The Washington times., 1920-12-08
OLD RESIDENTS
HOLD BANQUET.
Congressman Burroughs Asks
Their Aid In Fight for SUI
frage Here.

More than $50 members OF the AS
ISOLATION OF the Oldest Inhabitants
OF the District OF Columbia gathered
last night In the Ebbitt House to OBJ
serve the fifty-fifth anniversary oil
the founding OF the organization.
Addresses lauding the spirit OF the
organization, which numbers among
its members some OF the most promi-
nent citizens OF the District. were
preceded by banquet
TO AID II. q. SUFFRAGE.
Theodore W. Noyes, president OF
the association, acted as toastmaster.
Congressman sherman Es-Burroushs
OF New Hampshire made the princi-
pal address OF the evening. He de-
clared that the District has far more
claim To Congressional representa-
tives than many OF tho States now
represented on Capitol nm. He
pledged himself 20 the cause OF sur
frage in the District, and asked sup
port Of the oldest Inhabitants for his
resolution, which, IL adopted, would
give the District suffrage,
Congressman Burroughs called lack
OF suffrage in the District a "canker-
Gus growth in the very heart OF the
republic" and said il should mot be
allowed to spread until IL eventually
envelopes the entire organism OF the
nation"
President Noyes sounded the key
note OF the meeting when he said
financial equity. like political equity,
Is blazoned on our standards"
Commissioners Kutz and Hendrick
briefly explained the work OF the
Ditrict Commissioners on the District
appropriation bill.
IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL.
An impressive part of the meeting
was the memorial flower service for
eleven members OF the association
who died during the past year. AS
President Noyes read the names Of
the departed, white carnations were
placed in receptacle by Ben Reiss,
secretary.
Major S. W. Saxton. ninety-two
years old, was the oldest member of
the association at the dinner.
The complete list of members and
guests present follows:
Col Robert Armour. Lester A. Barr. !
Arthur A. Bache. X. b. Bennett. II. ,
II. Bergman. Louis Bernau, Isaac
Birch, DR.. S. Il. Bond, s. j.. Boss |
Isaac Brooks, J.. II. Brooks, John +. /
Briggs. William +. Brodt, Judge c. |
S. Bundy. Harry l.. Bryan. f.. c. !
Brandenburg, John +. Beale. August
Bruel. Charles II. Calvert, Allan G.
Clark. James II. Clarke Mortimer
Clarke. William A. Cooper. William
II. Cooper, Wendell Cooper. George
Z. Corson. c. r. Curtis. Frank B. !
Curtis. Daniel V. Chism.
Ben G. Davis. william n. DeNeaie, !
William Lfetz. jr., Frank W. Dow
ling, the Rev. ]. II. Durham. II. c. !
Davis. John Joy Edison. John Eisel.
George w. Evans, John II. A. Fow-
Ter, John r. Freeman. r. d. Godfrey,
Daniel NJ. Goodaker. Theodore Gross,
Richard Gudgia, William II. Grover
mann. James F. Hood, Morris Hahn.
Albert Harper. Louis Hartig. George
w. Henderson, John Henderson, G.
o. Howard. Ralph Hall, George A.
Howe, G. NJ. Huss. Charles Jacobsen.
Ira J. Jahansen, Robert r. Jonscher,
Klopfer. George A. King. John Il.
Larner. James r. Lambe. John r.
Lang. w. r Lapham. J. w. Lehman,
Mr.. Mahan, John r. Mccarthy Ben
G. McQuay, Robert J. Middleton, +.
w. Mitchell. George W. Moss, Theo-
dore w. Noyes, Capt James +. Oys-
ter, Thomas Oriana, Maurice otter |
back, Col. Charles H. Ourand, ]. will
liam Palmer. Albion X. Paris, John
c. Proctor, A. s. Perham, F.. W. Pier
son, Robert II. Rathvon, b. w. Reiss.
William l.. Reiss, A.. G.. Riddle, DAN
lei Rothwell, Amibile Samuels, S. Will |
lard Saxton. Anthony Schilling, John
II. Siggers, Charles b. Smith. George
Spransy, Dir. Il W. Sunny. Mr.. |
Straughn, Alexander st. John. DR.. n. !
A. Strait, DR.. Sullivan. DIR. William
Tindall. Washington Tophsm. Mat
thew Trimble, Edward +. True, julius
Vcidt, c. II. Venable, Gustav Voigt, !
Harry X. willard, DR.. Writ, Aston !
Whitney, Simon Wolf, George Wright, !
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