The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-11
Continuation in Office of
President GUIDE Conf
IDENTIFY Expected.
UNUSUAL CAMPAIGN
BY ONE PUNK PIKER"
Circular Issued on Behalf of H. G.
Q. Stiles Arouses Interest
and Speculation.

With the election of president and
FIRST and second vice presidents prom
ised as ~cut and dried AFFAIR. can
Iaiguins IS spproschinE white heat over
the selection Of twelve directors for the
Chamber OF Commerce 90 be made from
e. list Of tgeuty-efght candidates at the
annual meeting OF the chamber at the
Kew Willard tonight
A year ago. the chamber experienced
the greatest fight in it's history through
the efforts put forth by the friends or
the rival candidates for the presidency.
Tonight. there is IittIs doubt. it viii
experience the Warmest contest It has
ever known IN the crowded race for the
vacancies on the directorate
Friends Of President William +. Guide
who is a candidate for reelection. assert
there viii be no trouble about his being
unanimously chosen to succeed himself.
IF there IS to be any opposition "a. him
d has not developed openly. The pro
Cram. mapped out by the Gude sd-
herents. includes the nomination of
capt. James +. oyster and Charles J.
RcU TO succeed themselves as first and
second vice presidents
Centered In Directors.
The prevailing opinion that there Is
% be no fight over the election or Ofh-
GERS has conferred interest in the out
come Of the election Of directors, and
has been the cause Of a reCord-break-
inE amount Of campaign literature being
sent through the mails
II c. O. stiles, "a candidate vas one
Of the most surprised men IN Washing
ton this moTuiuE- when be opened MS
mail and found that MS claims 'Ipon
the suffrage af the chamber were tein-
PiIzcrr At noon, MT stiles was StlH
trying 80 a1d ont the identity OF
punt literature epIdentlv was put
forth al considerable expense gs Il -
Illustrated with a likeness Of III stiles,
who is alluded ru throughout a.
4 letter Of considerable length in
dorsinE Arthur Ramsay principal Of
f-4f-~~e-uf Seminary. which mas ueeA
sent TO the so and odd members o| the
chamber and urging his election because
the schools Of the District should De
~au-rSan-ed ON the board. IS evidently
made the basis Of Punk PIker's' vii
Punch Piker's7 Reasoning
Under the caption vote for Harry"
The circular reads
Hist Hist lu these turbulent days
when Saucfrvid washington IS agltated
To fever heat and IN the tlroeS OF 'pc-
HticaT campaign artists We must go
easy Tile mail sacks are already bUlE-
IuE with campaign literature ana Jle
m. rrrau-S and figures presented 50
convincing that Washington threatens
TO rise like q bow-IegGed scepter from a
commercial IetharEy and laugh itself
into a EESt-Tled+ coma
But curses How can We ever over
come those SI5.ol1 IN car fares2
we are informed by eminent author
Itv lrat This vast amount spent in car
fares has made c5r National Capital
CITY of commercial supremacy and
Can We deI that the 500 spent
for candy viii =. east the entire output
Of the American obaCCc Company into
Odious Obs~urlty-
Roaring bIazes,- We've got To- do
something heroic
Look at the figures on the opposite
p4ce-if they do7., make him a vaIu-
aDle diTcCtor-wEat wiil'
Yours faithfully,
PUNK PIKER--
on 5He opposite page are shown
prospective possibilities, in the
event of Mr.. stiles election. These
include a banquet at she Willard. SIS
1sZ1s- automobile rides, So. 1871. tips to
walters. S52641.IS. and other items o.
expense. with a balance on hand Of L
cents The attractive total is placed at
The tventy-eiEht candidates in the
race are
Candidates In Race.
Charles J. Bell. barker
Appleton P Clark, jr-. architect
L II Daniel. real estate
Charles " Darr. lawyer
3 3 EaruSlaw- merchant
Isaac Cans. Saks & Co. merchant.
T. c. Graham, president National
Electrical supply COMPANY
William r Guide, florist.
Frederick G. Handy, lawyer
r w. Henderson. merchant
= Whit Heron business manager,
Evening Star
Ralnh w. Lee. insurance
III 3 r NaCfarIand, lawyer
Frank =. ATiIburn. architect
Clarence Moore. capitalist
John Mitchell ir-- plumbing supplies
James F Oyster. merchant
Arthur Ramsay principal Fairmont
Seminary
Albert SchuItefs. merchant
: : Shedd- plumbing and gas-httinS
III c. c. Stiles. manager Joyce En-
craving Company
Joseph StrasbuTgers merchant
Washington TOpham. merchant.
George TruesdeIl, real estate
George Z Walker, lumber
John T. Weaver. real estate
r. j. West journalist
George Y. WorthiuEtOn- real estate
President GUIDE viii open the meet
ing with the presentation of his an
u7I7I -eDort 1t was stated today the
reDOrt would mark q departure. in
that Il would be the shortest dOCu-
meut on the years transactions Of
the Chamber ever presented to that
BODY. The document covers but twelve
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