The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

around them; the sauttIes Of the
worlds activities ay 20 and fro, but
J into the growing web they weave no
strand.
Sir. I viii not extend the parallel.
IL is too obvious and too painful 70 be
drawn But that IS not the Washing
ton that shall be
Only let the agitation begin
Les u start here tonight
Why ret make the occasion HIS
toric?
Let every true son OF WASHINGTON.
rative or adopted. 60 out from this
feast strengthened ard hearte7ed for
a long enlistment Let him know for
once in his life the glory OF being
possessed of grand iaea-the sublime
enthusiasm OF being lost in absolute
devotion 20 great cause.
Let them meet and join hands and
Sur one anothers~hearts. quicken one
anotheTs minds. and sustain one an
others courage Let II 20 on
It viii meet with opposition: r vii
NEST with ridiculs; Il VIII meet with cen
sure; Il viii take years. II may take
m6ny-5ut Il viii have but one POSSIBLE
outcome Il the sons OF Washington are
worthy o the name they hear
Suffrage Question.
Again I say. I an not speaking now
Of municipal suffrage at al Let the
present arrangement. or some improved
substitute for IL be continued II vou
please. What has that 70 Go with the
broad and fundamental fact that tbe
hundreds OF thousands here should have
their due and propo-tionate representa-
E
( have the same right that other citizens
enjoy CT giving their votes in the election
I OF the Chief Magistrate Of the reuu5lic7
The republic, L Is not alone for the
District of Columbia that I bring the
! proposition forward The interests OF
the nation would be served as well
They would be served 6-st of al by
tie increased efficiency and proprisfy OF
the laws that would be enacted: in the
next place. by the fact that The members
from the District, being familiar with
the local situation and serving on the
local committees, would relieve the mem
oers from other States OF much OF thsir
present burden. LEAKING them freer ID
perform the duties for which they were
specially selected.
Need for Real Men.
Further. it would serve TIE nation
BY adding 70 Congress men Of weight
and influence in national conce-ns
we should have here q constituency
peculiarly rich in material for Repre-
sentatives.
But, more perhaps than al the rest.
the change would serve the interests OF
the whole nation BY recognizing the
grand principle OF representative govern
ment here, IN the most conspicuous. posi-
ton in the country where hitherto Il
has been cast aside
Men could no longer point the finger
OF scorn az Us, and say:
Washington gives the lie 20 your pre-
tensions
Look. IN the very seat OF national
greatness you acknowledge BY your acts
that your form Of government is a fall
ure- Until We are honest enough TO live
up TO your principles. we shall deserve
all our trouble; and, sir, from the bottom
Of my heart I do believe that the greatest
troubles we have spring from this fact
that We have turned our back upon those
principles.
we shall never find peace or safety
until We return TO them again
Shall we say We fear the SURFACES OF
vice that we ourselves are to blame for
that could not last . generation II we did
our duty by our feilow-meng
shame on the race OF the community
that holds IN its hands the wealth OF the
continent and carries in its brains the &C
cumulsted culture OF the centuries and
yet refuses to lift that ignorance and vice
TO the level OF enlightenment and virtue
Tear down your shacks and shanties.
Let in the sun upon your noisome
alleys
.'Bui!z decent habltations FOR the poor
70 dwell in
Make your prisons moral hospitals in
stead OF breeding cells for crime.
Spread education broadcast in the
streets
let Us do the work Of Christians at
our doors before We admit that our
fathers were fools and that democratic
government is ali a dark mistake.
Menace TO the State.
Never until the men Of wealth and
education have spent .heir last surplus
dollar and exhaused the ingenuity OF
Their brains in the effort TO make their
fsilow-men worthy to be sharers in the
government. never until then viii they
have a Fight 10 hide behind an excuse
Ike that.
I admit that an ignorant and degraded
class armed with the ballot Is msnacs
TO the safety Of the state; but I deny that
il is greater menace in ths end than
that same class. robbed OF IT'S righTs.
thrust down into the dark, and lef az
nc longer necessary 10 be regarded or as
sisted because no longer having any part
IN the affairs OF state.
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