District Representation – The Washington Post, January 22, 1879
District Representation The Washington Post, January 22, 1879 With the exception of the Indian tribes, the only community within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States unrepresented in...
View ArticleSuffrage in the District – The Washington Post, January 24, 1880
Suffrage in the District The Washington Post, January 24, 1880 We cannot understand how any man who believes in the fundamental principles of republican government can seriously contend for the...
View ArticleProf. Gregory Favors It – The Washington Post, July 10th, 1883
Prof. Gregory Favors It. The Washington Post, July 10th, 1883 “Yes, I thoroughly believe in suffrage in the District,” said Professor James G. Gregory, of Howard university, to a Post reporter, in...
View ArticlePRESIDENT OPPOSED TO SUFFRAGE IN DISTRICT – The Washington Post, May 9th, 1909
PRESIDENT OPPOSED TO SUFFRAGE IN DISTRICT Mr. Taft, in Speech at Dinner, Favors One-Man Rule. ANSWERS JUSTICE STAFFORD Jurist Had Made an Eloquent Plea for Votes for Citizens of Washington– Executive...
View ArticleWANT 20,000 SIGNERS – The Washington Post, November 16th, 1894
WANT 20,000 SIGNERS A Monster Petition to Be Circulated in the District. DISTRICT SUFFRAGISTS ORGANIZE Congress to Be Asked to Authorize a Special Election to Allow People to Say Whether They Wish the...
View ArticleHOME RULE FOR THE DISTRICT! GRAND MASS-MEETING OF CITIZENS AT ODD-FELLOWS’...
HOME RULE FOR THE DISTRICT! GRAND MASS-MEETING OF CITIZENS AT ODD-FELLOWS’ HALL “No taxation without representation.” “All governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed” –...
View ArticleTAFT STIRS CAPITAL BY SUFFRAGE SPEECH – The New York Times, May 10th, 1909
TAFT STIRS CAPITAL BY SUFFRAGE SPEECH Opposes Plan to Permit Residents of District of Columbia to Elect Officials. CITY BELONGS TO COUNTRY Fears Narrow Spirit in Government– Not Ready to Approve...
View ArticleJustice Stafford Eloquent on Washington: Past, Present, and Future – The...
Over the last few months I have transcribed the New York Times and the Washington Post‘s coverage of this historic dinner, but today I am honored to share the entire text of Justice Stafford’s speech...
View ArticleArkansas Is First To Reject District Voting Amendment – The Washington Post,...
It should be noted that after nearly fifty years Arkansas has still not ratified the 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution. Arkansas Is First To Reject District Voting Amendment Vote Is...
View ArticleVOTE PLEA TO CONGRESS – Americanize 400,000, Urges D.C. Joint Citizens’...
The Constitutional Amendment contained in this transcribed newspaper article is quite beautiful. It shows nearly 100 years of compromise and the remains of a civil rights struggle that affects 600,000...
View ArticleTO MAKE A STATE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – The New York Times, December 14, 1902
TO MAKE A STATE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Mass Meeting of Residents Indorses the Scheme. Argument For And Against Admission to the Union– The President and New Mexico’s Delegation Special to The New...
View ArticleSENATE TIE ON PROHIBITION – The New York Times, December 20, 1916
This article discusses the Senate’s actions toward implementing Prohibition in the District of Columbia. I found it rather interesting that the Senators were willing to hold a referendum on Prohibition...
View ArticleSENATES VOTES, 55-32 FOR DRY WASHINGTON – The New York Times, January 10, 1917
As I mentioned before, I thought it was interesting that the Senate would even consider a referendum on Prohibition in the District of Columbia. As it turns out, the Senate tyrannically voted the...
View ArticleRETROCESSION OF ALEXANDRIA – A Speech by R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, before...
The 8,000+ word speech below is, without a doubt, one of the most important speeches in the history of the District of Columbia. It was given before the House of Representatives on May 8th, 1846 as...
View ArticleDebate in the U.S. House of Representatives Concerning An Act to Retrocede...
After R. M. T. Hunter’s eloquent speech concerning the Retrocession of Alexandria in the District of Columbia to the State of Virginia, the bill was debated on the floor of the U.S. House of...
View ArticleSIEBOLD FOLLOWER OF PATRICK HENRY – The Washington Times, June 18, 1909
SIEBOLD FOLLOWER OF PATRICK HENRY Says “No Taxation Without Representation” – Refuses to Pay Cigar Tax Benno Seibold, proprietor of a small general store, at 901 Fourteenth street southeast, would...
View ArticleGOVERNORS TO AID D.C. VOTE FIGHT – The Washington Times, March 4, 1919
Sentiment among the 100 governors and mayors of States and cities throughout the United States, now in conference in Washington was today expressed as being solidly in favor of the District’s appeal...
View ArticleD.C. VOTE CAMPAIGN BEARS QUICK FRUIT – The Washington Times, March 4, 1919
The effectiveness of the “letterhead campaign” for votes for Washington was shown today when it was announced that more than 150 replies, asking what the writers could do to help the people of the...
View ArticleAn Appeal To The Americanism of Visiting Governors & Mayors – The Washington...
As previously mentioned, this advertisement was published in every newspaper in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, March 4th, 1919. TEXT: An Appeal To The Americanism Of the Visiting Governors &...
View ArticleGOVERNORS PLEDGE AID IN FIGHT FOR D.C. VOTES – The Washington Times, March 5,...
The governors of twenty-eight States and the mayors of virtually every large city in the country today are preparing to carry Washington’s fight for votes throughout the nation. These State and city...
View ArticleAMENDMENT GIVES DISTRICT A VOICE – The Washington Times, November 18, 1908
A proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, entitling the District of Columbia to be represented in Congress by one Senator and one or more Representatives, has been drafted by...
View ArticleAmericanize the Capital as a Wise Measure of War Preparedness by Theodore W....
Washingtonians have been urging a constitutional amendment which shall give them the status of citizens of a State, for the purpose only of representation in Congress and the Electoral College. They...
View ArticlePresident Andrew Johnson’s Veto Message to Congress Concerning A Bill to...
Even five years after President Lincoln signed An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia aka the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act,...
View ArticleDistrict of Columbia Suffrage Bill – The President’s Veto — The New York...
The argument with which President Johnson supports his veto of the District of Columbia Suffrage Bill will not convert Congress or the country to his views. His denial of the right of Congress to...
View ArticleTHE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUFFRAGE BILL – Harper’s Magazine, Monthly Record of...
On the 7th the President returned, without his approval, the bill regulating Suffrage in the District. His objections to the bill were essentially these: Congress having the power of legislating for...
View ArticleTO ASK FULL PRIVILEGES IN D.C. SUFFRAGE by Bill Price – The Washington Times,...
TO ASK FULL PRIVILEGES IN D.C. SUFFRAGE – Pleas For Mouthful Portions of Justice Give Way to Demand For Full Meal. By Bill Price, The Washington Times, April 10, 1919 The confident opinion, expressed...
View ArticleS.1 – A Bill to Regulate the Elective Franchise in the District of Columbia –...
A little over a year later President Andrew Johnson would veto the final version of this legislation. What I find most interesting about this legislation is that the Senate made this bill their first...
View ArticleAn Act to Regulate the Elective Franchise in the District of Columbia – 39th...
After being introduced nearly a year earlier and surviving a veto by President Johnson, the text & scans below show the final version of the law, including the veto override. 39th Congress, 2nd...
View ArticleSenator Gallinger’s Statehood Bill – Arizona Silver Belt, Globe City,...
Senator Gallinger has introduced in the senate a joint resolution providing limited statehood for the District of Columbia. It provides, by means of a constitutional amendment, that the district shall...
View ArticleSome of Washington’s Grievances – NO VOTES, YET NO GRIEVANCE? Editorial by...
“When Theodore Noyes began the expression of such aspirations, he almost stood alone. His series of articles published in The Washington Star in February and March 1888, entitled “Some of Washington’s...
View ArticleDC Colonist Cartoon: “Election Day”– Washington Star, November 4th, 1924
Source: Page 179 of “Our National Capital and its un-Americanized Americans” by Theodore Noyes
View ArticleDC Colonist Cartoon: “Disenfranchisement”– Washington Star, November 4th, 1930
Source: Page 46 of “Our National Capital and its un-Americanized Americans” by Theodore Noyes
View ArticleDC Colonist Cartoon: “Keep Out of U.S. Elections” – Washington Star, November...
This cartoon shows the DC Colonist trying to enter the voting booth, but is told by Uncle Sam to go to the tax or selective service booths. The cartoon implies that the while District residents pay...
View ArticleDC Colonist Cartoon: “Court Declares State Voters Tax Exempt in D.C.” –...
Source: Page 65 of “Our National Capital and its un-Americanized Americans” by Theodore Noyes
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