Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-20
Democratic Convention to Be
Held ID Lafayette Theater.
FIGHT GETTING BITTER
Campaign Meetings Being Held Every
where by Hearst and Anti
Hearst Supporters.

The Lafayette Opera House has been So
cured for the local democratic convention,
to be held May H. This announcement was
mace this afternoon by Chairman Seton
OF the democratic primaries commission.
The convention will be called to order at
IL O'Clock noon, and will continue until all
six delegates from the District Of Column
bia have been selected. The convention
promises to be the warmest In the history
OF local politics, as the rivalry between the
Hearst and anti-Hearst factions has be-
come intense. It has gone so far. in fact,
that personal attacks have been resorted
to on both sides, and charges of being
subsidized are freely made by both the
Hearst and Norris supporters. All lieuten-
ants OF the rival actions claim victory in
their respective districts. and both candf-
dates are looking for success through the
much advertised honest primaries" The
Norris men say they will win because the
primaries are going to, be honest; the
Hearst men say they will win because the
primaries are going to be honest; and
those In the middle OF the road may take
their choice.
List of Judges Submitted.
All lists of names as candidates for
judges of elections, to represent the various
factions in the District were submitted to
Chairman Seton Of the primary elections
commission this afternoon at 8 o'clock
The commission will consider the names
and will announce its appointments prob
ably tomorrow. Each faction submitted a
list of five names for each of the twenty
two legislative districts. OF these names
1t Is believed one will be selected from
each faction, the number of judges in each
district to be three.
Hearst Again Endorsed.
The Hearst candidacy received another IN
dorsement by local democrats last night at
q big mass meeting held in Maccabee Tenn
ple on 9th street, under the auspices Of the
Hearst Democratic Campaign Club. Par
ker, Cleveland, Hill and Belmont were con-
demned in the same resolutions which de-
clared for Hearst as the champion of the
labor party. Fred. Schade, a well-known
Parker adherent, created somewhat of a
disturbance by attempting to launch a Par
ker boom in the midst of this sea of Hearst
supporters. He was greeted with cries of
Put him OUT THAT will do and similar
demonstrations from the loyal Hearst de-
mocracy, while here and there from the
Of Go ahead, Fred" and "TeIl them all
about it, Mr.. Schade continued amid much
confusion. but what influence his remarks
had is apparent from the character of the
resolutions passed The Parker boom never
left the ways.
MOTIFS DEMOCRATS meet.
While all this was going on the Norris
democrats, who represent the antiHearst
movement in the District, met at the Ra-
leigh and passed resolutions favoring any
good democrat. except Mr. Hearst. Parker
was declared to be good man, and Cor
man likely candidate. but no particular
favorite was announced, and the meeting
did not put itself on record in this regard.
ha Of fha ito vi
mary elections commission of the District
Of Columbia were roundly scored, and the
administration of its chairman, Mr.. Seton,
denounced by one of the speakers as arbi-
trary and unreasonable. All the trouble is
over the question of hours, the Norris fac
ton demanding earlier hours, while the
commission thinks the present hours all
right, and refuses to change its mind. A
committee of five. consisting of Michael B.
Scanlon, E. b. Hay, j. Fred. Kelley, Col.
Cranch Mcintyre and Wilton j. Lambert,
called on the primaries commission at 3
O'Clock this afternoon to make the demand
formal, but no change was effected. The
commission adopted the stand pat policy.
Meetings Tonight.
Tonight meetings are scheduled in all
parts of the city, for both Hearst and Par
ker, and any other good democratic candi-
date" The leaders of the Hearst forces
will rally at the headquarters of the Hearst
Democratic Campaign Club, in the Colorado
building. Campaign work will be discussed
and steps taken to further the interests of
the Hearst boom. Tomorrow night a big
mass meeting has been called for the
Hearst sympathizers at Forrest Hall, sd
street, Georgetown. Representatives Van
Deuzer and Shober will be among the speak
ers. The call is signed by James Gross and
James F. Murtaugh, local committeeman
from the fourth and third districts, re-
spectively.