Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-23
ANOTHER VIEW OF 1T.


applied for 1t to the assemblies through
the governors"
ANOTHER VIEW OF 1T.
a.
"e -" WIVES S"Ae
Points On His Side.
ga Taxpayer" writing under date of
Avn, 1s co.'s, .rM;tho,,t s~nr.s.;n, ony
or. ~ says. "i."oo' eApAe9S's a,.S
opinaon 1or or against suffrage IN the
District, desire to say few words In an
swer to the statements of YOUR correspon-
dent n n In last niobt,s Star FIRST
~ 80 - - ....,.
NC asAS "ne'nei IL went iieo oosineSs'
and the government offele ed to put In an
equal amount, I would be willing, for the
sake of expressing nv own opinion. to have
the government witbdraw from having its
10 government "1'ii'ia" iioli paying i's
han.
L answer. no. of course not; nor is there
any reason for assuming any such fact. All
the government dcas 10 s;rnn,v +o nav its
..o-e-.. -. -. ~
- ~, 800. ~. ~ - ~ '". sa'ns d
any equal partner does In any other bust
ness or place. And why should it refuse to
do that. even If the other partner-the fax
navers or the Distriot- .h,r,a =. ,r,,,., =
49,. - -. -. y. So ="
cnance 10 express their opinion or have
voice In the management? 1t IS done in Lon
oon ana IN Bernn under monarchy. and
Why NOT mere: Inc munlcipal government OF
sSNNS ANSoSAANSO % st4S AiiOuSA
nluhiclpai government OF the world Have
We less aplnty OF integrity IMAM they
WY .nen, cahnol the same pc cone mere:
- ~, uoIsenss 70 assume tnat the peo-
PIE OIL the Uistrict are given voice m the
Mlanagement OF tneT own local analrs
sueIeIore Tue general government Will re-
Iuss 70 pay lts snare.
oecoho, ne asks now Wouiu IKE TO go
t IN syHo,cale cohtroheo Dy the voice OF
tno los VINO oidn own cent. :,
~ aIsMer' ~oulo not Hhe It, any more
enan IKE 70 nave synoicatsS ana otners
con.rol anu run inc Who're thins III tnelr
$500 W. as Is ene ease How. Wnat
aa.a;e. 10 .hs army onceTs temporarlly
~ 80 nao',rtn.,. . ~ III pSiiVt, pay
". " WIZ. Ipeu.aIy n5terest nave .ns great
r nass ~ Sena anu nielnpers IN pislrice
snac,Iot iona III s''uiea'e property ior
az hai;era tho+ .hos. NH. 49,, ~,
sho,,,J ~ III. o inos WIZ pay .ne .aX s,e
, n,Ouu na SI1 1 ~ Sonie ioIh IA ~, .he
TIC erhi.ra VI 49, ai e w mo- me ne
wb;cb tu,o az +brea 1,en T., soorat naT, a. ny
thav nIe.oa nd i,nosa ~, t1, 1an W a.
dans ;tbo,t thoir Sno,a5s-a 20 oans ~
end ~ IN fre,uan t,y ~ ,;eia,io,, - Ia,,, -,
whsn enI q nut ava coon1ei, a'. an '4 4eiI
thara q NJ remed on" ~ Up a, a, ~ ~
thetT "a ~
.arb,rd T agr.e fu,,v with r. II that
~ ,bo,,1d 1a ~ ,nI;t;,, ~, ,,,,,n;n,ao, go,
snooIt pe ao Peo ,,s IN nru ,lnai GOV
ness aff.ir In the words of Sapator Evart .
n,hen nhairran ~ tbs Naw YnrL con,nn,t
toe a nunicina1 cornora tion ia nothing
n,ora nov Isss thon on associot;on 70 datar'
noine how mich money shall he raisad and
how where and for what n shall he ax-
nendad. and that ompht 10 he cnntroIIed bv
thoss u,bo foor tbe Kills ~
."The ainsion of r. n g to tho extr.va-
eonca IN ronnicina1 aerairs and The incraas GO
sc ,onnicina1 dehts Whiie +rme az renersI
- - AZ, oo.,,tr dne - III ,,ra,aa
that r. 10 necessary onseouance Of non
10 rr,a as &c a,,;danoed h,, H. eynor,a ep -
T., pari;, D,.r,i1h.r, E,5;,h,,r,ri, 80 ~,
~ erons nttber cites r. is siuniv The res,,it
~ ,nIx;rr ,onnicinsi off,irs ~, ,y,+h ro,;tios
and Iett;ne q fsw mnscr,,nn,ops hnssss' -,,n
mnnicinaI affairs or ali nIsces IN the I7nitad
STATES This 10 the verv hest for ;ntrodncin-
a rsfo-,, IN that nsrt,cnIar AVID 70 astah,
Itch y nnnnic;naI eovernment that shall he
a model for The whole oountrv and In tim, a
he coniad and thereby mt an end r. the
verv abuses Of which he sneaks
"ResiGes bis aiinsion to that reau+re 10
unfor.mna:. far his argument becanse as
the record sbows the eytraveeant eynanS
ditres and the snormoms deht Of The pa
tr;ot 80 Gu not +ha rasuit ~ non,,,ar e .ro,,
ern,,,emt hmt of sn arhitrerv vawarr-r 81
oar,nos.d - Nv 80 nnn;ntad ~, ~ D.;
So!posea y. c., - 49, g - -
who , VIZ ~. - y. tL T - nc eIs
VI sa.,1tns' oo' ~ ING o'''eu S'"'es so'-
.mosisc, ,,ho t. - that t.
nesNoes' WIZ - - s0e - nov liovins
our ueDt, aIeaoy many Times larger. pro
portionahy. tnah Snat u any muhlcipalty
or staee IN .ne cou Jun - ~ NOT those
VINO FAVOR holhe fuie' pol .hose VINO op-
pose IL.
Is true! hat mere mas neen no aeiaica-
tion or steahhs o. inc PUBIC Iunos, nor
couio mere De IL lne sstiln M s, were made
up Dy Gouhc!i VI pooy VI Gl.iLens' repre-
sehtlns an secllons VI tne Dis.rSt' SO long
as our taxes are paced t IN me United
ota1es treasury anu ehe appropriations are
mace ny Consress.
w me there may nave peen NO actuai as
honesty OF steanhs, IL Is neVer >heiess true
as SHOWN by the RECORD; tnat 81 ecial acts
nave been passed on three occasions, TO
reheVe the ponosmen OF the commissioners
from lilesal expenditure OF ING pubic
funds, TO the amount OF nearly soO.Oo.
AND while the salaries are not extrava-
CANT, it IS nevertheless 1acf that the
cost Of the engineering department OF the
District government Is double that OF any
other city or the same population IN the
United States. where civil engineers have
control.
FINALLY peg TO suggest to T. H. 8. that
II ne desires TO convince inteihgent citizens
OF the peautles OF our present local gov
eminent ne must quote some other wit
ness than the statesman out OF job. for
while IT may De true tnat ne said wash
1ngtOn was the pest ana most economically