Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-11

Backed by the practically undivided
support Of the 1900 members OF the
City Club. the suffrage group Of the
club today went before Congress
with a strong plea for Americaniza-
ton Of the District.
A platform declaring for nauona
representation, which was adopted
last August, and to which opposition
was voiced by only seventeen mem
bers Of the club. was reaffirmed last
night at a meeting of the sun asf
GROUP which adopted a petition to be
presented with the platform to the
House judiciary committee.
Support Practically Unanimous.
The suffrage group is the largest
group in the club, composed of 2St
members" stated the petition sub
mitted. '1t considers itself a repre-
sentative body of the $4,000 Aneri-
can citizens of the District of Column
GERS, Roy l.. Neuhauser. chairman
and Paul F.. Lesh. secretary. TO exc
cute this petition and earnestly urge
the adoption of House joint resolution
No. IL OF the Sixty-siXth Congress. or
behalf of the members of the grouE
lumbia in general
The petition recites that criticism
OF the groups platform was invited
in QUESTIONABLE sent to the mem
hers of the club and that disapproval
of the platform expressed in only
seventeen instances was accompanied
by an explanation indicating that the
principles advocated had been mis-
understood.
The American Ideal.
Declaring that self-government is
the American ideal. the groups plat
form is restricted to a general decla-
ration for the principle of national
representation for the District. 1t
says. in part: .;.,
nation by the citizens of the District
Of Columbia in the government of the
nation. and the assumption by them
Of all the duties and the extension to
them of all the privileges of other
citizens of the nation. Such partici-
nation is free from all objections and
particularly those which are urged
against the making of the District OF
Columbia a self-governing state or
a self-governing municipality The
m;+hholding from a half million of
citizens of such privileges and duties
:. a plain violation of the principles
,,,on which the nation was founded.
.irshe neople of the District pay the
r.aarat taxes. as we'll as their local
tsxes imposed by Congress. and they
are like all other citizens OF the ma
tion in other respects. subject to It's
f I In the making of these laws
however, they have no voice what
ever"
M. Colladny Addresses Group.
The group. at it's meeting. in the
citv club. last night listened to an
address by Edward F. Colladay, re-
nuhiican national committeeman foI
tbe District, in which the speaker out
lin ed the progress that has been made
~ The fight for national representa-
tion and some of the obstacles that
renain to be surmounted.
Mr. Colladay stressed the fact tha'
the impression gained by school chill
dren from their histories that the
district Of Columbia was ordained IN
the scheme of things to be maintained
&c AN un.American spot where Con-
gress would have absolute control has
onerated as a sort of mental barrier
AGAINST the enfranchising OF wash
inRtonians. What is urgently needed
he said, is campaign of education
which will enlighten the people OF
the country as to the political status
of the District.
He pointed out that the granting
of national representation to the Dis
trict would in no way set aside the
intention of thu 3oAmers of the Con-