Evening star., 1922-01-26
Constitution Not a Bar to
Representation for the District

violation Of this prohibition II some
other state has, with it's consent. a
smaller representation In the Senate
than the other states. It Is not COM
pulsory, that all the states or Ameri-
can communities represented IN the
Senate shall have precisely the same
representation in the Senate, for the
Constitution permits any state with
its consent to be deprived Of its equal
suffrage In the Senate.
When Oklahoma sends two new
senators to the Senate the percentage
senators of Nevada or New York is
reduced. but neither state is deprived
of its equal suffrage In the Senate.
The effect would be the same II the
| seat Of government were. by constltu-
tienal amendment. granted represen.
have three senators without depirving
Nevada, New York and the sothar
states OF their equal suffrage; it coulh
not have one except with Its own COM
sent, as the Constitution provides.
But q constitutional amendment which
gave the seat Of government two sem
atnrs or. with It's own consent, one
| senator. violates In no respect the
right Of any state to equal suffrage
| in the Senate.
sti."''~- o,,v .~a'nst ~ in1,,-'n"s
inequality In Senate representation.
is required only from the one injured
or uioauvxntasGu by It.
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The imputation that the nation is
impotent to give national representa-
ton to the District. even by cdnstitu-
tfonal amendment. slurs the great re-
public in comparison with other rep
| resentative republics, and reverses the
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national impotency and ever exait the
Hatioii pnwGr. -
This imputRtion carries with II the
insulting charge that the nation is
less of democratic representative
eentina. and Is less capable OF giving
to all Its people the rights and prirt:.
leges that belong to citizens OF real
representative republic. These ma
ttcns have capitals In nation con-
trolled federal districts. but all o!
thn'., rive ~ 'he r"n-'" Of these ~
tion-controlled capitals and fed
e.'al districts the sanle status aud
the same rights and privileges. In
Guiding national representation, that
are enjoyed by other Mexicans, Bra
| zilians and Argentinians.
II The irlputation Of impotency in the
American national government is
fatly contradicted by every line Of
| the record. In all executive. legisla-
! tive and judicial Constitution-con- l.
STRUNG action Of American history
full national power has been assumed
| ard enforced
! Is it conceivable that the fore
| fathers in framing tne Constitution
| In such fashion as to protect the en-
! istencc. rights and dignity of the
| feebler states. SO Worded that inStru-
| ment as to render the new govern
! tional representation to Il half million
| or a million Of national taxpayers.
soldiers. sailors and civilians. resident
| in the future in the ten-miles square:
| II at the time when the Constitution
| was framed one might have SO con
Etrued that inStrr--"nt a. "n-'''' -
| Of union between thirteen independ-
; ent communities Of varying popula-
tlon, jealous. wrangllng. Suspicious.
! apprehensive). is It conceivable that
| the Constitution can be SO construed
today? Does the doctrine OF nationa!
i still survive after the nation
strengthening decisions of John Mar
! shalrs Supreme Court and its sue
loasors. alter President Jefferson's
! construction of the national powers
In the Louisiana purchase; after the
! referendum verdict OF the people IN
| arms in the civil war; after the later
| constitutional amendments. including
! the civil war amendments and that
! providing for the popular election OF
senator's: and after the nationaiizing g
executive action and legislation in
connection with the world war:
The forefathcrs had no thought
that the seat of government would
remain without inhabitants; that 1t
would not grow as city like other
American cities. and that this growth
| would be paralysed and not promoted
| by the fact that it was the Sationa!
Capital. George Washington looked
! for thA development of q city In the
! miles square which would be GER
| tainly exceeded in population. he
| thought. only by London. 1t Is In
conceiva Bile THAT the forefathers ever
| intended the Americans collected in
! the seat Of government to remain
| forever without the fundamental
, privilege of representation like other
! Americans-in a government OF, by
ana IOr lne peopie.