Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1927, Page 16

NG DSHPPONTS WONEN OFBRTAN Failure to Remember Ballot- less Hosts in Recent Ad- dress Is Resented. By the Aseociated Press. LONDON, March 1.—King George's failure to remember the five on Yinglishwomen twithout the ballot in his recent address to Parliament was | A bitter disappointment to the advo- | 7 cates of equal suffrage, but the West- | Juinster Gazette learns that the cab. inet has decided to introduce a i i . | L B! o |t THE EVENING ETAR. WASHINGTON. . U. TUESDAY., MARCH 1. LESH CITES TWO REASONS WHY REPRESENTATION IS DEMANDED Attorney Tells Citizens Advocates Are Eager for Access to Courts and Voice in Local Conditions. National representation ~ means st two things to the people of the rict of « 1 attorney and advocate of the nchise for residents of the Dis- rict. stated in his address on that ubject before a meeting of the Jorth Capitol Citizens' Association t night in_the Memorial United ethren Sunday School, North Cap- itol and R streets northwest. The exponents of natlonal repre- | until about 1870 that the population of the District was as large as that Jumbia, Paul E. Lesh, [of a congressional district. It is not surprising that the frimers of the Constitution, concerned as they were with the solution of problems of practical importance at that time, failed to provide for that future time when the District of Columbia should be a political subdivision cohtaining more people than any one of seven sovereign States of the United ! sometimes sunted. we have exceeded the amounts paid | make Washington the most beautiful by any one of 15 States of the Union, and figures for 1919 show that we paid similar taxes aggregating more than the amount paid by North Da- kota, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming and Vermont. Yet there are residents of the District who are indifferent as to whether they have any representa- tion in Congress, which determines what taxes shall be levied on the Nation. Controlled by Congress. “The District of Columbia is not governed by the Commissioners, as is The Commission- ers, the school board and other mu-| nicipal agencies can carry out only | such policles as are approved by Con- | gress. They can spend only such money as is appropriated by Con-| gress,” he continued, stating that untll the people of the District get | some volce in Congress itself they can | get no seif-government. | “We belleve that if we help elect the President and one or two Senators we can get a share of power and con- | trol over local matters,” he said. 1 Quoting figures to show that the| negro population of the District is not 1927. tended to citizens residing in the Dis- city in the world the aspiration to|trict of Columbia,” he concluded. make it the best governed city also. The best government will not be here | prior to Mr A short business session was held Lesh's address. Presi- until the privileges of citizens else-|dent Henry Gilligan presided and in- where in th INTEREST on Savings at the United States are 4% trodi: od the speaker. Successful financiers recognize the money-making margin of fractional differences in percentage paid by securities and switch their holdings on 4 moment’s notice to take ad- vantage of them. Put your savings here at 4%—and the extra 1% above the customary rate means 33 1-3% more profit to you. DEPARTMENTAL BANK “Your Bank” | Cash&CarryFlowerStore: Funeral Flowers Delivered Free—Nominal Charge on Other Orders 807 14th St. 804 17th St. Phone Franklin 5442 Phoue Franklin 10391 Expressive Floral Designs —need not cost exces- sively. That's demon- strated to MANY, every day, at Cash & Carry Stores. Wreaths —Sprays _and other effective Phone Franklin 5357 loral Tributes, Delivered— 1222 F Se.. < B k 10 enfranchise women at the age of | 1€ EXPOREINE O i e of suing | States. L e e e o | and beirg sued in the courts of the| “The population of the District ex- e acted on until toward the end of | {7 ireq States and the right to have | ceeds that of Nevada, Wyoming, the prasent parliamentary session.” | nContation in the two Houses of | Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Dela-|ls decreasing annually, Mr. Lesh de Women at 30 Permitted to Vote. | Congress and representative votes in | ware and Vermont, and in 10 vears | clared that there would be no o e Tove veached the ne |the electoral college, he asserted. | will exceed that of New Hampshire|Degro . domination In Fed ©f 30 are permitted to vote in p Those are their expectations, he ex- |and Utah. tic } e e i Eing'a | platned, and aif other silvped desives | “In Fofera! tunes n reoent years “Let us add to our aspirations to recent speech, women's leaders con = D the advocates of NAtional Tepre- | ——————— sidered that the Baldwin government sentation mentioned by the oppo- Tpearently had forgotten its pledge | Nents of the movement are false. to do_something for the woman und Rights Here Held Few. | 30. lady Astor took a sharp rap in “The rights of citizens of the the Tiouse of Commons at this in-| United States residing in the Dis- difference to the claims of women, |trict of Columbia” are not only less, and Miss Eleanor Rathbove, presi hat of a citizen of a State, but dent of the National Union fo; en less than that of an alien, Citizenshin, and leaders of othc h stated, in referring to the en's organizations unsheathed the.r t a resident of the District swords in ctive campaizn. | cannot resort to the Federal courts Mass Meeting Held. under the present constitutional pro- | A' great mas: neeting was ,, | visfons. held. | At the time the District was during which Lord Balfour and Margaret Bondfield made speec ! earved out of Maryland and Virginia Former Premier Lioyd George there were comparatively no resi- dents_of this District. 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