Evening star., 1915-04-29
CITIZENS BODY SEEKS
HOME RULE AND VOTE
Brentwood Park Association Reit-
crates It's Stand for Self
Government Here.
Humorous View Taken Of "Rule As"
Affecting Employment Of Married
Teachers in the Schools.

Local se1f-government home rule and
the right of suffrage, a slogan of the
Briehtwood Park Citizens Association
since it's organization in 1897. were re-
iterated in resolutions adopted at a
meeting of the organization at van
Horn Hall last evening. They were in
troduced by the president. Homer
Smith, only one vote being cast in op-
position. The member who spoke
against the resolution. Mr.. Wilson, con-
sidered that s7.000,000. the contribution
of the government to local expenses,
was high price to pay for the fran
chfse As this was the quid pro quo
for the sacrifice of the franchise, as he
understood 1t, he was concerned lest
demand for the restoration of the vote
would lose this contribution and in
crease taxes.
President Smith. responding, eX-
pressed the view that residents of the
District of Columbia arc SUBJECTS ana
not citizens of the United States, ana
that many residents are willing SUD
jects. And for fear OF 1eW aoa.aIs
added to their taxes. he commented.
they are willing to sell their rlght TO
vote The vote was six to one In favor
of the resolution.
The resolution as adopted. oeslaes
reiterating the principles, instructed
all delegates appointed or elected from
the organization to represent 1t in cen
trail bodies ito faithfully and earnestly
maintain this position when speak KING
for and representing the BrlGhtWooo
Park Citizens Association.
Humor Found in Resolution.
A back-hand slap at the feminist
movement, in Endorsement of its generous
impulse to establish the woman as bread
winner and relieve the man of RESPONSE
bility for the family upkeep. applied to
the mother-teacher problem, was the sub
'ject of another resolution considered and
acted upon William NICK. Clayton
offered the resolution.
The resolution proposed the repeal OF
"Rule As by the board of education. and
the adoption of two substitute rules
First. that the salary of every woman
teacher who marries shall at once be
doubled. SO that she can adequately and
properly support and maintain a husband
and provide him a home suitable to his
station in life: second, that every un-
married woman teacher who, after the
adoption of the first rule fails, after five
years continuous service, to take advan-
tage of its provisions, shall be auto
matically dropped from the rolls and her
place filled forthwith by married male
teacher who can show to the satisfac-
ton Of the board that his wife Is unable
to support him or provide home for
himself and his children.
The meeting instructed the secretary
to call to account the board OF
promise to grade and sod
the area about the schoolhouse
in Brightwood; the chairman of the
committee on streets also was directed
to get busy and see where the hitch
was and to have it fixed up. 1t was
regarded unlikely that the Commits
sioners would consent to the erection
of a fence to keep out stray horses and
cattle.
Want Space for Playground.
The meeting authorized Mr.. Ayres to
select a committee to wait upon the
owners of the property in the section
bounded by Kennedy. Longfellow and
9th streets and Georgia avenue, and to
persuade them to permit It to be used
as playground for children and to
have 1t cleaned up The chair was
authorized to appoint committee to
solicit subscriptions from citizens of
Rrightwood Park, at large, for funds
as contribution from the organization
to the Federated Citizens Associations
in preparing the case of the District OF
Columbia before the joint committee OF
Congress designated to investigate the
fiscal relations of the District of CO.
lumbia with the government.
An expectancy that the street railway
will take means to sprinkle the road
way between it's tracks to allay the
dust nuisance was voiced by the chair
man of the committee on sanitation.
The suggestion was made that an ap-
peal to the public utilities commission
might result in compelling the railway
to live up to it's franchise in the mat
ter of paving its share of Georgia ave-
nue. on each side of it's tracks. but no
action was proposed or taken in this
direction.
The meeting also expressed approval
of the action of the Federated Citizens
Association in appointing a committee
to collect facts and figures for presen-
tation of the case of the citizens of the
District of Columbia before the joint
committee of Congress appointed to in
yestigate the fiscal relations between
the federal government and the Dis
trict of Columbia.