The Washington herald., 1915-12-08
Judges FAVOR
D. c. SUFFRAGE
Justices Anderson, Mccoy,
: and Robb Speak at Oldest
Inhabitants Banquet.
URGE DELEGATE PLAN
Declare Residents of Capital Should
Be Given Privilege Of Voting
for President.
URGE DELEGATE PLAN

The right Of citizens Of the District
to have representation in Congress and
cast their votes through the electoral
college for the President OF the United
States was upheld last night at the fif-
tieth anniversary banquet Of the Old
est Inhabitants Association at the New
Ebbitt, by Justices Anderson and Mccoy,
OF the District Supreme Court. and Jus
, tice Robb. Of the District Court Of Ap-
peals.
There Is no reason In the world, In
my opinion" said Justice Anderson,
why the District should not have rep
resentation in Congress and be allowed
| to vote through the electoral college for
| the President of the United States. In
| no other way can the District introduce
| its needs in a manner to make Con-
| gress take notice. 1 believe that the
| day Is not far distant when the privi-
lege of suffrage will be granted
Justice Mccoy was called upon by
President Noyes either to affirm or over
rule the opinion of Justice Anderson.
washington Is state of mind at
present and In that respect Ia In the
Union" said the Justice. The half-and-
| half plan II either the worst or the best
plan ever drawn and ! hope Congress
will decide 1t right
Justice Robb. Of the District Court of
opinions Of the Supreme Court Justices.
He said:
Taxation without representation IL
as unjust today as It was when the
people of Boston spilled the tea In
| Boston habor and as when they SUBJ
| mitted the issue to the sword. The people
| Of the District are just as intelligent
as those Of any other section Of the
country"
| Many Attend Banlet.
President T. w. Noyes. in his annual
| address. said that the association had
| gained one member during the year lust
closed. thirty-six having been admitted
to membership and thirty-five having
died. The present membership is 323
| Those present were George A. King.
Thomas w. Smith. L. p. Shoemaker. DR.
]. II. Barnell. S. S. Bond. W. F. Brooks,
A g. Cook. Thomas Buckley. Benjamin F.
McCauley. Morris Utterback, Thomas
Ellis. A. Heitmuller, n. W. Preston, c.
A. Newell. Col. Thomas n. Wood James
b. Lambie. Il. n. Steinmetz, w. p. Van
Wickle. John c. Yost, James S. Topham.
Justice Anderson. Justice Barnard. JUS
tice Covington, Justice Mccoy. Justice
Robb. Justice Van Orsdel. Louis Brown
low. Maj. c. w. Kutz. Maj Pullman.
Merritt o. Chance. Walter Allen. Motley
1 I
Armor. A. A. Birney. Charles B. Bailey.
Louis Berman. James Berry. Samuel d.
Boss. Leonard o. Bowie. Robert f. Boyd.
| Z. e. Brandenburg. John r Bradley.
Cotter T. Bride, William T. Brodt. Harry
l.. Bryan. Judge Charles $. Bundy, WILL
lam Burnell. Chaplin Brown. D. J. Gala
han. Joshua b. Callahan, DR.. Thomas
Calver, Charles II. Calvert. Edwin Camp
bell. Joseph Carter. Warren r. Choate.
Allen c. Clark, J. J. Clark, w. A. Clarke,
Marcellus Cole, Augustus b. Coppes. z.
+. Colliday. Mai. George E. Corson.
George ID. Clayton. John J. Crawford. NJ.
G. Copeland. William ii. Dennis. Ben
q. Davis. Louis A. Delwig, Will
lam n. DeNesl, J. A. Diehl. Frank
w. bowling. Frank W. Dowling, jr.,
George W. Driver. william A. Douglass.
John JOY Edison. George W. Evans, Johr
II. A Fowler. J: Marion Fowler. Theo
dore Ereibus. William Fuse, Joseph
Il Grifiith, Albert Harper. Michael Hayden
George T. Henderson. George T. Hilton
James +. Hood, Capt. Andrew W. Kelley
Joseph ]. Keefer. William T. Keens,.
Benjamin +. klopfer. DIR. Samuel T.
Lewis. Maj. Charles d. A. Leoffler. C. c.
Langley. Hon. II. b. +. Mscfarland
j George W. Moss. William II. Martin
William W. Maloney, Robert l.. Middle
T. Morgan. J. T. Moffatt. Aloysius
Mudd. George F. Muth, George A. r
McNeir. McReynolds, J. George NayIor
jr.. DR.. Richard A. Nesle. Theodore w
Noyes. Theodore Oriani. Albion X. Par.
ris. Alfred c. Parker. William B. Palmer
James T. Petty. Fred w. Pillings, H. l.
Rothrock. Col ]. Tyler Powell. Andrew
II. Ragsn. r. II. Bastion. William Reed
Ben W. Reiss. William z. Reiss, A. K
Riddle. A. II. G. Richardson. Leopold
Richold. George +. Russell. Leland =.
| Shidy. Henry X. Simpson. Thomas C.
Simpson. Charles B. Smith, Odell s.
Smith. William G. Spottswood, George
Spransy. Louis Stern. DR.. p. w. Sunny.
o. d. SUNNY. Judge Anson S. Taylor.
Corcoran Thorn, f. r. True. Washing
ton Topham. Judge A. S. Worthington.
T.. J.. White, John n. Walker. Hon.
Simon Wolf. George Wright. Allen
| Wright.