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Evening star., 1918-02-16

Our business ana profsusioa1 man, O.
educational scientific. literary and -
ttstic elements Of our population. -
ploy. our department clerks and otbeR
government employees, our winter rcd.
dents in process OF conversion tnno
WashinRtoniAns combine to consttU1o
oe of the strogest. most fn1eutgen&s
most public spirited and most Americas
communities in the whole republic.
What new state has ever been adm&bs
ted to the Union which at the time %
admission had 30 large. 90 tntelligee
tion as the District? What new sfa4o'
at the time Of admission. measured ~
to Its taxable resources. was rAtane
SO much in local taxes and contxfbuttng
SO much in national taxes as the DIS
trict?
The suggestion that the - Per esee
colored population Of the District Y
snfis to vote; that this I e pPe,,os1s Per cant
the II per cent white vote and that
as q final result the whole voting con
stituency Of the District becomes tatnt-
ed. incurably defective and deltnquent,
the colored population. but the whole
capital community. which fs thus
branded as un-American and fmpcteot
to set up a white mans government
population steadily decreases In ths
very recent police census il was less
than rs per cent)
This suggestion u based upon eho
assumption that the coiored popuisaca
first decade after the civil war. in edu-
cation, in ediciency. in morality or in
AmericAnism- It ignores the fact thAe
in contrast with the Organised fnasses
gerous, that are herded In industries
and at the polls In many other large
American cities. the colored populattoa
here has creditably increased tts per.
centage Of literacy. has acquired small
holdings Of property aggegattng Q con-
siderable amount whose possession has
made Thousands Of conservative, ~sate
and sane" colored citizens. ana, nn9uys
in response to every test, has sh6w1
itself in the mass instinctively obedisue
to constituted authority and loyal 70
the republic as citizens and soldiera
This suggestion also assumes that ~
more whites Of Washington win turn
ont to vote for President or senator o.
representative than voted for an Inn
potent feather duster" legislature N
the last century or in farcical elections
for delegates to partisan presidentiat
1t assumes that the Washington Whtte
men cannot, in contention over any
race issue, hold their own against much
less than half their number OF coloreA
men. 1t insults by the slur Of inefn.
cheney and unfltness q community which
in peace and war has made an unsur-
passed record OF public spirit and OF
exalted Americanism in service. I'm pa
triot!c devotion, and in full. hearty ana
unstinted response to every demand Of
self-sacrifice made upon Americana
In the light OF washington's Ane Wu8
record. with which every one Of - =
familiar and Of which we all are pro0G,
the moment Il peculiarly tnoDDortuno
to suggest that the 100000 ADeFSe0MU
Of the capital are the only Americas d
the mainland United States who re0Atn
unit for representation In their No.
tional legislature, which makes No.
tfonal laws for them. imposes national
taxes upon them. and sends then Horth
an national soldiers and sailsrs to AghG
to bleed and perhaps to die.
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A WISE MEASURE OF
WAR PREPAREDNESS

(0) In mot your application Tor con-
sfderation of your political status un-
timely while war il raging.
No. War brings to the Washington
value of full American citizenship and
fntcnsihes his desire and demonstrates
his fitness to enjoy 1T.
War brings to the Washingtonian a
vivid appreciation OF his obligations to
the nation as an American. He responds
to the national appeal with volunteered
and conscripted money and personal
service, with sacrifice of property and
labor and with blood sacrifice upon the
nations altar.
What men fight for and are ready to
die for they come to appreciate. to
value highly and to love.
The burdens and sacrifices cheerfully
endured by the Washingtonians in the
war time develop not only patriotic de-
votion in meeting the obligations of
American citizenship. but full valua-
ton of the dignity. the honor and the
glory of that citizenship, and the
strong desire to enjoy its rights. its
privileges and Its powers.
Thus the very act of meeting fully the
primary wartime obligation of ma
tional safety and national service first"
arouses and thrills Washington with
a passionate determination to nation
alfZe itself. to become an integral part
politically of the nation. to rid itself
of an Americanism that is stunted, de-
fective, tainted, and inspires it in a
spirit of patriotic enthusiasm to organ
ize itself SO thoroughly that it's whole
weight and strength can be thrown as
a unit in support of the constitutional
amendment which is to AmericaniZe it
by giving it national representation.
War not only makes natural and op-
perfume the WashinKtoninn's thought
Of national representation, but brings
to the nation vivid appreciation of its
shameful lack of political equity in
dealing with. the capital community and
prompts 1T to Amerieanixe it's capital
quickly as a wise measure of war pre-
paredness.
(This response is elaborated in an
article on the next page, entitled:
"Americanize the Capital as a Wise
Measure of War Preparedness..l
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0ttum m Star, December Il, 1917
AM|ER|cAN|zE
MASH|NGTON|ANS
At L least Give Congress Power
to Americanize Them by Full
Representation in Congress.
IN EQUITY Do 1T AT ONCE

A Joint resolution Oh J. Res 73 and
8 ,. Res e4) proposing an amendment
to the Constitution Of the United States
giving to Congress the power to ex-
tend the right of suffrage to residents
Of the District of Columbia
Resolved by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled (two-
thirds of each House concurring there
IND, That the following amendment to
the Constitution of the United States
be proposed for ratification by the leg
islatures of the several states which,
when ratified by the legislatures OF
three-fourths of the states. shall be
namely, insert at the end Of section g.
article 4, the following words:
asThe Congress shall have power to
admit to the status of citizens of .
state the residents of the District con-
0titufine the seat of the government OF
section 8, for the purpose of represen-
tatiOn in the Congress and among the
electors Of President and Vice Presi.
dent and for the purpose OF suing and
being sued in the courts of the United
state. under the provisions Of article
III, section 2.
~When the Congress shall exercise
this power the residents of such Dis
triet shall he entitled to elect one OF
two senators, as determined by the
Congress, representatives I'm the House
according to their numbers rs deter
mined By the decennial enumeration
and presidential electors equal in num-
her to their aggregate representation
in the House and Senate.
~The Congress shall provide by law
the qualifications of voters and the
time and manner of choosing the sem
ator or senators, the representative or
REPRESENTATIVES and the electors herein
authorized.
<SThe Congress shall have power TO
make all laws which shall be neces-
sary and proper for carrying into exc
eution the foregoing power"
(Ofered by Representative Austin.
April IS. 1917. and by Senator Cham
berlain May IL, 1910
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Are Washingtonians Defective an.
UnfitP

slurs upon washington's voting con-
stituency of the past, recent or remote,
have no application to the future vot-
ing constituency under the proposed
constitutional amendment The only
votes promised under this amendment
are for senator's, representatives and
presidential electors. II the resident Of
the District can vote for these officers
in Washington he will in almost every
case elect to vote here instead of in a
state. The class of Washingtonians
with voting residence in the states will
practically be emptied. It has been
steadily dwindling, through restrictive
state laws. through the local home
making tendency Of the merit system
and rate concessions through the in
creased expense Of railroad transporta-
ton Of voters to distant states. 1t viii
almost disappear II one may vote here
for President and Congress
with substantially all OF our popu-
lation voting In the District Q voting
constituency results which b adequate
in ouantity and which - unnurpSsood
IN quality N AnZ Aeate OF xhA Unaon
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community, giving them effective repre-
sentation IN Congress, their local and
national legislature. which may deprive
them of their property by taxation, and
OF life or limb by sending them to war
such representation is not inconsistent
with the exclusive power Of legislation
concerning the District possessed by
Congress. On the contrary. such repre-
sentation is the more essential since
Congress is not only Washington's ma
tional legislature. but it's municipal and
state legislature. The effect of this
amendment is not to admit the District
into the Union as a state, but to enable
Congress to give to nearly 100000
Americans residing in the ten miles
square under the exclusive control of
Congress the same representation as
citizens of a state in Congress and the
electoral college.
A New Political Status.
Hot new state. but q new political
status q to - evolved. This amend.
mont operates - . supplement Of the
tn sunaze prosd6tons AEnDo1l<in4
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a long series of national legislators and
other statesmen, who argued forcibly
and convincingly for territorial repre-
sentation for the few residents OF the
District in their time. are today equally
sound and convincing arguments for
full national representation for the
present District Ia 1917 genuine and
equitable American representation for
the residents Of the seat of governAent
approximntes their status to that Of
citizens OF . state and not Of q terri
tory. A voteless. almost negligible,
territorial delegate II obviously inade-
QuAte.
The seat OF government Of the United
States now has an Intelligent, Ameri-
can, public-spirited population. exceed
ing those in 1910 (the latest national
census) of six Of the states-Nevada.
Wyoming, Delaware. Arizona. Idaho
and New Mexico. Its population then
was 331,06s. 1t II shown today BY the
The population represented under the
latest apportionment by each repre-
sentative in the House is 212,407.
The time has now come when the ma
ton should by constitutional amend
ment either give direct to the resi-
dents of the seat of government the
status of citizens of a state for the pur-
pose of national representation only; or
should at least, as proposed by our
pending constitutional amendment, give
to Congress the power to declare. In it's
discretion. when they shall have this
status to the extent Of enjoying this
national representation.
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(Frum Ths sszr, Dscssher 10, fSi1.l
BOTH SUFFRAGE AND
HALE-AND-HALFP PLAN
Pending Constitutional Amend
ment Does Not of itself Give
Us National Representation.
CAPITALS FITNESS TO VOTE
THEODORE W. MOVES, Editor Sta,

Commissioner Gardiner opposes vot-
ing representation OF the District in
Congress because (1) Congress will not
grant it without destroying the half
and-half provision Of the act OF 1873
The nation will not do political equity
without violating financial equity.
(2) The District voting constituency.
on account of the percentage Of its
people with voting residence In the
states and the colored percentage OF
the population, is and will be unit for
such national representation.
~ The hrst objection il an unde-
served slur upon Congress. CD The
second objection In an unaeserved slur
upon the people Of Warrington. 90
Neither objection applies at all to the
pending constitutional amendment.
which merely empowers Congress to
grant national representation to the
District when such action seems to
Congress to be equitable and when in
the opinion of Congress the people of
the capital are Mt to he Americanised.
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What the Amendment Does.

This constitutional amendment as
sumes that the nation will continue to
control it's capital through Congress
and asserts that the time is close at
hand when the people of the capital
should be represented in that Congress.
The ten-miles-square provision of the
Constitution set up a peculiar political
der the exclusive control of the nation.
This amendment is supplementary to
the ten-miles-square provision. 1t
says, in effect, that, after a century of
cans collected in the seat Of govern
ment entitled at all times to every
American right and privilege consistent
with continued national control OF the
capital, are now or soon will be en-
titled to representation in the national
government.
1t enables Congress to make Ameri-
cans Of . community Of nearly 100000
people, who are now politically aliens,
and to naturalist for the purpose Of
ment q city slightiy larger than AIin-
neapolis and s1iShtly smaller than New
Orleans.
The constitutional provision estab-
fishing the ten miles square is response
BILE for the monstrous paradox of un-
representative government at the CAPT.
tai of the great republic. This consti-
tutional amendment will ultimately cor
rect 1t.
Our proposed legislation 10 supple
mentary to existing law. adapting the
| latter better to the conditions and
needs of today. It Is thoroughly con-
structive. 1t is not In the smallest par
ticular destructive.
1t leaves undisturbed and confirms
the national control of the nations
city and the corresponding national
| obligation of adequate financial par
| ticipation in tho maintenance and up
| building of the National Capital The
act Of 1878 and the exclusive Legislative
clause Of the Constitution are alike un-
| touched.
4 enAblae Congress 70 make Azpera.
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gress and three-fourths of the states
have the same power, which they
should exercise, to give to the nearly
4O0, 900 people of this unique District an
equally unique political status.
Who is there in all the world who
does not think that the nearly 100000
Americans in the seat of government of
the United States are entitled to repre-
sentation in the legislature which alone
makes laws for them and taxes them
and may send every man OF them to
war. perhaps to be wounded or killed ?
Who contends that these nearly 100000
Americans are not as intelligent, as pa
triotic, as public-spirited, as American,
in short, as the same number of Amer
leans anywhere else in the United
States, or as the smaller number of
Americans collected in. five of the
states?
Statehood Not Demanded.
Though the District can mako con-
elusive showing Of atness for admissiop
t. the union asa So0sesfGn 1tAea NJ
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0fsa 1As st.r, Dsesnbsr Il. 11z1
NO DECREASE Of
POWER OF CONGRESS

Our proposed constitutional amend
ment. giving Congress power to grant
national representation to the resi-
dents Of the seat Of government Gin re-
spect to whom 1t already has the power
to exercise exclusive legtsiaton). does
not lessen but increases the power of
Congress 1t extends on natural. logi-
cal and equitable HAes m existing
This provision Is appropriately in
serted at the end Of section 3. article
" of the Constitution. which gives to
Congress power to admit new states
and to make all needful regulations
respecting the territory belonging to
new states are carved. 1t Is under this
section that new senator's. representa-
tives and territorial delegates come to
the Capitol. The three political subdi-
visions of the United States under the
Constitution are states. territory Gn-
cipient states) and the District con-
stituting the seat Of government Of
the United States. When our proposed
amendment is adopted this seetion will
be rounded out and perfected and the
power Of Congress In respeet to ma
tional representation Will be eQuitAbly
extended to all three Of the parts into
which the United States was thus in
the beginning in eject divided.
The Constitution does not define the
political status of the future population
of such District (not exceeding ten
miles square) as may by cession of par
ticular states and the acceptance OF
Congress become the seat Of the goy-
ernment of the United States" Nor
does 1t explicitly and undentably give
the power to Congress to define or
change this status SO that 1t shall ap-
proximate gradually the status Of the
citizens OF state,
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(Frum The Staf, December II, 19l7.1
WHAT 1T DOES AND
WHAT 1T DOES NOT

The constitutional amendment which
Washington urges (H J. Res. 70 and S.
J. Res. 6D does not propose the admis-
sion OF the District of Columbia into
not propose the destruction of the ten
miles-square" provision Of the Consti-
tuition: 1t does not lessen in the small
est degree the control by the nation Of
the ten miles square"
It does not disturb In any way the
financial relation Of nation and capital.
1t Is not based upon either the aboli-
tion or the retention Of the half-and-
half law.
1t is not complicated with changes In
the municipal government of the Dis
trict in respect to which Washingto-
mans widely and radically differ.
1t repeals nothing; it destroys moth
ing. 1t alarms no one, aliena-eS no one.
wounds nobody's sensitivenCss.
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In Status Less Than Aliens.

1t has resulted from this uninfeMti0n-
nj omission or overnight that the resi-
dents Of ~xuch Dfgtfictn have q stand
ing m suitofB in the courts Of the
United States which the Supreme Court
has said is less than that Of aliens; and
relation to participation in national
legislation and presidential elections
which fs the same m that OF aliens.
1t was not intended that such Dis
trict" should remain uninhabited. The
United States advertised its Washing
ton lots for sale not only in the repub-
lie, but in Europe, and attracted set
tiers and lot purchasers here by glow
ing assurances. George Washington
predicted that the capitals population
would in a century be certainly ex-
ceeded only by that Of London. 1t was
not intended that these Inhabitants
should be from any point of view per-
manently aliens.
1t was not intended that the people
Of the capital should forever remain
politically outside of the United States,
no matter what the number and charac-
ter Of the population sympathetic
commiseration Of the Districts lack Of
national representation has been ex-
pressed IN Congress and the White
House at intervals from 1900 down to
the present day.
When it had only the population and
the nominal representation OF terri
torial delegate, voteless legislative
agent in the House (not contemplated
by the Constitution). that representa-
tion was vigorously urged by President
Jackson, was heartily seconded by
President johnson and was given under
President Grant
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-09
HoAsTEp BEER A POISON.

Beer is a chemical combination of
sugars, starches, extractive matters
and yeast ferments, in a process Of
continuous change. This is a COM
pick, chemical process which begins on
the outside, and continues In the stom-
ach."
The boosted claim that beer is
food and gives vigor and strength Is
contradicted by statistics.
eff beer had any food elements and
We're tonic, exact measurements and
studies of statistics would confirm it,
but the evidence from these sources is
entirely the opposite. The congested
face, bloated body and dullness of
body and mind are the best evidences
of the poisoning and degeneratiye pro-
cesses going on. There can be no con-
flict of opinions on this, because it can
be measured and stated in mathemati-
cal terms, regardless of theories.
Beer Is a most insidious poison be-
cause it produces other poisons, and
starts new processes of degeneration
that are unknown until the final coll
lapse reveals them. The beer drinker
dies early from diseases of the heart
and kidneys. IT. d. Crothers. NJ. d.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-09

bottles with his entrenching too
handle and smash 1t, to give the inn
preston that Alkali was good shot.
Alkap Ike started in and aimed at
the right of the line of bottles instead
of the left, and the poor boob behind
the scenes started breaking the bottles
on the left, and then the boxholders
turned loose; but outside of this little
fiasco the performance was huge sue
cess. and we decided to run it for
week.
New troops were constantly coming
through, and for six performances we
had the rs. r. o." sign suspended out
side.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-09
A POINTED QUESTION.

One of my warm friends and patrons
who is saloonkeeper took me to task
because was working for the drys
and hurting his business. asked him
to pick out one man from his regular
customers whom he would be glad to
choose for his own father If he had the
choice. When he hesitated l urged him
with, (Which one would you choose?'
He finally said, II never thought of 1t
in that way before. My God, would
pass them all up"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-09

cludes all exhibits from organizations
In the community which wish to bring
the, results of their work before the
community in this way.
The historical relics department In.
cludes firearms, swords, caps, and
other war relics, old looms, spinning
wheels, and articles produced on them,
old pictures, drawings, documents. In
dian relics. family relics, geological
specimens. and objects of interest
from other lands.
Ribbons for Prizes.
Experience has proved that the
awarding Of money prizes not only
makes the cost of fair prohibitive,
but, by placing the emphasis on money
instead Of on the honor Of achieve
ment. defeats the purpose Of the fair.
The best results have been obtained
where ribbons have been awarded, the
color of the ribbon denoting the grade
OF the prize. II money Is available
for printing the ribbons, each one
should be SO printed as to show the
occasion, place, and date. Awards
should be made on the basis of the
excellence of the exhibit, and no pre-
MUM should be awarded to a poor
exhibit. Accordingly, for the informa-
ton of exhibitors, it is well to publish
for each class of exhibits the require
ments that are to be considered by the
judges in awarding premiums.
The arrangements of county fairs
are beginning to realize the value of
the community exhibit as factor In
making the county fair serve its pur-
pose as an agricultural exhibition.
Liberal premiums have been offered
for these community exhibits, either
In cash or In such form as to be of
community use, as, for example, ref
erence books on agricultural subjects
to be kept In the community library,
watering trough conveniently located,
or drinking fountain. One state has
recently passed a law providing for
the holding of community fairs and
appropriating money for the purpose
of packing community exhibits and
transporting them to the larger fairs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-09
Honey in Place of Sugar.

The simplest way of using honey is
to serve it like jam or strip with
bread, breakfast cereals, boiled rice,
pancakes, and other mild-flavored
foods. As ordinarily used on bread,
an ounce of honey spreads as many
slices as, an ounce of jam. When 1t
Is to be used in the place of strip
some people dilute it by mixing it
with hot water, which has the effect
OF making 1t not only less sweet but
also easier to pour.
Honey or mixture of honey and
sugar strip can BE satisfactorily used
Tor sweetening lemonade and other
fruit drinks. Sirup of any kind is
more convenient for this purpose than
undissolved sugar, and when charged
water is to be added 1T has rurther
advantage, since it has less tendency
to expel the gas,
The fact that honey consists prin-
cipally of sugar and water and is
slightly acid suggests that 1t is q suit
able substitute for molasses In cook.
cry.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-09
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES
DIFFERENT TUNE.

In 1912 the Anheuser-Busch Sounds
rather Germany brewing company adj
vertised that they used 325 tons of
coal day, and that $4,000 cars were
used by them during year. That was
during prohibition campaign when
they wished to emphasize what an inn
mense business they had. We suppose
they are like the brewer who said not
long since. that he thinks now they do
not use any grain at all. only just .
few screenings.