The Washington times., 1915-12-08
PIONEER RESIDENTS
AT GOLDEN JUBILEE
Oldest Inhabitants Association
Observes Fittieth Annlver-
sary Of Organization.

That the cnly way orcn to tho Dis.
trtct OF Columbia n innress upon Con-
gress its needs IL through suffrage. ard
that the city shoAid be able to count on
generous Federal support. wc~a erlpha-
Hized last nisht in addresses before the
Association, os Oldest Irhs bita-ts. Tie
longtime res.dents OF Washington gath
cred at the Ehhitt to OBJ -erve with n
BANQUET the flftisth anniversary OF the
organization OF the association.
beIore the speeches the secretary
Bei1jamin w. Reiss read the names ut
the members who died during the last
year. As each name was read a card,
bearing a single white rosebud. was
dropped before him. WHEN the list vas
finished. thifty-ive rorobuds iay piled
together The report or Theodore w.
Noyes president showed that the pres
ent membership is az and that during
the year rthirty.siS new members wsro
admitted
Justices. Anderson. Mccoy. and Rohb.
q The District judiciary. wore tho prln-
cipal speakers.
Sees Suffrage For District.
IT bclicve that the daf Is not far dis
tant when suffrage viii be granted to
the. District" declared Justice Knder-,
SUI. = lHefe IS no reason. IN nv opinion,
why the District should not be repre-
sented in Congress and It's citizens per-
nlitted to vote for the President and
Vice President OF the United States. In
no other way can the city introduce its
needs IN p manner to command the at
tention OF Congress-"
When called upon either to overruIe
or sfhr.n the, opinion OF Justice Ander-
son. Justice Mccoy characterized
Washington ss "a stato OF mind" lie
said. The half-and-half plan is either
tho best or the worst ever drawn. and
hope Congress viii decide IL the hest"
That taxation without representation
Is as unjust today as It was when the
British tea-ships were emptied in Bos-
ton hprhor. was the opinion voiced by
Justice Rohb OF the District Court OF
appeals He declared tho residents of
the District are as Intelligent as the
citizens Of anv other part Of the coun-
try. and that their rights should be
recognized.
Aregular business meeting of the As
sociation OF Oldest Inhabitants will be
hgld tonight at the Union Engine
House, Nineteenth street and Pennsyl-
vGnia avenue northwest.
President NOyes' Address.
President Noyes in his speech said:
"The annual address OF the presi-
dent Of this association by unvaryirg
custom first sets forth certain statis-
tics. The associations membership,
now numbering S23, was increased by
one during the last year. 3S members
being claimed by death and SO new
members being added to the roll An
alysis of the membership shows that
81 of this number are between so ard
SO years of age. 1eS between SO and
10. 1877 between 10 and so. and "a be.
tween 80 and 90 This tho bulk Of
the membership is between 60 an i so
wears OF ago. end the average age Isl
Rf0SrtV 10 q nINfa a vas eu
sTotigIit @tfts-> association Is fifty
years old. 1t has now attained tire
age which. under its rules. would rem
der 1t eligible for admission TO itself.
Fifty years ago in the council cham
her Of the Washington City Hall the
Assocls tfoh Of the Oldest Inhabitants,
Of the District OF Columbia was born.
It united more closely together thir-
ty-one original or early settlers of the
District.
New Record In History.
''The president. Col. B. ogle Tayloe,
came to Washington in 1901. Vice
President William A. Bradley settled
here in 1902. Vice President Peter
Force came here In 1915. Treasurer
Nicholas Callsn was. born here in
1903. Secretary John Carroll Brent
was born here in 1914. Colonel Tay-
sons second Inauguration at a time
when the city was, as he describes IL.
Z morass. with scarcely a house, on
the Avenue Oldest inhabitant Or
Blake who came here in 1907, decla--
ed at the first meeting of the associa-
tion that he also had seen the city "A
morass. and the site of the City Hail.
their meeting place, covered with
scrub oak, in which he had set snares
for rabbits. .s.
"The- DEVELOPMENT of Washington
in the half century since $50 has even
surpassed that of the fifty years pre-
Nwaa4 IL. -
nation and OF the capital in the won.
derful half century now closing estat.
fishes new record In world his
tory" .'-'''''.''