Evening star., 1923-04-18

But suppose the man in charge Of taxes
did make mistake or fall short. II
might cost you something, it might be
few cents out of my pocket. But
nothing has happened to civilization
something might have happened TO your
pocket.
'But suppose government failed on
It's human side; boys and girls were not
looked after, schools were not properly
ran. Then you have struck blow al
humanity, and that Is serious. The hu-
man side of government is the important
side. and all should work together in
| that line.
81 differ with President Harding ir
politics, ard worked against them there
But so far as the President works fol
humanity. for the betternent Of the ma
tion. for uplift, for better schools and
better living conditions, then Presiden n,
! Harding is my President. and ! will
work with and for him. no matter what
our differences may be in other lines"
Invitation to Visit.
In conclusion GOV. Ritchie invited
those present to come to see him and
expressed the hope thai visit could
be arranged He said he sincerely
wanted to have all Of them, asking,
amid laughter, just for little notice
in advance.
Frank Hogan. in responding. said
he, too, deplored the fact that not al
lie Office elected. but expressed the
belief that Maryland had made an
exception. If it hadn't. he said. he
didn't see how il could have elected
democratic governor in the last re-
publican landslide.
He said that he had been glancing
ut the governors cOuntenance and the
thought had come into his mind that
! what a tremendous help II was TO
have woman suffrage ia Maryland,
Seriously" he continued, eve rec
ognize that our District was carved
out Of your territory. Your interests
and the interests of your people are
ours Everything leads to co-ordi-
nate effort.
I'VE shall ever preserve in the ar
chives Of the organization a record
OF your visit and cherish the charm
Ing words and cheering expressions
of your high ideals here tonight"
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Hogan
that the chief executive and first
citizen OF Maryland" be given a rising
vote OF thanks. the audience rose.
Col. Harper. in making a plea foI
subscri ptionS for the new auditorium
fund. traced the history OF efforts &c
build an auditorium here back as far
as 1873, when, he said, an inaugural
ball held in temporary shack In
Judiciary square. resulted fataliy Iol
many peple, and pointed out that The
Star editnrially at that time had urged
the erection here of a building where
such affairs could be held withou,
the danger to health and life.
No Place for Conventions.
Since that time. he said, organiza-
tfons had made efforts to bring such
a structure into reality. He pointed
out that conventions are lost to the
city because here is no proper place
to hold them.
He said that not all the money
reeded for the auditorium was in
hand. Subscriptions now amount to
sse5.ooo and 100000 is needed;
criticised us. Some have said that
the building would not be large
enough, others that IL was too large.
1t is large enough to accommodate
the many meetings that will coRe
here, 1t will accommodate 5000
peop!s in the auditorium, 400 on the
stage. has an exhibit hall OF $4,000
square feet. has thirty-four rooms,
eleven Of which will accommodate
from 25 to $50 people. 1t gives all
the facilities that any city would
want.
Finished October L.
But it. cannot be built without
the peoples money. But those who
do not want it cannot stop it. 1t
will be finished about October /. We
don't ask the people to contribute or
give / cent. We just ask that you
purchase securities that have a
sound business backing. We are de-
livering half OF each subscription in
first mortgage bonds and the rest in
common stock.
I'VE feel that we are entitled to
your money as well as your good
cheer. There is going TO be placed in
the lobby bronze tablet containing
the names Of those who subscribe to
the building fund, together with the
amounts. To subscribe 20 it is moth
ing more than a display Of Good citi-
zenship. Good citizenship is not a
matter OF how pious you are nor how
well you keep the laws. Good citi-
zenship is negative unless you do
something for the community itself.
We have not paid penny in COM
missions out of the subscriptions; only
a small amount for Stenographic work
from time TO time.
When that tablet is erected you
will know who are the live wires in
the community"
$25.00O, 600 a Year.
Ross P. Andrews. chairman OF the
finance committee of the auditorium
pointed out that hundreds OF small
towns throughout the country were
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