The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-07

the District Committee Denounced.
| Just what is going 20 happen at the
! voting booths next Tuesday when the Dis
/ trict Democratic Primaries are 10 be held
4 for the purpose Of clecting delegates to
| the District Convention. is AT present the
/ chief topic OF discussion among local poll
J tiCiaus. Since the Bryan Democrats have
I been denied tie right to have fair repre-
| septatiop at ,hc primaries % Is among
: che possibilities chat two elections viii
I De bella cu yhc ssme dsy-Norris aud anti
+ Norris
I Nt ,he mcetjus or the District Central
I Committee Wednesday evening James l..
. Norris Who controls this committee,
. through a special committee appointed 20
prepare rules aud regulations governing
+ the primaries. told the Democrats Of the
I District that Ills men would take and
! count their votes en- election day. While
I these exact words were not used in the
report of the special Norris committee,
the fact remains that those rePrese nuug
/ The Bryan voters W. be allowed no watch
crs at the counting of the balljts or
/ judges while they are being cast.
/ Since the campaign was started two
weeks ago by the friends Of Mr.. Bryan
/ in the District against such methods. it
/ has been claimed that NJ. Norris has
been working for months TO operate his
campaign without regard to the wishes
/ Of the citizens who advocate the instruc-
/ tion Of Bryan delegate. Indeed. in an
official interview he declared himself
/ against instruction.
! When. however. at a mass meeting
! thousands Of voters demanded the pledg-
! ing OF delegates Mr. Norris apprecia. c
the strength Of the movement against
7 possible misreprese ntatiOn at Kansas Cl-y,
/ and according 10 some Of his followers, re-
/ luctautlv ordered the Central Committee
/ 10 declare for the instruction OF delegates.
. Mr. Norris has Acknowledged the power
{ OF public sentiment IN favor OF an IN
I structed delegation. and has said that II
I sent under Instructors he would obey in
structions; hut the probabilities are that 4
the Norris men constitute q majority OF
I the District COnVent'o % 10 Instruct on
. will bc given the delegates.
Mr.. Norris gave notice to the public. az
the same time expressing an opposition 70
instruction. that his delegates TO the Dis
trict Convention had already been selected
( n every legislative district. OF course
the men who were chosen at That time
/ UeTe in harmony with their chief am
{ were selected because Of the fact Il
these men should be successful az the polls
1 and be i'm q majority in the District Con
veutOn 70 Instructions viii be given.
Andrew 8. Lipscomb. a well-kuJwu Bry-
! an man and an advocate for the iustruc-
tion Of delegates 10 the Kansas City Con
| vention Is very bitter iu his statements
regarding the lightning change made By
! James l.. Norris. who controls the District
Central Committee. on the question OF i'm
| strUCtiCu or delegates. Mr.. LlFslomb said
| This morning.
The meeting Of the Central Commute,
OF the Democracy Of the District OF COlum
I bia a few days ago unanimously committe,
Z i1self TO the Chicago platform and TO IN,
reconciliation OF Nh Bryan. although al
the Norris men upon it. following tbei
leader. Ed for several days previous &,
that insisted that DO would BE- a reelection
UUUH their character and judgment To b
: Instructed either fo- Bryan or the Chicag,
platform. and although Nr. Norris IN his in
teyicws in the public press under the stre5
OF the warning sent ont from the Nationa
Committee that an delegates should be in
structed criticised The National Commit
tee The Democracy q the District Nigh
be deluded by the unsuimijy Of the Cen
trail Committee for Mr.. Bryan and the Chi
cago platform. but 10 must be borne In min,
that there are 10 De next week elected b,
the DemCcT-tic voters Of The DistriC, o
Columbia three delegates from each OF tn
/ twenty-five legislative districts in the DIS
: jrict Of Columbia. making sixty-siX in all.
Those sivty-siN select the six deIega q
who are - 80 from here as representative
1 OF the Democracy TO G he Kansas Cit
/ Convention. and while the Genital Com
mitee. as hO1orable men. must be bOun
/ by their statements in favor OF t. ChiJag,
platform ard Mr. Bryan, the sixty-si,
delegates have not as yet been in an,
manner committed and are not so DO md
and IL is very evident that those who wis
, 10 betrdy Bryan and true Democracy
have merely transferred their vote iron
, the Central Committee 20 the Convention
itself. 1T Is important that all the rea
Democrats of the District. and the u
! friends OF Bryan, should see TO ii that nc
single one of The Norris faction shoul
be selected anywhere as a delegate frOr
any Of the twenty two legi Iative dis
{ tricts
Driven from one positcu forced TO de
, clare themselves for tne choice Of tn
people and OF true Democracy. AK ms
, their viii. they transfer the fight ID to
B CcEvenuon itself and that is an the
have done
Mr.. Norris aspires 10 the treasurer-hi
Of the National Democratic Committee. I
must be evident 10 all that 10 put a ma
I'm the position wfo Is IN sympathy wit
the Whitney, Lamont AMI German wirg q
the Democracy. who have recently con
| spired TO iujure Nr. Brs an by the caadi
! dacy OF Admiral Dewey. would be mos
/ unwise. because iE national campaign Z
! great as the ono now impending the fuau
CiatS secrets Of either side are of the NJ
most importance. The Democracy Of IN
= / District should repudiate at their poilin
place every candidate who is not ab3v
suspicion in his real Bryan Democracy. D
, matter how softly they now coo for BIZ
h an
@ At a meeting Of the District Democrat
{ Central Committee held last night az &C,
n tello's Hall. Sixth and 6 Streets ro-thwes
n the location Of voting places was an
nounced by the committeeman from II
: various districts. The loeaIo-s wei
named as follows:
Second district. Brightwood Hail: ThiT
district 1853 Thirty-secOnd Street nortl
y west; &c Jrth District. 1866 NJ Street nortl
a west; Fifth district. 1923 Twenty-secor
n Street northwest; seventh district IA
: Fourth Street northwest; Eighth distriC
F. 1912 Seventh Street northwest; Ninth di
trict. corner Thirteenth and II Street nortI
west: Tenth district 1926 Z Street nortI
! west: Eleventh district. corner Elevent
:. and Streets southwest. Twelfth distric
! 4O3 Eighth Street northwest: Thirteent
4 district sol / Street northwest: Fou