Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-25
MID-CITY CITIZENS ENDORSE
NATIONAL REPRESENTATION
Representative Burroughs Makes Strong
Appeal in Explaining Measure Now
Before Congress.

Representative Sherman T.. Bur
roughs' resolution providing national
, representation in Congress and the
electoral college for the District of
Columbia was Endorsed unanimously
| by the Mfd-City Citizens Associat ion
at it's meeting last night in the
Thomson School. Formal approval OF
, the measure followed a detailed ex-
PLANTATION of it's provisions by Repre-
! sentative Burroughs.
| Tho association also went on record
, as commencing the reinsertion of the
| $3.50 plan in the District appropria-
/ ton bill: favoring a minimum basic
, salary of $500 for public school
! teachers. opposing the use of the
| proposed site at LIST and n streets
| northeast for the municipal waste and
asphalt plants and stables. and de-
| ploring any attempt to take land
lord and tenant procedure from the
Municipal Court.
Representative Burroughs. in an
alyzing his resolution, which is now
| before the judiciary committee of the
[ House, called attention to the. fact
that not only the right of representa-
| ton in Congress is provided for but
also the RIGHT of District citizens to
sue and be sued in the United States
courts.
No Change in Local Government.
He emphasized the point that the
resolution does not provide for any
change in the method of local govern
! ment. leaving Congress the supreme
legislative power over the District
Neither does it provide merely for a
delegate in Congress. but on the con-
/ trary for accredited representative or
| representatives in the House and in
the Senate, with the right to vote the
~ 1,o fs,fn &C
he said.
There are those who say let things
in the District run along as they
are now; Rsp pr eaa Bu n1a,ar
the same arguments were advanced
for the kaiser's government. 1t was
pointed out that the German people
were, getting along all right under
| his reign.
81 don't believe in that argument
root or branch. If the argument is
true for the District of Columbia 1t
is true for New Hampshire, and my
state would not stand for it: MOI
would any state in the country.
Pleased With d. c. support.
Mr.. Burroughs expressed gratifica-
ton over the unanimity with which
local organizations Endorsed his reso-
luton in the recent hearings at the
Capitol. He said that two or three in
dividuals. speaking for themselves
registered some opposition, but that
not single organized body opposed
it.
whether the committee was con-
WINGED that it should report the reso-
luton or not, it was convinced that
sentiment here was almost unani-
mously in favor Of the proposed
| amendment" he said.
Mr. Burroughs dramatically deScrib-
ed visit he had at the State Depart
ment to view the original copies of the
Constitution and the Declaration OF
independence. and told of his realiza-
ton that Washington was "the only
spot on the western hemisphere where
there is absolutely complete despot-
ISM"
Pointing to the principle that taxa
ton without representation is tyr
lanny," expressed in the documents. Mr.
Burroughs declared that in spite OF
this principle the District for 10O
years had had system of govern
ment providing taxation without rep.
resen -tion 'in it's most repulsive
form"
Intelligence Standards High.
Representative Burroughs quoted
census figures to show that the Dis
trict of Columbia, in point of popula-