Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-12
APPRECIATION
Of SENATOR GALLINGER
Louis p. Shoemaker Lauds Liberal
Views Of the Senator From
New Hampshire.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial entitled Senator Gal
linger and the District demands my
hearty approval. I am sure the senu
ments therein expressed will be Endorsed
by every citizen Of the District OF Co
lumbia, because he has by his hones
to all our people.
Having the pleasure Of knowing Sena-
tor Gall.nger as we'll as I do. and being
familiar with his public careeei, would
say Senator Gallinger and the Country
rather than Senator Gallinger and the
District" AS national legislator hii
work in Congress is a credit to his ad-
mirable personality and ability as q
statesman. to the people Of New Hawp-
shire, whom he directly represents, to tho
Congress Of the United States and t.
Washington as the capital city OF oui
country.
In all these various spheres Senator
Gallinger stands pre-eminent. You have
very properly alluded to his conduct with
reference to the District of Columbia, but
feel that his character and statesman
ship as a national representative stand
above other considerations. AS president
Of the Brightwood Citizens Association
1 have had to confer with him for q
number OF years, and I know him to be
truthful, conscientious and reliable. II
he, promised to introduce bill, he did
it. and if he promised to stand for 1t
before the Senate or in conference. he
could be depended upon to do so.
Senator Gallinger, by reason OF his In
dustry and ability, knows the people OF
the District, and he knows the needs OF
Washington as the capital city OF the
nation He catered to no personal inter-
est, but after ascertaining that | or any
one else represented public interest, a
need of the people which ought to be
gratified by Congress. he would work for
it. have said that he knows the people,
because he exerted himself to become ac-
quainted with them To do thie he at
tended public meetings. He has been the
guest of the Brightwood Citizens Asso-
citation, when we were striving to extend
18th street and 18th street and to pro-
vide sewers for that section, which is
now SO notable and well populated. No
one regrets more than do his absence
as a member of the Senate committee of
the District OF Columbia. and this loss
will be keenly felt by every material in
How unlike some men whom we have
unfortunately had In Congress to deal
with District affairs. Instead OF tearing
down the result OF efforts attained In the
past, ana peTSlSISAl1y4 Sdy Ills dHu OOlIl8
things derogatory to Washington and its
welfare, he accepted the situation, and
sought by every effort to be fair to the
general government and fair to the tax
payers of the District. He realizes the
national aspect of the city, which 1t seems
to be impossible for some to conceive, and
he appreciates the fact that the people
are not represented directly, that they
are not inendicants. but that they are inn
bued with q spirit OF fairness and 4 dis
position to pay all their share and even
more Of the cost necessary to make
Washington the most attractive city in
the country. He understands thoroughly
well that every public improvement au-
thorized by Congress- Is necessarily, to
quite an extent. and In some instances to
a very great extent, federal or national
in character rather than local. He can
see the difference between Washington
as a mere city and Washington as the
capital of our country. and he knows that
the act Of 1878. involving contribution
on the part of the nation toward local ex-
penditures. is i'm equity and justice found
ed upon the fact that this difference eN-
listed.
I predict that some day-in the far dis
tant future, l hope-a monument will be
built to his memory. Until then, our es-
TEEN for man who has performed all
his duties so well will be valued highly
and appreciated to a greater extent than
IL exemplified in bronze or marble.
LOUIS p. SHOEMAKER.