Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-07
Contest in Chamber of Com
merce Attracts Wide Attention
ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY
Messrs. Callahan and Willige ID
Warm Fight for Vice Presidency.
ACTIVITY OF The PARTIsANs
Ten Directors Also to Be Chosen
From List Of Thirty-Nine
Candidates.

Tis a merry fight that is going on in
the Chamber of Commerce. The MEM
bership is being raked with fine-toothed
combs by the friends of both Mr.. Gala
han and Mr.. Willige, the candidates for
first vice president, while the thirty-nine
candidates for directors, out of whom
only ten can be elected. are nearly. all
active themselves or through their
friends.
The election takes place next Tues
day afternoon and evening, and it looks
as If a ballot will be cast by every mem
ber who is not out of town or sick in
bed. .
The chief. struggle centers Of course
over the candidacy of D. j. Callahan and
Louis Willige for vice president, and
both sides are claiming the victory The
personal character and ability of both
men are admitted on adj sides, but the in
lection by some of Mr.. Willige's friends
into what 1t is thought should have been
q friendly contest of the proposition bar
ring from participation in civic affairs Of
any one holding business relations with
any one else connected with public utility
corporation has added a marked bitter
ness to the fight, and Mr.. Callahan s
friends are predicting that partly as a re-
suit Of as they claim, the unfairness of
the personal attacks on him, his election
is assured.
Contest Over Directorate.
no means confined to the contest between
Callahan and Willige. but extends to the
other offices, and particularly to the ten
members of the board of directors who
are to be elected. Thirty-nine nomina-
y,lo he 81 =,
been made, among them that of o. J..
De Moll. Mr.. De Mol's application for
membership in the chamber, recently
made, did not come before the member
ship committee until it's meeting at noon
today, when the committee gave its in
dorsement to Mr.. De Moll.
Question of Eligibility.
The question has been raised, therefore
whether Mr.. De Moll is eligible for cleo
ton to the directorate, in view of the
fact that it is specified in the bylaws
that nominations for director must be
posted on the bulletin board two weeks
before the election takes place. 1t is true
Mr.. De MOlls nomination was made two
weeks before the coming election, but it
is pointed out that he was not member
of the chamber at that time. The con-
stitution of the chamber specifies that the
board of directors shall consist of thirty
members. Whether this refers also to
the nominations for directors must be
decided.
Applications Approved.
The membership committee at its meet
ing today gave it's approval to the ap-
plication for membership of Harris
Brown, John c. Casady. w. p. Collins.
Louis Costaggini, o. ]. De Moll. George
p. Hales, T. S. Johnston, r. Edwin Joyce.
Peter j. Mitchell, ]. f. Moss. E. E.
Rogers. F. c. Roberts. S. B. Rose, w. r.
Rose, II. E. Sands, Charles Schwartz,
Edgar d. Shaw, Peter Taylor. Matthew
Trimble, S. ~. Widdup and J. T. Hen
drick.
The largest vote ever polled in the his
tory of the chamber will be cast, it is
expected, next Tuesday afternoon and
night when the annual election takes
place. A provision Of the constitution re-
quires that each member must have paid
all arrears in dues before being allowed
to vote. A list Of members who are in
arrears will be furnished the tellers, and
all such persons will be required to pay
their dues before they are permitted to
vote.