The Washington bee., 1892-01-09
SAYS CARSON is A BOLTER
MAJ. DAVIS OPINION OF THE CEN
TRIAL COMMITTEE ORGANIZED
YESTERDAY.

w udU uO L JuIIh vi GuO UUuy
that assembled at Reh's Hall yes.
terday morning and organized un'
der Perry Carson's csll?" said Maj
DAVIS this afternoon III reply to q
question put by "Star" reporter.
"Why, it is hardly worth while to
handy words over so clear a pro.
position. 1t can only be called the
Carson committee. and will not be
recognized by the national COM
mittee or any other regularly con-
stituted republican organisation as
the republican central committee
of the District OfColumbia. Where
did Carson get authority to call
any body of republicans together
for organization purposes? 1t did
not come from the national CON-
mittee, as he claims, and it GER
tainly is not conferred by the con
stitution under which the central
committee first drew its breath and
by which 1t still exists. Why !
Simply because tEe'Orm' only gave
him, as said in Tuesdays Star,
the power to sign with me the call
designating a place of meeting in
each assembly district. There
should be no question about this.
1t is as plain as that two and two
make four. The national committee
lad copy of our constitution before
them when discussing and determ-
lining the mOdus operandi of elect
Ing delegates from this District to
the next republican national Con-
ventioD, and the only changes they
made IN it were those already re-
ferred to-. They did not deal with
antiquities, but undoubtedly
meant just what they declared in
their public call, and nothing more.
Desiring that the chairman of the
central committee and the men,
beTs of the national committee for
the District should designate the
places for holding the primary
meetings and not the presidents of
the different District clubs, as our
constitution prescribes, they said
so very plainly. And when they
came to that clause in the consti-
tuition which reads, "this commit
tee shall consist of three delegates
from each election district, they
thought one delegate from each
such district would be better and
80 decided. Now, it is worse than
nonsense to contend that the ma
tioDal body gave Carson any fur
ther authority in the premises than
+. that ina inst teited Or -st Ihat thev intend
I'd to. They were satisfied to leave |
he balance of the formative work |
where the constitution places it, or
hey would have said so. The of |
icers, delegates and alternates of
he committee were elected 'tO hold |
'ver until replaced by others elect
I'd under the provisions of this con-
and the elegateS-el G Q
o each new committee shall meet
TX Tuesday (nOt the next mOrning)
succeeding their election at such
'lace as the president of the out
'oing committee (not Perry Car
on or any other person, j)intly or
ingly) shall designate by adver-
isement in some daily newspaper
n the District of Columbia for at
east two days preceding such
Meeting, and shall be called to or
er by the president of the outgo-
ng committee for the purpose OF
ffecting an OrganizatlOn.' So de-
lares our consti utiOn and the ma
iOnal committee acquiesced or they
would have directed
therwise And the chairman of the
atlOnal committee in his call for a
atiOnal convention not only re-
ecOgniZed the existence of our
entral committee, but be also con-
edes that it has chairman, else
is language is meaningless, when
e says at the call designating
laces for holding the meetings on
he first Tuesday in January, 1902, ,
C., shall be signed by the member
f the national committee for the
Ii trict of COlumb bia aud the chair
IAN of the republican central
Ommittee of said District. Does
ny sane person contend that the U
committee have the right d
wipe out the organization
nown as the republican commit. 9
'e of the state of New York or d
ny other state organization? They fl
light have the right to modify the v
lies and regulations of such or. q
anlzation. so far as they relate to r.
loOsing delegates to the notlonal O
invention, but it Is pIeposterous b
claim that they would undertake
abolish the organizations them II I
Ives. No more have they the i
ght to destroy the organization a
lown as the republican central +
of this District, for It's c
lations to republicans here are o
ecssely those of state organiza- in
)ns to republicans of the states. SC
nd yet Carson says in yesterdays m
subcommittee of the e'
Itional committee wiped out the u u
d republican organization IN this m m
ty and appointed Maj. Davis and a
9 a committee to reorganlze the ST
publicans of the District. That