Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-29

established in 1871 and abolished in 1874 and M
replaced by the temporary commission form which M
in 1873 with notifications, was made the perma gN 81
nent form Of government for the District of sAN0
Columbia. The present commission o govern
ment is substantially the same as when it was
of these forms of local government was 49,
regarded by the local citizens being satisfactory
and there existed perennaly citizen for
larger participation in the local government As@
larger financial participation by the United Jesse C. Suffer-
the Nations Capital
1t should be remembered that prior the of
called territorial government 1871 there existed within
present of the District Columbia
for Washington County which comprised all of the beyond
the corporate limits of Washington and Georgetown This
was OF the type inherited from the State OF Maryland
Following the Civil considerable dissatisfaction
M n as mI Ps @ TERI on % Ue
liked into strong sentiment for the creation of form of
ment comforting on the people IN still larger measure the right
of local segovernmen joined this
petitoned system of
ment which the people desired.
popular
territorial government substitution for the existing municipal
meeting Lincoln February of that
resolved Congress form of government and
committee $50 appointed the matter before Congress
The committee of $50 appointed subcommittee of 81 to pre-,
reported to the full committee After mature consideration was
amended in some of its details and presented to Congre as
provided aboshing existing corpora
tons and putting the whole District under homogeneous local
c by people legislative
assembly consisting of the members of which
atives, elected by the people also provided
The legislative assembly was to prescribe n by law the
The bill promptly passed the Senate mma-
teal amendments ample time have passed the House in the
the District Committee
postponed consideration the measure until the next session.
Toward the close of the session the bill passed by
the House with amendments which completely changed
the the modified House.
BILL of which said in 5000 of the people had
thought of would have willingly accepted The people
denied the right electng the
right OF the people to legislature their choosing taken
branch of which were all appointed by the President.
Citizens Committee: misnomer
to apponees representatives
power their own aws why the
OF the people are utterly poWeress to law for repair OF
all appointed by the President and the further consent of
Governor also appointed by the authority"
The Citizens Committee which had been working
M as IN SIS T the O Roap n d the worst r
could However City Washington
down the close of the Civil
task of rebuilding impose
duty on the local government
There what was considered the ex
tavagant expenditures of
The Board faced by undertaking.
good job
Delegate House of Representatives was
noo gesture put as mas oeen pointed out in this column num-
Der OF occasions of tangible benefit
delegate Gen Chapman famous orator. worked earnestly in
behalf OF his constituents He made fine speeches
floor of the House of Representatives
His limited as he was both yoes
and without the privilege to object
by unanimous Consequently presence efforts
red voting representatives of SOVEREIGN
States His second 1875 the local
press made no mention whatever of his retirement
his service.
The territorial government like the municipal cor
poraons which had preceded it, satisfactory to the
people to Congress- It, like the Others
upon the fundamental American principles
always prevailed the overriding authority
Of which locally
District OF Columbia a part
There appointment of officers and Judges nv
President elected without participation and
frmed by the Senate in which people not repre-
sented Then it should also be
whose election these
part OF the legislative
Lacking the fundamental participation the Gov
eminent nj their the citizens BILL though
viding more elective offices would beyond doubt
no better success than its substitute which
Some advocates of the Kefauver plan
Voe Delegate would
the Congress 1t did not in the 871874 period
indication that 1t would in the present instance
The Washington Board of through
has raised serious objections the substitute bill
did to the KefauverTaft bill 1t
on the measure because the important variations makes
from the Kefauver-Taft bill.
Chairman Nicely of the District Committee has
pressed the oprion that a hearing is unnecessary.
The Quototon the Senoor Quoted and Others
Nicely keeping custom
occasion indulge quotation learning Of the objections
the Board OF Trade directors to the substitute home rule BILL
reading of this indicates
than the Senator realized that
directors after their nightly consider these poetic
words of Edwin Markham:
"Wty build thee cities if unbuided goes?
In build the World unless the builder also grows"
Really the way of Trade and other
entirely different intended
permissible to that the Senator's quotation backfedt
surely