Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-09
|SAY GALL|NCER FAVORS
DELEGATE FOR DISTRICT
Roy C. CIafIin and Mrs. Mussey
Are Told Senator Approves
of EIecting Representative.

Senator Gallinger. chairman of the Sen
ate District committee. has announced
himself in favor Of a delegate in Con-
gress to represent the District of Column
bia. to be elected by the residents Of the
District, to the executive council Of the
District Delegate Association, according
to an announcement by Roy c. Claflin.
its chairman.
Mr.. Claf1in said that he and Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, also a member Of the
council, had called upon Senator Gal
linger.
Senator Gallinger said to u.s. declared
Mr.. Claf1in. Il firmly believe that more
responsibility should be placed upon the
people of the District of Columbia The
form of government here is absolutely
unrepublican and l am heartily in favor
Of the passage of bill providing for an
elective delegate to Congress from the
District. 1t seemed strange, when I had
always studied in my history from youth
that the revolutionary war was fought
over the false principle of taxation with
out representation to come to Washing
ton over a hundred years after that great
struggle to find the very same principle
existing at the very heart of the great
republic.
Unjust Situation Here.
81 have always felt thae an unjust sit
uation exists here, and that it ought to
be corrected. Aside from the principle
of the thing, 1 can see many advantages
the people of the District will enjoy
through having a delegate to represent
them in the body that governs them.
1--WE fully appreciate what it means to
have the chairman of the Senate Dis
f.f ftn<, ~
for u.s. said Mr.. Claflih. Senator Gal
iinger has long been in a position to
study at first hand the wants of the Dis
trict people, and he has seen how fire.
quently and how completely. their desires
meet with rebuffs at the hands of an
Indifferent Congress year after year.
Speaking, as the senator does, from a
purely disinterested point of view, his
convictions are to be considered very
Significant
One of Districts Friends.
Mrs. Mussey said: Senator Gallinger
is one of the Districts best friends in
Congress. and it is gratifying that he
should declare SO unqualifiedly for dele
gate for the District Mrs. Mussey
pointed out an instance in her experience
as vice president of the board of educa-
ton where delegate in Congress would
nave been great help to the interests
of the District. The instance was when
certain representative broke up hear
ing which the board of education was
having before the District committee OF
the House because he was entitled to
1.-The courtesy of the House." and the
board was dismissed in order to make
way for hearing Of this representative
Fourteen Thousand on Record.
The executive council of the District
Delegate Association has just received a
letter from Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton,
president of the District Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union. stating that that
organization has voted unanimously in
favor of a District delegate. The follow
ing committee was appointed, represent
ing the w. G. 7. T., to cooperate with
the District Delegate Association: Mrs.
Emma Shelton. president Mrs. r. A.
Williams. Mrs. Isabella Webb Parks,
Mrs. Nellie II. Bradley, Mrs. Agnes S.
Burnett, Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis Mrs.
dali.
Mr.. Clafiin stated that the accession OF
this organization, with a membership OF
a thousand members, increases the total
membership Of the District Delegate AS
ISOLATION to 1900 persons. who have
gone on record in favor of delegate in
Congress from this community.