Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-13
TRYING TO COMBINE:
An Effort Being Made to Fight the
Carson-Parker Ticket.
NO One WANTS 10 WITHDRAW
Rumors Of Repeating Parties Being
Formed for Election Day.
NON-VOTING REPUBLICANS

With the primary election only two weeks
on the battle between the various repub-
hcan champions who are struggling for
chance to go to the st. Louis convention
Is waxing hotter and hotter, and the time
intervening between now and settling day
will be characterized by even more vigor-
Gus campaigning than the recent past. The
condition at present is more mixed up than
ever, and while the actual fight now in
progress seems to have for it's slogan ANY
thing to beat Carson and Parker" there is
very decided disinclination on the part
OF the leaders of the forces which are
marching in time to 1t to withdraw and
consolidate on some two men. A confer
ence was held Saturday evening for the
purpose of considering means by which the
opposition to the Carson-Parker movement
might be made concrete, but the meeting
adjourned without definite action. 1t was
suggested that either L. NJ. Saunders or
Andrew Gleason should retire, in order to
combine the entire vote upon one of them,
but each gentleman declared himself to be
equally as strong as the other, and The
tangle thus occasioned remains to be I'M
raveled. Those present at the gathering
were Robert H. Key. L. NJ. Saunders, w.
Calvin Chase. L. c. Bailey and Mr.. Sypher,
who acted for Mr.. Gleason. Mr.. Chase pro-
posed. when the question of uniting On
some colored candidate was considered
that Mr.. L. c. Bailey be chosen as the
standard bearer, with Mr.. Key as alter
nate, but this did not seem satisfactory.
and like the other problem it remains
solved.
Mr.. Brooks is Formidable.
The adherents of Rev. Walter H. Brooks
have adopted a plan in his favor which. if
successful, will make him powerful fac
tor in the fight. 1t is their idea to secure
the united support Of the colored ministers
for MIR. Brooks and to have them use their
influence with their congregations in his
behalf. 1t is understood that the Brooks
ticket will carry the name Of Mr.. l.. NJ.
Saunders.
There were many meetings Saturday
night, and each night this week will see
such gatherings increase in pretty nearly
arithmetical progression. A Parker Club
was formed in the eighth district. with W.
H Jordan president; o. Gassaway, vice
president; B. Taylor and W. Boulder, sec
retaries; Charles Reed, treasurer; w. Fair,
chaplain, and w. Washington sergeant-at-
arms. In the tenth district Bailey Club
was organized, with G. D. Mccoy, presi-
dent; T. E. Mcpherson, vice president; D.
F. Wallace. secretary: L. A. Tyler, SER
geant- alarms, and j. H. Edelin,, assistant
The South Washington Citizens League
also met and organized a Carson Club
whose officers will be chosen at the next
meeting. Edward Odum and Col. Carson
addressed the gathering, and the latter de-
clared that his confidence in his election
was such that if he didn't get 10000 ma
jority he would move out Of the District the
day after the election.
The various candidates are also busy Sc
lecting the names of the most faithful of
their henchmen to act as their representa-
tiveS at the polls on election day. AT the
last meeting of the supervisors Col. Carson
moved that each candidate be allowed to
have one representative in each polling
place, and 1t was so ordered the candidates
being directed to present their lists of
names to the board by January %.
RumOrs About Reporters.
What seems to be troubling many of the
candidates is the rumor going around that
parties are already being formed by GER
tain persons for the purpose of starting
out early on election day afternoon and
visiting and voting at as many polling
places possible before the polls close. 1t
is estimated that good pedestrians can vote
six times in the three hours the polls will
be open, while If they are provided with
car fare carriages they can cover at
least dozen districts. AS there is Ito law
here to punish repeating and no system of
registration to show where voter lives, it
is feared that the method described will be
put in practice quite extensively.
Inquiry amorg the republicans in bust
hess here, and others who are men of adj
mitted position, develops very little inter-
est in the campaign, ana many of them
when questioned have expressed the de-
termination not to exercise the voting
privilege at the primaries. Some of these
gentlemen say it would be almost useless
for them to vote when such opportunity
exists for the notification of their votes
and when there ere such a number Of can
didates in the field that they would he
simply overwhelmed with crowd of cleo
ton workers before they got within a
square of the polls This feeling is not
apparently confined to few of the class
mentioned. but appears to he general.