The Washington times., 1911-10-04
NEEDLESS FEAR
IS AROUSED BY
JOHNSON'S PLAN
Very Unfairness of 1t Be-
lieved to Foreshadow
Its Defeat.
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sons exclusive statement to The Times
yesterday. has greatly relieved tears
aroused by eXaggeratlons OF the IdcLa'
Major Judson today developing MS ,e,A eH-
preston of yesterday, said to The
Times: -. nj,
s'The Federal contribution to the Dis
trict of Columbia l have always re-
Rarded as expressing and measuring the
desire of the American people tor
Canital CITY and comparable, perhaps,
with the capitals of the other great ma
tions. Naturally Congress must de-
termine whaa the extent of this desire
of the American people is.
at may be accepted as matte[ OIL
course that we residents of the Dis,
trfct would like to have the Federal
contribution as large and as certain
as possible. 1t seems to me that we
can best attain this END by exeTclslns ere ll
always the most punctilious care IN car
rying out our own obligations TO the
people who make the contribution. as,
for example, by repaying our noatlns
debt to them when 1t is due. by scru-
pUlous thought in our demands for
local expenditures. so that we shall
not seem mainly DESTROYS of our own
local benefit by care that local public
opinion shall remain healthy, so that
we NAV not seem to demand eXpend1-
lures as good things per Sc, with view
to impressing upon Congress in that
way the need of greater liberality, or
simply to seek the distribution of money
locally which is raised in large part
elsewhere.
Must Be Faithful Stewards.
I'm other words, we must seem to be
and we must be. faithful stewards of
the money that is contributed with
special end in view by those who are
far away and who cannot. by the ex-
ercise of their collective opinion, see
that they are getting value received
for what they give.
81 have not ceased to hope that Con-
Rress will see fit to eliminate most OF
our troubles by passing the bill that
failed in the House under suspension
Of the rules in the last days OF the last
regular session. I mean the bill that
would require the Commissioners to
include in their estimates during the
next twelve years, permanent improve
ments to the extent of more than $2O,-
00000. l hope that Congress may see
that this would at once tend to justify
the contribution by insuring that those
things will be done for which in large
part the contribution is made, while
at the same time placing a premium
locally upon good and economical ad-
ministration.
I'm other words, the enactment OF
this bill would tend to make parallel the
local and the national interest in eX-
penditures in aWshington."
Reparation To Mr.. Rudolph.
Commissioner Rudolph was done an
injustice in The Times article Of yes
terGay. for which he is entitled to the
fullest reparation. Mr.. Rudolph handed
The Times n very brief statement, which
said:
AS a private citizen and as a director
and one-time president of the Washing
ton Eoard of Trade. ! have always ad-
vocated the preservation OF the organic
act Since i have become Commissioner
am more impressed than ever with its
fairnes sto all parties CONCERNED, ANA
therefore would oppose anv cnangc."
Quotation Marks Mixed.
T3is was used in quotation marks. II
was followed by some adversions on
Chairman Johnson and former Chair
man Smith, not at all fiattering. nor in
tended t. be tiatterIng, to those gen.
tlemen. These remarks were entirely
on the editorial responsibility Of The
Times: ii was not intended that they
should be attributed to Mr.. Ru1olph; A
mechanical error seemed to include them
in the quotation.
That was MT the intention, either OF
Mr. RuiDlph or tho writer. Commits
sioner Rudolph did not in any wav refer
to the present or the former chairman
of the House District Committee: OBJ
VlC0SlN. lle PARAGRAPHS CI lliClEHlS ltOSt
gentlemen would ntc have como fror. Il
member Of the commission. and Mr..
Rudolph was placed in a most unfair
and embarrassing position by the mis-
take
Socialists Issue tSatement.
The following statement was issued
by the District of Columbia Socialist
party. through its executive committee,
today:
THE $50 organized Socialists of the
District Of Columbia favor and are
working for the repeal of the organic
law which requires that Federal Gov
eminent shall pay ole-half of the eX-
penses of the District.
I'VE hold that this law benefits only
the landlords and corporations. Wiz
ness the fact that rents here are higher
than in any CITY of this size.
THE American people have con-
trIbuted over $1t1G@O,000 since 1878 TO
maintain this District which is very
much m ore than they should have paid