The Washington herald., 1914-03-07
DIR. WILEY CALLS
Meeting TODAY
Committee of 100 Announced
to Take Up Legislative
Fight for City.
S0L0NS PLEDGE AID
Chairman Makes Public Letters from
MARITIME and Ainey Promising
Citizens Their Support.
S0L0NS PLEDGE AID

SitiLSuS NfuPfSis
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley yesterday an
nounced the personnel of the commit
tee OF 100 representative citizens ap-
pointed to protest to Congress against
hasty legislation involving the admin
istrationl of important affairs Of the
National Capital. and particularly
against the Johnson-Prouty amend
ment to the George bill. designed to
make the District bear the Whoie eA-
pense of government
A committee meeting has been called
for this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the
New willard, and every memper Is
asked to postpone any previous en-
rapement so as to be able TO attend.
The committee will get down to busi-
ness Immediately, and in the next day
or two the citizens fight will be on In
earnest.
annoint the committee by the big gath
erinr of taxpayers at the New VIII
lard Thursday afternoon and honored
also with the craftsmanship OF the
same made public yesterday letters
from Senator MARITIME, Of New Jersey
and Representative Ainey, OF Pennsyl-
yania. which show clearly why they
are OppOSed to any unIdir tiSot -
the District by Congress
Supported by Constituents.
Agreeing with former Senator Black
burn. of Kentucky, author OF the Organic
act establishing the half-and-haif taxauoh
plan for the District, Representative
Ainev said his constituents would De
asbamed Of a Representative who by
vote or act would retard its CNauohal
CapitaPs, growth or deal in a narrow way
with measures providing for its develop
ment.' .,.,o
senator MARITIME and Representative
Ainev both were invited to speak at the
citizens mass meeting Thursday out
pressure of other engagements Kept tnem
away.
senator MARITIME wrote, in part, as FOL
,oUs: Il am sorry public business will
nreyent nv being present at your meet
ing this afternoon. I would like 10 be
there and say 1 am opposed both TO over
assessment and overtaxation.
You can put me down as warm
friend and advocate of every proper
movement proposed for developing your
rity. and an earnest opponent OF every
measure calculated to retard It's grown
or unjustly burden its people
II is understood that everybody chosen
for the committee previously consented
20 serve.
Committee of One Hundred.
The men and women Of the District Of
umbia composing the committee OF
sas hundred are:
ron s. Adams, Elijah S. Afford. jr-,
INK E. Altemus, Col. George A. Arms.
%. Alexander Graham Bell, J. W. Bal
~. Mrs W. D. Bigelow. Gist Blair.
Tac mas Bradley, A. A Birey, Warren w.
s, Sidney I. Besselievre. Lester A.
Y
Browne, Charles S. Bundy, William J.
Boardman, H. Marion Butler, Thomas w.
Buckley. Chaplin Brown. L. f. Breunin-
ger r. B. Behrend, Southwick c.
Briggs, Clinton T. Brainard.
Charles J. Cassidy, ]. Doyle Carmody,
S. w. Curriden. Ashton G. Clapham,
William A. II. Church, Wade II. Cooper,
John F. Costello, Frank B. Crosthwaite,
George S. Cooper, W. V. Cox, Myer CO.
hen. Murray A. Cobb, William Nick.
Clayton, George H. Chandlee, d. J. Cal
lahan. c. L. Corby. Charles H. Cragin.
John C. Capers, William G. Carter, Levi
Cooke. Edwin Callow. Joseph III. Gran
ford. Frank T. Codrington-
II. Bradley Davidson, John Dolph,
Carl Droop, Col. Edward Parker Dean.
Mrs. Henry Dimock, Floyd Z. Davis,
Jules A. Demonet, P. A. Drury, H.
Rozier Dulany, Charles A. Douglas and
-
John Joy Edison, George J. Easterday,
William John Eynon and William Cor
coran Eustis.
Frederick A Fenning, Mrs. Duncan u.
Fletcher. Albert +. Fox, Edmund X Fox,
John w. Foster, Daniel Fraser. ]. W.
Frizzell, Greed NJ. Fulton, Roe Fulkerson.
George H. Gall, B. 7. Galloway, Will
lam T. Galliher. Isaac Cans. Paul G.
CARRIER, Frank E. Gibson, Charles c.
Glover. Robert A. Golden. Edwin c. Gra-
ham, G. II. Grosvenor, William F. GUIDE,
Prof. J. H. Gore.
Charles b. Hanford. Randall H. Hag-
ner, d. Percy Hickling, William d.
Hoover, Frank ]. Hogan. Samuel ].
Henry. Samuel B. Hege, Thilman Hen
bricks, Robert n. Harper. Thomas S.
Hopkins. W. B. Hibbs, ]. Philip Her
mann, Chr. Heurich, Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins, Percival Hall, Phelan c. Hawn.
Guy II. johnson. Bernard T. Janney.
J. Miller Kenyon, Lewis Kann, William
]. Kehoe, Rudolph Kaufman, Gen. G. c.
Kniffin, D. J. kaufman, A. NJ. Keppel.
Clarence P. King.
John B. Larner, Wilton J. Lambert, c.
A. Langley, NJ A. Leese, A. E. L
Lecklie, Charles c. Lancaster. Benjamin
F. Leighton, Miss Constance Leupp, Nor
ton NJ Little. Colin H. Livingstone, Will
lam A. Deetch, A. Lisner, L. d. I.atimer, |
James B. Lambie. I
H. B. F. Macfariand, E. B. Mclean, !!
Archibald NJ. McLachlan, John McElroy. |
George X McIanahan, John r. Nc
Lean.
william A. Mearns, P. T Moran, Ed |
ward B. Moore, Edward p. Mertz, Daniel
Murray. Claude E. Miller, William F. |
Mattingly, DR.. Kelly Miller, Oliver S. |
Metzerott. Col Henry May, A. C. Moses, |
George C. Maynard, Arthur c. Moses, |
Frank Munsey, Thomas p. Morgan, jr.,
Mrs. Guion Miller, G. T. Marye
John L. Newbold, Theodore W. Noyes, |
II. T. Newcomb, Clarence F. Norment, |
Frank B. Eoyes. Edwin A. Nemman, |
Edwin II. Neumeyer. John II. Nolan !
James F. Oyster, Clarence J. Owens.
r. Ross Perry, T. II. Pickford, A. d. |
Prince. Andrew Parker, CCL NJ. NJ. Par |
Ier. Joseph Paul, JuiiuS !. Peyser, A. X |
Phillips, ID. S. Porter, John Poole, James |
T. Parsons, c. Pierce.
Mrs. A. r. Quaiffe, William II. Rapiey, |
Albert NJ. Read, William B. Robinson, |
Dr.. Charles W. Richardson, Oscar Rick |
Itts. II. L. Rust, William L. Robins, Cuno |
Il. Rudolph, Charles Rauscher, Miss
Ianet E Richards. Maurice d. Rosen- !
berg, Hugh Reilly, Howard s. Reeside, |
Arthur z. Randle, Arthur Ramsay. Mrs. |
:. C. Riehey. Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe.
Joseph I. Saks. Frank 7. Sanner, B. F. /
SAUL. George F. Schutt, N. H. Shea, /
James L. Sherwood, Joseph Strasburger. 1