Evening star., 1923-03-17
CENTRAL CITIZENS
|NDORSE Mr.. SYME
Urge Federation Support of
His Work in the PepCo
Rate Fight.
WANT COAL MEN TRIED
Resolution Also Favors Local
Suffrage Through Arousing
of Sentiment.
WANT COAL MEN TRIED

Pledging themselves i'm support of
the work which has been done by
Conrad Syme, representing the Public
Ttllies Commission in the Potomac
Electric Power Company rate case,
the Central Citizens Association last
night adopted "A resolution to instruct
their delegates TO the Federation OF
Citizens Association to request that
body to urge ali other citizens asso-
Citations to go on record as expressiuG
their appreciation and support of the
work. al meeting IN the Juvenile
Court
This work has not been completed
and probably will require many
months of earnest effort to bring 1t
10 a successful conclusion" the reSo-
luton stated. Thomas j. Donovan.
president of the association. said II
was important that the citizens asS"-
Citations lend their aid to see that SUI
dcient compensation be granted Mr..
Syme in order that he may be able
to carry on the prosecutions,
Urge Coal Prosecutions.
An appeal 10 be made 70 the United
States attorney for the District. urS
ing him to use every erort TO brins
indicted coal dealers to speedy
trial, and signifying the purpose of
the asSocia tion : to contribute COM
uenSatlon toward the employ ment OF
additional attorneys to assist IN the
prosecutions. was adopted in the form
Of Il resolution.
A COPY of the resolution to he tor
warded to the Attorney General OF
the United States and to the nlted
States attorney for the District OF
Columbia. also to the Federation oil
Citizens Associations to urge ii to
use influence to get all other cltizenS'
associations to pass similar reSotu-
tions.
4 resolution was also adopted 20
make an appeal for suffrage in the
District through arousing interest IN
The matter among each Of tho forty
citizens associations. frateTnai and
trade bodies and to att,.npS 10 rryS-
talize a public sentiment that viii
also gain the support Of unattached
citizens.
Favors ID. {. Elections.
Mr.. Donovan. who introduced The
resolution, stated he was in favor OF
starting from the ground up in the
matter of government and said Com
missioners. judges. school superin-
tendents and other officials OF the
District should be elected rather
than appointed" Adding let us Sc
and then we may look forward 10
having a representative in Congress" :"
Commenting on the excuse offered
that the large negro population in
the District prevented the granting
Of suffrage, the resolution stated
such an excuse was a snare and d
delusion."
Commend Utilities Body.
The secretary was instructed 10
send a letter Of commendation to
the Public Utilities Commission for
their action in having several
changes made in the car stops on the
Capital Traction Company's line in
the vicinity also. to include in the
letter a request for a stop at the cor
ner of North Capital and | streets on
the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company'S line.
The one-man cars were condemned
as being unsafe as well as unsatis-
factory from standpoint of eff
cheney. President Donovan contended
that if the same progress back
ward" is continued by the street rail
way companies in regard TO the type
of cars used, that it will mean an
eventual Introduction of the horse
car.
J. V. Fitz and F. j. White were
admitted to membership.