Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-21

Lauding Washington, the nations
city," as most beautiful" Senator |
George Earle Chamberlain of Oregon de-
clared in an address before the Monday |
Evening Club at Rauscher's last night |
that Congress should give more attention
to the demands made by this city upon
it's time.
"The District should have more voice
in the management OF its affairs. Its
citizens should be given some sort OF
power to express their wishes. Your
Board of Trade and Chamber of Com |
merce cannot voice the sentiment of the !
whole community adequately. You must |
do something more than pass resolutions /
and send them to the elder statesmen on
the hill II you want to impress them !
thoroughly with your rights. You should /
march on them and compel them to act" |
The senator pointed out that the condi- |
ton of affairs in the District is not what |
it should be and that the voice of the |
people should be heard In the halls or
Congress in such determined tones that |
Congress would take heed ana attend at
once to the carrying out of the sovereign |
will.
There is hope for YOU" he said, land |
you should help yourself. 1 once had |
the honor Of serving chief executive |
of my state. and when / went into office
the whipping post, thumbscrew ana
other means of furnishing prisoners were
in vogue in the penitentiary. 1 told the
warden that they should be dispensed
with, but he said he could not. l told
him l would dispense with his services,
and l did.
Hope for the District.
Then I went into the cell Of a man
who was carrying about his leg what
had been called the Oregon boot. He
was life prisoner, and as l sat and
| talked to him told him there was hope,
and Immediately his manner changed. |
That boot was taken from his leg, and |
that man became model prisoner. To- |
day he has a family and is a free man in
Oregon. l liberated him.
Now, I want to say to you Of the |
District of Columbia that there is hope |
for you If you will only take advantage |
of your opportunity and begin at once |
to impress Congress through a spirit of
corporation.
The senator was discussing The Ma
ton, and the Nations CITY," and as he |
closed was given rousing applause.
In discussing Some Social Functions |
of the Daily Newspaper" John P. Gavit |
| manager of the Washington office of the !
Associated Press. took exception to the |
inference made in some quarters that |
''all newspaper men are liars" and aver
red that there good, bad and indf- |
ferent men in the newspaper profession, |
as we'll as good, bad and Indifferent |
preachers.
He said it had become to some extent |
a fad for people to point out errors In the |
newspapers and to sneer at the men who |
wrote the articles. Little do you know |
how many things have TO go through his
mind during day, and of the high speed
he has to maintain. If you did con-
template it perhaps you would not be |
so fast in your criticism. Perhaps YOU |
might learn If you were placed in Ills |
position for time
He then pointed to the fact that the |
vast majority of newspaper men are /
honest and fearless. just as the ma
jority of preachers are.
c. W. Skinner Presides.
Charles w. Skinner was the presiding |
officer of the occasion. and at the opening |
introduced William Knowles Cooper. gem |
eral secretary of the Y NJ. c. A, who |
acted POSTMASTER The general theme |
Of the occasion was Cooperation for
Social and Civic Betterment"
Engineer Commissioner Judson made |
the opening address, in which lie asked /
all to work at all times for the advance |
ment of the city. He said he hoped to |
put forth his best efforts for the ad- |
vancement OF Washington, and believes |
the city will go forward steadily
Daniel j. Callahan, rep. e,entlng the |
Board of Trade and Chamber of Com
merce, told of the work both organiza-
tions are doing for the improvement OF |
the city as well as of the industries which
there need be no fear that factories will
there ned be no fear that factories VIII |
he located on Connecticut avenue when
the question of inviting industries he. e
Is considered.
1.-The City, the Hope of Democracy"
was discussed by Freaerick Clemson
Howe of New York: Specialization of the
! Public School," by Rev DIR. w. p. Thir-
kield, president of Howard University:
The Church and Social Service by
Rev. DIR. Samuel II. Woodrow. pastor OF
the First Congregational Church; the
Social Significance OF the Trade Union
Movement" Arthur E. Holder chairman
Of the leg slativa committee Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, and The Key
note of Modern Philanthropy" Walter
s. Ufford, secretary OF the Associated
Charities
The banquet committee was made up
of Charles w. Skinner. chairman; Mrs.
Edna keene Bushee, Mrs. orion Z. Lar
nall. Mrs. Ella Henderson West, Myron
j. Jones, Charles F.. Nesbit and Oliver
p. Newman.