The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-13

Favor of Suffrage for the District.
The Norris convention met at the Acad-
emy Of Music yesterday and elected dele
gates and alternstes to the Democratic
National Convention at Kansas City, as
follows:
Delegates-James L. Norris, John a.
Clarke William F. Hart. J. Fred Kelley.
William J. Donovan, and William T.
Whalen.
Alternates-Frank B. Lord. J. G. Camp
bell, Charles F. Shelton. George Davidson,
d. Webster Hancock, and Joseph Fl. Brad
ley.
The delegation was instructed to vote at
Kansas City for William J. Bryan "as long
as his nomination is possible. and for the
reafirmation of the Chicago platform OF
1896"
The names of the delegates to the Norris
convention and the districts they repre-
scented follow:
First District-Andrew Boyer, Armstead VIII
Gsms. and J. T. Brashears.
Second District-Henry Darling, Frank L. Han
yey, and William Mex. Clayton.
Third Distriet-Join Maher, John J. Hort
gan, and John J. sullivan.
Fourth District-John Mckenna, Charles d.
Wood and Joseph II. Bradley.
Fifth District-Thomas L. Connor, James
0'Dcnnell. and John d. Gallagher.
Sixth District-John W. Thomas, George &
Iick and Patrick Kyne.
seventh District-John A. Green, James r.
0'Dea, and Jehn J. Purcell
Eighth District-William J. Donovan, Frank
Freeman. and Frank b. Lord.
Ninth Distriot-Zeb. V. Harris, ID. Webster Han
anf Fran
Tenth District-Ch \. Senseney Henry D.
Hayden. and Rudolph +. PoetzmaI
Eleventh District-P. A. shea. lladey Lopey.
and William t. Whsleu-
Twelfth diSuict-Edward +. Buckley, MchaeI
kcanlon and Steve Caldwell
Thirteenth District Fred Kelley, Harry o.
Middleton. and William ". Goddard
Fourteenth District-Frsuk J. McQuade, Pat
rick H. shugrue. and John ]. Neumeyer.
Fifteenth District-Michsel J. Mccarthy, James
Worden. ard Andrew T. Douglas.
sixteenth District-John 4. Clarke John L.
Rittekindt and Edward !. Hughes
Seventeenth District-Jackscn Yates, John Ra5-
bit and Thomas F. Holden.
Eighteenth District--A. J. Sandford, Martin
Horne and Richard Ryan.
Nineteenth Distriet-John Babbington, Jere-
miah J. Welsh, and William Rorden.
Twentieth District-Edward Lynch, Dennis
r. Callsghan. and John r. Walsh.
Twenty-frst District-william II. LLOYD, VIII
liam F. Hart, and William II. Campbell.
Twenty y-second District-Bernard A. Mcdonnell,
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Opening the Convention
John A. Clarke, Chairman of the Norris
Central Committee, called the convention
to order. He said:
"The Democratic party is never without
plenty of material for the candidacy. The,
great organization can put forth states
men in whose arms the party will be as
safe as a new born babe on the breast of its
mother. But this campaign calls for
man @, NapOieonic statcsuanshlp. and IN
my opinion that man Is William Jennings
Bryan Iapplausel. and under his leader
ship triumphant victory VIII be ours next
November The doom Of Imperialism,
Hanna, and the trusts is scaled. With a
few exceptions among the members c. the
Dem0c=atic Central Committee, / wiah
them gees2eed ana ] call the meeting 70
eraer."
William T. whaleD. delegate from lie
Eleventh district, was placed in nomina-
tion by Zeb. " Harris. of the Ninth dis
trict, for the Office of temporary chair
man Of the convention. and was SO chosen.
John J. Purcell, of the Seventh district,
was selected as temporary secretary. The
temporary chairman, upon assuming his
Office, said:
We asse mble here under different con-
ditions than those which characterized our
session four years ago. Out of that hour
of triumph came the new Declaration of
Independence known as the Chicago plat
form. Led on by the peerless tribune OF
the people, William Jennings Bryan, the
army then formed is now marching on to
victory.
Now all that is needed is to unite
among ourselves in carrying forward this
fight. There has been some doubt as to
the loyalty Of certain men who support
James l. Norris. If an honest Democrat iu
this District has doubt as to the loyalty
OF any delegates to be sent to Kansas City,
that doubt shall be removed. and [ hope
that this convention will pass q resolution
instructing this delegation to support
William Jennings Bryan"
The Anti-NOrris Protext.
When the applause which followed Mr..
Whalen's reference to Mr.. Bryan had sub
sided. and the temporary secretary had
been named, William Nick. Clayton, an
anti-Norris delegate from the Second dis
trict, presented the protest of the anti
Norris men against the alleged frauds at
Tuesdays primaries. This protest recites:
''To the Chairman of the Democratic
Central Committee:
We the undersigned committee of
five. representing the Bryan Democrats
of the District of Columbia. appointed
at a mass meeting held at the Grand
Army Hall in the city Of Washington.
April II, 1900, do most sOlemnly and
earnestly protest against the organi-
Zation OF the body of men claiming to
have been elected at the primaries il