Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-31
CH|LDREN'S Bill .lPGfN. burt OBJECTS
Wants Separate Days for
Registration and Voting.
ASKS MANDAMUs OF COURT
Republican Candidate for Delegate
to Chicago Convention Would
Change Committees Plan.

Genuine thrills of excitement ran up
and down the spine of the republican
party as represented by the primary vot-
ers Of the District Of Columbia today,
when Gen. Andrew 8. Burt filed a petit
ton for a mandamus to compel the cleo
| ton board. which has just opened up
Offices and appointed finance committee.
to set separate dates for registration and
Cor balloting for delegates to the ma
tional republican convention at Chicago
in June.
AS every republican knows. the pri-
maries to be held here February 10 under
the direction Of Leonard Bradshaw. An
drew ]. Thomas and John Lewis Smith
are to be double-barrel affairs. where
the voter registers and votes at the same
time
La Toilette Men Protest.
| The regular" republicans are salts.
fed with that scheme, but some of the
others are not. Particularly disapprov-
ing is the attitude of the La Toilette
republicans, Of whom there are many
in this city. However, Gen. Burt has
filed his petition on the grounds OF
representing "the people" rather than
| the La Toilette forces.
His application was presented in turn
to Justices Stafford, Gould and Barnard
but up until noon today no rule had
Fbeen issued against the election board
He is represented by r. L. Waring and
II. A. Clark.
Under the Reyburn scheme which nae e
| the approval Of the national committee II
| 1907, Gen. Burt says, thirty days should
| intervene between the registration OF
voters and the primaries. He claims tina
| the February 10 primaries and reglstra'
! ton combined is nothing more nor less
| than a plan to wink at repeating. He
mentions his impression OF the lightning
| like rapidity OF voting four years ago
when 1916 votes were cast In nve pre-.
| cincts in six hours. This castlng ol
| twenty votes q minute leads Gen. Burt te
| believe II rained ballots at that time.
| Asks Court to Intervene.
| In conclusion he asks the court to IN
tervene to prevent turmoil, repeating ano
! fraud and corruption that has charac-
terized republican elections In the DIS
trict. to the chagrin Of the residents, the
disgrace of the capital city of the ma
tion wherein are the representatives OF
all the civilized nations Of the world, ano
| to the embarrassment and humluatioL
of the grand old party that should a.
| least stand for an honest ballot ana
| fair count"
No one connected with the election
board or the republican headquarters mere
| expressed any great fear at the mention
| OF this asked-for mandamus, ana, ~
fact, professed to know or care very III
| tie about 1t.
| Finance Committee Named.
/ The first business of. the election board
| at it's initial meeting yesterday was the
| appointing of a finance committee, com
I nosed of T. w. Stubblefield, Fred G
fGeiger and James A. Cobb.
Republican clubs are meeting nightly
tThe Fort Stevens republicans went on
record for Bradshaw and Chase las'
night. The third and fourth district re
publican clubs of GEORGETOWN VIII noid =
republican meeting is scheduled for to-
morrow night at Douglas Hall, Hiiisdale
| ID. c.