Evening star., 1950-12-10

writer declared that-"Nowhere in the Constitu- q
absolutely but skidded badly when
attempted to cinch his argument by stating nl
Exclusion from voting because Of is
forbidden, but abstract right to vote is men M
amplncation n the 18th and amend Jess" c. su'sF
ments recognize the existence of the right to the right of
citizens vote the 18th and 19h amendments
meaningess
which antedates the Constitution
d3vR
be that all men are created equal that they are
these life liberty and the pursuit happiness That
these rights are instituted among men deriving their
form becomes destructive of these ends the right
its foundation on such principles and organizing its
in such form to them shall most likely effect
alter government people find
intended to be
crate and orderly process Of the will Of the people How
Absence from the Constitution of provision granting
people be considered in this
ton The ninth reads THE enumeration in the Constitution Of
rights shall not be construed deny dsparage others
not by Constitution
prohibited by the States reserved to the States respectively
To the States the Constitution fix the
qualifications requisite tor electors Of the most
branch of the State legislature This existence citizens
Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny"
% aeou 9a ho as RE the H.
some persons seems will never learn that in political system
Of the Supreme Court the of 1oughborough Blake 5
Wheaton SID that probably true Nevertheless the of the
patriots OF the Revolutionary War registered their belief and
the voteless and people of the District Of Columbia
honestly and earnestly believe that Taxation without representation
is tyranny" That truism which
nearly million good Americans
OF the District voteess and in the Of
fight
Government and they obey its laws in the making Of which they
too threadbare to mention?
ALLEGED District Suffrage Solution
Our collection Of clippings of letters The Star contains
It and discusses the
" M voters who fail ss to vote ts on election % day s ~
citizen he who fails meet the requirements for becoming
by registering meeting
the residential requirements and paying poll tax necessary
District residents" he continues
who could qualify but have not Many the latter he
Of long s and abs % that they M hay been
should be required to face the facts"
reservation
ii M % the n m and under sn the t
vaton to establish residence in CONGRESS the
the matter is that while the Constitution gives
the power ITO exercise exclusive the seat
ship limited by the terms of the Maryland Act Cesson
the poon the
State which ds lit it was was. renaushns s'h hin
and SO continues except present holdings by the United States
Of epssa Of ~ by
ina City Of Washington ( by purchase from the
The District Not a Government Reservation.
The impression that the District of Columbia stands
footing arsenal dock other place which
the Federal Government similar exclusive
legislation entirely Such reservations acquired in
fee simple with the approval the State which located
This conception of the District of Columbia
ment reservation is unsound from point of view.
n the first place. is thoroughly unhoca AS long
1904 Chief Justice Marshall while holding with manifest reluctance
that under the provision Federal courts jurisdiction
controversies between citizens different States the citizens of the
District could not be considered citizens of State in the limited
and special which that the Constitution
freely conceded the other hand that Columbia distinct
Of writer's general law. (Hepburn Ezy 452)
community possessing social and political life Of its
been reiterated in subsequent which the
Court has placed the District for purposes the
footing the segoverning States
1873 u 258 269; Metropolitan District Columbia
1872 q. 8. /, e)".
These three quoted Citizens
Brief submitted to the House Committee Judiciary
B. f. Macarland January H. 1921, H. Res No. II.
District residents the letter writer "wo complained
about being dranchd who have
enough about their patriotism qualify
their electoral status After
made clear them qualifications voters should be required
them by condition for maintaining residence th
District No lacking in Of civic duty fail tt
letter writer's labored discussion he fails t
loyalty of America qualify