Evening star., 1923-12-08
58th Anniversary Observed
By Pioneer Body of Citizens
of Oldest Inhabitants CeLe.
brates With Banquet--Bishop Free
man Lauds Ciuic Spirit.

In DulldlnE or our own or one owned
jointly by the Oldest Inhabitants,
the Society of Natives. Some head
way has been made in securing gifts
and bequestS toward a building fund
primarily for an Oldest Inhabitants
building endowment, but which, in
accordance with the spirit underly-
ing the gifts, could doubtless be used
for building owned jointly by the
kindred organizations.
This worthy movement deserves,
and L hope will receive. the support
and cooperation of all of US by gifts
while we live and bequests in our
wills.
In fighting for fair play for the
Washingtonian the Oldest Inhabitants.
strong in their faith in unity OF
action. have co-operated heartily
with other organizations of citizens
for financial and political equity for
Washington.
Fight for Financial Equity.
I'm the fight for finarcial equity
before the incoming Congress the
oldest Inhabitants will vigorously CO.
operate in the effort to induce the
lawmakers to appropriate at least the
amount OF the estimates of the Com
mlSSIonerS and budget bureau to the
END mat only reasonable tax bur-
deh snail be imposed upon the tax
payers OF today; that the nation shall
cohtr Dute with wise liberality to-
ward Capital upbuilding
Next, we Will cooperate in fight
ing to induce Congress to appropriate
Tor the Capitals benefit, as part Of
our equitable~ e~proportionate contribu-
tl"n. the surplus revenue which the
tSntroLlsr cor general ccrtities TO exist TO
the credit of the District, In the sum
of approximately $4,000. 900.
We VIII fight to sustain the prin-
clpie OF definite proportionate con-
trlbutfon by nation and local COM
munlty toward Capital uphuilding and
to maintain the 60-40 ratio of such
contributions rs fixed by the new
organic act. As vital part of this
campaign we will oppose with all our
might the proposal to substitute a
lump sum payment by the nation in
lieu of the definite proportionate con-
tribution
In the fight for political equity
the Oldest Inhabitants will cooperate
to secure from Congress and the
states adoption of our constitutional
eress TO grant to District residents
voting representation in the Senate
and House. in the electoral college
and access to the federal courts"
neer Commissioner ]. Franklin Bell.
Ir presenting Maj. Bell. Presido Ont
Noyes declared the new Commissioner
rot only is studying District needs
thoroughly. but is making for himself
many friends in Washington.
Names of the Dead.
The names of the twenty-seven
members who died during the year
follow: Columbus ID. Choate Jane $
vcy, George y. Acker. Augustus Lep-
reaux, Simon Wolf Michael T. Sui
livan. Samuel NJ. Cutler, Alexander
Graham. George f, Muth. Samuel
Hart, Frank =. Curtis. Job Barnard.
Millard F. Burrows, Joseph l. Grif-
fifth, Isaac Pearson, Joseph +. Roth,
Louis r. Seibold. Z. G. Royce. Fred
erick Fl: Fridley. Lewis Melius, jaime s
IT, Hcnshaw, Charles X. Davis, George
W. Moss, Eugene c. Lucas. L. ]. Pull
man.
The program opened with an in
vocation by Rev. Page Milburn. Dur
ing the evening the Columbia Quar-
tet rendered vocal selections. John
Slagett Proctor read an original
humorous poem.
Among the invited guests were Ed
ward F. Colladay. Isaac Cans, Brig.
Gen. Anton stephan. Charles a. Baker.
Lyon. Henry c. Davis. Frederic Will
lam Vile and David Lawrence.
Other Guests Present.
Others present were:
w. Spencer Armstrong, Webster A
Barr, DIR. w. w. Barton, William Bar
mum. Isaac Birch. Louis Bernau. H T.
Broadbent. Henry l.. Bryan, Judge c. S.
William A. Cooper. William A. Cooper,
jr. William H. Cooper. Wendell A. Coop
er. Raymond e. Cooper, Z. y. Cram
mond. Or. r. p. Cronin, George S.
Carter. James w. Clarke. Michael J.
Coffey, Clarence B. Curtis, Charles H.
Calvert. Rev. J. Harvey Dunham.
Frank W. bowling. Frank w. bowl
ing. jr., William NJ. Dove. J. F. Du-
hamel E. NJ. Dulin, George E. En-
mons George NJ Emmerick George
w. Evans. Ahram Frey, sr., E. u.
Godfrey. William H Grovcrman, John
p Guynne. George W. Guynne. John
Greene. c. NJ. HendIey. George w
c. H. Rowland. James w. Hughes,
Alfred Holmcad. Albert Harper,
Louis ITartig. J. |. Keefer. Max koh-
ner Edward Kern.
James &. Lambie. Charles A Lang
ley. l. S. Lipscomb, William G. Lee.
William Lehman. Rev. Page Milburn.
w. w Maloney, John r. Mahoney. B,
f McCaulley, Z f. Morgan. Theodore
W. Noyes. Gen. Charles H. Ourand,
Thomas Oriani, Albion X. Paris. Ed
win F. Pywell a. e. Riddle. II. 1.
Anthony Schilling, DR.. b. w. Sunny.
Oden s. Smith, Thomas F. Shuey,
George Spransy, Alexander ST. John,
Joseph =. Stephenson. Leland p.
Shidy, George w. Tatspaugh. Ma THEW
Trimble. DR.. William Tindall, L. r.
True, Washington Topham. w. S. Tor
bert, Gustav Voigt. Harry X. Willard.
Wilkerson. George Wright J. Eliot
Wright w. E. Wise and E. L. White.