Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13

MISS ETA
trict is State when it is a question
ship but not q State when the privi-
leges of citizenship are involved.
1.-THE fundamental principle of our
Government, which was learned when
we were children, is that this Is Gov
eminent of the people, by the people
and for the people, The District of
Columbia, representing nearly 100000
inhabitants, stands for those cherished
principles as outlined in this national
slogan, and yet these intelligent and
patriotic Americans are denied a part
In the making of the laws which gov
ern them and which they must obey
regardless Of their origin.
Can't Control Expenditures.
1.-THE residents of the District are re-
quired to bear both Federal and local
taxes, yet have no part in deciding
what those taxes shall be or what dis
position will be made Of the resulting
tax money.
In speaking of taxes and remem-
boring all lack Of representation in the
Government we are constantly re-
minded of the Boston Tea Party of
1878. You all recall how the American
coloniSts protested against the duty
which had been placed upon tea by the
British. We all recall the thrilling
events which led up to that spectacular
occasion, the various attempts to use
the Colonies as source Of. revenue to
help pay OF the heavy English public
debt. The coloniStS protested that
they should not be taxed by the par
lament in England when they had no
part in the levying Of these taxes upon
them. The English commended that any
member of parliament in England rep
resented the whole country and that
the American colonists being a part of
England were thus represented. The
idea of the colonists was vastly diff
ferent from this, because they believed
that the voter and the person voted
for must be residents of the same dis
trict. When Great Britain attempted
sachusettS in the face Of these protests
q band of so-called Indians on the
night of the 18th Of December, l773,
boarded the vessels and dumped the
tea into Boston Harbor. Really there
Is o striking similarity between the con-
dition6 prevailing in the Colonies In
1TT3 and those prevailing in the Dis
trict OF Columbia in 1880.
Let me reassure you, however, that
we are not at this time proposing any
actions of violence such as WELDING the
axes on boxes Of tea or anything of that
sort. In contemplating the Boston Tea
Party we sometimes overlook the fact
that the tax on tea was as live an
issue in this neighboyhood in early 1774
as it was in Boston, for following the
Boston Tea Party the port Of Boston
was closed and consignments of tea had
to find other means of entries through
the Colonies. Some of such consign-
ments appeared in the Potomac River
consigned to different citizens OF this
section, one of whom was Robert
nent in Maryland and Georgetown for
many years. 1t Is very evident that q
most vigorous protest was made by the
people generally to these consignees, for
they refused to accept the copsignments
and one and Geverally signed paper
acknowledging that by having this tea
consigned to them they had committed
a most daring insult. an act OF the
most pernicious tendency to the lib
critics of America This signed &C
acknowledgement, which was submitted at
a meeting of the committee OF safety,
was couched in the following interest
ing language: And to show our desire
of living In amity with the friends OF
America, we do request this meeting,
or as many az do choose TO attend, to
be present at any place where the
people shall appoint, and we shall there
conSign to the flames or otherwise de-
Stroy as the people may choose, the
detestable article which has been the
cause of this, our misconduct. And
the tea and vessels were committed TO
the flames.
People Here Played Part.
"The forefathers of this very section
had a part in common with the other
founders of this Republic and 1t is be-
yond all reason that they should have
ever contemplated the perpetuation here
at the heart of the Nation of the very
same conditions which caused them TO
Join in the overthrow OF the British
rule and the creation OF o new Nation
wherein all men would DO free ana
equal.
at is interesting to consider and dis.
cusS such questions as our voteless ana
unrepfesented plight and the remedy
proposed to cure this anomalous situa-
ton, but this amounts to little unless
we do something about 1t. Every one
who Is convinced Of this great wrong
and the need for its being cured should
be determined to help. There is really
something you and every one OF you can
do to put our proposed amendment
through. This proposition is known as
II. r. Joint Resolution No. a..
Get your friends to help you; Give
them correct information on this sub
ject by supplying them with literature
which the Citizens Joint Committee on
National Representation for the Dis
trict of Columbia will gladly furnish.
Write to station WMAL and ofies your
n Sdmp Ask % Ssss s GGe so hs
State Legislatures may have an oppor-
tunjty to act upon 1t. In the words Of
Senator Capper, If there ever was
anything worth fighting for it Is ma.