Evening star., 1921-06-21
SHEPHERDS ADVICE
TO CITY RET0LD At
PICTURE UNWILLING
Former Governors Words to
"Fight for District" Re-
called at Exercises.
SON PRESENTS PORTRAIT
TO D. C. FOR HIS MOTHER
Great Example Seen in Battle for
Representation, Schools and
Other Civic Needs.

0CpICScutdtlUu, oCuVVAS oAV
Other Civic Needs.
Washington should heed the words
of Alexander r. Shepherd and stand
united in the fight for representation
in Congress and in other civic battles,
Edward +. Colladay told several hun
dred persons who assembled in the
boardroom Of the District building
today to witness the unveiling Of an
oil painting of the late governor of
the city.
Mr.. Colladay, speaking as vice pres
ident of the Board of Trade. of which
Gov. Shepherd was the first honorary
member, reclted a number of the inn
portant problems facing the District
today and then urged his fellow citi-
ZenS to heed these words, uttered by
Gov. Shepherd in 1887:
"Stand Shoulder to Shoulder
Don't quarrel among yourselves
When you do you jeopardize your best
| interests. Stand shoulder to shoulder
and fight for the good OF the District"
Continuing. Mr.. Colladay said:
To-day We are at another stage in the
development of the National Capital
time when We should take the words of
Shepherd as our guide. Just as he took
up the railroad tracks that marrcd Penn
sylvania avenue. filled the James Creek
canal, razed the Northern Liberty
market and fought many other battles
for his city, SO we today have the half
and-half plan Of fiscal relations with the
federal government to defend and repre-
sentation in Congress and the status OF
citizens to fight for.
We have some people who ridicule
VHI
shoulder to shoulder. as Shepherd ad-
vised us, wei will not be abel to fight
these battles through"
MIR. Colladay then recited the fol-
lowing needs of the city to show that
the fight for the development of the
National Capital did not end when
Gov. Shepherd completed his task:
The Harvesting of Great Falls. COM
pletion Of the park system, acquisition
of more Fairgrounds. more and better
schools. solution OF the great traction
problem, more housing for the people,
more and better paid police and fire.
men and enforcement of the laws Of
the city.
Public Opinion m Weapon.
co,naen lin emerging ,hnsg. the Il ~ laws: said NJ
fecfive as pubic opinion. which'
should stand back of the splendid
board of Commissioners we now have
10 rule us.
DIR. William Tindall, a vice president
Of the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tants of the District of Columbia,
spoke in part as follows:
Just forty-seven years ago today.
the man whose picture We have be-
fore US was legislated out Of office as
governor of the District Of Columbia,
after service of three years and one
month in the municipal service. Dur
ing two years and five months Of that
period he was vice president of the
board Of public works. and for nine
thereafter filled the Office of governor.
No Lack Of Capacity.
His removal from Office implied no
lack Of administrative capacity. nor
of public-spirited vision. The work
which he had accomplished was so
revolutionary and vast that Congress,
as well as many of his fellow citizens,
failed to recognize its immeasurable
value.
Just as one fails to comprehend
the sublimity of Niagra or of the
Grand Canyon at first sight, and just
as repeated views of those wonders
enable the spectator to obtain the
better appreciation Of their grandeur.
so the vista of time has enabled US
to comprehend the public spirit, the
energy, the constructive genius and
the moral and physical courage of the
moving spirit in the transformation
Of highway conditions at the National
Capital from those Of a country viii
lage to those which meet the most
exacting modern municipal require
mentS.
ITO be sure, in accomplishing the
monumental task or redeeminE the
National Capital from the reproach to
which it had been chargeable. he in
CURED a debt t. tcosresP9ondtng IRE 20 With the
seemed so appalling to Congress that
it's apprehension Of disaster from a
further increment of that obligation
impelled it to discontinue activities
of the genius who was responsible for
I'm short, Congress was so en-
crossed in contemplating the size of
the pile of chips which Shepherds
work had accumulated that it lost
and excellence of the job"
Son Participates.
Alexander R. Shepherd. son Of the
that released the American flag and
revealed the portrait to the view of
the audience. In presenting the
painting to the city on behalf Of his
mother. who was not able to be pres
ent, Mr.. Shepherd said:
II have lived most of my life on
the outskirts Of civilization, and it
is a great pleasure to return and see
the wonderful growth and develop
ment that haS taken place. 1t is a
source Of unusual qualification to me
to see how freSh is the memory of
my father even in the present gem
eration."
Mf. Rudolph's Remarks.
Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of
the board of Commissioners, accept
ing the portrait for the city, said:
The Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia, as representatives of the
residents Of the National Capital. of.
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