Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-01

have become soIlesk hat sfeA10Anlblf for the
welfare of the National Guard OF The en-
pire state. / have taken an interest in all
that pertains to the National Guard of the
land. as 1t Is that on which he government
must rely whenever that time shall come.
The National Guard Of all the states should
have a community of II terest and effort.
One of the most useful objects OF the world
is the study of health and sanitation.
The National Guard and the federal army
should cooperate. Every patriotic Amer
lean citizen should applaud your efforts in
the direction Of mercy. With a hearty wish
for the welfare Of this assoclat tion 1t only
remains for me to declare this meeting
open for the transaction of business"
Commissioner Ross then spoke as fol-
lows:
Commissioner Ross Welcome.
Mr.. Ross said: 1T Is an appreciated honor
to represent the District OF Columbia In ex-
tending the welcome of its people to this
representative body Of American citizens
who compose the association known as the
Military Surgeons of the United States.
Many Of your members have long been
identified with some of the most important
interests of the District Of Columbia. Some
of them have been most active and infu-
entail in the furtherance Of ways and means
to guard and foster the sanitary interests
of the national capital. When there was a
threatened invasion of cholera from the old
operated most ably and efficiently with the
members of the local profession and with
the officials of the District of Columbia to
protect our people from the dangers which
then seemed near at hand.
BY your association you have recognized
the benefits to be derived from organiza-
tion; the advantages to be had from an an
nual comparison OF professional observa-
tions, and the pleasures attendant upon
social reunions. among those charged with
like responsibilities having the same hopes
of honorable preferment and the same ambi-
ton to serve Loyalty and well the govern
ment established by the fathers of the re-
public. You have well and wisely chosen
the capital OF your country as your place or
meeting. May 1 refer briefly to the rela-
tions which exist between that capital and
| the people of the United States? The place
where the peoples representatives formu-
late into law the peoples will in the ONLY
mode prescribed by the Constitution or
known to our system of government; the
place where the peoples great chief maeis-
trate resides and executes the laws made by
the people through their representatives in
Congress; where the Supreme Court Of the
United States construes those laws. Ger
tainly that place should at all times be free
and open to the coming and the going of all
citizens of the republic. whether they be
rich or poor. and whether they come On
foot or by conveyance. so long as they OBJ
serve and obey the laws which they them
selves have made through and by their rep
| resentatives In Congress.
such proposition needs only to be
| stated to receive the sanction of all right
thinking and sensible people. On the other
| hand while citizens may peaceably and
| reasonably assemble at the capital, no man
who has comprehended our system of gov
ernment needs to be convinced that any at
| tempt to compel action on the part of any
of the three great coordinate branches Of
the government by menace or threat or
show of physical force, would be not only
unlawful. would not only substitute the rule
| of the mob for the rule of the people but
would constitute an insult to the people of
the United States. whose agents should he
SO menaced or threatened. The right TO
come to Washington and to present petit
| tions in an orderly and peaceable manner
Is unquestioned and unquestionable
When that proves unavailing, IL there be
wrong unrighted, then the remedy ac-
cording to the American plan. Is to be had
| by the use of the ballot. That American
plan of asserting and of enforcing the peo-
| pies Will has served its intended Durpose
for more than hundred years of such civil
and religious liberty and Of such general
| prosperity among the wage-earners Of the
land as has been accorded to no other peo-
pie since history began.
That as a result of great financial de-
preston there Ia a want OF employment and
| consequent suffering cannot be denied The
same sad condition seems to prevail
throughout the civilized world. But II there
be any present remedy, 1t certainly Is not
| to be had by mob violence, by disregard of
the rights of property, or by other violations
| of law.
| II the remedy lies in legislation by Con-
gress. the people who elect their representa-
| tives can give Instructions at any time to
| their members from each congressional dis
trict and to their Senators from each state
at large, and If the instructions be not
obeyed. the remedy is plain under our sys-
| tenn of government.
1 crave your pardon for stating these self
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