The Washington times., 1910-04-13
SPONSOR ABANDONS
CITIZENS SOCIETIES
Chamber Votes Not TO
Send Delegate to Asso-
Citations Convention.
BODY DECIDES
TO STAND ALONE
It's Hall to Be Turned Over TO the
Thirty Organizations for April
10 Meeting.


After having fathered the movement
20 establish a central body OF citizens
associations, the Chamber Of Commerce,
through its own action. today finds IT,
self no longer identified with IL
The chamber last night by a vote Ct
50 20 II decided not 10 send delegate
to the meeting which viii be held April
Is for the purpose OF organizing the
central body. Many Of the members
Old not vote
As a result of this action, il is. said,
the chamber is confronted by a unique
situation. II withdrew from the move
rnent because II was not satisfied with
the number Of representatives It was
10 have
But II withdrew only after its own sf-
forts had succeeded in 80 far launching
the project that It Is now able 10 stand
OF its own feet.
Represeuta ives Of thirty citizens as
Eociarions are 70 come together IN
general meeting which viii be held
April Is The number Of citizens com
posing these organizations is said 10
be in the neighborhood Of 900
Thus. II is pointed out. the Chamber
Of Commerce has mace possible the or
sanitation of what promises 10 be the
most representative body Of citlzS'S
washington has ever had but IL has
brought about a condition which may
lead To rivalry between that organize
tio7 and itself, as a result Of ITS failure
- ro-operate with it Al the last mo-
ment
Contest Was Spirited
Tho h-ht over the action 10 he taken
nv the chamber last night was SPIRITED
The debate drew on all the resources
NJ President Guide in the matter OF
,,aL-inr- bair-spIittinE decisions involv-
Ing parliamentary questions All OF lIe
speakers who opposed the cham'ef am
Ifstfur with the citizens associations
were members Of the legal profession
Ernest H Daniel and Wulam T.
shannon led the forces who favored the
proposed sfhIiaJi0n-
NJ Daniel read the report OF the com
,,,f+toe of afreeu Of the chamber OF
which he was chairman, which was ap-
y,of7ted 20 work out a plan whereby the
citizens associations could be brought
+orarber in a central body he spoke
Of the first meeting held by the com
r--ft+ae at which representatives, OF lne
citizens associations were present, ana
AZ which II was decided to can Jne Apt u
Is meeting. each ASSOCIATION anu lfe
chamber OF Commerce 70 be represent
TR ~ report recommended that the
chamber apnoint delegate and IN
alternate TO attend this meeting
As soon as Mr.. Daniel had concluded.
Charles ". Darr took the door 10 pro
test against the passage or the repoTI
He asserted that the CHAMBER bF ullt-
ing with the citizens associations, would
pra ctiCsIIy be admitting TO Congress
that e did not feel able to stand alone
and felt that II must call IN other as
EfstauCe- He said that the chamber i
f. decided 20 join the central ueCE-
should. At least. have one delegate for
every fifty OF Its members
John Dolph, following Nh Darr. made
OF the report Mr. Dolpn referred %
the dlsorEanized condition OF the citi-
Zens Of the District. asserting that L
never was more apparent than IN the
fight made recently In the House for
Fairgrounds such an association as
that proposed. he declared, would bring
the citizens together and mean the Sc
curing OF speedier and more effective
results. as regards legislative matters
Opponents Fight Report.
ro- the next several minutes oppou-
ents Of the report had their inning
Henry H Classic. George y WorthinE-
ton. and George W sullivan. in turn,
voiced their objections 70 passage Of f.
M Sullivan precipitsted the first ex-
citing turn Of the debate BY moving
that the report be tabled Several mem
hers however, Insisted that they he
heard on the matter, and M Sullivan
after President Guide had announced
that he desired TO have the question
thoroughly debated, withdrew his mo-
ton
William z shannon, originator Of the
plan 70 establish The proposed centra
body. spoke briefly and pointedlv. He
ridiculed the idea that the Chamber 81
Commerce would lose any Of its poveT
by cooperating with the citizens asso-
cis tions-
you can't afford TO refuse 2 helping
hand 10 the citizens associa tionS,s' n
declared They need YOU, and you
need them"
Nr- shannon referred 70 a number of
Improvement projects. long DELAYED
which undoubtedly would have been So
cured much sooner than they were had
there been representative BODY o.
citizens 20 demand them
Calls Associations Failures.
Except for local purposes such a,
having an alley paved. a sidewalk laid
or having the ash man make two visits
a week instead Of one said Mr. Shan