The Washington herald., 1921-11-08
SAY D. c. DOESN'T
DESIRE DELEGATE
WITHOUTPOWERS
Business Men Disapprpve
Plan for Voteless Rep
resentation.
WANT FULL RIGHTS
Assert Halfway M e asu r e
Would Delay Grant Of Com
plete Participation.

On the ground that the District
does not want a 'voteless delegate"
when Il Is entitled to genuine rep
resentation, the Washington Board
Of Trade directors. meeting yester-
day, unanimously voted disapproval
Of the present Poindexter and Cap
per bills which would give this
city territorial representation in
Congress. The question came be-
fore the meeting on motion of e.
c, Brandenburg.
On April "a, 1916, the resolution
sets forth, the Board of Trade ap-
proved an amendment to the Con-
stitution to provide representation
In both Houses Of Congress and In
the Electoral College. The bills
now before Congress provide, II
says, "a voteless delegate or dele
gates in the House, a small and
negligible fraction of a territory's
powers and privileges, conveying 20
the people of the Capital no atom
OF legislative participation in their
government"
- Would Block Full Privileges
Acceptance Of a voteless dele
gate. the resolution continues,
would postpone and tend to defeat
genuine representation and would
expose the District to the risk that
many legislators would treat such
legislation as a substitute or alter
native and would regard It as sat-
tsfaetion in full of the Districts
claim to real national representa-
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Still another objection Is voiced,
that legislators might treat this
almost worthless grant as a pretext
for shirking or repudiating legisla-
rive responsibility In respect to the
Capital"
Simon wolf Honored.
Simon Wolf, whose eightieth
birthday was recently recognized
with a public reception and . letter
from the President, was voted an
honorary member of the Board of
Trade in recognition Of his many
years of service for the good of the
District. Mr.. Wolf makes the third
honorary member, the other two be-
Ing Cen George H. Harrfes and Col
A s. Worthington.
The NTH roll call Of the American
Red Cross to obtain members for
the year 1922 was approved, ana II
was recommended that the full
Board OF Trade also similarly ex-
press itself.
Candidates for DirectOrships.
The names Of twenty-sIx candI-
dates for the ten vacancies in the
Board of Directors, which will be
voted upon at the annual meeting
next Monday night at the New Will
lard, were announced as follows:
C. ]. Gockeler, George Pitt.
Thomas Bradley. Charles F. Crane,
Walter A Brown, Edwin C. Branden-
burg, Stephen E Kramer, Perry p.
Turpin. Ben l. Prince, Frederick ].
Rice, George e. Hebbard, A. E. Ber-
~, Charles 1. Corby, Joshua Evans,
!rp Frederick A Fenning, Edward
j. Mcouade, c. C. Calhoun, w. W
Grtnth, William s. washhurn
Charles W. Semmes, Harry v,
Haynes, Francis r. Weller. Tbad-
deus c. Dulin, Frank r. JellefY. w
w. Spaid and Byron s. Adams.
President Thomas Bradley tbankao
the board for its hearty support and
cooperation during the year.
The following new member. war.
elected: w. W. Delano, Herbert r
Efchner. William H. EIchner MI
ton ]. Fillins, Francis W. Hin A.
John I. Jones. william L. Lann,nc,
William d. Leetch, w. w NcCIaiae
Edgar H. Mosher. Edward Thomn'
son, William Ross Wood and Nstbs.
WE'LL. -'0'h@n