The evening times., 1895-12-18

The time is DOW ripe when the voters of
Washington, and especially those OF Re-
publican procliviteis, should accelerate their
movements in favor OF District suffrage.
Tor, f they fail to do SO, they viii hence
forth lose all standing in the national ccan-
ellis of their party.
1t is stated on the best of Republican au-
thority that uniess the District OF Columbia
shall have been granted suffrage within
another four years it will he represented in
the national convention at st. Louis en
June f6 next tor the last time. In plain
and unmistakabie English, the national
committeeman say they are tired OF trifling
with the District.
| In TACT, the crisis may come early. The
national committee hus laid down the man
ner of the selection of the two delegates
from this District, and the members say
that 1t win remain unchanged. There is
no little discontinue among local Repub-
iicans over the wording oi the call for a
convention, and, as stated in The Evening
Times of yesterday. those VINO urged and
secured the adoption by the national CON-
mittcc of the primaries system say that
the committee departed IRON its promise
when the call was issued and again gave
the District a convention.
ABIDE BY THE CALL.
But they will be compelled TO abide by
the call. IL Is morally certain that If
tie nldpner OF the selection of delegates
'aid down in the call Is departed from
and the District goes TO the convention
with a contest on its hands its delegates
viii not be seated at all.
The members OF the national committee
are weary OF wasting time on the District,
IL is said, and the committee almost to u
man were originally in favor of dropping
what they Call this Don-productive ter
ritory from the st. Louis convention
II liz further hiDted that the only reason
it was not dropped this time Was tecause
OF u compromise between the few in favor
OF retaining IL and the many opposed to
IL, whereby IL was agreed that while the
seycDty-two square miles on the banks
of the Potomac shouid be represented on
June 16, Dext, il would not be again In
all time to come unless suffrage should be
instituted here.
The committeeman have many reasons,
they say, for this. They point first to The
fact that the vast MA ajority of voting Re-
publicaDs in Washington are also repre-
scented in their respective States and are
thus ahead OF their brethren. Again there
is no voting power in Congress TO alleviate
this sacrifice TO the District.
The constant wrangling over the seating
of District delceat and the frishtful con-
sumption of valuable time, together with
the disposal of alnaost one-tbird of the con-
ventIon call to this territory, ID, the leaders
say. pressing the situation to the point
where patience is Gevoid OF virtue, and they
say they propose TO drop il.
CHAIRMAN CARTER EXPLAINS.
The apparent anomaly between the re-
quest OF the primary advocates and the
wording of the call il explained by Senator
Garter ID the following words:
"The resolution as presented" said he,
was niodIfied by the committee The
original draft OF the resolution referred to
the Crawford county. Pa. system. MIR.
Martin of Pennsylvania explained that there
was really no such sy stem in pennsylvania as
the resolution manfestly contemplated
Mr.. Clayton. who presented the resou-
ton accented the modification suggested
by Mr.. Martin. and the resolution as adopt
ed provided that the committee OF three
should prescribe the time and places for
holding the District primaries. appoint
Judges OF election ana prescribe such other
necessary rules as might lead to fair ex-
preston of the will OF the majority OF the
Republicans in the District
'1Charged by tie national cossitnttce
with TIE duty of Issuing the call. IN cen
junction with Secretary Marley, we de-
tcfnincd iEat tic fCSOIuliOH sOhttht'iaieu
the selection of delegates from this District
under the control OF the committee OF three,
independent of existing party machinery
and, therefore. provided in the call ihatsu
committee should not only fix time, des-
ignate places and appoint Judges for the
primary elections, but Should hks wise call
the convention of tie delegates selected at
such primaries.
'.rTbe committee of three will be found
Of anfhnrifv np1pr the
resolution to prescribe all BeeGful rules ard
regulations 10 secure a fair, full and free
expression of tie will of tie majority of
Republicans in the District.
Had the resolution not been amended
according to Mir. Martins suggestion. the
reference to the Crawford county system
would have been meaningless.
THE call was issued after very careful
consideration of the matter with Ar. Man
ley. the secretary and custodian of tie rec
ords."
DATE OF THE HEARING
The hearing for all who are opposed to
the erection of n Smith creinatory On