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duty to the federal government by doing
its full duty TO the District.
District Neglected.

Representative Cary Of Wisconsin. re-
publican member of the District commit
tee who in former years has displayed
An active interest in local affairs. thinks
the District has been neglected, and hopes
this Congress will soon settle down ana
attend to some necessary local business.
In my opinion" he said, 1.-The District
Of Columbia has been sadly neglected In
the past few years. as far as effective
and necessary legislation is concerned. 1t
seems to me that the true reason for this
Is that there has been, and Is, too much
talk, too many promises, too many pans
to change the conditions existing In the
District. Let all this wasting OF val
liable time by talking be done away
with. and let us get right down to busi-
ness and do something for the plain peo-
pie of Washington.
LAS a member of the committee on
the District of Columbia for almost
five years. have been enabled to be-
come acquainted with the state OF al
fairs. Another trouble is that too
many people lose track of the para
mount issues and they become obscure
being hidden by many trivial matters,
and thus when a session comes to a
close, and we look back and review the
situation. we find that as far as the
District of Columbia is concerned, its
status concerning legislation Is ABOUT
convened. To dwell In detail on the
several important measures. such as
the reduction in the price OF gas, uni
versal transfers, more restricted regu-
lation of corporations, water rates ana
supply, asphalt repairs. sewage. side
walks, etc, would be getting away
from the objection of too much talk
which / have stated above; but we
ought to get down to business. and en-
act for the people of Washington that
which they are entitled to.
One Bill in Point.
II merely wish to call attention to one
Of my bills. H. r. 6oS4. which Will not
permit the Commissioners to tear per-
sons property all to pieces without no
tice, and then send the bill to the prop
erty owner, without any previous notice'
This bill will afford protection to prop
erty owners. to which they are entitled
and yet the objects Of lettering the con-
ditions of the city by improving Alleys
etc, would be subserved.
IT am somewhat disappointed with the
supposed investigation we were gong
to have of the District government. ~
evidently fell through, for l maven
heard much about it. / have plenty or
things to bring up before such COM
mittee which ought to be looked lnto'
but would not wish to block Legislation
or progressive measures simply 10 SUI
up dead wood.
IT am heartily in favor OF getting
down to business and giving the District
it's just dues"
Indicative of Needed Legislation.
These views. above outlined. taken IN
conjunction with expressions from Chair
man Johnson and other members. ooth
democratic and republican, of the House
District committee. are taken to indicate
that there will be no hasty legislation az
fecting local interests at this session or
Congress, but that on the other hand
there would be concerted effort to do the
very best possible by the people OF this
municipality. Particularly is Mr.. Burle-
SON. statement regarded as reassurtng.
Being chairman Of the subcommittee
which recommends appropriations for the
District, he is familiar with the views OF
his colleagues. He talked the local budget
over with them on the recent trip OF the
appropriations committee TO Panama, and
apparently he sees no reason for any
apprehension on the part OF local resi-
dents that the District Will no. receive
as fair and liberal treatment this year
as 1t has at any time in the past. regard
less of the political complexion of the
House.