The Washington herald., 1913-09-19
SUFFRAGE urged
FOR THE EDISTRICT
Several Speakers Address
Meeting of Study Club
in Economics.
RAPS MONEYED CLASSES
Representative Bailey Of Pennsylvania
Says achievement
Is Assured.
RAPS MONEYED CLASSES

Washington as a democratic city. with
its citizens armed with the initiative, ref
erendum, recall. and an effective corrupt
practices law. was an anticipation last
night, when. following upon the declara-
ton of Representative Warren w. Bailey
of Pennsylvania that elf-government is
destined to come to the National City,
Judson King, student of government,
expounded the latest evolution of Ameri-
can municipality administration and
members of the Study Club in Economics,
at the Ingram Memorial Church, Tenth
Street and Massachusetts Avenue North
east.
Although sundry Senators and Repre-
sentatives who had been promised as
speakers, were unable TO attend, the sub
ject Of suffrage for the people Of the
District was examined in all of its atti-
tudes. Universal suffrage was the tenn
per of the meeting: suffrage without re-
strictions of property or educational
qualifications, or race or sex. and the
government wanted was of the Des
Moines commission type, in which the
people are the source of authority.
Besides Representative Bailey and Mr..
King. DR.. BeIya Lockwood, H. Martin
Williams, Reading Clerk Of the House;
Dr. Thomas E. VIII, and Miss Harriet
Hilton spoke.
There were no arguments presented
against self-Eovernment in the Capital
And, at the close of the speeches, re-
solution was unanimously adopted IN
dorsing the bill introduced into Congress,
which is designed to give the people
the chance of making their wishes known
concerning a change of government
and concerning the type of government
desired.
Women Are Defended.
'Agitate" This advice fell from the
lips of Representative Bailey, who Is the
only Democrat ever sent from his
county TO Congress, a single-taXer and
a newspaper man.
DR.. Will opened the question OF a self
governed Capital with a review of Wash
ingtons various political fortunes. He
concluded that the time had come for
the assimilation of the autoCracy of the
District into the territory of the United
States.
Representative Henry George. jr.. sent
letter eXcusing his absence, and eX
planning his belief that universal suf-
frage should obtain in the District. H.
Martin Williams said that it was ridic-
ulOUs to speak of a democracy in which
any class or sex disfranchised. Mr..
Williams further explained that the
people in Washington. who are satisfied
with conditions as they are, are the real
estate speculatOrs, the corporation man
ayers. and other members of the class of
eXploiters.
Representative Bailey :old his audi
ence that self-government for the Dis
tTict was a foregone conclusion. Rounds
of applause greeted Mr.. Bailey's state
ment that the corporations and landlords
collect as much as the traffic will bear"
and that, like the original sin, we have
them always around US. He spoke in
favor of public ownership of Washing
toms street railways.
DIR. Lockwood Speaks.
Judson King explained how the Des
NOines type of government worked. Be
yOnd the initiative, referendum. and re-
call he argued. the modern municipal
needs TO include a thor
oughly working publicity function and TO
have A corrupt practices law under
which the man who pays out the money
will be the criminal
DR.. Belva lockwood told of her long
experience as one in the front rank Of
fighters for equal suffrage in the District.
While she has worked for woman suffrage
throughout this country and abroad. she
said her principal endeavors had been to
Obtain the ballot for District residents.
Dr.. Lockwood has lived in Washington
for fOrty-siN years. is one of the Capital
most prominent attorneys, and has the
distinction of being the only woman ever
to run for the Presidency of the United
States.
Marriage and the Family Under So
Cialism'' will be the topic of the Study
Clubs next meeting on September ..