The Washington times., 1915-12-08
PIONEER RESIDENTS
At GOLDEN JUBILEE
Oldest Inhabitants Association
Observes FiftieIth Anniver.
sary of Organization.

That the cnly way orrn to the Dis.
trict Of Columbia tn impress upon Com
gress its needs IL through suffrage. ard
that the city shot,ld be able to count on
generous Federal support, wc-a eripho-
sized last nieht In addresses before the
Association, cr Oldest I~hn bita-ts. TIE
longtime residents ot WrehrGtn,, ratl-
cred at tho Ehhitt to OBJ -ervn with q
banquet tho ffti>th anniversary CT the
organization OF the association.
Before the speeches the secretary
benjamin w. Reiss read the names OF
the members who died during the last
year. AS each name. was read a card.
bearing a single white rosebud. was
cropped before him. WHEN the list was
nnished. thirty-tre roscbuds Iay piled
together. The report Of Theodore w.
Noyes. president showed that the pres
ent membership is 81. and that during
the year thirty.siN new members We're
admitted.
Justices Anderson. McCov and Rohb.
of the District judiciary. were the prn-
cipal speakers.
.. Sees Suffrage For District.
'I believe that the DAY Is not far dis
tant when suffrage will be granted to
the District" declared Justice knder-.
son. There Is no reason. in my opinion.
why the District should not he repre-
sented in Congress and SIS citizens per-
mitted 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 overrule
or affirm the OPINION Of Justice hnder-
son. Justice McCov characterized
Washington es "a state of mind" He
said: The half-and-halt plan is either
the best or the worst ever drawn. and
hope Congress Will decide it the bcst."
That taxation without representation
Is as unjust today as it was when the
British tea-ships were emptied in Pos
ton herhor. 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
A regular business meeting of the As
sociation OF Oldest Inhabitants will be
hSdd tonight at the Union Engine
House, Nineteenth street and Pennsyl-
rania avenue northwest
President Noyes' Address.
President Noyes in his speech said:
1.-THE annual address of the presi
dent Of this association by unvaryirS
custom first sets forth certain statis-
tics. The associations membership.
now numbering S23, was increased by
one during the last year. 35 member,
being claimed by death and 36 new
members being added TO the roll. An
alysis of the membership. shows tina
80 Of this number are between so ard
60 years of age. les between so and
70. 1877 between 10 and so. and "a be-
tween so and 90 This the bulk OF
the membership is between 60 AMI 80
wears of ago. ard tie average age is
aDnroSinatelv 20 years:
-,SrItN - Hte, tt~r,
years old. 1t has now attained tre
age which. under its rules. would rem
der it eligible for admission TO itself.
Fifty years ago in the council cham
Association of the Oldest Inha bjtants
Of the District OF Colur1 oia 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. vi"c
President William A. Bradley settled
here in 1902. Vice President Peter
Force came here in 1916. Treasurer
Nicholas Callsn was born here in
1908. Secretary John Carroll Bren:
was born here in 1914. Colonel Tay-
loe had witnessed President Jeffer
sons second Inauguration at time
when the city was, as he describes IT,.
Z a morass. with scarcely a house on
the Avenue. Oldest .inhabitant DR.
Blake. who came here in 1907, decla =
ed at the first meeting of the associa-
tion that he also had seen the city IA
morass. and the site of the City Hall
their meeting place covered with
scrub oak in which he had set snaras
for rabbits.
The DEVELOPMENT of Washington
in the half century since 1855 has even
surDa ssed that of the fifty years pre-
ceding that date. The growth of the
nation and OF the capital in the wo1-
derful half century now closing estat.
fishes new record in world his
tory" ''''