The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-04-06
ANDREW JACKsoNssnPsoN.
Brilliant SenatorialIl.ogie.

/ Editor The Washington Herald
In discussing the Dolliverkschool bill I
notice that Senator Burkett gives as a
| reason for deDriving the citizens of the
District of any voice in tibet management
of the schools composed Of t2eir own chill
| dren the fact that we havei already been
deprived Of the right to vo6L
That is equal to knocking Ia man down
and then kicking him for falling! II GER
tainly IS the most brilliant sand convincing
argument ever put forth in the United
States Senate. Il is worthy Of a leather
medal and I suggest thathhe be given
one
The only thing about = that troubles
me. as an old time Republican, is that It
should come from a Repu bIIcan. Had it
come from a Southern Democrat who had
favored depriving the negro Of his con
stitutional right 10 vote, I would not
have been surprised, because IL would be
perfectly consistent; but Ito be put forth
by a Republican makes lie sad. indeed
It is only equaled by HIS statement that
the school board of the District has been
troubling US ever since We had a District
Of Columbia" and that citizens of the
District cannot be indaEsed TO serve on
the board, or stay on tile board. when
every citizen knows thax there never was
any trouble until Congress deprived US
of any voice in the matt er.
Our best citizens from. the earliest dav.
willingly and continuously served on our
boards OF school trustees. including
Thomas Jefferson himself, Judge Bar
nard, and others. If the Senator vouId
examine the history af the schools Of
the District. instead OF listening to the
stories of some grunlblers. he would
have much better hdea Of the facts
in the case.
If Congress Will buzz restore TO rs CIT
liens the rights We formerly had and
stop interfering, We viii manage our
schools without trouble or difficulty. as
we formerly did. and as is done by cit
liens elsewhere Throughout this broad
land.
Another thing Congress should do is to
provide the District with a permanent
school fund, the same. as it has all States
1t has given to the States for common
schools. 100 000.O00 ades; to each state
for a university, 46,08 acres; for sgrtcul-
tural colleges, 5000. CO.. aeres, and now 10
each, annually. S25H4 And the Senator
has now pending 3 bill to give each
State $4,000 to be increased 100000 per
annum for five years making it there
after 100000 per annum, with the Dis
trict omitted, as usual.
TO the District for educational pur-
poses, the general government has never
given an acre of ,.land nor a dollar of
money, and prior 10 1873 It never con-
tributed a cent fer the erection of n
school building or the support of the
schools. Why. it ha difficult to say, I'M
less it be that, ass he says, we have no
vote
This statement shat Congress appro-
PIRATES every d0Tk3r for the schools OF
the District" is s. IMPLY ridiculous, when
It is shown that one-half Of the amount
IS taken from the. taxes paid by the CIT |
zens, and that tt1ie government owns
about S5000,e00 snlore property in the |
District than do the citizens, on which /
i does not and never did pay a cent
taxes. It IS. I'll erefore. clear that II |
should pay moresthan one-half Of il, il il |