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was thought at the time to be extravagant,
but the satisfaction that structure had
given to the few constituents of his who
had come here, would amply compensate
him If he had paid for the building out OF
his own pocket. The expenditures made by
the general government on account of the
District provided an excellent theme for
small-bore politicians to demagogue about.
But in his opinion 1t the smallest busi-
ness that any man imbued with statesman
ship could indulge in.
The amount Of money representing the
governments share in the expenses of the
District government, Mr.. Allen said. was
such intinitesimal part of the public ex-
penditure that the people Of the country
did not feel it. He then launched out into
a eulogy Of the beauty Of the city and
added that a worse thing could not be in
tIoduced here than suffrage, for when suf-
frage comes in, jobs follow, and at present
there is no place in this country, so free
from Jobs as Washington. Within his ex-
perience, he went on to say, there had not
been a man appointed on the board of Com
missioners who would stoop to such thing
as engaging in a job.
The program of speaking having come to
a close, the guests and the members of
the board went into the banquet hall, where
a buffet lunch was served. A pleasant
time Of social intercourse was enjoyed,
which brought the evening to a close.
The committee to whose effective work
much Of the success Of the reception was
due, was A: NJ. Lothrop, chairman: Colin
Studds. c. T. Crosby, Thomas P. Morgan
and Rudolph Kauffmann.
Among those present were the following:
Henry A. Willard, John T. Freeman, Henry
X. Willard Capt. Charles w. Taylor, Gen.
R. F. Bernard ,l;,5; Gen Geo D: Ruggles. 81 John n
Welch, C. NJ. Campbell, w. F. Roberts,
e. P. Hanna, Samuel J. Prescott. Jas: b.
Laskey, VIM. H. Martin. Ralph w. Lee,
Robert L. O'Brien, Jno. w. Yerkes, commits
Sil nf nj Ringer
mann, commissioner OF general land ONCE;
DIR. Clarance A. Smith, w. F. Harm. E.
Quincy Smith. George Field, Thos. c. Pole,
Franklin T. sanner, Geo H. Harries, Oscar
w. White. w. S. Coursey, VIM: NJ. Mere
dith, o. T. Crosby. Maj E. H. Neumyer, T.
L. Jeffords, Thos. Biagden. Henry Wells,
swormstedt. Edward Graves. Representa-
tive Geo. A. Pearre, Capt Charles D. Sigs-
bee, u. 8. N; DR.. Edward D. Lothrop, Mr..
Henry w. Reed, Alexander Britton, Hon
Youngs, tr, DR.. Philip s. Roy, Elphonzo
Youngs, DR. r. H. Terrell, Cuno H. Ru-
dolph, F. B. Pyle, D. B. McCary. DR.. Bovee.
H. g. Tyson VIM; G. Carter, B. H. War
Mattingly, Jno. Joy Edison. ]. 8. SWORN
stedt, F. r. Walter, g. E. Fleming. c. W.
Handy H. l. Cobb, W. H. Cooper, Percy s.
Foster, W: F; White John hra, Doyle caEmody'
gruder Jno. R. Brown. E. W. Brown. DR..
&. G. Stone, Col. Cecil Clay, r. J. Trace
well, Thomas w. Smith, H. M. Clabaugh,
Lieut.. Commander McCrea. U. 8. NJ. c.: p
May, H Brown, Geo. o. Totten A. s. Per-
ham, H. w. Barney, NJ l. Weller, H. K.
Simpson, w. F. Thomas, J. B. Henderson.
John Henderson. jr., DR.. D. Percy Hickling
c. w. Duell. commissioner Of patents: F.
B. Warren, James 3. Oyster j. Henry
Small, jr.. ]. Harry Cunningham, Repre-
sentative Chester I. Long, e. ]. Burdette,
Judge G. B. Howry. T. v. Powderly. COM
missioner Of immigration; Representa-
tive Lot Thomas, Representative Wal
ter I. Smith, Representative ]. p.
Conner. W. n. Etoutenburgh, J. A. Stout