The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

elected such committeeman IF such
petition was signed. It was signed with
/ out authority from the delegation. and
further, the four persons do not con
stitute a majority OF the delegation from
the District OF Columbia. but. on the
contrary. constituted only two and two
thirds votes out Of the six votes to
which the District of Columbia was en-
titled in the convention.
I. therefore, insist that this vacancy
cannot be flied except by vote or the
/ Central Democratic committee Of the
District Of Columbia
Minutes of the Meeting
The minutes Of the caucus. as presented
1 TO the national committee by AIr Darr
show the results Of the seven ballots
taken for the election OF national COM
mitteeman- All the ballots resulted the
same. and there was no election accord
/ ing 10 the minutes
Messrs Clayton. Kelley. Mattingly and
Newman. aggregating two and two-thfrds
votes. voted for Mr. Newman. MessrS
Purcell and De Nedrey. aggregating one
and one-third vote. voted for Mr. Pur-
cell. and Messrs- Darr and Carr. agzre-
eating two votes voted for Mr. Darr.
The chairman Of the caucus then de
claUed that there was no election This
was repeated by the chairman following
the announcement OF the result OF each
ballot.
The minutes. as forwarded 10 the na-
| tionsl committee, are. in part as fol-
lows:
The delegation 70 the Denver Demo
cratic national convention from the Dis
| trict OF Columbia met in room No. %.
Hotel Albert. Denver July 10 1915. al
I2:S0 O'clock in the afternoon
The meeting was called 10 order by
Mr- William NICK Clayton. and there
were present Mr.. Clayton. AIr. Kelley.
MI Purcell. Mr. Nsttingly. Mr.. iIe
Nedrey. and NJ Newman. claiming TO
represent and did represent. four votes
Of the whole delegation al the conven-
ton. and Mr.. Darr and Mr.. Carr. repre-
senting, with authority. two fun votes
out OF the six TO which the District OF
Columbia is entitled n the convention
Caucus Goes to Work
Mr.. Clayton was elected chairman. and
Mr.. Darr elected secretary Of the meet
four votes 70 which the delegation was
entitled should be cast by AIessrs. CLAY
ton, Kelly, Purcell Msttingly, De Ned-
rey. and Newman. and the Two votes
TO which the Darr delegation was entitled
should be cast by Messrs- DsTr and Carr.
ThereupOn Mr. Clayton was elected per
manent chairman and Mr. Dsrr was elect
ed permanent secretary The first bust
ness then taken Up was the bslloting for
a national committeeman.
Ny Mstti1gly nominated 8Ir. New
man. Mr.. De Nedrey nominated Mr. Pur-
cell and Nr Carr nominated Mr. Darr-
Immediately following the nominations
ballOting was commenced
I Don the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT after the
seventh ballot, Of no election. Mr.. De
Nedrey moved a recess until O'Clock
that afternoon This motion was sec
Onded by Mr.. Newman.
Mr.. Darr moved that the motion on a
recess be taken By ballot in the same
manner in which the election for com
mitteeman was held This motion was
seconded and carried, and the chair di-
rected the secretary to call the roll The
secretary called the roll, with the follow
ing result
Purcell. De Nedrey. Darr. and Carr.
aggTegating three and one third votes
in favor Of the motion. The negative
vote vas Clayton. Kelly, AIattinglv. and
Newman. aggregating two and one-third
votes The chair announced the result
OF the ballot. and declared a recess until
o'clock this afternoon
The bitter factiouaI fight among the
District Democrats dates back several
years, but this year IS said TO be worse
than ever before. There are two factions.
and each held regularly conducted pri-
maries for the election OF delegates to
the District convention Both factions
held regular District conventions. and
each faction selected delegates to the
convention That The unanimous vote
for Bryan at the convention did not heal
the breach is evidenced by the present
fight over the national committeeman.