The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

advants geous features of the bills at IS
sue
However. i wish to emphasize all thai
has been said by DIR. Wiley AMI Others
as to the reliance We must place IN tn,
wisdom and justice of Congress as q
Nhole-provided that they know the facts
Il cannot too strongly emphasize that
VIC must proceed in a tactful and appro-
pirate manner in our dealings with the
members Of Congress-they are our rep
resentatives. our legislators as we'll as
they are the delegates from their respec-
tive States, and II they are put in pos
session of all the facts. they will un-
dcubtedly treat fairly with US in their
actions upon tn. measures now before
Congress which imperil the very life and
existence Of the National Capital.
-Four of these bills have passed the
House: they are at the second base
so to speak lone has not gotten to the
first base yeO. Others may follow.
We must not become lost in the multi
tude of measures with all their details.
Give Congress Facts!
I'VE must take and manifest pride and
interest in the Capital az such. We must
furnish the members of Congress facts
clear, cold facts. illustrating the wisdom
and Justice OF the organic act under
which the District has prospered and
fOurished unto this day and which is
just and WISE not only from the Dis
trict's viewpoint, but from the stand
point of the rest Of the country as we'll
81 am sure that our needs and our pro-
tests are becoming as prominent in the
minds of the lawmakers as they are in
ours"
The speaker then took up one by one,
the bills which he called ''perilous to the
Districts very life" Continuing, he
said:
There is a need for the present rev.
enues. There Is not a need, however,
for an addition to these revenues. Nor
is there anything but danger in the
adoption of any fluctuating arrange
ment. however tempting it may be.
We want definite. permanent. and
fixed arrangement. insuring continued
development OF the District, and we
should settle the value of property.
1T is true the George bill. on the
face of il, does not directly threaten
tn half-and-half plan. but it does pro q.
pose a fluctuatlng arrangement.
DiscusseS George Bill.
One of the bad features Of this
bill is that it proposes to bring SO
IN uch money from the few who live
here as TO make it possible for Con-
Gress to say: Well. there's no further
reed for the United States to contrib
ute to the support of the District"
Senator MARITIME had been sitting !r
the hotel lobby when button holed"
by f. II. Warner, WHO brought the
New Jersey Senator into the assembly
room and introduced him.
Driving his points home with vigcr-
nj a1nr.ha nd N-fSinlv
mov ed at the pligh: in which the Dis
trict finds itself at present, Senator
MGrtine said, in part:
There is nothing selfish in this fight
II is as Americans, not as taxpayers who
would Dodge taxes, that the people of the
District must regard it.
I'VE, the people OF the United States,
pay half toward the support of the Dis
trict-why in Gods Kingdom should we
not continue to pay half?
Why. fellow-Americans, IL l should
be asked by one of the good New Jer-
SLAMS after showing him the Capital,
What do We pay toward the support of
this city: I would shrink in shame would
| be compelled to answer:
1--WE Soaked the District.''
".Not one sou-we burned it all on the
people who are unfortunate enough to
live here.
Il will say to you that the United
States will stand as a bulwark against
any attempt at an unfair treatment of
this great city-against any attempt to
load the entire burden Of its support
upon .he shoulders Of the people OF the
District"
Former Senator Butler spoke, in part.
as follows:
.If you can ever get il into Con-
head that this is his Capital