Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-05
A CALL FROM CARSON.
He Requests the New Republican Central
Committee to Meet Tomorrow

Committee to Meet Tomorrow.
IGNORING THE CALL MADE By CHAIRMAN DAVIS
INDICATIONS OF WARM TIME AT THE MEET.
SIDES SAT.
The local republican pot might be said to be
boiling today. II will give out superheated
steam tonight, when meetings will be held in
the twenty-five old legislative districts for the
purpose of electing members Of the new GEN.
trai committee. There will be TWENTY-FIVE sep
arate and distinct centers for the generation of
neat, and probably more, for IN some Of the
districts rival meetings will be held. The sem
sation today was the issuing Of call by Mr. p
II. carson, member OF the national republican
committee FOR the District, for n meeting of the
new central committee tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock.
THE CARSON CALI.
The call lie as follows:
AT the request Of republicans Of the Dis
trictI respectfully invite the members and
aiternates OF tho republican central committee.
eiecteo II the respective legislative districts on
the oth instant, as provided bv the national
republican committee, to assemble Mt Reh's
Hail. IoiZ ana lOlt 9Th street northwest, on
Wednesday at 10 o'clock In, for the purpose
of organization and for tho transacf,on of
business IN the usual and customary manner.
III. III. CARSON.
Member otthe national republican committee
for the District Of Columbia"
Inns cal IN Hself does not appear sensa-
tionaL. When coupled with the fact that M
A. II. S. Davis. rs chairman of the repubiicsn
central committee OF the District, had already
issued q call for the assembling OF the new cen
trail committee on the 18th instant, the new
call issued by Mr.. Carson becomes interesting.
M cARsoS's ATTITUDE.
Mr.. Carson's position in the matter is stated
in letter which he recently addressed to Mr..
Davis, in which he said: "My attention has
been called to your notice published In the
newspapers copy Enclosed herewith, in which
You assume to prescribe rules Tor the meeting
and organization of the new District commit
tee authorized by the national committee. /
regret that you should have published such no.
tlce without my concurrence, as it was evil
IDENTIFY the intention Of the national committee
that no power or authority should be exercised
by either you or me separately, and that what
ever was deemed necessary to be done in
choosing the new District committee should be
done by US Jointly.
Il am appealed to on all sides by republicans
to urge you to Withdraw this unauthorized no.
tico and to allow the committee TO meet and
organize in the usual and customary way, with
out interference from anybody. The effect of
your notice will be to intensity the factional
fights and repeat the disgraceful scenes of the
past, which every good republican and decent
man should try TO avoid and prevent
The Interpretation put upon your unauthor-
lied notice, issued without my concurrence and
signature, is that II Is an attempt on your part
to control the organization of the new District
committee by unfair means; that under your
notice you will attempt to pass judgment upon
the credentials OF the members deciding arsi-
trarily vino are legally elected and issuing
irl. on nf adp mic tx- Il
other persons are friendly to YOU and thus
pack the meeting hall with your partisans and
exclude all other persons While l do not
charge you with such purposes, your unauthor-
lied notice is the best evidence Of il.
1T is clearly in violation of the intentions,
purposes and spirit of the national committee
In Its action with reference to this District and
therefore l respectfully notify you that shall
advise the republicans of the District who are
the elected members of the new committee to
disregard the notice issued by you and TO pay
no attention whatever to i. and to assemble
where and when they please and organize their
committee as is usual and customary In this
District and elsewhere. Ii such a notice is nec-
essary, in the interest of harmony, fairness and
justice 1t should be our joint act, signed by
both of u.s."
This smoothly worded letter gives, however,
indication of considerable caloric beneath the
surface. 1t looks as though two rival central
committees may be organized one recognizing
the authority of Mr.. Davis to call it together
the other recognizing Mr.. Carson as having
the best authority.
TIE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
The national republican committee in its call
issued November "a last fo- the national repub-
lican convention prescribed the method OF
choosing the District delegates and the Distric,
central committee as follows:
THE delegates of the District Of Columbia
hall at< -
members elected in primary district assemblies
held under the call anG direction of the repub.
llcan central COMMITTEES of the District of Co
lumbla, which said committee shall be chosen
one from each assembly district. on the first
Tuesday of January, 1892, at the hour of
o clock pm, at place OF meeting in each as
sembly district to be designated by joint call
with not less than ten days notice, signed by
the member of the national committee for the
District of Columbia and the chairman of the
republican central committee Of said District.
MAI. DAVIS CALL.
In accordance with the direction of the ma.
tional committee call was issued few days
ago signed jointly by Messrs. Davis and Carson
requesting republicans in the various district.
to assemble tonight to elect members of the
new central committee. Appended to that call
beneath the signatures of Messrs. Carson and
Davis, was postscript signed by Mr.. Davis
committee, as follows:
The members and alternates elected at
above time and places are requested to meet al
heh Hall, 1912 and l0l4 9Th street northwest,
on tuesday, January IL, at IL O'Clock a. ~, to
effect an organization of the committee.
las the meeting is only for organization pur-
poses. and the transaction of committee busl-
ness, the public will not be admitted to the
hall The chairman of the committee will
issue tickets OF admittance to persons entitled
| to them. upon presentation to HIM OF their
credentials or other proof of identification at
the ticket Office window.
..All notices of contests must be made in
writing, accompanied by written statements OF
the grounds OF contest
Az INTERVIEW WITH CHAIRMAN DAVIS.
Mai Davis was interviewed today by STAR
reporter with reference to the attitude Of op.
position Perry Carson has assumed toward his
action as chairman of the republican central
committee OF the District. He said:
Three days after my notice TO the central
committee was published Mr.. Cnrgon's remark
able letter was delivered to me ut my residence
by two colored gentlemen, whose names did
not know.
.Mr. Carson has labored under the erroneous
and absurd impression that the national re-
publican committee at its recent meeting at the
Arlington. with one fell swoop, abolished. ut
republican central committee OF this District,
ns,itution and all. The national committee
did nothing of the kind. As intelligent men.
politicians having the, best interests of their
party in view, they knew better than to even
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