Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-25
FACTIONS At WAR
Two Clark Tickets in the Dis
triCt Probable.
NEITHER SIDE WILL YIELD
Olive Branch Brushed Aside and
Contest for Honors Continues.
DEMOCRATIC CAMP IN TURMOIL
Each of Two Aggregations Claims
to Be the Original Clark
Boomers.
NEITHER SIDE WILL YIELD
DEMOCRATIC CAMP IN TURMOIL

! Locked in conference for three hours
today the fighting factions OF the local
democratic party had to turn to the Clark
| national headquarters in the Ebbitt House
for hope of settling their differences.
Costello democrats were determined to
get the long end of any compromise, and
E. 4. Newman, national committeeman.
refused to bulge one inch. The chances
were fairly good at a late hour this after
noon that even the olive branch that
Frank p. Morgan and II. w. Sawyer
were waving at the fighters from the cor
ridors of the Ebbitt would have no eff
feet.
The possibility is that when the ballot
ing begins Monday afternoon. there will
still be two Clark tickets in the field with
everybody claiming to be the original
Clark boomer.
Walter Costello and Hugh Harvey were
the conferees between the separate camps
in the Ebbitt today. After the two dele
cations had failed to come to any agree
ment they divided and held separate
meetings, trying to arrange on PROPOSE
tons to make to the other side. With
e. A. Newman were P. T. Moran, Hugh
Harvey. Bernard Brown and F.. l.. Sid
dons. and with Walter Costello were John
F. Costello. William S. Riley. John Col
poys and Dr. Hammond.
They had come together because the
national headquarters wiseacres saw in
the split the chance that third ticket
would walk into power between the two
fighting factions.
Delegations Brought Together.
Mr.. Sawyer and Mr. Morgan brought
the two delegations together. and after
having made it known that the Clark
campaign is more interested in getting
Clark delegates than in settling local
disputes Mr. Sawyer retired, leaving
Mr.. Morgan presiding over the meet
ing. Neither side would bulge. Each
wanted to be recognized as the original
Clark outfit with no compromise.
Mr.. Newman. whose ambitions to be
national committeeman have drawn the
attack of the Costello people, declared
at the outset that he had no intention
of Withdrawing from the fight; that he
had distributed his literature and had
conducted his campaign, and wasn't
going to lie down at this late date.
One of the Costello people started to
inveigh against Mr.. Newman. but Mr..
and settled the difficulty with little
trouble. Other than that threateped out
break, the meeting between the two
clans was perfectly peaceful.
Shortly before O'Clock, having reach
ed no agreement as to who would
be the real Clark party, the delegations
divided and sent out Walter Costello and
Hugh Harvey at odd times to bear the
various messages Of the decisions as to
policy as they would be reached. There
continued to be every prospect Of an en-
tire split.
Lays Down Ultimatum.
While the Newman and Costello fac
tions were trying to get together, Lorenzo
Warfield, secretary Of the Champ Clark
Club, was in the national Clark head
quarters. He said his organization had
refused to indorse the uncontested tickets
in the sixth and seventh districts, and
that unless the proper sort OF compro-
mise is reached by the fighting factions
today the club would refuse to indorse
the conferences action and would not
vote unless the national headquarters ex-
pressed its preference.
Criticises Costello Faction.
Bernard G. Brown, member of the DEM
ocratic central committee and a candidate
for the city convention from the ninth
district, criticised the Costello democrats
at the meeting of the committee last
night, saying that it comes with poor
grace for the opposition to e. A. Newman
to belittle his loyalty to Speaker Clark"
Mr.. Brown then praised the Newman
democrats in these words:
THE candidates associated with and
supporting Mr.. Newman are all in the
open and are men who have no favors to
ask, in case their candidate Is nominated
and elected, therefore they have been
content with their own sincerity to the
Speaker without daily shouting 1t from
the housetops in an effort to convince
Mr.. Clark that they are his only friends
in the District of Columbia. Mr.. Newman
and his friends have been working quietly
and effectively for Mr.. Clarks candidacy
quite as long as their opponents. as Will
be attested in the coming primaries They
have not asked support. financially or NOR
ally, from Mr.. Clark and his managers,
but they have asked. and Mr.. Clark has
promised, that he and his managers here
will not interfere in the local factional
| fight to favor one or the other OF the fac
| lions supporting his candidacy
I'm violation of this promise, however
and I believe without the knowledge OF
Mr.. Clark, his managers have gone con-
siderably out of their way to favor the
Costello faction. Several of the men sup
porting this faction have been promised
| jobs at the Capitol or elsewhere, and at
| tempts have been made to weaken Mr..
| Newman's supporters. either by promises
or threats. In one instance a gentleman