Evening star., 1951-04-08

actual practice, such pledges honored
m E. the breach than in the observance whenever
SUITE. partisan en eHpedeney o @ SO dictated x thor. -.
suggestion suffrage
are from ON time time S
nave declared '0F '0F
party platform pledge seh-govenment
the Nations Capital the plank carried national
favor for the residents Of the Nations Capital
The Democratic platform ss declared I've favor the
tension Of the right of the the District
This the identical language used in the Democratic
Appointing People to Local Offices.
Both platforms 1884 declared for restricting appointments by
h snd the IN e 9e maa foe S noe
heading Home Rule Territories said Pending the preparation
for sss i'd the
the guaranteed under the Constitution The District
Iof Columbia not mentionedo 49,.
1892, platform
they remain Territories hold that the officials appointed to ad
Columbia Alaska should hde residents of the Terri
5 o m oe @ sna f to OF se m oe
by the people the The 1895 platform contained SIM
the platform stated: the
people the
cials appointed to administer the Of all Territories
Gus bona fde residence"
The 1912 Democratic platform mentioned the District of Column
enjoyment privileges
of believe that the oca appointed
minister the all Territories and the District Of
Columbia should qualified by hde residence
Throughout the platforms examined, covering long
period that the home rule" applies either with
rights pledge
bona de citizens and residents Of such areas This idea was fol-
lowed rather uniformly by both parties
! A 1886 Reminder of Boston Tea Party.
special through the Citizens
Committee National Representation for the District Of
Democratic Party Commissioner George E.
large delegation Of American Indians in full regaa to phladepha
and spectacular put reminder of the Boston Tea Party
labeled distributed delegates
thousands of of printed matter distributed
The Indians carried Bergman striking
appealing for the party the desire Of
given representative paci-
patton the Of their country Mr. Allen and his
the smallest splinter OF plank practical but
Just before the adjournment however the
convention adopted the following resolution which Allen
sense Of this convention that committee should
appointed by the Congress the United States study
lumba the right of suffrage"
We favor larger leading to state
Democratic platform of s4o under the heading
appointment office equal treatment Of the citizens
Of each Of these three Territories prompt
the f m United sae t 0 n0'an and Eskimo citizens
I'VE also favor the suffrage to the
people of the
has been repeated in the 1914 platforms
platforms either 1s4o 1914 mention Of the rights of c1n
being restricted to Alaska. Hawaii Puerto Rico
tofore. ~
What Citizens Committee Urged.
The failure of the parties strong plank de-
cang for voting representation the Rep
reentaives and President
Tor the VoteleSs and
is o no means the fault of these representative
committee Prior
conventions arranged with members
of the delegations presentation of
suggested plankS for inclusion in the platform.
The District delegations
committeeman and commeewomen obtain
pns which the District and
helpful to the of national
platforms.
For Republican convention
adoption OF the following
OF the District OF Columbia should
Government and favor constitutional granting
Congress grant them representation
the electoral college,"
At Democratic National Convention in 1882 Delegate Land
reau unsuccessiu urged insertion following
representation for residents the District
Before the Republican National Convention
Edgar Snyder United States marshal
can national platform Wc favor voting representation the
OF Columbia in the Congress the United
electoral college," -
Before the 94o convention of the Party F.
attempted without result obtain
favor giving the TRAN 62 citizens Column
Dla in Congress and in the electoral college,
All OF the efforts made before both of the
Columbia based committing parties to sup
port OF the to the reope the
pohca status OF American citizens which would them
to nave the representative participation
Iof the Union.
Meetings Of Business Groups
at 1880 pm in the Mayhower
will hold its -lEotel