Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-05
INSTRUCTED DELEGATES
UNANIMOUS ACTION OF THE DEMO-
CRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Declaration in Favor of Bryan and
the Chicago Platform-Rules
for Primaries.

| The announcement made in The Evening
| Star week or ten days ago. to the effect
| that the democrats Of the District would
| send to Kansas City a delegation instructed
4 to support Bryan and the Chicago plat
form. no matter which faction should con-
1 troll the city convention, was proved to
| be correct last night at the meeting OF
| the democratic central committee Of the
| District. By the unanimous vote Of the
| nineteen members who were present, either
in person or by proxy. resolution offered
| by Mr.. John Boyle was adopted. which re-
| cited follows:
'Reaffirming our devotion to the Chicago
| platform of 1896 and our loyalty to VIII
| liam Jennings Bryan, its ablest exponent,
| the democratic central committee of the
| District of Columbia hereby declares that
| the delegation from this District to ex-
press the will of the democracy should
| be instructed to vote at the Kansas City
| convention for the reaffirmation of the Chi
| cago platform and the denomination or
| Bryan upon that platform, with such addi-
| tons to the Chicago platform. in regard
| to trusts. Imperialism and expansion, as
| the national democracy. in its judgment,
may decide"
| Mr. Boyle who is one of the most bit
| ter opponents of Mr.. Norris and his fac
| ton of the party, was rather surprised
| when Vice Chairman Clarke whose loyalty
| that the resolution be adopted unanimous
| ly by a rising vote. Mr.. Boyle having OBJ
| jected to this, the roll was called by Secre-
| tary ]. Fred Kelley, and every member
present empha tically recorded himself in
the affirmative.
Result of an Understanding.
This action was the result of an under
standing reached by the Norris men after
| the recent circular of the democratic ma
| tional committee press bureau was issued
warning all democrats to send instructed
delegates to Kansas City. and which, 1t was
ascertained, was approved by nearly every
member of the national committee and en-
phatically so by the chairman. Senator
| Jones of Arkansas. 1t was regarded In the
| nature of a Norris coup, the general i'm
| preston today in democratic circles being
| that it had pretty effectualy taken the
wind out of the Holmead factions sails.
| The recent claims of the latter that they
| had made substantial inroads on the
strength of the Norris wing in the central
committee were also shown last night to
| have no basis whatever. There Were. it Is
| stated. nineteen members present, either in
person or by proxy. those absent being
| John Wittekindt of the sixteenth and John
| A. Miller. James Wells appeared as proxy
| for Robert Doyle of the seventeenth dis
| trict and Edwin H. Newmeyer as proxy
| for William HoltZclaw of the sixth district
The main question before the committee
| upon which it was declared a show Of
strength between the opposing factions was
| to be made was the REQUEST of the anti
| Norris democrats to name one-half the
judges required for service at the primaries
next Tuesday. The resolutions adopted at
the Masonic Temple meeting last Friday
night were presented to the commit &c by
Mr. Thomas ODay. The request. after dis
| cussion, was refused by a vote of Il to g.
as follows:
Nays = Kelley, scanlon, Maher, Small
| Darling, McQuade, Donovan, Connor,
! Whalen. Clarke, Lynch. Neumeyer and
| Senseney.
Ayes-Turner. James Wells. Jordan. Kill
| leen, Boyle, William Wells.
Rules for the Primaries.
The committee of seven recently appoint
\ ed to draw up rules to govern the prf-
maries, which consisted of J. Fred Kelley,
w. ]. Donovan, Michael B. Scanlon. Ed
ward Lynch, William T. Whalen, F. Nc
| Quade and John A. Clarke, made report
recommending regulations as follows. to
| govern each primary district:
| u Meeting to be called to order by the
| member of the democratic central commit
| tee at pm.
| so Election of a chairman.
| 90 Election of a secretary the ap-
pointment by committeeman.
| ~ Election OF three judges, or, when
| already selected by committeeman and APP
! proved by democratic central committee,
| announcement of the judges.
| - Voting to commence at 100 o'clock.
| II PollS to close at S:.u.
| 80. Counting of the votes, with every
| person excluded from the room wherein
| the votes shall be counted. except the
| judges of election, the chairman and the
| secretary of the meeting.
| SO. Announcement of the result of the
! vote.
80. Credential blanks, which accompany
| these instructions, are to be filled out with
| the names of the delegates and the alter
| mates elected, and one copy delivered to
| the secretary of the democratic central
| committee and one copy to the delegates
| elected"
| There was no minority report.
The amendment offered by Mr.. c. Fl. Tur-
| ner providing that where a committeeman
| should name the judges at least one should
| be of the faction which is opposed to that
| with which the committeeman is affiliated
| was lost by a vote Of 16 to 3, only Mr. Tur-
! ner. Mr.. Boyle and Mr.. Killeen voting
| for it.
The rules offered by the committee were
| then adopted by the same vote of 16 to g..
| Anti-Norris and Anti-Trust.
The executive committee of the anti
Norris democrats is arranging for three
| meetings Friday evening and one Saturday
| Light. The gatherings tomorrow night will
| be held, respectively, in the Globe building.
| Pennsylvania avenue between Sd and Az
| streets: Costello's Hall, 9th and G streets,
| and Forrest Hall. Georgetown. The other
| will be held in McCauley's Hail, 200 Penn
| sylvania avenue southeast.
| The speakers secured, who will be d.
| v;ded between the meetings. will include
| Representatives Mcclellan of New York.
| Jones of Virginia. Rhea of Kentucky, Nor
| ton of Ohio. Jett of Illinois, ex-Representa-
| tive Floyd King of Louisiana. Mr.. Andrew
| A. Lipscomb of Virginia. Herman ]. Schulz
| tets of this city, and others
| Washington League, No. l. of the Amer
| lean Antitrust Leagne. which has identi-
| fled itself vigorously with the anti-Norris
| faction. held a meeting last night at it's Of
| fee, No. 1923 Pennsylvania avenue. and
| passed resolutions denouncing the District
| Commissioners for their alleged refusal to
4 permit the Bryan Democratic Association
| to hold open air meetings and band wagon
| meetings IL. various parts of the city to-
| night.
/ Inquiry at the District building today de-
| veloped that Mr.. Charles II. Turner called
| on Maj Richard Sylvester yesterday and
! requested permission to hold such meetings.
He was informed by the superintendent of
police that permission to have music would
| be granted by him, but that the matter of
| holding street meetings was under conrol
| of the Commissioners. So far could be
| ascertained the latter were not asked for
| such permission