Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-16

| the members of the board of education and
| every one else will understand by 1t that
| teachers are not to be dismissed without
| a fair and open trial He also said he re-
| GREETED that A. T. Stuart, former head OF
| the local schools and guest at last night
| banquet was not at the head of the schools
| now.
| A. r. Server. president of the association
| acted as POSTMASTER and in his introduc-
| tory remarks said I'VE want to be fail
versal transfers. If after a thorough in
| vestigatfon we find the gas company can
| make and deliver gas at seventy-five cents
then We want 1t. If they prove that they
| cannot then we will not ask for it. The
| same fairness should apply to the railway
! companies regarding transfers"
Mr.. Macfarland's Address.
| Commissioner mcfarland was the first
| speaker. In part he said:
Our centennial celebration began the
new period of development In six years
we have made unequaled progress. We
| have secured the abolition of grade cross
! ings the construction of the new union
station, involving the destruction of the
| old stations and the freeing of the Nal
| from railroad use, the preservation of Mas
sachusetts avenue, our greatest east anG
west boulevard, the filtration plant, new city
sewers and sewage disposal system, an(
| the beginning of a suburban sewer sys-
TEN, the District government building, the
connecticut avenue and other bridges, the
extension of our two boulevardS, 16tl
street and Massachusetts avenue, the site
and beginning of municipal hospital fol-
tuberculosis and other chronic cases. the
Mckinley and Armstrong manual training
schools, the Business High School, and
number of school, fire and police build
ings, the Police Court, the farm and the
buildings for the Home for the Aged anG
the Industrial Colored School, the genera
removal of poles and wires from the streets
a large extension and improvement of ouI
public lighting, including the conversion OF
all the old-fashioned gas lamps into the
best modern type, and other improvements
of the municipal services.
Public Charities.
I'VE have reorganized on a modern basis
the public charities and their relations to
private charities, begun the elimination OF
alley slums, set up juvenile court and
probation system secured an effective COM
pulsory education law, established a public
playground system, brought employment
agencies under regulation and weeded out
the bad ones. reformed the poison and
pharmacy laws, improved the insurance
conditions through the new insurance de-
partment, brought the savings banks under
governmental supervision, secured the in
crease in the pay of teachers. firemen and
policemen, provided fire prevention by cleo
trical and other inspection work.
'Of course we are not satisfied; of course
we have not realized our ideals. We want
George Washington's plans, revised by the
park commission, the direct outgrowth of
our centennial celebration, fully executed In
the Improvement and extension Of our pa rk
system, and immediate by the redemption
of the south side of Pennsylvania avenue
by converting it into park filled with
public buildings and the addition of new
parks and the extension of Rock Creek
Park; we want the Anacostia basin and
the river front improved for convenience
and beauty, the locomotive smoke abolished,
the high-pressure fire protection service,
the better adjustment of our financial re-
lations with the United States treasury,
and whatever else is necessary to the steady
progress Of the national capital toward
municipal perfection, including all addi-
tional social laws required. Let us con-
tinue to work together for perfect sue
cess
Other Speeches.
Representative Gardiner, chairman of the
subcommittee on appropriations for the
District OF Columbia, in detail explained
the gauntlet through which an appropria-
ton bill has to GO before 1t is finally en-
acted into law. He also told of the great
difficulties which confront the members of
this committee in making revenues of the
municipality meet its needs. He called at
tention to the fact that about one-hfth Of
the entire appropriation for the next fiscal
year. according to the bill as 1T passed the
House is for the public schools, and stated
that he hopes next year the sum will be
st, more. During his remarks he referred
several times to former Superintendent Stu
art and his aid in the past in helping the
subcommittee by furnishing certain data
necessary Il. preparing the bill. Each time
Mr. Stuart's name was mentioned and he
was referred tC as superintendent 1t was
greeted with loud applause and cheers.
Representative Bartholdt spoke of the
great advance being made by Washington,
and he declared that every citizen, no mat
ter where his residence is, should take
great interest and pride in the development
of the National Capital.
The speechmaking was concluded by
few remarks from Gen. Harries, who ex-
planned why it might not be wise or prac-
ticable at the present time to inaugurate
the giving OF universal transfers on the
street cars of Washington.
List Of Guests.
Those who were present at the dinner
were:
H. B. F. Mcfarland. Henry l.. West
Representative W. S. Greene. Representa-
tive Washington Gardiner. Representative
Richard Bartholdt. Postmaster B. F..
William G. Woodward. Maj. Rich
ard Sylvester, Gen. George H. Har-
ries, A. T. Stuart William P. Armstrong
A. B. Keefer. Rev. w. Taliaferro Thomp-
son. Rev Eugene A. Hannah. Joseph H.
Armand. William ]. Armstrong, Walter T.
Austin, M H. Barnum. Eugene B. Bell,
Dr. Damon A. Binkert. Herman E. Bleau,
c. P Boss. w. H. Bradley. ]. T. Bresna-
han, C. NJ D. Browne. M l.. Bundy, jr. !;
William r. Bushby. j. v. Camalier, A. s.
Caywood. w. S. Chase. Walter Donaldson,
Selden NJ. Ely, Henry Evans, Myron j.
Ferren. Frank M. Ferris William F. Finn,
Edward Foulke Roe Fulkerson, John
Gaghan. John H. Ganse. A. r. Gordon,
Henry M. Gunderson. John Henderson, jr.
William G. Henderson. Lemon G. Hine, w.
j. Hoffman. A. H. Jaeger. Scion c. Kemon,
Charles E. Kern. Edward Kern, John H.
Lane. Thomas Lane M. A. Leese, John A.
Lewis, James w. Loveless. ]. W. McGarry,
Willis Magruder. George H Markward, H.
w. Marshall. H B. Mattox. r. j. Mawhin-
ney, H. s. Meekham. ]. H. Melton Sam
uel Miller Mark w. Moore. Theo T. Moore
FINS D. Morris. Joseph Meyer. ]. ]. Neagle,
William s. Odell. M. ]. O'Reilley Olin w
Roakes. ]. B. Robinson. j. E. Rockwell,