Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
SEEK TW0PLEDGES
FOR DISTRICT VOTE
Citizens Will Ask Republicans
and Democrats to Work for
Local Representation.

The republican and democratic
parties will be appealed to by the or
ganized citizens of the District to in
clude in their platforms next year a
plank pledging support to the people
of Washington in their efforts to Sc
cure representation in Congress and
the right to vote for President.
This was decided on at a meeting
of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations in the District building last
night. The federation authorized its
committee on federal relations to go
personally before the national COM
mittees of both parties and ask them
Il s sns sa 3 aaxs nsea plAhA D1'
Resolution Il Onered
Jesse P. Crawford. chairman of the
the matter before the meeting by Of
fering the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted: Whereas
the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tions OF the District of Columbia. in
regular meeting assembled on March
15,, 1919, adopted and authorized the
issuance of an appeal to the people
of the United States for their moral
and political support of the eff OFT of
the people of the District of Co1um-
bia to secure. by constitutional
amendment. representation in Con
the right to vote for President and
Vice President and a status before
the United States courts on a par
with that of the residents of the sew
eral states: Therefore,
BE it resolved by the Federation
of Citizens Associations Of the Dis
trict of Colombia this sixth day Of De-
cember. 1919. That its committee on
federal relations be and hereby is au-
thorized and directed to lay this mat
ter, in person if possible, before both
the republican and democratic ma
both committees the Importance Of
having che next national conventions
of their respective parties adopt
planks in their platforms pledging
support to this effort by the people Of
the District of Columbia to secure, IN
der the government which they love
and so Loyalty support, that political
recognition set forth above and in the
proclamation hereto attached. to
which they are entitled by every law
! of equity and justice"
Gather Data ON Half-and-Half.
The federation appropriated SIS for
the citizens joint committee on fiscal
relations to help defray the expenses
of that committee in gathering data
of appropriating for the District of
Columbia. This action was taken at
the request of Edward F. Colladay.
who represents the federation on the
Joint committee.
The officers and membership COM
mitteemen of all the citizens asso-
Citations, including those not affiliated
with the federation, were guests at
the meeting, and following the bust
ness session they engaged in an in
formal discussion of the best means
of arousing the civic spirit of the
! thousands of new members who be-
came organized citizens during the
recent drive.
1t was voted to recommend that the
statue Of Abraham Lincoln now being
removed from In front of the District
Supreme Court building be placed at
| one of the attacks on Washington dur
ing the civil war. The question Of the
removal of the statue was brought to
| the attention of the federation by NJ.
/ Markham Flannery Of 1897 Monroe
| street.
| President of the Federation w. B.
| Westlake was authorized to appoint a
| special committee to take up again the
question of endeavoring to adjust the
boundary lines of the associations
| On motion Of Jesse c. Suter, the
federation voted to suggest to all the
associations that they hold their an
! nual election of officers on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, which is election day in
| the states.
The Georgetown, Sixteenth Street
Highlands and Brookland associa-
lions were admitted to the federation.