Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-28

Georgetown, he said that I'VE had inherited
these laws from, Marvlani, and suspected.
that Maryland. had slnhsfited them from
Georgetown. He toldsan amusing story in
regard to the ordinance for protecting the
quiet Of Georgetown, and feferred to a ser
mon delivered by Mrs Warmers pastor, as
ne expressed it referring, 1t was under
stood, to Rev. DIR. Bartlett, who; IN speak,
ing of this ordinance, said that even the
POTOMAC river reSpectedsit, for after it's
noisy descent through the mountains of
MARYLAND 1t folded itstarns when 1t reach
ed the nefghborhocd of Georgetown, and
silently flowed TO the sea- He spoke of the
Iced OF better facilities for caring for the
young, and In closing. expressed the hope
tnat Inc effort made for an improvement
OF IN laws would meet with success.
Resolutions Adopted. ----9
A resolution offered by MIR. John B. Cot
ton was adopted as follows:
That the board of directors are request
ed to appoint committee of seven, to be
cslled the legal committee, which shall, as
lar as possible, prepare and submit to the
Attorney General a petition setting forth
the necessity for such early legislation in
regard to the laws of the District of Column
pla as may be demanded by the best inter-
ests OF the community, and shall also sub
init the substance of said petitions to both
houses of Congress- and to take such other
ACTON as may seem to be required"
IN motlon OF F. L. Siddons, resolution
of thanks to Justice Cole and the other
speakers was adopted.
MIR. Butterworth.
Mr. Ben. Butterworth being called upon
made an earnest speech, in which he ex-
pressed the belief that if the defects in the
laws were brought directly to the attention
OF Congress, and the citizens showed ener-
gy and earnestness in advocating legisla-
tion, in his opinion the relief sought for
"A rrsn ta1 IoI;a hot In &c
case as In all others Congress should not be
asked to enact anything which was not
generally accepted by the people. Other
matters about which there might be some
controversy should be put in separate
measures. He said that this city was the
best governed city in the United States
oEly because every other city is governed
by political banditti This city, he said
ought to have the best code of laws, and
ne believed that the citizens had gone about
1t in the right way.
The Membership.
A brief report was made by T. w. Smith,
the chairman of the committee on member
snip, In which he called attention to the
1act that on January 10, 1894, the member
snip of the board was 200, and now 1t was
499. He said that there were now 164 mer
Chants who were members of the board,
ara IL was the desire to increase this class
OF membership. He said that there were
~ real estate and insurance brokers, IS
lawyers, 80 bankers. q contractors and
builders, p manufacturers, 20 government
employees, Ii hotel people, IL physicians, II
Journalists, architects, 3 civil engineers,
teachers and = preachers representing
some of the occupations of the members of
the board.
Entertained at Lunch.
The board then adjourned and the men,
bers and guests enjoyed a buffet lunch,
which was served in an adjoining room.
Among those present were the following:
Justice w. S. Cox, Justice NJ. F. Morris,
John w. Hoyt, J. Nota McGill, Duane E.
Fox, T. P. Moran, Conrade Becker, L. o.
De Lashmut, c. c. Snow, John A. Mlburn,
Marvin C. Stone, w. G. Lawn, T. H. Hall,
John Mitchell. jr., r. v. Belt, Fred. r. Wal
lace, F. A. Lehman, Bernard r. Green, ]. r.
Calhoun Owen Owen, F. l.. Harvey. p. NJ.
HouSh, H. w. Sohon, A-lW. Mallory. c. A.
Brandenburg, Fred Schmidt, w. 3. Robson,
Charles c. Tucker, ". M. Lytie, James
Tanner, A. r. Smith, Fred Geisking, A. K
Phillips, Geo. w. McLanahan, T. w. Noyes,
Anthony Pollock, p. e. Chaplin, John w.
Douglass, Gen. Rufus Sa1ton, A. S. Gillett,
James p. Willett. M. l. Weller, J. ]. Dar-
lngton, A. A. Birney, John A. Baker, Will
liam c. Hill, Joseph K McCammon, NJ. G..
Seckendorff, Robert l. Fleming, Francis
Cotton. B. P. Meinmoek,.Dr. S. w. Bowen,
DR.. G. w. Cook, NJ. Ashford. John Twee-
dale John S. Larcomhe. Eugene Carusi
w. P. Boteler, John JOY Edison, ex-Com-
ma, Dr. VIM. Tindall, DIR. FRANK T. Howe,
r. w. Walker. c.. C.'.LanSaster, Commas
sioner Truesdell. Noble ID. Larner and J. A.
Jamison.