The Sunday globe., 1901-08-11
TO BEGIN
An Agitation is Half the Battle
for Redress.
| PROPOSITION TO CITIZENS
BY Mr. Frederick Rose, which The Globe In
dorses, as il viii lndorse Any Better
Scheme for a Change in Our Present
OIgarchiCa Form Of Government Send In
Your Names and Make Beginning,

The Globe presents the following
document, handed in by Mr.. Frederick
Rose, Lincoln avenue east, and simply
notes that it is a step in the right di-
rection towards the desideratum ann
ed at Of local self-government.
Mr.. Roses scheme is a practlcal,
common sense one, and can be safely
approved by even those favoring the
fullest measure of elf-government,
The declaration goes on the principle
of getting the thin end of the wedge
in on our present oligarchy and ulti-
mately roofing out the whole outfit or
msifts and importations misruling the
District.
Readers Of The Globe who favor aS'
ton will please fill out and mail to this
office the blank attached. BY this
means we will be able to come at some
estimate of the number Of people IA
voring a change from the Trinity now
in the saddle, the members Of Which
work their own sweet wills full time,
regardless Of law, justice and the
wishes of the taxpayers.
Here is the document:
To All That Are Concerned in the Lo-
cal Self-Government Of the District
of Columbia,
FELLOW CITIZENS: Our present form
of government is not within the spirit
of the Constitution of the United
States as a local government, because
the bona fde citizens, and not the cit
liens from other States should recon-
mend whatever laws and regulations
are necessary for our own purely local
affairs.
Therefore, we hereby recommend to
all our fellow citizens to consider the
advisability of a petition to Congress
with about the following propositions.
I. That the administration of the
District Of Columbia should be placed
into the hands Of eight (S) Commits
sioners instead of three (3), as at
present.
?, That the District Of Columbia
should be subdivided for the purpose
hereinafter stated into seven 90 sec
tions, to wit: Section l to section 4
formed by the present subdivisions Of
the city of Washington, known as
Northwest, Northeast, Southeast and
Southwest; then section 5, West Wash
ington, formerly Georgetown; finally
sections 6 and 7, the County Of Wash
ingtOn divided into east and west by
a line drawn from North Capitol street
in a northern and southern direction,
8. That in each of the aforesaid
seven sections Of the District every
bona fide resident citizen shall be en-
titled to a vote in a Citizen Associa'
ton in selecting one suitable citizen,
who must be a resident Of said Sec
tion, as a nominee to be recommended
to the President and Congress Of the
United States for appointment as Com.
missioner representing SAID section OF
the District of Columbia; such COM
missioner, If appointed shall be in Of
flee for two (2) years, and may be re-
appointed,
In addition to these seven Commits
sioners presented by the citizens Of the
District of Columbia, the President of
the United States shall appoint as now
an Army Engineer as the eighth mem
Der Of the Board of Commissioners
Said board of eight Commissioners
shall at the same time exercise the
functions of the present assessors and
excise board.
4. That the United States deposit
the same amount of money in the
Treasury of the United States as the
citizens of the District pay into the
United States Treasury every year.
You will find, fellow citizens, that
the achievement of the propositions
would bring us as near to local self
government in the District Of Columbia
as is attainable and practicable under
the existing laws; therefore, all OF
you that are in favor of this move
ment are hereby cordially invited tC
cooperate with us in formulating and
signing a petition to Congress to that
effect
Sign and mail this blank to the Sun
day Globe, 407 ElevC7th street, city: