Evening star., 1921-01-15

| change is made in the present poIiti-
| cal status of the District
! A y. Johnson. 1121 Staples street
northeAst. spoke as home owner
taxpayer anu government clerk.
Aaron Bradshaw appeared as chair
man of thu republican central com
mittee of tin, District and vice presi-
! dent Of the Harding and Coolidge
/ League, No. 1. He said he was not in
opposition to ahy bill that would give
the citizens of the District the right
i Of American citizens. In reply TO "A
direct question AS to whether he was
| opposed to the Burroughs resolution.
! he said: II oppose nothing that may
| lead to freedom xof down-trodden
| people in the DisArict of Columbia.
| who have to beg far everything they
| want
1T is un-Americar that these peo-
pie should beg for what is theirs by
right"
isentative Summers as 5 to whether.
lwhen the District had a delegate IN
! Congress the people were Satisfed
that they had direct persH1ai contact
with Congress. Mr.. Brade haw said
that it worked satisfactorily and the
Ipeople were pleased with Nol- Chip
man as a delegate and the eesponses
of Congress to his pleas"
| Mr.. Bradshaw challenged the\state-
1 mSnt maze Nv MT. Ayers. " ilo ih
laeed the men elected to office when
washington had local self-govA rn-
ment He paid a special tribute to
lGov. Shepherd in reply to direct sN-
PERSONS made by Mr. Ayers. Mr.:
Rradshaw's tribute to Gov. Shepherd
was loudly applauded.
Defends Colored People.
A voice from the rear of the room
attracted attention.
| Waterman NJ. Harris demanded at
| tention as a taxpayer. member or
the bar Of the District of Columbia
a world war veteran and citizen or
! the United States. not as spokesman
| for the colored people. although COL
ored himself. He was incensed at re-
marks made by Mr.. Ayers regarding
| a proposal to disregard the colored
| residents of the District if suffrage
| Is granted. "I am opposed to suf-
frage in the District if discrimination
[ is to be made against the negro as
! ment." he said 'If we are not good
enough to vote we ought to leave IN"
| country. If Congress endows suffrage
\ in the District, but disqualihes the
colored residents; I will leave; ,. 60.
| "If we are good enough to hght TOT
Won to buy liberty bonds, TO pay
taxes: if we must go to the peniten-
| fiary when we commit an offense, we
ought to have a voice in the govern
Alfonso J. Harris. another colored
man. said he wished to answer
question raised by some members or
| the committee who had asked II the
coIored residents had been Included IN
the organized efforts to support the
! suffrage cause He said he had been
present at all of the HEARINGS as
silent agent of his people. Nv" do NOT
| need to he included in the organize
| tion we have no cause 10 worry. Whlle
1 ant Df ,si
snaaking for the District" he said
! I'VE have no quarrel with Congress
and we are well satisfied. especially
| when such women speak for us as MIS-
Paul" ,oo.,
self-goyernment. but in reply to aues-
! tions by Representative Burroughs
said she favored people or the DIS
trict being represented IN 1d oohSress ess
1 by a representative "ho couio iio.
fonly speak but vote.
Mrs Rail said she was present as
ambassador of 100000 women VINO are
not suffragists or members or any
particular organization: Sne spohs ss
Committee of the District She also ad-
Used the members of the committee
that she was personal represehtati.e
Of, the Woman's Relief corps. -. a.
n with 200 600 members: of the
Da,hyhters of Veterans. 100000 mem
herg. and Ladies of the g. y. r.. 500
600 members ,.;
refornA in the District. and urged that
the moth ers of the country Were rar-
ticuIarIy anxious that there should be
SNoa1+ seif-goyernment in the National
Canital for the interests of the children.
no rt;cuiarly in school matters. Mrs.
Ban also paid a tribute to Gov. Gov; Shep 81 h;.
horda and with determination to do right
as he thought. he had started Washing
ton on its upward path to be one OF the
sreaf eat ctt5nA ofHhe world.