Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1931, Page 5

THE VUTE FUR I]ISTR"H , Finds Valuable Old Records URCED BY ADAVS Citizens’ Alliance Head Makes Eloquent Plea Before Oldest Inhabitants. An eloquent plea for national repre- sentation for the District of bia was voiced last night by Gecrge J. Adams, president of the Citizens® Alli- ance, speaking before the Assoclaticn of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia in its regular meeting at the old Union Engine House. Mr. Adams xplained the new seals which are being used by the alliance to raise funds for its wori and many members of the association “invested” in the program through purchase of seals. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chap- lain of the House of Representatives and pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial National Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the orator of the day for the Fourth of July ceremonies of the asso- | ciation, it was announced by Fred A. Emery for the Entertainment Commit- | tee. Dr. Montgomery will speak at the patriotic services, to start at noon July 4 at Western Presbyterian Church, on H street between Nineteenth and Twen- tieth streets. the day there will be the regular bus ness meeting of the association at the same place, starting at 10:30 o'clock. . Historic Papers Found. Another feature of the meeting last night was the announcement by James F. Duhamel, chairman of the Hall and Archives Committee, of the discovery of | Previous to the oration of | two interesting old documents in the | files of the association which proved to be of great historical importance to the United States Patent Office. | JAMES F. DUHAMEL, As Mr. | Chairman of the Hall and Archives Committee of the Assoclation of Oldest Duhamel explained, a fire in the Patent | Inhabitants, with two old documents containing patent records which he. de- Office in 1836 destroyed all early records. One of the documents just unearthed by Mr. Duhamel from the archives of the association was the American Mu- seum and Repository of Arts and Sciences, printed in 1822, and the other the Washington Quarterly Magazine of Arts, Science and Literature, published | in 1824. Between the two, Dr. Duhamel sald, there were recorded the list of Unifed States patents from the earliest time up to the date of pubiication. The commissioner of patents considers the find of great importance, replacing lost official records, Dr. Duhamel said. and authority was given by the association to loan the documents to the commis- sioner to have the entire record photo- stated for the records of the Govern- ment. A wide variety of patents with, dia- | grams was shown in the old refords, | running all the way fro up to chemical proce: ways of killing bugs by steam, improv- ing mousetraps, and the better manu- fazture of beer and gin. The old Tec- ords will be photostated and then re- turneg to the association. The books were displayed at the meeting last simple things night and perused with great interest by many members. Mr. Adam’s Speech. ‘The speaker of the evening, Mr. | Adams, was introduced by Theodore W. Noyes, president of the association, who presided, as the “energetic and progres- sive organizer and president of the Citi- zens’' Alliance.” M Noyes explained that the sale of the seals would bring funds to help the alliance in its na- tional representation work for the “un- represented and helpless condition of the people of the District of Columbia.” Mr. Adams said the first time he heard of the voteless plight of the citi- zens of this city was from a room clerk in a hotel here, who said “We poor white men around here have nothing to say about who governs us.” mark spurred him, the speaker said, to devote his energies to the cause. Preach Representation. “The Citizens' Alliance,” he declared. “is dedicated to the cause of national representation for the District of Co- Its work to a great at citizens’ associations, in schools, be- tween friends, on every and all occa- sions.” Reviewing an array of facts to show the standing of this city among the States, Mr. Adams said the total popu- Jation’ of the District is greater than that of any one of eight States. The District of Columbia, he pointed out, sent more soldiers and sailors to the World War than any one of seven State: and its percentage of voluntary enlist- This re- | | scribed before a meeting of the association last night. pected to provide valuable information for the Patent Office Tecords of the office were destroyed by fire in 1836. ‘The documents are ex- ecause all early —Star Staff Photo. | ments as against drafted men was higher than that in 43 States. In 1930, he said, the District paid | ,675.72 in internal revenue taxes. | s sum was more than that paid by | any one of States. The District con- tributed al st as large an amount as 10 of these States together, which are represented in Congress by 20 Senators and 21 Representatives, | The per capita contribution of the District to national taxes is $32.29, figure_greater than that of 43 States. | The District’s contribution is more than | the combined per capita contribution of 12 States with 24 Senators and 62 Representatives. | 486,000 Disfranchised. | “We live without doubt in the great- est country in the world,” the speaker said, “a most equitable government of man-made laws which are just. But in spite of all that, something is radically wrong with a government that can| totally disfranchise 486,000 citizens.” | Taking up certain reasons advanced against national representation, ~the | speaker characterized as “absurd” the harge that the ‘“founding fathers” never intended to give the vote to the t of Columbia. These “founding decreed that all men were created “free and equal” Mr. Adams | declared, and they could not have | therefore meant to decree that the men | of the District of Columbia were “not” | free and equal. Taking up the argument that if the District were granted national repre- ntation that some great cities, such as New York, Chicago and San Fran- o, would also demand it. Mr. Adams also branded this as “absurd,” for the reason, he explained, that these cities already have national representation through both Senators and members of Congress. Fight Started in 1801. | “The Citizens' Alliance was organized to carry on a fight for national repre- sentation, and it cannot be beaten, declared the speaker with conviction. | “This fight really started in 1801, and it will go forward.” | Paying tribyte to the work done by the Joint Committee on National Repre- | sentation, Mr. Adams renwed the decla- ration of the alliance to win the battle, when the “people of Washington will | line up at the polls as American citi- | zens.” | ""“We are not despondent,” he declared. “We expect to hate'national representa- tion before many years. We can see it I right there ahead of us. Mr. Adams praised the work done by There were | 39 YEARS AT 935 F STREET A Remarkable STERLING SILVER WATER PITCHER An unnsual Gift epportunity . . . ex- actly as illustrated —in famous origi- nal repousee pat- tern— at a remarkable price 50 Baltimore Rose NEW REDUCED PRICES 6 Tea $4.50 SPooOns..eeevsnee. 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Plan Activity for 1932, “During the presidential year 1932, Mr. Adams said, “we plan to be very active, and eventually expect to be successful.” Looking about the old Union Engine House auditorium, where there are many portraits of early Washingtonians and relics of the past, the speaker sald it conjured up for him ‘thoughts of the past. If he had been one of the men who placed his name on the Declara- tion of Independence and the Constitu- tion of the United States, Mr. Adams declared, “I know there would have been no thought in my heart of evei rendering_voteless the citizens of our Nation’s Capital.” Mr. Emery praised the speaker as a “remarkable, brilliant, eflective and ac- tive manager of every enterprise with which he has been connected.” Mr. Adams was given a-rising vote of thanks. John R. Mahoney, financial secretary of the association, in speaking briefly on national representation declared thi this city had “no bonded indebtedness, A President’s “Bald Pate.” “Wharf rats disporting themselves on the bald pate of President John Quincy Adams in the waters of the Potomac off Cumberland boathouse was not an un- | usual sight in the Summer months when he was Secretary of State in 1817-1825, and even when he was President, in 1825-1829," according to John Boyle in discussion before the association. “These wharf rats,” he explained, “were the small boys of the neighbor- hood at the foot of what is now near he crcunds of the Naval Hospital. Adan.s was #n excellent swimmer, and because of his almost daily visits for many vears to the river knew many of the boys by name. It was not unusual for several small boys to jamp upon his head in the group and duck him. He | enjoyed the sport as much as they did, | engaging with them in their water bat- tles. This is a new view of Adams, and | was related to me by several, among them by my father.” Mr. Emery announced the excursion which the Federation of Citizens’ Asso- clations and the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation is sponsoring fonThursday, June | 18, to Marshall Hall, asking persons | going to buy tickets from members of these two, organizations. Mr. Emery | recommended that members of both the | Association of Oldest Inhabitants and | the Soclety of Natives take the trip. |~ Both the association and theSoclety | of Natives havg been invited to par- ticipate in the annual Flag day exercises 1o be held by the District of Columbia Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. Elks. A map, issued in 1850, of this city, and a shingle from Duddington, the former old home of Dalel Carroll, on E street between Seéond and Third ptreets, were presented to the associa- tion by James William Johnson. New members admitted were Richard M. Parker and Millard T. Dixon. e . Orientals Eat Octopus. 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