Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-13

that clause in the organic act which finally
brought about the present fiscal arrange
nentS between the United States and the
District. 1t was a long time coming, but it
vas brought about finally by organized eff
forts on the part of a few unself1sh citizens.
This success. he said. ought to be an object
lesson. and teach the people of the District
the value of concentrated efforts and the
futility of banding themselves together in
small local organizations. importunilg Con-
gress for this or for that, until Congress
doesn't know what is really wanted.
There are people in the District" he
said, II am sorry to say, who are restless
and dissatisfied They cannot enjoy many
blessings without wanting more. We some
times hear from these people a good deal Of
talk about going back to the old plan Of
suffrage or the enlargement of the board of
Commissioners. l know that those people
Will understand that whenever we under
take to change the orgaiic act under which
we are now governed it will be a sorry day
for the District. There may be unsatisfac-
tory Commissioners, but the machinery Of
this government is as nearly perfect as can
be made"
Mr.. Truesdell went on to speak of the critb
cisms against the military feature of the
District government, and paid high trib-
ute to the ability and courtesy Of the va
rious Engineer Commissioners, with whom
he said he had always had the pleasantest
of personal relations. He declared that
Congress had never given consent to the
80 per cent agreement without insisting
upon the military officer feature. If he had
his power Commissioner Truesdell would
keep the present Engineer Commissioner
in Office for ten years. He asserted that
the men who asked for change in this
respect are of no weight in the community.
or are the agents of corporations who find
the selfish interests they represent antagon-
lied by the honest engineer officers. He
went or to speak at some length of the
grasping tendencies of the corporations,
with which. he said he had had much ex-
perience. These corporations, he declared.
a a tn I'd
bearing the expenses of the District. While
enjoying their exclusive franchises. they
should be required to bear their just and
proper share OF taxation. But every indi-
vidual owner of property should be made
to contribute his proper share. Mr.. Trues-
dell said that it was becoming too common
for people to ask for special benefits to
exempt them from taxation, to rush into
court upon small technicalities in the hope
Of obtaining relief from proper assess
ments. He appealed to the board to use
the part Of some citizens, which. he in
sisted with some feeling, was not honest.
Praise From BnItimoreans.
Rev. DR.. Gregg Of Brooklyn was the next
speaker. and after comparing himself to
Jonah. told the funny story to illustrate
the appropriateness of ministers trying to
do the work of laymen, and vice versa,
and then said that he rejoiced in the strong
business men of America, whom he called
the pillars of the nation. The members of
the board of trade bear on their shoulders
the interests of the entire city. and. in
deed, of the country, and their Jealous eff
forts for the Improvement Of their COM
munity may ultimately mean the perpetu-
ity of the American republic
President Jackson of the Baltimore expo
sitiou of 1897 complmented the Washing
ton board of trade, and said he hoped that
is members would lend helping hand to
make the exposition a perfect. success, for
hot. hay itS n1a Oft n
Mr.. Frederick Bracket, formerly chief
clerk of the Treasury Department and now
one of the organizers of the Baltimore
exposition characterized Washington Us
the city of magnificent proXim;ties, and
predicted that the exposition would greatly
benefit the capital, for Washington Will be
a great annex to Baltimore. He said that
one-tenth of all people who visit
IT gton.
Mr.. John R. Bland, secretary of the Man
ufacturers Club of Baltimore. told about
the wonderful growth of that organization
and predicted a similarly prosperous ex-
istence of the Washington board Of trade.
He reinforced the preceding remarks about
the exposition. and asked the Washing
tcnians to add their mite Of energy to the
enterprise.
Assistant Secretary simms of the Inte-
rior Department said that Washington has
the board on its successful annual excur-
sion. Mr.. ]. e. Johnson of New York,
member Of the committee of seventy that
aided in bringing about the political revolu-
ton last fall in the metropolis. declared
that the clean city and clean government
here would be taken back to New York by
him as an object lesson for future use.
Some Who Went ON the Trip.
The excursionists then returned to the
boat and occupied the time of the trip up
the river in story telling. The city was
reached shortly after 10 o'clock Among
those who went on the trip were Secretary
Herbert, Commissioners Ross, Truesdell
and Powell, Weston Flint. F. A. Reade, w.
D. Brace, H. F. Blount, F. L. Moore. F.
T. Rawlings. James H. McGill, NJ. D. Peck.
ex-Commissioner l.. d. Hine. A. G. Gold
A. Hungerford. Austin P. Brown. F. L.
Moore D. d. Stone, F. w. Pilling, Senator
Mitchell of Wisconsin, J. H. Gordon b. T.
Janney. F. A. Butts. Amzi S. Smith, Capt
C. Wedderburn of Baltimore. Richard J. C.
Dulaney of Baltimore. F. A. Leupp. Maj.
John NJ. Carson. James NJ. Hodges.
DR.. George B; WEIGH, A NJ ,McLoughlin
Doyle, w. P. Van Wickle, F. c. Stevens,
W. 8. Dodge, w. C. Dodge, H. S. Dodge, H.
A. Griswold. w. F. Roberts. Louis Gle
phane. W. J. Frizzell, Robert Tenney. Q.
Allender. R. A. Phillips, Francis Thomas,
Capt Tanner, r. w. Walker, Capt. Fie-
beger. Health Officer Woodward, Assessor
Trimble Major j. B. Guide G. A. Armes,
Job Barnard. F. A. Hazelton. Thomas w.
Smith, S. w. Woodward, A. L. Lothrop.
B.. II. Warner, DR.. Richie, DR.. Stinemetz
Arthur Coulston, George L. Coulper, John
B. Wight, John Joy Edison. John Joy Ed
son, jr, Capt. Tyler, Col. Rutherford, Col.
F. F. Bracket, Prof. Arthur D. Mayo,
Frank Reside. John Weaver, Rozier Dtl-
laney, Ralph Lee Calf, Alonzo Bliss, Chas.
G. Thorne. William Dempsey, Samuel Ross,
John Miller, George w. Cochran, H. A.
Willard. II. X. Willard, w. B. Guriey, L.
NJ. Saunders. G. II. Saunders, Frank
Schneider Walter Wilmarth. Major Biscoe,
Edward L. Dent, Major Pinchback, W. H.
Shuster, Daniel Murray. James Nolan,
Capt. Burr, Capt. Beach. W. H. Smith, W.
A. Speare, Halett kilbourn, Mr. Smith
meyer. August Burgdorf. John A AIilburn,
Andrew Miller, Scott Towers, R. Edwin
Joyce, A. NJ Reade. A. S. Worthngton, w.
J. Boardman. Capt. buckingham Frank ].
Dieudonne. Woodbury. Wheeler, Loriae
Chappell, D. r. Mckee. NJ A Bal
LANCER W. K. Ellis, l.. G. RandeIl,
J. G. Guriey, NJ. Frazier. NJ 9. Am
men, Charles G. Hall. Crosby s. Noyes,
James II. Hopkins, Theodore w. Noyes,
Noble ID. Larner. D. Carroll niefes, Charles
w. Fairfax, l.. NJ. Reaves, ex-Mayor EN-
cry, Louis Garthe, w. E Amin VIM &