Evening star., 1909-05-04

the place of iron mills in Pittsburg and
the cotton. woolen and shoe factories
of many New England cities. Congress
by it's policy of discouraging commerce
and manufactures at the capital ex-
cludes all other great factories and
workshops than it's own, and then by
the apportionment of offices law "a relic
Of the old spoils system, distributing Of
fees like bandits plunder among the
states in proportion : to their strength)
shuts out the growing youth of the city
from the classified service and from ac-
cess to the only local means of self
support Of this kind which it permits to
exist. In the nations city national work.
shops are local. Washington is the only
community in the world where employ
ment Of the local youth in the local
workshops. instead of being encouraged.
is prohibited; where the young man
must go abroad in order to become ell
gible for employment at home.
Third: He needs access on equal terms
with other Americans to the federal
courts; the same right TO sue in a fed
eral court as that enjoyed by the citizen
of a state. Fourth: Without disturbing
national control of the ten miles square
he needs representation in accordance
with American principles in the national
control, and which may dispose of his
property, his liberty. his life This
right. to secure which constitutional
amendment is held to be necessary, will
grudgingly But when granted 1t will not
necessarily weaken in the least the ma
tion's control of the National capital or
reduce in the slightest its obligation to
participate financially in the capitals de-
velopment; and it can hardly be denied
when the District attains a half million
population of intelligent, public-spirited
Americans. the goal toward which it is
now speeding.
The Great Duty Ahead.
Meanwhile the Washingtonian should
be scrupulously protected in the meager
vestiges of representation and participa-
ton in his own government and affairs
which he now enjoys by custom or by
law. He should endure no slurring dis
clearly shown to be absolutely essential
to the national welfare. In his inau-
gural address. delivered March 4, 1Si1
under weather conditions which brought
to him speedy death, President William
Henry Harrison said: 1T is in this Dis
trict only where American citizens are
to be found who under a settled system
of policy are deprived of many important
political privileges. without any inspiring
hope as to the future. Their only con-
ISOLATION under circumstances of such
deprivation is that of the devoted ex-
terror guards of a camp-that their suf-
ferings secure tranquility and safety
within Are there any Of their country
men who would subject them to greater
Eacrihccs. to any OtheB humiliatiOnx
than those essentially necessary to the
security of the object for which they
were thus separated from their fellow
citixens:''
To raise the capital and its people to
the pinnacle of honor and prosperity on
which Shepherd aspired to place them
Washingtonians must struggle not only
for justice from the nation, especially as
represented by. Congress, but for har-
mony among themselves. The latter is.
in fact essential to the former. and both
are necessary to the capitals victory.
We must attack local inertia on the one
hand and soften local discord on the
other, bringing about harmonious and
effective cooperation among ourselves
When the Washingtonian. proud of his
city. and SO loyal to it that he is ready
to sacrifice personal prejudice in it's be-
half works shoulder to shoulder with all
other Washingtonians in promotion of
lie cityS welfare, the obstacles to tire
capitals advancement will disappear as
if by magic; the national obligations will
be fulfilled ungrudsingly and with pride.
and Washington will extend to the far
thest limits of the District every charac-
teristic feature of modern. model cap
i,al. Shall we not, then, enroll ourselves
under Shepherds standard in the patri-
otic order of Modern Founders of the
Newer and Greater Washington weld
ing the 100000 Washngtonians into
unit. whose motto shall be. "An Wash
tonians must stand together. and who
shall labor In the true spirit of Shepherd
for the animate we'll as the inanimate
Washington. for the men of the capital
as we'll as its streets and buildings. its
parks and monuments?
And when. building on Shepherds
foundation and inspired by his example.
we have made grand reality of the
ideal capital of which he dreamed and
for which he fought, We shall have
erected to his memory another mOnu-
ment more enduring and more honor
able even than that of bronze which we
dedicate today with music and oratory
and public rejoicinss.
Following Mr.. Noyes' address the Ma
rine Band played Some Day." by We'll
lings. the cornet obligato being played
by Arthur S. Whitcomb.