Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-04
Reyburn-Cook Ticket Was
Elected.
DELEGATES TO CHICAGO
NO FAVORITE FOR NATIONAL
CoMMITTEEMAN.
viii Leave Choice to the President as
the Result Was an Admins
tration Victory.

It's all over. including the shouting.
After one Of the most hotly contested cam
paigns In the history of the District of Co.
lumbia the local republican voters went to
the polls yesterday afternoon, and by a
good plurality elected DR.. Robert Reyburn
and Mr. John F. Cook delegates to the re-
publican national convention, to be held in
Chicago June p. 1t was a gallant fight
throughout, and to the vfctors justly be-
long the spoils. DR.. Reyburn and Mr.. Cook
seem to have carried the day by mere force
of personality, by the strength which at
taches to long personal acquaintance with
the individual voters, supported by records
which are conceded to be unimpeach able
The Van Wickle-Patterson ticket crossed
the line a good second, with the Simmons
Poe-R ichardson combination third in the
field of three. Threats of contest and
charges of fraud, which are not unusual as
an election aftermath. are in evidence to-
day, and the path OF the victorious may
yet be strewn with thorns.
For National Committeeman.
The local interest is now centered In the
possible choice of Messrs Reyburn and
Cook for national committeeman. Both
these gentlemen stated today they had not
given the matter any formal considera-
ton, and were not prepared to announce
tDelr IaNOTUe. Dr. heypuTn announced
last week that in case he was elected he
would leave the choice of national commit
teeman to the President, but 1t is not
known whether this is his intention today.
DR.. Reyburn informed a reporter for The
Star today that the matter will be decided
tomorrow.
The vote shows an approximate total of
1889, apportioned as follows:
Reyburn-Cook Observation-Disclosures. 1891
Van Wickle-Patterson.. ............. 2,461
simmons-Poe.. .................. 1,4s1
Vote by Districts.
The vote by districts was as follows:
First district-Carried by Reyburn-Cook,
with 4a3 votes: Simmons-Poe. 81: Van
wickle-Patterson, Al.
Second district-Carried by Reyburn-
Cook, 1913; Simmons-Poe, 297i Van Wickle-
Patterson. 1862
Third district-Carried by van-Wickle-
Patterson. with IS votes; Reyburn-Cook, 81;
Simmons-Poe, "a.
Fourth district-Carried by Van wickle-
Patterson, with 1S1 votes; Reyburn-Cook,
139; Smmons-Poe, 10.
Fifth district-Carried by Reyburn-Cook.
with 238 votes; Smmons-Poe 80; Van
Wickle-Patterson, 49,
Sixth district-Carried by Reyburn-Cook
with PSI votes; Van Wickle-PattersOn, So.
Simmons-Poe, T.
Cook with 318 votes: Van Wickle-P atter-
son, 80; Simmons-Poe, 20.
Eighth district-Carried by Reyburn- Cook
with 307 votes; Van Wickle-Patterson, 173;
Simmons-Poe, IS.
Ninth district-Carried by Simmons-Poe
with rs votes; Reyburn-Cook, SO; Van
Wickle-P Patterson, 81.
Tenth district-Carried by Van wickle-
Patterson with 162 votes; Reyburn-Cook
IA; Simmons-Poe, 0.
Eleventh distrJct-Carried by Simmons
Poe, with 81 votes; Reyburn-CoOk, 21; Van
Wickle-Fatterson, IL.
Trt,aI dfcfr 70 fnl t,r
Poe, with 81 votes; Van Wickle-Patterson,
20; ReybCrn-Cook 8.
Thirteenth dstrict-Carried by Reyburn-
Cook, with 20 votes; Van Wickle-Patterson
20: Simmons-POs 81.
Fourteenth dis.rict-Carried by Reyburn-
Cook. with 2S4 votes; Van Wickle-Patterson
26O; SiInmons-Poe, So.
Fifteenth district-Carried by Reyburn-
Cook, with 1876 votes; Van Wickle-Patter-
son. IA; Simmons-Poe, 80.
Sixteenth district-Carried by Reyburn-
Cook. with 80 votes; Van Wickle-Patterson,
IS: Simmons-Poe 10.
Seventeenth distriot-Carried by Sim
mons-Poe with 263 votes: Van wickle-Pat-
terson. 1874; Reyburn-Cook, 116.
Eighteenth district-Carried by Van
Wickle-Patterson with 263 votes; Simmons
Poe, 1876; Reyburn-Cook 81.
Nineteenth district-Carried by Van
Wickle-Patterson with 11s; Reyburn-Cook.
10; Simmons-Poe, "a.
Twentieth District-Carried by Reyburn-
Cook with 1872 votes; Simmons-Poe, 81; Van
Wickle-Patterson, 10.
Twenty-frst district-Carried by Van
Wickle- Patterson with 265 votes; Reyburn-
Cook. IL; Simmons-Poe, 10.
Twenty-second district-Carried by Van
Wickle- Patterson with "a votes; Reyburn-
Cook. 30; Simmons-Poe. 8.
The summary shows that the Reyburn-
Cook ticket carried IL out of the % dis
tricts Van Wickle-Pa tterson, Z, and Sim
mons-Poe, L.
Victory for the Administration.
The victory of the Reyburn-Cook ticket il
conceded by all factions to be a victory for
the administration and President Roose-
welt, and such is welcomed by most all
the local republicans In the beginning of
the contest, when only two tickets were in
the field, Simmons Chase representing the
anti-administratton and Van Wickie-Patter-
son representing the loyal Roosevelt repub
hcans, the issue was well defined, but the
Simmons-Chase ticket, having given up the
fight before the primaries of yesterday, left
nothing to be fought for as far as national
politics are concerned.
The fact that the District of Columbia
has placed itself on record for Roosevelt
is pleasing to the Van Wickle-Patterson
supporters and to General Harries, who
said this morning his only object was to
see that the District was not carried by
an INSTRUMENTATION party. Were 1t not
that Mr.. Van Wickle is close personal
friend of General Harries he would be as
pleased with the Reyburn-Cook victory as
If it had perched upon the Van Wickle-
Patterson banner. The general said today
he would sail for Europe next Saturday,
satisfied in the knowledge that the District
of Columbia had remained loyal to Mr..
Roosevelt