Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-19

VI tnelT 1eilo"-loWnSman, former Jus
tice Charles Evans Hughes.
Sharp Political Speeches.
Before and after the formalities of
election and the appointment of COM
mittees, several sharp political speech
es were made. William r. Harris
speech at the opening of the meeting
reviewed the high lights of the politi-
cal situation and drew applause at the
mention Of the administrators Next
can policy and the railroad strike sit
uation Mr.. Harr also spoke on situa-
ton In the District of Columbia:
need hardly remind you," he said,
or the many attacks which have been
made during the past three years upon
the government and the people of the
District of Columbia by those promi-
nent in the administration Of it's af-
ialrs: Our entire governmental sys-
tenn mas been sought to be overturned
WI any careful Investigation of
the facts, by men both in and out of
congress whose qualifications for the
purpose were practically nil. The most
important questions concerning the
districts finances have been dealt with
by them without regard to the actual
facts. and frequently without any in
quiry at all: and 1t is only by the most
heroic efforts that the citizens of the
District have been able to defeat such
ill-advised legislation. If. 1t had not
been for some of the more experienced
men In the Senate we would have all
been hung, drawn and quartered, DO
litically and economically speaking, by
this time.
THE result of these attacks has been
that local business of all kinds in the
and that real estate values here have
decreased on an average about one
third. Only the high cost of living
(Which this administration was to re-
duce) has increased. while the means
to meet 1t have diminished Nothing
whatever has been done by Congress
for the government clerks here in the
way of increased compensation, al
though 1t has increased the salaries of
certain high government officials.
Democrats Called Marrow.
''The underlying reason for this de-
plorable attitude Of the present admin
istration toward the District Of Column
bia, believe. is the fact that the demo-
cratic party is, fundamentally, narrow
and sectional. concerned primarily with
its own local or sectional interests and
apparently incapable of governing the
country from a broad. national stand
point. The democrats do not seem to
realize that the National Capital is the
chief exponent of the pride and glory
OF the nation. Apparently to them it is
only a petty municipality. and they
have consistently during this admins
tration sought to treat 1t as such.
Ever since the time Of Andrew Jack
son the people of the south have had
the wrong kind of political leaders
narrow, selfish men, who could NOT zee
beyond the boundaries Of their states
or sections. The south has needed men
with a broad national viewpoint like
washington. who in his farewell ad-
dress deplored the idea Of parties based
Echo Of Sentiment.
Oliver Metzerott echoed this senti-
ment in brief speech:
mot since the days of the CARPET
bag statesmen" he said. has there
been any such spectacle as the admin
istration has offered the country
through the disposition of the affairs
of the National Capital"
In addition to electing Mr. Harr pres
ident, the Hughes Club OF the District
Of Columbia elected vice presidents as
follows: Henry P. Blair. Charles E
Berry; George A: King. John B. Lar
D. Mckinney. Myron NJ. Parker Cunc
H. Rudolph, Robert j. wynne. Simon
Wolf. Matthew Trimble. Dr. Lewis III
Taylor. DR.. Charles W. Richardson
Emmons S. Smith and Byron s. Adams
Louis A. Dent was elected treasurer
The executive committee consists OF
the president, secretary and treasurer
and Myer Cohen: w. NJ. Chandler, Rufus
S. Day, o. J. DeMoH. E. B. Eynon
Frederick A. Fenning. Frederick De c
Faust. Peyton Gordon. John A Kratz
Oliver Metzerott. John Lewis Smith and
Charles L. Sturtevant
Organizers of the Club.
The organizers of the Hughes Club
are Bert T. Amos. Charles E. Berry,
Charles s. Bundy. Barry Buckley. F.
L Browne. William H. Baldwin, E W.
Bradford. J. D. Britt. Charles F. Rob
erts. Ralph B. Barnard, Robert r. Ben
nett, Henry p. Blair. Myer Cohen, J.
Harry Cunningham, Edward r. Cola