Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-29
CE NTRAL CITIZENS
OPPOSE EXTRA HOUR
Also Decide to SeCede From
the Federation of AS
sociations.
PROTEST THE LANGUAGE
OF ANTI-SALOON HEAD
Indorse Proposal That Crossing Po-
icemen Be Put on Same Basis
as Metropolitan Force. d..

as Metropolitan Force.
! Unanimous disapproval of the So
| called Borland rider to the legisla-
tive appropriation bill proposing to in
crease the hours of employment OF
government clerks was registered last
night at the meeting of the General
! Citizens Association in the North Capt.
toll Savings Bank. The motion to this
effect was made by Thomas Culhane,
and was adopted without debate. On
| the motion of B. F. Rover an amend
ment was added providing that copies
be sent to the Senate District COM
| mittee.
| The association voted last night to
secede from the Federation of Citi-
zens Association, and adopted reso-
luton protesting against the language
| of Andrew Wilson, president of the
Anti-Saloon League. before the excise
subcommittee of the Senate District
committee in which referred to the
| territory covered by the Central Citi-
zens' body az "slum section
The federation question came up as
| the unfinished business. and some of
the members suggested that hasty ac-
| ton should not be taken. 3. r. rover
then said that the matter had been
postponed before in order to give time
| for thought.
Mr.. Rover Alleges Unfairness.
1.-THE more / think of it the madder
get at such a conglomeration. he said,
referring to the federated body. 81
for one, would be glad to vote to stay
in the body if it was inclined to be
fair in it's action
Citing delegate to the federation,
he said the delegate lived in the down.
town section and represented an asso-
citation in the outlying District. On
that point alone. he said, there was
unfairness. because to go before the
senting the people of the District with
members selected in this manner was
a misrepresentation and a fraud
Another association in the southeast,
he said, was not citizens associatloH'
| but was an association formed to elimi-
| nate wholesale and retail liquor from
the eastern section of the city, from
| North and South Capitol streets east
to Prince Georges county.
| Asks Further Investigation.
| Thomas Neale asked that the associa-
! ton make further investigation to see
| if delegates who did not represent
| legitimate association were kept out.
He pointed to the need of central
body. and he thought that every eff
| fort should be made to support the
| federation if ii were run fairly.
| DIR. J. J. Ki1roy moved that the dele
| cate to the federation urge that body
adopt q provision to it's constitution
that the associations to be represented
| in the body shall cover certain sec
tion, and that they must be regularly
constituted bodies of at least twenty
| five members. He expressed the oeilei
| that such a provision would prevent
the overlapping OF territory wn1en Pre- re
walls now. and would overcome INC
personal question.
B. F. Rover said that the federation
| would see in an instant what ~ woulo
mean to their pets and would abso-
! we should pay them the compliment
! of letting them have a chance to throw
| it down..
| President Mcnamara, however, ruled
| that such a motion was out of order at
| the time, and it was passed over.
"Jack Rabbit Organizations"
!
ton. declared that the organization
was composed chiefly of jack rabbit
organizations in the outlying districts.
| He said that by the present operations
of the central body the votes of men
| who owned a small equity in. AZ home
were pitted against votes of delegates
] representing property totaHng tho0-
sands of dollars
This associa ton does not represent
the public of the District. When they lei
| the delegate in question in" he contin-
ued, 1.-The federation perpetrated a raud
, on the people of the District. 1t was
| a fraudulent whitewashing act. The ere
! dentials committee was presented WITH
overwhelming evidence that would have
swayed any judge in the country into de-
/ Gliding against this delegate. But what
went on behind the scenes. This man
| stood for what the ma jority Of the fed
| Grafton stood for, and he was let in.
For a New Central Body.
| Again pointing out the need Of CEN
! trail body to represent the people of the
| District, Thomas Neale moved that a
committee of three Of the central citi-
zens body be appointed to consult with
other secessionist organizations for the
purpose OF organizing Representative
central body" The motion was adopted,
/ and the president named Leo Rover. DR..
| j. j. Kiiroy and Thomas Neale as the
| committee.
| The associations resolution protesting
| against the language of Mr.. Wilson was
! introduced by Leo Rover and after quot
! ing the language said that 1t has III
| beled and maligned respectable section
| of the city of Washington: section in
| ha bited by God-fearing. decent, respect
| able. right-lving men. women and chill
| dren." The resolution further said that
| the language is considered IAN insult to
the people living within the confines of
! the association" and characterized its
| use by Mr.. Wilson as unwise, unfair and
| insulting TO all right-thinking citizens"
President Mcnamara read a lengthy
| address attacking the remarks of Mr.. Viii
son, and explained that he and Leo Rover
had appeared before the Senate committe e
lin connection with them. Both were
given a rising vote Of thanks by the asso-
citation for their work in this connection
| Copies OF the resolution will be sent to all
members of the subcommittee who hea I'd
| the hearings on the question.
Fees for Death Certificates.
President Mcnamara told of the prac.
tice Of internes at hospitals in the District
| which received support from either the
federal or District governments charging