Evening star., 1936-06-21
INDIANS TO URGE
DC VOTE PLANK
Boston Tea Party in Hotels
of Philadelphia to Depict
Capitals Plight.
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

The Boston tea party Of 1885, to
awaken the rest of the country to the
fact that half a million Washingto-
mans still have taxation without rep
resentation, will be one of the high
lights of the Democratic National
Convention In Philadelphia this week.
Before leaving for the City of Broth
erly Love, Commissioner Allen an
nounced yesterday that plans are COM
plete for the re-enactment of that in
cident of Colonial days as means OF
rallying citizens of the States to the
support of the Districts plea for rep
reSentation in the House and Senate
and the right to vote for President
and Vice President.
The band of Is Indians who will
give a realistic touch to the allegorical
, argument for District suffrage will
leave Washington tomorrow They will
be armed with a supply of small bags
Of tea, to which will be attached slo-
gans, reminding the delegates from
other parts of the country of the vote
less condition of residents of the
National Capital. They also will carry
pamphlets setting forth the reasons
why Washingtonians should be given
voice in the National Legislature and
the right to participate in the elec-
ton of President and Vice President.
To Re-enact Tea Party.
The tea party will be re-enacted in
hotel lobbies and near the convention
hall so that State delegations and
other convention visitors will carry
home with them keener realization
Of the Districts petition.
Commissioner Allen has been desig-
mated by the District delegation, of
which he is a member, to make the
argument before the Platform Com
mittee of the convention for plank In
support Of the resolution pending in
Congress for a constitutional amend
ment that would empower Congress to
extend national representation to the
residents of Washington.
Emphasis will be placed on the fact
that this degree of representation
would not deprive the Federal Gov
exercises over the seat of government.
1t would, however, give washington
voice in the Legislature which enacts
its local laws as we'll as the national
statutes which apply to the District,
just as they do throughout the United
States
Representative Norton Aids.
In making this plea the District
delegation will have the support of
Representative Mary T. Norton of New
Jersey, who will be one of her States
delegates to the convention. Mrs
Norton is chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee, and co-author of the
joint resolution on national represen-
tation. Senator Capper, Republican.
of Kansas is sponsor Of the resolution
in the Senate
John B. Colpoys. chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee
in the District, left for Philadelphia
Friday. Some of the local delegates
left yesterday and others are going
today.
The District group will hold cau-
Gus in Philadelphia Monday evening
to organize, assign members to the
various committees of the convention
and decide what stand to take on
questions likely to come before the
gathering, such as proposed abroga-
ton of the long standing two-thirds
rule on the nomination of the national
ticket. In addition to Allen and Col
poys, other members of the District
delegation are:
Delegates-Secretary of Commerce
Daniel c. Roper. District Attorney
Leslie c. Garnett, George P. Marshall,
Joseph ]. Cotter, Robert w. Woolley,
Malcolm S. McConihe, Evelyn c. Con-
don, Robert T. Scott, Watson B. Miller
and John Walsh.
List of Alternates.
Alternates-James V. Boyer, Walter
F. Bramhsll, Assistant Corporation
Counsel Mae Helm, Melvin D. Hill
dreth and Arthur Clarendon Smith.
McConihe has been nominated to
become the Districts new national
committeeman, succeeding John F.
Costello, who is retiring after long
period of service in that post. Mrs.
j. Borden Hartman has been nomi-
mated for reelection as District ma
tional committeewoman
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