The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-09


respect to qualification, When all the evil
, dence has been gathered and arranged,
IL win be submitted to the Senate Con.-
mittee for perusal.
Personnel 0f subcon,mittees.
The personnel Of the subcommittee. a
now constituted. is as follows: william
J. Neale. Charles c. Lancaster. Louis p.
Shoemaker. James L. Parsons, Fulton r.
Gordon. Harry L. Rust. Thomas H. Mel
ton. Percy Metzger. James N. Wood.
Daniel Loughran. Arthur Cowsell.
lam J. Frizzeil, DR.. J. X. p. Gleeson.
H. p. Pillsbury. william H. Ernest. Elis
Sheets. DR.. Edgar d. Thompson. Robin
son White. Michael J. Colbert. Bernard
J. Brown. George C. Montgomery. James
N. England. Charles II. Eisenger. DR..
Charles NJ. Emmons. Aug. G. Hermann,
Jof- y-eady. John Campbell. George Mar
shall. w. L. wilkerson. Herman z. Blau.
H.. NJ. Van Ness, F. Edward Mitchell.
J. W staggers. z. T. Benton. James o.
Gorrell. James l.. Skidmore. DR.. Harry
A. Sellhausen. Patrick T. Moran. Dr.
Walter C. Murphy, Martin Wiegand. Gus
Hartig. Charles Z. Hodgkin. DR.. L. d.
Walter, Clinton r. Colvin. Leo A. Rover,
Julius Tolson. Charles A. Langley. and
George H. Judd.
Distributed in City.
Copies of the resolutions framed by Col.
Charles c. Lancaster and adopted by the
Home Rule Committee. opposing the
confirmation Of Mr.. Newman. have been
printed on cards. and are now being
distributed throughout the city. They
are as follows:
Whereas the President OF the United
States on June Is nominated to the Sen
ate the name Of Oliver p. Newman, as
one of the Civil Commissioners of the
District of Columbia. and
Whereas II is a well-known fact to
the people of this District that Mr.. New
man is not a bona fide resident of the
District of Columbia for the last three
years or more: that he Is not a tax
payer and has no permanent domicile in
this District. and is. therefore. legally
disqualified under section 2, OF the act
OF June II. 1878. which provides as fol-
lows: The two persons appointed from
civil life shall. at the time of their ap-
pointment, be citizens of the United
States, and shall have been. actual resi-
dents of the District Of Columbia for
three years next preceding their appoint
ment. and have. during that period.
claimed residence nowhere else and
Whereas Mr.. Newman Is a total
stranger TO our people. unacquainted
with our laws and customs and having
no sympathy with our daily needs, and
whose plans and policies are utterly un-
known to our people. and
Whereas II is evident that the Pred-
dent has been misled In making this
unwise and Illegal selection Of an mex
perienced and disqualified individual to
preside over our affairs for the next
three years. and
Whereas the Democratic national
platform provides. among other things, |
That the officials appointed to admin |
ster the government of the District Of
Columbia should be qualified by previous |
bona fide residence on which platform
President Wilson agreed to stand, and
Whereas In the nomination of Mr.,
Newman. President Wilson has been In |
1uced to violate this home-rule plank Of /
he platform: therefore be IL
Resolved. By the bona fde residents
md taxpayers Of the District Of Column |
,ia In public meeting assembled in Old |
Hall. this SOth day OF June 1919.
kat We so,emnly protest against the
Of Oliver p. Newman as one
II the civil Commissioners Of the District /
v Columbia. and We do urgently petition /
he Senate Of the United States to re-
ect said nomination, as being q clear
,folation Of the organic act Of June IL |
SIS. and against the patriotic principle |
II home rule. Be it further 4
Resolved. That a public mass meeting
u our citizens be called by the chairman
4 this meeting in the next few days to
ndorse this public-spirited movement.
md that the chairman Of this meeting