Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Opposed to the Proposition.

mittee on police and fire departments,
said he thought the police department
had done well with the small force. The
fault. he declared. rests with Congress.
He said he thought it would be a dam
gerous thing to arm everybody in the
city.
II have travelled in all parts of the
city at all hours of the day and night"
declared DIR. Walter. and have not been
disturbed. | never carried a revolver and
never will
Dr. Starr Parsons said he thought the
wholesale arming of people would prove
a dangerous thing. Some men are easily
frightened. and they probably would Kill
some innocent persons.
eff all men were cool and deliberate.
said DIR. Parsons, lit would be a different
proposition. L was held up once. and l
got away with my assailant without the
aid of a gun.
j. F. Broadfoot asked if statistics really
show an increased number of hold-ups in
this city.
Many of these reported hold-ups'' he
declared. ARE fakes / read in the pa
pers of hold-up recently and 1 know
there was no hold-up."
Mr.. Bransom's resolution was referred
to the committee on police and fire de-
partments.
Local Suffrage Discussed.
MuCI tiHe was spent III OlScuSSiON
of the question of indorsing suffrage for
the District. the question having been
presented at a previous meeting by
Thomas f. VIII, who last night present
ed memorial setting forth that the
present form Of the local government is
wrong in principle and reflects upon the
capacity of the people OF the District for
self-government.
Mr.. viii spoke at length upon the
question and was followed by several
others, most of them favoring suffrage.
President Tucker and w. ]. Frizzell were
among those who spoke in opposition to
the resolution. =.
Mr.. Tucker referred to- the great num-
Der of officeholders who retain their votes
in the states, and when they are count
ed out, he said. there Is an element left
that he would not want to control the af
fairs of the District. The adoption of
suffrage. he suggested. would terminate
the partnership between the federal and
local governments. and he feared the
United States would worm itself out of
the half-and-half plan.
Mr.. FrizZell said he had never seen a
fair election in this city during the time
the people enjoyed the right of franchise
He said the District has the best form of
government it ever has had, and all that
is necessary is to have the right men at
the helm.
w. S. Bransom J. NJ Wood. DIR. Starr
Parsons and DIR. l.. D. Walter were
among those who spoke. The discussion
will be resumed at the next meeting
Land for Proposed Park.
DIR. Percival Hall, chairman of the COM
mittee on parks and public spaces pre-
sented report favoring the purchase of
the Patterson estate for park purposes
and condemning the proposed purchase of
Mount Hamilton. The report was
adopted.
A H. F. Holster presented paper in
which he asked President Taft to with
draw the army officers from connection
with the District government, the APP
pOintment of engineers from civil life and
urged the construction of a military road
across the continent. Reference to the
Panama canal was contained in the state
ment and the failure of dreadnoughts
was predicted. Mr.. Holster also urged
that the police detail at the White House
be Withdrawn and that soldiers in civilian
attire be substituted.
The paper was referred to the executive
committe.
President Tucker complained of the
small amount of money appropriated last
year for street work, and said he hoped
Congress would treat the northeast sec
ton better this year.
The following residents of the north
east section were elected to membership:
E. Day, DR.. Edward A Fay. Alfred A.
Taylor. w. T. Gordon. j F. Broadfoot,
Thomas NJ. Eastwood L. s. Gourmet, H.
A. Kane, W. III. Lanham, J. w. Weber,
DIR. II. p Lenay, P. J. Walsh, E. l..
Greenwald and E. D. Mangon.