meant by that that IL was a radical thing to go
before congress Win tnlS Dill without any aSSur
ance that Congress would not substitute some
thing else for It.
MR.. WELLER SURPRISED.
Mr.. Weller, continuing, said he was surprised at
the statement by Mr. Benjamin that there was no
discomfort In the District. Perhaps the gentleman
was so absorbed in his business that he had not
heard the mutterings OF discomfort. 1t was he
said, fav0rft1sm they complained OF. This aSSO-
citation, he said, had last fall prepared schedule
or streets TO be improved. This had been referred
mt Of Qnp n q taQ
of ten, OF whom six were from the northwest.
But these gentlemen, when they learned the facts,
at once conceded the justice OF the claims or South
east Washington. Then this subcommittee waited
upon the commissioners and submitted the sched-
the people IN East Washington did not
know what they wanted The Commission
ers wanted the Improvements to go TO the
favored section. He reviewed the contro-
Was not that, he asked cause for dissatisfaction?
He was willing to trust to the sense OF justice or
their fellow-citizens In the northwest and OF the
representatives or the northwest in the council OF
rfteen lie went into detail to show the neglect
from which streets OF East Washington mad SUI
fered referring to the interviews In THE STAR,
he said there were log or 107 perfectly delighted.
That was nothing new, he said; there were tories
also on the fact that the Commissioners had al
ways been appointed from the northwest. This
bill had been prepared by fourteen members Of the
committee; a majority OF this fourteen were from
they had prepared this bill for the relief OF East
Washington. Were the people OF East Washington
prepared TO say that they did not want this relief?
IL they rejected the hand that was stretched out
to them they would live 10 regret II.
The vote on the resolution TO indorSe the report
and bill was then taken, and the resolution was
carried, there being % voting in the Affirmative
and I6 In the negative.