Evening star., 1926-03-21
CITIZENS OPPOSE
WATER RATE RAISE
Federation, After Heated
Session, Approves Tuition
for N0n-ReSidentS.

During session marked by long
parliamentary wranGles. the Fedora
ton of Citizens Association. went on
record last night in opposition to in
creased water rates for the District
of Columbia and in favor OF reason
able tuition fees" for nonresident
school children.
The meeting. which was held in the
board room of the District Building.
was replete with roll calls to decide
challenged votes and points of no
quorum" but out of ii all the body
managed to register its opinion on
number of problems confronting the
District, in addition to the water and
school items Several traffic matters
were also acted upon.
United on Water Measure.
The resolution concerning water
rates was introduced by f.. :. Hege,
delegate to the federation from the
Chevy Chase Citizens Association. 1t
was. one of the few motions adopted
without a division ballot. By its vote
the federation pledged itself to make
every practicable effort TO prevent an
the District of Columbia" The Dis
trict appropriation bill would raise the
water TAX % per cent, and it is TO frus-
trate such legislation that the fedora
ton announced it's general policy last
night.
The resolution regarding tuition
fees for school children living outside
of the District occa asioned variety of
parliamentary moves that had Presi-
dent Jesse G. Suter constantly on his
feet gavel in hand. AS finally adopt
ed it authorized officials of the fedora
tion to petition the appropriation COM
mittee of the Senate to provide for "a
reasonable tuition fee" for children of
Maryland and Virginia who wish to
attend the local public schools.
Sent Back to Committee.
introduced out of order by J. G..
Yaden, chairman of the federation's
education committee. a majority vote
was required for it's consideration. The
ma jority wanted to consider it. Then
came a discussion over the proprjety
of the federation acting upon the reso-
luton without first having referred it
to the education committee. 1t was
decided to refer it back to Mr.. Yaden
and his committee for a formal com.
mittee report.
Mr.. Yaden surprised the delegates
by calling a meeting Of his committee
at once in the corridors. He came
back shortly with the announcement
that his committee approved 1t. A
controversy ensued over the legality
of the hurried committee conference.
ending with the raising of the ques-
ton of whether there was a quorum
of the federation present to receive
the report. Secretary David Babp
was instructed to call the roll to de-
termine this point, and as he began
reading the names several delegates
slipped out of the room. President
Suter spied their hats and coats still
in their seats, however, and announced
that the missing delegates would be
counted present. even though absent.
The absentees then rushed in to pro-
test. A quorum finally was found to
be on hand.
Move for Adjournment.
The presiding officer started to call
for the ayes and noes" and In the
midst of it some one moved that the
meeting summarily adjourn. Presi-
dent Suter stopped short. with the
ave vote taken, and was ready to
mt the question on the adjournment
motion when discussion arose as to
the legality of the motion in the
midst of a vote. Mr.. Suter decided
to leave the question to vote OF the
membership. The body decided the
adjournment motion was out of order
and the balloting in favor of the pre-
vious question was finally completed.
In the excitement a vote on a reso-
lution of coincidence on the death of
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