The Washington bee., 1892-01-16
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
A HARMONIOUS GATHERING-MAJ.
DAVIS THE RECOGNIZED CHAIR.
MAN By THE NATIONAL
COMMITTEE CALLED
THE MEETING TO
ORDER.

| 4AO ANOPuOiIOnH OOuIIdI COQls
mittee of the District of Columbia
met in Reh's BALL Tuesday
morning. The committee was
called to order at 11:30 o'clock by
the chairman of the last central
committee-Maj. A. H. s. Davis.
In taking the chair he made a
few remarks, in the course of
which he said that the only
| ground the Carson faction had to
stand upon was the theory that
the national committee at it's
November meeting in this city
had abolished the central commit
tee of the District of COLUMBIA.
If this was the case there should
be some record of it somewhere,
but such was not the case. In
order to make assurance doubly
sure Major Davis said that he had
written to Hon. J. Sloat Fassett
of New York, the Sc cretary of the
national committee, for a ruling
upon the question, and in answer
be had received letter from that
great republican of New York in
which he stated that so far from
the national committees having
repudiated the central committee
of the District of Columbia the
truth was that the Chase party
had acted according 6 to the rules
as laid down in the call for a
meeting After reading the let
ter from Mr.. Fassett the chairman
announced it as his opinion that
the national convention at its
meeting IN Minneapolis next June
would sustain their position in the
matter.
MR. FAssETT's LETTER.
The portion of Mr. Fassett's let
ter that was read was as follows:
''The second part of your inquiry
was for the rules prescribed by
the committee while in Washin r
ton. They are found in the pub
lished call, from which l send you
an extract bearing upon the ques-
tion, to wit; The delegates from
the District of Columbia shall be
chosen at a convention constitut.
ed of members elected in primary
district assemblies, held under
the call and direction of the re-
'-hENes, nnptral committee of the
puUuCau CudII"I A--..-...- -, ~
District of Columbia, which said
committee shall be chosen. one
from each assembly district on the
first Tuesday of January, 1892, at
the hour of 7 o'clock F. M, at a
place of meeting in each assembly
district TO be designated by a
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 tho republican central
committee of said District"
Mr.. Davis announced that the
next business in order was the
election of temporary chairman
and secretary for the meeting, and
1pon the nomination of Mr.. w.
Calvin Chase. Mr.. T. Aldrich and
Mr.. w. II. Jones were unani-
nousy elected to fill the two pos
tions. The chairman then ap.
pointed a committee on creden-
ials, consisting of w. Calvin
Chase, Geo. M. Arnold and A
W. Carroll.
The committee reported within
20 minutes through the chairman
Who briefly stated the gross
Methods that were resorted to in t
everal of the districts by men
Who had no regard for law or Or
Ter.
Secretary Geo. M. Arnold read
be report of the committee on
redentials, recognizing as pro- Z
erly accredited delegates to the I
entral committittee from the {
arious districts the following, the 7
rst name in each case being that =
f the delegate, the second that of d
he alternate: l, A. w. Carroll, l
oseph Worthlngton: 2, Mai.
rank Aldrich, Geo. Chapman; 8, g
logan Williams, Charles H. Sim~ C
ins; 4, Owen N. Butler Henry N. u
'owles; 5, Charles johnson, VIM. o
6, Gilbert L. Joy, a
'homas Watson; 7, Jno W. lay =
II, Geo. M. Amber; 8, Geo. M. y y
-rnold, VIM. Walker; 9. VIM. u
alvin Chase, Fl. W. Coffin; 10, n
I'm Gibbs, Marcelus Wesl; II, "
Oliver, VIVA. Brown; II, Geo. ci
iller, 13. R. G. Powell, Chris. D
ddison; IA, Maj. A. Ii. S. Davis, in
AIRY A Clark; 15, Bernard West, 10
has. smith; 16, II and 18, new sc
ections recommended; 19, Geo al
'ashington, Andrew Bell; 20, 81
IN. Henry Jones, Joseph Lee, re T
J, Maj. W. G. Cox, Henry Clay ,s
owler; %, Daniel StilIyard, Ed a. a.
ard Tolson. So f.