Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-04
TO HEAR BOTH SIDES
National Committee to Con-
slider the District Contest.
WILL MEET TODAY
MIR. HAY REVEALS THE TERMS
OF HIS PROTEST.
Claims That to Recognize the Hearst
Delegates Will Encourage the
Practice of Boiling.
WILL MEET TOD AY

special Dlspatch FROM Stau Correspondents
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July Am the meeting
of the District delegates this afternoon the
question of a home rule plank for the Dis
trict was taken up. The delegates Will not
favor any proposition for suffrage In the
District. They will keep close to the lines
of the platform adopted by the local con-
vention declaring in favor of appointments
of District men to District offices.
Il do not agree with DR.. Robert Reypurn
about our local government said Delegate
E. B. Hay today. Il think we nave the
best municipal government of the coun-
try, but we dc want only local people ap-
pointed to Office there.
I'm view of the nature of our population
in the District, suffrage would be attended
by many undesirable conditions. Then,
too, we want to go after something we can
get We would not be likely to get sur
frage, but we can get plank declaring for
home rule in our appointments
]. Fred Kelly is looking after the affairs
of the District delegates and Is keeping
open house at the headquarters at the
Planters. Mr.. Hay wore Parker button
for a short time today. When surprise
was expressed at this demonstration OF
preference he remarked that buttons don
count few minutes later the button hao
disappeared and was put away among other
souvenirs of the convention.
National Committee Meeting.
At the close of the executive session OF
the democratic national committee, or later
in the day, the case of the District dele
gates and their contest will be taken up.
The Norris delegates want the national
committee to look into the claims of the
Hearst delegates and decide on their mer-
it's The Norris delegates assert that the
case as 1t stands would fully warrant
the national committee in throwing out the
contest and not allowing 1t to go before the
committee on credentials at all. The ma
tional committee has authority to do that
If it thinks the facts warrant such action.
The fact that Mr.. Schulteis has not arrived
here may cause the committee to defer &C
ton until 1t can hear anything he has to
say about the case. The Hearst delegates
left Washington at o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon. and are due here at o'clock this
evening.
Il am a whole man." remarked Mr.. Hay
today while waiting for the meeting Of the
national committee to consider the case of
the District delegates, "and want to go
into the convention as a whole man.
don't want any more experience of going
In with a half vote, IS was the case In the
last national convention. There is no rea-
son for such action on the part Of the ma
tional committee, and do not believe they
will encourage convention boiling by seat
ing these contesting delegates who have nc
claim for recognition on the mere ground
| that such action might promote harmony.
Mr.. Hays Contention.
II propose to tell the national committee
when / go before them this afternoon that
their action In recognizing boilers from the
District at the last convention has encour-
aged the same to bolt again on general
principles merely with the idea that the
committee will seat them to promote har-
mony. / will tell the committee that In
stead of promoting harmony their action
encourages boiling. If they seat these
men without any just claim We can depend
upon 1t that there can never be a cOnven-
| ton In the District without boiling. There
never has been fairer democratic primary
| election In the District than that which
| elected these delegates"
TO Appear Before the Committee
Mr.. Hays appearance before the national
| committee will be in his capacity as
| chairman of the primary convention that
| elected the delegates to the convention. II
| is also expected that William Cranch Nc.
! Intyre will appear before the committee, as
| Mr.. Mcintyre has come here with his
| pockets filled with affidavits from people
| who ought to know how the convention
| was conducted. The affidavits show thai
all the proceedings were regular. and it is
believed they will have a great deal Of
weight with the committee.
| Mr.. Edwin Seton will also, probably, be
| called before the national committee tc
| testify in relation to the conduct Of the
| primary convention in the District In his
| report to the subcommittee of the national
committee Mr.. Seton made no comment
| on the work Of the primary convention
| stating that the function Of his committee
| ended when he turned the gavel over te
| the temporary chairman of the convention
| after calling It to order. But he also
| stated significantly in that report that he
naturally had personal knowledge as to the
| way in which the convention was conduct
ed, and that he would be ready to give ths
| Committee the benefit Of his Views IL II
l SO desired.
The national COMMITTEES will be guided t.
a large extent by the report that John T
| McGraw Of West Virginia, chairman OF
the subcommittee that formulated rule.
| and regulations for the holding Of the pri
i mary election In the District, will make
Mr.. McGraw IL fully informed Of all facts
connected with this controversy, and 1t Il
believed he will take q positive stank