Evening star., 1924-10-18
NATIVES SOCIETY
HEARS VOTE PLEA
Mrs. Anna E. HendIey Makes
Address at First Fall
Meeting of Group.

The reading of a stirring plea for
national representation and suffra ge
for the District of Columbia by Mrs.
Anna T. Hendley featured the first
FAN meeting of the Society of Ma
tives of the District of Columbia, in
the Washington Club. last night
Declaring that the residents of the
Capital are as much Americans as the
people to be found in any State in the
Union. Mrs. Hendley said that as good
Americans they should have all the
rights of citizenship enjoyed by any
othgr citizens in the United States
''Iffking George the Third were alive
today he would laugh at a country
which rebelled against taxation with
out representation and then turned
around and taxed a half million of its
own people who have no representa-
ton in the government of their own
country said Mrs. Hendley.
"folitically the residents of Wash
fngton are lower than the immigrants
or aliens because the latter can be-
come citizens in a course of time"
continued Mrs. Hendley. TT is en-
barrassing." she said, "to have to
ask Congress for appropriations for
schools and then run short of books
and other school supplies"
Backs Anthcny Memorial.
Mrs. Hendley, who is president of
the Susan r. Anthony Foundation, an
organiza ton formed to provide a
suitable memorial to Miss Anthony.
pioneer sufragctte, also made an appeal
To the members of the society to lend
their support toward the erection
of the proposed memorial 1t was
Miss Anthony. stated Mrs. Hendley.
who first advocated suffrage for all
men and women of the District.
Prior to Mrs Hendley's address a
committee previously appointed to
decide upon a suitable insignia for
the society made report through
the committee chairman, Mrs. Lewis
j. Battle The insignia suggested was
the LEnfant map of the District of
Columbia, with the name of the So
oiety to be engraved around it. A
resolution was adopted to thank the
committee for its efforts and to have
it submit other insignia to the society
before one is decided upon.
A resolution was adopted to SEND
flowers to Capt. George W. Evans
treasurer of the society. who is i'll
Following the adoption of the
above resolutions Judge Gus A
Schuldt of the Police Court and FREQ
A. Emery amused the society In
discussion in which there was con
of consulting a dictionary was felt
The discussion. which arose over the
usage of jaw breaking word by
Mr. Emery, continued for several
minutes, to the amusement of botf
the participants in the discussion
and to the other members of the
society. 1t was all 4 joke. Esd.
The remainder of the program in
cluded the s.nging of Washington
by the society, led by Mrsf Ella
Knight Mears, with Mrs. Battle al
the piano, and a report on the work
of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations, by Evan H. Tucker, dele
gate to the federation from the
society and also president of the
Northeast Citizens Association.
The following were installed as
new members: Marian +. Pollock
Sarah L. Hurley, William Hurley
Charles H. Calvert, Miss Anna c
OConnor, Edward L. kneesi, Frank
j. Kelly, Miss Jeanette Ezekiel
Andrew Lee Young, Hugh Marshall
Sterling, Joseph Nelson Thompson
Biller r. Gon, Lydia r. Spofford and
uenry Joseph Hallam.