Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-10
The Local Campaign to Close With
the Primaries Tonight.
ACTION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
A Sound Money Resolution Tabled
With Prcmptness.
GOSSIP BEFORE THE FIGHT

Manoguc, providing that 1t was the sense
of the central democratic committee that
the members use their best efforts to secure
the election of delegates to the national
| convention at Chicago wno are favorable
| to sound money. and that the delegates be
If structed to favor q Sound money plank in
the national platform against free silver.
If a bombshell had exploded there could
scarcely have been more excitement or con-
sternation. Chairman HClmead could scarce
ly distinguish the various conflicting mo-
tionS made, and an expert stenograpner
could not have distinguished what was said
CT who was saying it. The discussion was
stormy and lasted fC" some time. At last,
after number of vigorous speeches had
been made, motion was made to lay the
resolution on the table, and when the vote
YES taken 1t was found that big majority
favored the action. the only members OPP
posing it being Messrs, Manogue, Kelly,
| Cook and Cus.ck.
Ten deputy sergeants-ai-armS were sp-
pointed to preserve order a the convention
| Thursday AMI The blank certificates of
| election were distributed to the committee
| men from the various districts.
The action OF the committee was the sub
| ject OF general gossip among democrats to-
| day, and there WAS great difference OF
| opinion over the pr0priety Of the action
| taken by the body in throttlins the recon-
merdaton on the financial question. Chair
| the committee reiterated TIE declarations
| made n the discussion last night, that The
| central committee had no right to dictate
| to the city convention, and asserted that
| any resolution advising any policy on any
| issue would have met the same fate.
The Committee Criticised.
| On the other hand a very large number of
democrats were quite indignant over what
| they declared was an unnecessary evasion
ff Ct, T.,
! was not in the nature of a command, but
merely desired the members of the central
committee to use their Influence in favor of
| sendine, sound money men to Chicago.
Those numbers Of TIE centTa! committee
| who are in favor of the Manogue resolu-
| ton claim that under the peculiar, and,
| they term it. anomalous conditions which
prevail in the central committee, it was
| perfectly proper that that body should
make sorlc declaration showing how they
| stood on TIE money question. These con-
ditipnS as described are in brief as follows
| In the first place it is GAINED that the
committee is governed by combine which
was organized fer the purpose of sending
free silve" delegation to the Chicago con-
Ventio2. aid tHat the delegates row nam ID
as TIE candidates of this combine with tn.
exception OF Mr.. Holmead. are free silver
men; that they have misreprcseT::ed the
case to the democracy Of the District, and
when the financial question has been
brought UP they have dismissed it with the
remark: I've are democrats" 1t is adj
Elitte1 that under ordinary circumstances
such resolution as was offered by Mr..
Nancgue a: the meeting OF the conrntt &c
lest night was not proper one to be con
sidered by the committee, but it is claimed
| that the conditions unusual, and hence
such action is justified.
| 4 Combine I'm the Committee.
! There are other circumstances which are
| cited establishing the point made by
| ia no cl,,tjc ho+ I've
| sideTation by the committee would be per-
fectly proper III the first place, they state
! that tie combine formed within the COM
| nlittee has strengthened it's hold upon the
| committee by admitting proxies who hold
! transferred proxies, and who do not live in
| the district which they are recognized by
| Inc committee as representing; that the
committee has by the appointment of
| judges OF the primary elections practically
| made themselves judges of their own cleo
| tons. ard have destroyed the primary sys-
| TEN which has existed here for years, and
| which, allows full and free expression of
| the peoples choice.
1t is further claimed that by these I'M
| usual and unprecedented acts the combine
| las siren Sthened it's power ana now seeks
| to defeat the proper EXPRESSION Of the
| Will of the democrats of the District. AS
| the committee, it is urged, has been guilty
| CT these unusual and irregular acts. there
| l. reason why objection Shouli be made
| to the adoption of the Manogue resolution
On the ground of it's irr2gu1ar;ty or I'M
| usual character.
! 1t is further claimed by those who range
| themselves in opposition 10 what is called
! the combine that all is not plain sailing in
| the course which the combination has
! marked out for itself. 1t is asserted that
| there will be opposition, and that this will
| not only be shown at the primaries, bat
! also at the convention when the report
| of the committee on credentials is made
| I, is claimed that If an attempt is made to
| override the rights of the delegates A pro-
| test will be made, and that delegations will
| leave the convention.
M:sy lie "a Protest at Chicago.
| ord is being made of all acts of the cen
| trail committee, which will tend to show
| the composition of that organization and
| the Irregularities which It is charged with.
All this information, it is said, will be pre-
scented to the committee on credentials at
Chicago for the considerable of that body
| in order that it may determine whether the
delegation from this District shall be en-
| titled to seats. 1t is too early, those who
| take this position say, to predict with GER
| tainty whether there VIII be two delega-
| tons not. It all depends upon how the
convention is managed.
| 1t is also stated that Mr.. A. A. Lpscomb
| is the organizing spirit and that it is due
to him that this movement for free silver
| as alleged was started in the ranks of the
District democracy.
The members of the combine" ticket,
| however. expressed absolute confidence to-
| day in the triumph of their supporters at
| the primaries tonight, and declared that
| there would be no change now in the slate
originally outlined for Chicago and con-
| tanning the names of Messrs. Holmead,
Boyle, Morgan. Mattingly, Jordan and For
| rest.
The Voting Tonight.
The voting tonight promises to be prolific
| of much excitement. That a strong and
! determined effort to cast ballots will be
made on the part Of the A. P A. in many
of the districts seems to be generally ad-
| mitted, and 1t Is equally we'll known that
| if such attempts are made they will be met
| by obstacles in the shape of challenges
from the poll watchers. The judges win
not receive the ballot of any person who is
| thus objected to, and in many instances
| this action may naturally be expected to
| lead to vigorous objection on the part of
| those who are refused the desired right to
exercise franchise.
| Over In Georgetown.
There is apt to be surprise in the third
district The delegates slated are Edwin
Forrest, John Sullivan and John Maher.
| The last named, being under misappre-
/ hi