Evening star., 1912-07-21
FACTIONS IN TANGLE BAN T0BE ENFORCED
District Democrats an Argu People Barred From Running
ment Again. Boards of Cars.
QUESTION AS TO FUNDS IRAIL COMMISSION TO ACT
Doubt Also Expressed Every Effort Will Be Made
Of Central Committee force the Law.
STATEMENT OF w. J. NEALE PROSECUTION NOT LIKELY
Men
on tterba in
Opponents"
QUESTION AS TO FUNDS
Doubt Also Expressed as to Control
Of Central Committee.
STATEMENT OF W. ]. NEALE
Is Of the Belief That Newman Men
"Have It ON Their
Opponents"

Always very much alive. and never al
lowing the dove OF peace more than a
moments rest. the District democracy Is
arguing again. The three factions within
Its bounds are now debating with one
another as to who Is really in control OF
the central committee. and this time the
question has considerable Importance in a
business way. as J. Fred Kelley, once
chairman Of the committee, has the funds
OF the entire District democracy in his
possession and many other democrats are
asking for them.
Tie latest statement on the subject
comes from William J. Neale. a Newman
! adherent. secretary Of the Newman de-
mocracy and a member of the delegation
which was seated by the national commit
tee at Baltimore and ousted again by
Jerry South and the rest Of the creden-
tials committee. Mr.. Neale's interview
with Star reporter last night was long
and involved. but he made 1t clear
that the Newman democrats believe
the matter of who is the central commit
tee in this city. In other words, the New
man democrats still claim that they are
it" Amid the shouts Of victory from
the Costello democrats. and the vttupera-
tion Of the much hyphenated Carr-Darr-
Benton democrats, can be heard the un-
abashed voice of the Newman democrats
saying, No matter what the national
convention did to US the national COM
mittee tagged us as the real thing and
We are ready to prove 1t.
Several newspaper statements have
been printed recently which would indi-
cate that the Costello faction has its
central committee. Following the seat
to- -
credentials committee at Baltimore the
members of the delegation organized
their democracy on the spot and gave
notice that they wanted the money and
records that have been in Col. Kelley s
possession SO long. But they reckoned
without their host. So shrewd a politi-
clan as J. Fred Kelley was not to be per-
suaded 80 easily. He said there were
so many central committees that he
| would have to hold on to the funds until
the correct committee was shown to him.
Sticks to Newman Claim.
Mr.. Neale said last night that the ma
tional committee and not the national
| convention is the organization which
passes the authority to the central COM
mittee of the District. Mr.. Neale sticks
to the old Newman claim that q central
committee was elected for the District
tee, meaning the Newman tickets, of
course.
AS to the status Of the District democ-
racy as viewed by the national commit
tee. Mr.. Neale said:
When the convention met in Baltimore
the seats OF the delegates elected by this
convention were contested by two other
sets OF delegates, and under the rules
established by the national committee for
making up temporary role Of the con-
vention this contest was heard by the
national committee. The only question
which was presented to the national COM
mittee by the contests was which Of the
three conventions which were held May
% was legal and proper and In compli-
ance with the regulations of the national
nous vote held that the delegates known
as the Newman delegates were duly
elected to the national convention.
No Claim as to Committee.
"The cases presented by the Costello
faction and the Carr-Darr-Benton faction
made no claim in respect to the status of
central committee. The action OF the
national committee in seating the dele
gates was taken to the committee on Gre
dentials Of the convention and before
that committee no question was raised as
to the status OF any one Of the central
committees.
'The national democratic convention
has no power or authority to recognize a
central committee in the District. 1t is,
therefore, perfectly plain that the COM
mittee Of which 1 happen to be secretary
has had It's status fixed by that national
committee, for In seating the Newman
delegates in Baltimore on the temporary
roll the national committee was called
upon to pass upon the status OF the con-
vention which we held. and in seating our
delegates the committee recognized that
the convention from which We received
our authority was the only proper and
legal convention held in the District
Further, Mr.. Neale said:
Our committee has been holding its
regular meetings and transacting Its busi-
ness. We have not attempted by threats
or any other Roosevelt methods to force
j. Fred Kelley, chairman Of the old COM
mittee, to turn over the funds which he
now has in his possession. We know that
Mr. Kelley has the right to go fully into
the claims of the different parties who
demand that the affairs of the old COM
mittee be turned over to them. We do
not know nor do we care how much money
Mr.. Kelley has in his possession. We do
know that as long as 1t remains In his
hands 1t is perfectly safe and could not
be trusted to q more honorable and up
right citizen, and we feel assured that at
the proper time he will account to that
committee to which the money belongs. :"