The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
DELEGATE Plan
TOBEDISCUSSED
Retail Merchants Association
viii Hold Special Meet
ing Soon.
APPROVAL Is EXPECTED
Chamber of Commerce Also viii Take
Up Matter October 14-Views
of M. A. Leese.

A special meeting of the Retail
Merchants Association will be called
Nithin the next week or two for the
purpose of considering the adVlsaolllty
Of indorsing the campaign FOR repre-
sertatiou for the District through
delegate in Congress
Announcement to this -enect was
made last night by Ross +. Andrews,
president of the organization, atter
receiving requests from several of the
members TO hold such a meeting. IL
is believed generally that the organi-
Zation will indorse the movement ana
VIII appoint a committee to Cooper
ate with the District Delegate Asso-
citation
The question of placing the stamp OF
approval on the project likewise VIII
be considered by the Chamber OF CoIn- ON
naerce at its next regular meeting, Oc o
tCber a. This announcement was mace
last night by D. ]. Callahan. president
of the organization. Roy C. CIanll'
Oh .irman of the District Delegate Asso-
citation, will write to Mr.. Callahan wlthln
a day or two. formally requesting that
the District delegate plan be indorsed;
Mr.. Callahan said last night that IN all
likelihood the matter first Will De re-
ferred to a committee for investigation
and report back to the chamber.
Many Indorse Plan.
1t is known that many members Of the
Chamber of Commerce are IN taVoT 70 ol
representation for the District IN Con-
rress notably William F. GUIDE ana
James F. oyster, both former presidents
of the chamber. Mr.. Oyster Is a mem
her of the executive council OF the lis
trict Delegate Association and Is an ar
dent advocate of a delegate In congress
Mr.. oyster claims that his services as
president Of the Board of Education con-
verted him to the idea of District rep
resentation as one of the most urgent
needs. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, who
long served as vice president of the
Board Of Education, is also member OF
the executive council of the Delegate AS
sociation, and cites many instances dur
ing her connection with the Doard' III
which. she says. a delegate in congress
from the District would have been OF
the greatest possible assistance TO the
educational system of the District
In Hearty Accord.
Many members Of the Retail Mer-
chants Association have expressed
themselves as being in favor OF the
proposition. and last winter the Iadles
tailors section of the association voted
its Endorsement of the plan. The fol-
lowing statement of NJ. A. Leese. given
in an interview yesterday. is represent
ative of the sentiments of a good many
other members of the Merchants Asso-
citation:
NV conviction is very strong that the
District should be granted representa-
ton in Congress by a delegate. The
events of the last two years in particular
have de -onstrate1 I. s to be an urgent
neoS In the present situation those
members OF Congress who take seriously
their obligation to serve faithfully the
interests of this community and who
really exert themselves to this end at
best can only make this service a side
issue There cLght to be man there
who's, whole business it would be to at
tend to the affairs of the District. 1t
;, s,ould require the entire attention of
some ona to do this as it should be done.
As it is, affairs of the District of
Columbia in Congress receive only par
tial attention from some of the mem
bers.
"Trare should be a more systematic
method tina this. A delegate in Congress
representing the people of the District
would be q most excellent solution of the
problem
There are a good many details to be
thought out in connection with securing
this representation, but in the main we
can all agree that the District ought by
all means to have a delegate in Con-
sress, and I take pleasure in indorsing
the campaign of the District Delegate
Association to that end