Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-21

subscription of s64sS against s4013
for the United States at large. This
Der capita subscription was consider
ably In excess OF that for each OF the
Federal Reserve districts except the
second. which includes the State OF
New York.
The subscriptions on this loan were
greater than any one of Is states
namely. Ala bama. Arizona. Arkansas,
Delaware. Florida, Idaho. Maine MIS-
sissippi, Montana, Nevada. New
Hampshire New Mexico. North Caro-
linaA North Dakota, South Carolina.
Utah Vermont and Wyoming.
"On the fourth Liberty loan the
quota for the District was $21,606, OOO,
while the subscriptions of its people
amounted to $51 ,262 100. or per capl-
ia subscription of $127.61. as against
1854 for the United States as
whole. In this loan, the subscriptions
of the District were greater than that
subscribed in any one OF the %
States. namely, Alabama, Arizona, Ar
kansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Idaho louisiana, Maine, Mississippi
Montana. Nevada New Hampshire,
New Mexico. North Carolina. North
Dakota. Oklahoma, Oregon. South
Carolina. South Dakota, Utah, Yer
mont and Wyoming.
THE number Of subscribers in the
District was greater than any one OF
% States According to the Treasury
Department. the proportion of the
population who subscribed to this loan
was 65.8 per cent, which was much
greater than any one OF the az states
and about three times as great as
the corresponding percentage for me
entire United States, which was 2l.9o.
People Well Fitted.
THE people of the District or 60,
lumbia are intelligent and well ntted
to participate in Government aHalfS.
Thew contribute abundantly to the eH'
pense of the Government. For the
year ending June 80, 1926, they pald
into the Federal Treasury for income
and miscellaneous taxes a totai Oh
s17.065, SO507 This was more than
was paid by any of the following
States and territories: Alabama,
Alaska. Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado
Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho
Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi,
Montana. Nebraska. Nevada. New
Hamnshire. New Mexico, North la
kota. Oregon, Rhode Island, Soutn
Carolina. South Dakota, Utah, YER
mont Washington. West Virginia,
wyoming and the Philippine ISLANDS.
Each of these States just named mas
two Senators and Representatives, ac'
cording to their population, put the
District of Columbia has none.
Another argument cited by MI
Over for the Justice of the proposed
constitutional amendment is the fact
that under present conditions cltl'
zen of the District sued in some State
of the Union, cannot, under the decl-
sions of the Supreme Court or the
limited States. remove the suit into q
Federal court. The amendment pro-
vides access to the Federal courts.
The speaker also cited statements
bv former Presidents of the United
States showing the justice Of the cry
of Washington residents against TAXA
ton without representation. quota
tions were taken from addresses by
Presidents Monroe, Jackson, William
Henry Harrison and Andrew Johnson
Delivering the report for 1926 of the
boards committee on national repre-
sentation, Mr.. Moves said:
This is election year of the House
of Representatives and of one-thlrd OF
the Senate-the two bodies constltut'
ing our municipal as we'll as our ma
tional legislature continuing, he de-
clared.
1--WE Washingtonians have again
suffered the humiliation of witness
ing the exercise of the highest right
and power of American sovereignty
by all the Americans of continental
and contiguous United States except
the Americans Of the District of Co
lumbia.
1--WE are still the only Americans
to whom the basic American princi-
pies are a mockery In the world S
great republic, just government is
rooted in the consent of the gov
| erned,' except in the District of Co.
lumbia. NO taxation without repre-
sentation,' except in the District of
Columbia. Government of the people,
by the people and for the people shall
not perish from the EARTH except In
the District of Columbia.
1.-THE shameful condition. remains
that we have no part in making the
national laws which we must obey;
that we have nothing to say, like
other national taxpayers, concerning
the amount and kind of taxes we
shall paw and how the tax money
shall be spent, and that we have no
voice in the councils which determine
peace or war and no. representation
| i'm the government which requires us
| to fight, to bleed and, perhaps. to die.
Years Record Of Progress.
practically all of organized Wash
| ington combines with the Board OF
| Trade in the Citizens Joint Committee
on National Representation for the
| District to fight for the adoption OF
our proposed constitutional amend
ment empowering Congress to grant
| to residents of the District voting rep
resentation in Congress and the cleo
toraI college, with access to the Fed
eral courts.
THE most notable event of the year
| in the Joint committees campaign
was the hearing on our proposed con
stitutional amendment in April, 1925
before the judiciary committee OF the
House of Representatives.
| 1.-The members of the judiciary com
mittee attended these hearings in
/ gratifyingly large numbers and gave
close and sympathetic attention to oui
argument for District national repre-
sentation, which was ably and effec
lively presented by many speakers
among whom representatives of the
Board of Trade were honorably con
| spicuous. We hope for a favorable
report from this committee on oui
proposed constitutional amendment
early in the approaching session OF
| Congress.
I'm our campaign at the next seS
sion of Congress for the adoption OF
the joint resolution submitting to the
State Legislatures our constitutional
amendment we propose to fight vigor
ously "a for a favorable report from
the House judiciary committee on the
basis of our hearings before that com