The evening times., 1899-10-05

District Democratic politicians are today
much interested in the contest for Ma
tional Executive committeeman to succeed
the late Lawrence Gardner. THE Office is
most important one. The committeeman
from tire District has the same voice il
shaping the affairs of the Democracy as
the committeeman from New York or any
other State. and consequently the dignity,
influence, and Importance OF the position
make ii a place eagerly sought.
AT o'clock tonight the Democratic Cen
tral Committee will meet at Meyers Hotel
and proceed to the election of National
committeeman. The Central Committee is
composed of twenty-five delegates rep
resenting that many districts, from Con-
gress Heights to the Heights Of George
town and from Water Street TO Mount
Pleasant
The principal candidates for the position
are James L. Norris, Edwin Newman,
James Holmead, and Z. l.. Jordan. Com
plimentary votes may be thrown to other
candidates on the first ballot, but il is
recognized that the strong men in the race
are Mr.. Newman and Colonel Norris. Colo
mel William Dickson. who looked somewhat
formidable, has withdrawn from active
contest.
Great activity among the candidates and
their friends has been displayed, and now
that they are on the eve of the election it
has been intensified to extent that
parallels the palmy days OF the old Dis
-rict local politician. The states made cut
today show that the first ballot will prob
ably stand: Newman. ) votes; Norris,
votes; Holmead. votes; Dickson, l vote;
Jordan. / vote, and doubtful, /. The fore
\ F1ll.
| based upon the pledges to the candidates:
Newman. s; Norris, s; doubtful, 6.
1t is probable that there will be full
| election, as two out of the three vacancies
have been filled, and a proxy has been
| named for Chairman Kalbfus, who is out
OF the city.
The following are the delegates indicat-
ing the location of the districts represented
respectively:
Heights; Second district, Dr. Henry Dar-
| ling, Brightwood; Third district john
Maher. Thirty Street northwest;
| Fourth district, Arthur Small. y Street,
| near Twenty-third Street northwest;
| Fifth district, vacant; Sixth district, Will
lam b. Holtzclaw, Pennsylvania Avenue,
hear Seventeenth Street northwest; Sew
! enth district, John Boyle; Eighth district,
| William ]. Donovan, Seventh Street, near
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II. Turner, u Street, near Fifth Street
| northwest; Tenth district, T. b. kalbfus,
A Street northeast near Capitol, proxy;
| Eleventh district, George NeitZey, Elev-
enth and Water Streets southwest;
Twelfth district, NJ. B. SCanlon, Ninth and
ID Streets northwest; Thirteenth district.
]. Fred Kelley, Ninth Street northwest;
| Fourteenth district Frank McQuade Sew
enth Street, near o northwest; Fifteenth
! district Z. L. Jordan, Ninth Street north
west; Sixteenth district J. c. Wittekndt
| Pennsylvania Avenue near Third Street
northwest; Seventeenth district, Robert
Doyle, Florida Avenue, near Eighth Street
northwest; Eighteenth district William
L. Wells Sixth Street, near | Street south
west: Nineteenth district, George Kileen,
p Street, near Thirty-third Street north
west; Twentieth district, E Lynch, Mas
sachusetts Avenue, near Third Street
northeast; Twenty-frst district John A
Clarke, near City Hall, and the Twenty
4 second district, John B. Miller, NJ and
Thirtieth Streets northwest.