Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17

"Outside Of the labor organizations in
the District which are behind the move
ment for the passage of the proposed
amendment, we find the Women's Club,
Bar Association. practically all of the
citizens associations and the leaders Of
both major political parties. So that
never before in the history of the Dis
trict has there been so much concerted
activity on any question that has been
given consideration by Congress.
Reviews History Of Republic.
LET us go back few years into the
history of this Republic for moment
of thought and fond recollection. I was
born in Maine and raised in New
Hampshire, where John Stark and my
forefathers fought and died in order to
establish this glorious Republic, and
how we'll do remember when attend
ing the public schools in those days the
time spent by the teachers endeavorlng
to teach us the principles that were
subscribed by the founders OF our Re-
public. Some Of those principles pro-
claimed that taxation without repre-
sentation is tyranny; that governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed, and that this is
a government of the people, by the
people and for the people
'eThose same principles are being
taught in the schools today, but little
did I ever dream in those days that
those great principles were not to be
applied for the benefit of the people
living in the District of Columbia.
And today there are hundreds of
thousands of American citizens who do
not realize the true situation that exists
in the District as faS as national rep
resentation is concerned. Do any citi-
zens of the States think for moment
that we are their subjects? The people
of the District of Columbia are free
American citizens and not the subjects
of the people of the United States, and,
being free American citizens when the
Constitution was adopted, no words used
in that instrument could have been in
tended to deprive them of those rights.
Some thoughtleSs persons have as
serted that the population OF the Dis
trict does not warrant representation;
that the Federal income derived from
the residents of the District does not
warrant it, and some have even gone
so far as to say that the residents are
not morally or financially fit to enjoy
representation. Let me cite a few facts
and figures in answer to those allega-
tions.
Cites Population Fieures.
"While the present population of the
District is estimated at approximately
SAC. 900 people, for the purpose of COM
parison will confine myself to the 1920
census. For that year the census shows
the population to have been 437,571,
which was greater than the population
of any of the following seven States
Nevada. wyoming, Delaware. Arizona.
Vermont, New Mexico or Idaho. The
District, with its increased population
since that time, no doubt is greater than
few more States that are not
enumerated in this comparison. The
seven States mentioned have % Rep
resentatives In the Senate and House,
while the District of Columbia, with a
larger population than any one Of
them, has none.
1.-The so per cent of taxable property
shows that Washington is assessed at
81 $50 100000. In the Government re-
port of 1924 relative to internal reve-
nue. receipts from the various States,
including the District, we find the total
for the District was $27,542,527. This
amount will be found to be greater
than that paid by any one Of 30 States
and Territories. In 1927 the citizens
of the District of Columbia paid into
the Federal Treasury through income