The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-08
GAL[|NGER FAV0R5
DISTRICT DELEGATE
Chairman of Senate District Com :
mittee So Tells &. c. Clafin
.. and Mrs. Mussey.
PROMISES PERSONAL SUPPORT

Senator GaIIinger, chairman Of the Sem
ate District Committee, yesterday de-
cIared himself in favor OF the District
being represented in Congress by dele
gate. The Senator made a statement to
that effect to Roy c. Clafin and Mrs
Ellen Spencer Mussey. a subcommittee
Delegate Association.
Assistance in passage Of whatever leg
isIation is necessary for securing the del
egate was promised by Senator Gallinger.
Il firmly believe that more RESPONSE
bility should be placed upon the peopla
of the District OF Columbia. The
form of government here is absO-
Iutely unrepublican. 1t seemed so
strange when had always studied
in my history from youth that the rev.
dictionary war fought over the false
principle Of taxation without representa-
ton, and then to come to Washington
over a hundred years after that great
struggle to find the very same principle
existing at the very heart Of the great
republic.
II have always felt that an unjust situ-
alton exists here, and that IL ought to De
corrected. Aside from the principle or
the thing. 1 can see many advantages
the people OF the District will enjoy
them in the body that governs them.
We fully appreciate what it means To
have the chairman of the Senate District
Committee come out in the open for US.
Mr.. Claiin said last night. Senator
Gallinger has long been in position to
study first hand the wants OF the District
people. and he has seen how frequently
and how completely their desires meet
with rebufts a the hands Of an indiffer-
ent Congress year after year. Speaking,
as the Senator does. from a purely dis
interested point Of view. his convictions
are TO be considered very significant"
Mrs. Mussey said: Senator Gallinger
$ one Of the Districts best friends in
Congress. and ii is gratifying that he
should declare so UnQualiiedly for DEL
egats for the District"
Encouraging Letter.
The executive council of the District
Delegate Association has just received
letter from Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton.
president OF the District Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. stating that thai
organization has voted unanimously in
favor Of a District delegate. The follow
ing committee was appointed. represent
ing the W. c. 7. L, to cooperate with
the District Delegate Association: Mrs.
Emma Shelton, president: Mrs. T A
Williams Mrs. Isabella Webb Parks,
Mrs Nellie II. bradley, MIS-. Agnes -.
Burnett Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis. Mrs.
Walter Brown. and Mrs. Mark \. Tyn-
dali.
Mr. Claim stated that the accession OF
this organization. with a membership Or
600 members, increases the total menu
bership OF the District Delegate AssOCia-
ton to 14OOO persons who have gone on
record in favor Of a Delegate in Congress
from our community.
At the recent straw election held by
the District Suffrage League. when the
Delegate question was submitted TO the
voters Of the District. there were over
10000 citizens declaring for an elective
Delegate as against only several hundred
against.
Some OF the organizations which hava
declared for the District Delegate to date
are as follows: Park View Citizens As
sociation. District OF Columbia Branch
of the Progressive party. District Suf-
frage League. BrightwOod Park Citizens
Association. Pro Re Nata Club DauEh-
tiers Of Veterans, WOman's Christian
Temperance Union. Among other organ
izations al present considering the prop
osition is the Chamber Of Commerce. y
pose has been taking the matter under
sdvisement, and it is expected that they
will make their report 10 the whole
Chamber in the near future.
The members OF the executive council
of the District Delegate Association are:
Roy c. Clafiin. chairman Frank ]. HO-
gan. Ellen Spencer Mussey. William
Mex. Clayton. and James F. Oyster.