The evening times., 1895-12-13
CARTER IS NOT HURRIED
Third District Committeeman to
BE- Named in January.
LONG LIST OF CANDIDATES
He Says the Primary Should Not He
Held Before April, and He Pro-.
poses to Study the Local Situation
Before Announcing His Choice.
What the Rank and Ellie Say.

| Senator Carter, chairman of the nat ional
1 Republican committee. that recently or.
dained- that the delegates from the Dis.
trict OF Columbia to the st. Louis convcn.
ton should be elected by the primary sys-
| ten, has not yet named the third commit
teenian to arrange for this election. II
| Will be some TIME be fore he IL desig mated.
II have not yet the slightest knowledge
| or who shall name for the place" said Mr.
Carter TO Times reporter this morning.
ani going to think the matter over care
| fully, ana study the local situation before
l select him. He will not be chosen before
the first week in January at the earliest.
There IS no need of hurry. The primary
should not be held before A pril, and nothing
| can be accomplished by a nasty seicctioIl. 4
want TO pick out thorough business man
and q conservative one. that may serve to
equalize the antagonizing elements that
| now appear to be represented on the COM
| mitlee.
| Applicants? Well, assuredly, there is
| string ot .hefn: appearing IN person or by
| a block. hut have not yet even ., m
| the question down to half a dozen, and, rs
| said will not until l have thuruug niy
studied the situation"
LIST OF CANDIDATES..
| While those whu claim to be on the inside
| with the chairman know that he has not yet
| made selection, they CLAIM tu he able tn
| assert that the list OF bona fide candidates
| for the place is not extensive. Just III pres
! ent there is quartet OF names mentioned.
| upon any one ni which 1t is believed the
mantle will falI. Those gentlemen are L.
| b. Wine, A. NJ, Clapp, c. Maurice Smith
and Matthew u. Eiuery. AT this niInute
| il is assumed the star OF fortune is above
| the one first named.
All are straight forward, conservative
citizens, IT is argued. and ardent Repub-
| licaDs. 1t is believed that not one s aInbi-
tious for the honor of delegate.
tF.,..
| Ing TO slumber or sleep not, and there is a
promise of more politics to the minute In
washington this winter than Tammany ever
dreamed of in whole campaign. The pa
trioiic spirit OF political Inspiration is
clinching about the heads OF the ward poli-
ticiaus like the ta!oDs of Il hawk about a
hickory limb wien the wind assumes the
velocity Of forty miles an hour and baios
of future rerown are already settling aboye
Swa;nppoodIe aud Bioodfield.
DIS y,iarc Is gwlne 20 be one of de mos
messed" announced n Temperance alley
aristocrat. when de Whole thing is ober
dar'li be powerrul lot1' fufomashuD what
de public'& never befo' got onto. DARN
be some revelashuns, / wanter relate
Everybody appears delighted over the
national committee.
worked for" said W. Calvin Chase. Now.
you will see that raZoT-party conventions
aud rim. rule will be at an end and the
better class OF Republicans Will have "A
chance to assert themselves. Gel. Perry
Carson VIII not go to the convention now.
II is name Is Dennis. THERE'S no earthly way
for him to be elected. for he has lost his
grip aud cannot poll enough votes to half
way elect him.
CARSON'S LOSING CARD.
Carson played n losing card on the
national committee Had he been the leader
people thought lin TO be he would never
have let that body declare that the Dis
trict should have primary. The national
hi.
TO the control OF the man so far as the
dic,aiicn OF what shall be doba in that
mans own territory is concerned
The anti-Carson people announce that
they will no d meeting next "Wednesday or
Thursday. The place has not yet been Sc
lected. They assert that the recent parades
compared with what this shall be. Attend
ance is TO be by card only.
Momento1s business is to be traEsacted.
To begin with, they will ratify the action
of the national committee. they say, and
show In a whOle-llearted way the appre-
citation OF the innovation by the Republicans.
Andy Gleeson VIII have hand in tie meet
ing, ii is said.
Then, out of the bosom of that meeting
will come the Citizens Reform Republican
Club, an organization with symbols of party
affiliation and Loyalty and gariands cI DO-
litical purity. One of the most delicate and
important dutics that viii settle down upon
the new club is to see that the elections are
conducted Justly and fairly Just how
arduous that task may prove the future
alone will reveal. but the knowing ones
predict tha, the tanning OF IL zebra would
be Il sinecure as compared with this.
In order [ o prevent fraud, explained one
of the leaders, I'VE are going TO provide
for the registration Of every Repn blican
voter in the city. That will be one of
the duties of the club. Committees will
be appointed in each of he twenty-five dis
tricts to take the name and address OF
every voter. If man comes TO the polls
whose name the committee rails TO have,
protest will be made to the Judges OF that
district, asking that the vote be stricken
out. If the judges refuse TO do so an
mittee. If they turn deaf ear, provided
the fraud is of sufficient magnitude. The
matter will he carried to the national
committee"
NOT NEW IDEA.
The primary idea in the District is by
no means wholly new one. 1t was tried
four years ago, when, on January .. lS92.
an experimental ballotiDg. unofficial, 1t
is true. was made in all the districts
The object of that election was to choose
members OF the local convention that should
In turn send the two delegates from the
District of Columbia.
The result is known. Four men, Messrs.
Carson anG GIeeson and Messrs. Chase and
Simon Wolf. went 10 Minneapolis TO repre-
sent the District. Of course, only two
could serve, and the latter pair contested
the claims of the other two The matter
was never settled before the convention.
however. as the votes of the delegates were
not an essential uuaNtlty III tHe nofllnd-
tion IF Mr.. Harrison.
There is another point worthy of mention
at this time concerning the local situation.
Outsiders remark how the wilirligip OF time
has changed the political front. For the
last two conventions Carson and Glecson
have gone before the nominating body to-
gether. Today each is working for the
place, but neither wants the other to go.
Carson's friends say that he pulled ont of
the yoke, preferriug to fight his battles
alone: Gleeson's friends assert that he with
drew from the little company of two. They
say he is tired of furnishing the money for
Carsons campaigning. II is generally be-
lieved that Carson and Parker are work
ing together. There is iustatpresenta Il dark
morse beside Glecson. and he is believed TO
be Chase.
1t Is pointed out that formerly Parker
was against Cal rson. 1t is well known that
when NJ r. Parker was District Commissioner
Carson was relieved from the office of as
sistant superintendent OF the street clean
ing department. and SO also was Chase
dropped from the berth OF inspector of food.
Until the primaries are held. every can
didate may dine on the food OF expectancy.
GARRISON FAvORS HIM.
The friends of Col. Perry Carson are still
iubilant over what they consider the Tat
tering meeting that tells which way the
wind lay that was held last Wednesday.
They claim that the selection of Col. Carson
will meet the approval OF the members of
the national committee. and attribute MIR.
Clarkson with the following statement:
Like every other member of the ma
tionai committee. so far as l know. I am
always in favor of Perry Carson for any
thing and everything he wants. He was n
gallant Union soldier, he is one OF the strong
and picturesque men of his race, as true Il
friend as / ever knew. and a man thor
oughly honest in every respect. He has
been on the national committee for several
terns. and enjoys the complete respect ssd
esteem of every member ofst
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