Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-21
CANDIDATES FILE PROTEST
DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF
CHAIRMAN BIEBER.
Gen. Burt and John W. Patterson
Allege Discrimination Against
Colored Committeeman.

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petition demanding the removal from
| the local board of election supervisors Of
| Sidney Bieber. its chairman.
| The petition sets forth that as "MeSSrs.
Sidney Beber. Percy Crawford and George
| F. Collins were appointed board Of cleo
| tons to supervise the election of dele
gates from the District to the national
| convention. the purpose of the petition is
| to earnestly and urgently request you to
| procure the resignation or the removal of
| Mr.. Sidney Bieber from said board of
| elections, and the placing in his stead of
some person of good and reputable stand
ing. who will not he wholly engaged in
| securing the election of either of the two
| tickets in the field
| 1t is suggested that a better method
| would be to procure the resignation of
both Bieber and Crawford, and the ap-
pointment of one person named by the
| candidates on one ticket and another per-
| son named by the candidates on the other
| ticket.
Alleged Denial of Rights.
The petition charges Mr.. Bieber with
| having denied his colored colleague, Mr..
Collins. all rights as a member of the
| board Specifically it sets forth that Mr..
| Bieber gave Mr.. Collins no opportunity to
! attend a meeting of the board or to eX-
| press his views on the qualifications of
| electors.
! Why" asks the petition were all per-
| sons who thought of being candidates to
receive less than weeks notice and to
| be obliged within less than a week to
| make decision to be candidates, to get the
| Endorsement of 100 citizens and to raise
| $3.50 to put under the control of Mr. Bic
ber?'
The petitioners assert that these re-
quirements were made by Mr.. Bieber with
the object of excluding any persons from
the contest that he did not approve and
to make himself national committeeman.
This, they say clearly shows his mind
and renders him unfit to be a national
committeeman.
They also charge that Bieber has, de-
spite protests, engaged Aaron Bradshaw,
a government employe, who, the petition
ers say. is Objectionable to them, Ito help
him count the tickets"
When seen by Star reporter this morn
ing Mr. Bieber declined to discuss the Pc
tition.
Carter Charges Referred To.
Of Senator Carter's charges the petition
says:
I'm amplification of all these reasons
for complaint we say that whatever may
be the real facts in connection with the
Senate disclosures in relation to Mr..
Beber's acquisition Of certain govern
cipal. indeed the only, figure in the
extraordinary disclosures and grave
charges.
:'There are no statutes under which dis
honesty in the coming primaries can be
punished. Yet they constitute an election
at the National capital upon which the
eyes of the whole country will be turned,
and the republican party cannot AFFORD 10
have it manipulated solely by Mr.. Sidney
Bieber person charged with grave
mi
Meetings of Republicans.
A meeting of the republicans Of the
thirteenth and fourteenth districts was
held in Cadets Armory, } street between
7th and 9Th streets northwest, last night
A large audience turned out to greet H.
H Father and r. r. Horner. Resoiu-
lions were adopted indorsing F'lather and
Horner as delegates to the republican ma
tional convention, and DR.. William Tyn-
dali and Daniel Murray as alternates.
Among the speakers were E. NJ. Hewlett.
Daniel Murray, r. r. Horner and Chap
lain Cotin. John Bell presided and w. M.
Smith acted as secretary.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for
republican mass meeting in Catholic
streets next Monday evening, under the
auspices of the West End Republican
Club, No. =. at which time candidates for
delegates and alternates to the Chicago
republican convention and others will
address the voters on the Issues involved
in the local campaign. Gen. A. S. Burt,
William Murrell, Frank K. Raymond.
John w. Patterson. l.. B. l.. Gaskins.
shall and others are announced to speak
The officers of the club are D. Bowie.
president: 3. M Brown. vice president;
Nathaniel Brown. secretary; M. Clark
urer; f. Thompson, sergeant-at-arms
Executive committee, w. H. Mathews, s.
E. Ray, James Hill. William Lancaster
William O'Neal, Eugene Wright. ]. smith
Music for the occasion will be furnished
by Bowie's Brass Band. E. Olden director
According to information secured at the
headquarters of the republican national
committee in the Metropolitan Bank
building today Mr.. Bieber and his asso-
ciates on the elections board were selected
by subcommittee of the national COM
mittee, the report of this subcommittee
being unanimously adopted by the full
committee. In view of this fact it would.
it is held. take the action of the full COM
mittee to undo it's own work. 1t Is not
considered probable. however. In view of
all the circumstances, that any intimation
will be conveyed to Mr.. Bieber or any
other member of the elections board that
designations are in order. In fact. it is
not thought that the national committee
will pay any attention to this local scrap.
Repudiate Lilly Whites"
Resolutions denouncing the Father
Horner ticket were passed at joint
meeting held Wednesday night of the
third and sixteenth district republican
clubs and the Buffalo Social Club. The
Burt Patterson ticket was Endorsed.
The resolutions recited in part: I'VE
hereby denounce and repudiate the lilly
white irregular observation-disclosures
Tindall- Murray ticket and that we ex-
press our confidence in and declare our
allegiance and answering loyalty to the
Foraker-Bu t-Patterson-Raymond Gas
kns ticket.
1t was further declared that We regret
and deplore the fact, and enter our most
solemn protest against. the action of the
two white members of the board of
pervisors of the election for ignoring the
negro member of the board by not per-
hitting him to have voice in the formu-
lation of the rules and regulations for
the government and control OF the coming
primary election"
Hotel Arrivals.
Arlington-William T. Aldrich. Prov.