Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-29

ate. Does not this provision imply thai
q state may with its consent be deprived
of its equal suffrage in the Senate; 1o'
instance, that the District as new state
for purposes of representation may con
sent to unequal representation In thf
Senate, as, for example, representation D!
one senator instead Of two? And II
state may with its consent lack the I'M
portant attribute of equality or repre-
sentation in the Senate. may II not alse
With its consent lack some other az.
tributes of a sovereign state. and stii
exist az a state under the constltu-
tional provisions in regard to congress
eional representation!
Without full representation IN Ionsress
voting in the District for municipal OF,
fleers only or for votelesS terr1torld
delegate Is a delusion and snare. expos
ing the material interests OF the coihuiu,
nifty to obvious and serious dangers, ano
.rnproyins in no substantial respect our
sYatua AZ Americans Washingtonlans
should have, like other Americans COZ
lected in sufficient numbers ana WIN
sufficient resources In limited area, rep
resentation In the legislature which may
deprive them Of their property by taxa
ton and Of life or limb by sending them
TO war Such representation Is mot IN
consistent with the exclusive power OF
legislation concerning the District pos
sessed By Congress. On the contsaiy
such representation Is the more essential
since Congress is not only washington >
national Legislature but Its municipal ana
state legislature. It IL not likely that
tie nation will surrender Its controi
through Congress of the national CITY,
this control and with the national inter
est should be voluntarily and quickly
granted to observation-disclosures
The people Of Washington should not,
franchise which does not give them full
representation In Congress Lacking 'nis
end, the game will not be worth the
candle. II this representation can be Sc
cured without constitutional amenoment;
we should press urgently for the desired
legislation. If an amendment Is aoso-
lutely essential. we should vigorously CO.
operate to the end Of securing IL
I, is no longer . hopeless task 10 az,
tempt amendment . Of the ., co cIsi1 wsr
Il has recently been twice amended In
quick succession. But If the Washing.
tonians cannot without constitutional
amendment be made fun-neoseo AMER
tlcally be thus amended to do them JUS
t1ce, then Congress should. with Mary
lands consent, declare all Washingto-
mans who have no residence IN o1hef
tf1ct Of Columbia should be national
neutral ground. residence in which does
not affect state residence and CITIZEN
ship: and provision sho~ld be maze Tor
counted In the spective states in ma
tional elections, just as the ballots of
soldiers were cast at the front IN the
civil war and counted in the home states.
Washingtonians ere. according to Pres
dent William Fl nry Harrison, the ma
ions soldiers in time of peace who
should be entitled to all the political
privileges Of its soldiers in time of war.
In readjustfng the relations between
capital and nation the latter fs there
fore either ~ to dissolve altogether
the National Capital partnership, dat
ing from the founding of the city, or
(2D 1t In to maintain and reaf1rm the
partnership "with all the obligations
powers thereuntO appertaining," and
recognising t0day's conditions at the
capital Of the nation. 1t In to give every
American right to the Americans Of
this community that II consistent with
full national control of the nations
city. There In mo- incOnsistency be-
tween coupling with retention I'm Con-
s<ress Of the taxing power of the Dis
trict referendum provisions which will
give the otherwise impOtent half-tax-
payers the opportunity to express their
opinions concerning their affairs to the
other half-taxpayer who makes all the
tween national control and recall pro-
Visions which will require q substitu-
tion by the President of some one In
the place Of an obnoxious or hurtful
AppOlntee as District COmmlssi0ner.
There In NO inc0nsistency between
full national control of the capital
through C0ngress and genuine voting
approximation OF the District In Con-
gress.