The Washington times., 1913-12-19

| servative members of the committee OF
! eleven. expressed himself simply and
! strongly on the Crisp resolution. :.
Say this for me, and nothing more.
said Mr. Browne II thoroughly be-
I lieye that Congress-, which is composed
of the biggest men in the country. ana
the President, too, will safeguard the in
terests of the District in this matter.
| believe that truly
Gockeler Has Plan.
Chris J. Gockeier, secretary Of the
| Board of Trade, and also secretary of
| the newly formed trade body committee,
said he believed il was only a matter
| of time until Congress appreciated the
| true facts in the half-and-nafz plan. and
| that when these facts became known
the hasty action OF the District Com
mittee would be apparent.
We've had this opposition to the
half-and- half plan before" said Mr..
/ Gockeler, but never in the violent form
| adopted by the District Committee. l
do not believe that after the 1acts are
once shown TO Congress in their true
(; light that we will have any trouble con-
i.vincing that body the District Commit
tee was hasty in its attitude. do not
believe Congress will consider that any
need for the bill exists
! 1T is well known that the people of
the United States have no objection TO
he support of the District of Columbia
on the half-and-half plan. The District
vas created Federal territory by the
Constitution, and the people OF the
country realize that in contributing to
make Washington a greater city they
are but contributing to their own VA
tional Capital
I'VE are going after this matter with
ev,Iy resource ut our command. The
copies of our resolutions are to be
mailed to every Senator, Congressman.
and to the President. We will not stop
until Congress has given the District
chance to be heard.
Ground Well Covered
Maurice d. Rosenberg thought the
ground had been fairly covered by the
meeting Thursday night, but was of the
opinion that a mass meeting might be
desirable in showing the unquestioned
popular support that is being accorded
those in charge of the present cam
paign.
Il believe in a progressive and aggres
siye campaign" he said, "and ii looks
very much as though the Crisp bill had
furnished the incentive for the subord!-
nation of all minor interests and the
active cooperation OF all classes OF c1ti-
zens in demanding that recognition at
the hands of Congress To- which the
people of this city, as free horn Ameri-
can citizens are entitled
Attempts to railroad through Con-
gress this unjust legislation against the
District Is the result of a grudge held
by few members as the result OF
suua Dble with few OF our citizens,
declared Capt James +. Oyster, forme
president of the Chamber of Commerce
and of the Board of Education, today.
They would make the entire city suffer
on account of this grudge. But thanks
to the Creator there are wiser and more
level heads in Congress, who see the
folly of such a bill and are friendly to
the National Capital. These wiser men
will sidetraclS such unjust legislation.
Those who railroaded this hill
through the committee may know par
liamentary law. but they have a lot to
learn about The Capital of the Nation,
whose laws they are appointed to make
1t is a very poor policy to try to do
something without first knowing what
you are about. This measure should