Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-24
WANT home RULE
Will Be Urged by Democrats
of District.
PL AIMING FOR CONVENTION
Many Local Politicians, It Is Said.
Would Like to Be Delegates
to Baltimore.

| .Home rule will be one of the fea-
| lures of the democratic propaganda as
/ carried on by the Washingtonians who
are laying their plans to capture the con-
vention of sxty-six delegates some time
| in April or May. it almost sounds as il
| Washington had a real vote, to hear the
democrats talking of how their repre-
| sentativcs to the national convention will
| be instructed to do everything in their
power to influence the democratic prcsi-
dcutal candidate With the Importance OF
| filling District offices with District OF
Columbia men.
/ IL the democrats carry the presidential
election said a local democrat today
there will be vast influx of workers
toward Washington. Every democrat who
took off his coat and shouted for the
successful party Will come to this town
| for a job
I'VE figure that the very small pa
! tronage IN this city ought to be kept
for local men. Regardless Of politics,
eminent of this city The District build
| ing is not under the civil service laws.
and naturally outsiders creep in there
occasionally. 1t could be easily turned
upside down. all the local men shaken
out and foreigners from the Pacific coast
placed I'm there II the upset was suffi-
cient. That is why we are going to shout
/ for home rule. we will tell our candi-
date for the presidency that we will ap-
preciate his support in this matter
Twenty-Five Districts.
| The District of Columbia will be di-
vded for democratic primary purposes
into twenty-five districts, and three dele
gates from each district will be elected to
sit in the central convention, where
national committeeman and six delegates
! to the national convention at Baltimore
will be chosen.
| Baltimore is near at hand, and the
| ambition to represent the party at this
coming lively political fight in June Is
| stirring score of men in this town.
| Ask any of them whether he wants to
| go to Baltimore, and unless he has con-
| troll over his features he will smile
| broadly. Should he pass the matter off
| with a wave of the hand it is merely n
| species of playacting which has been
| seen on the political stage many times
ere the political bee began to buzz in
! Washington this winter.
| Washington democrats are swaying ND
and down at present like jellyfish in the
| tide of affairs. Not that they are the
| spineless biological specimens employed
of wisdom not to get up and yell out
what they intend to do until they know
how public opinion is forming.
1t the local convention met today it
| Is almost positive that the country at
| large and its democratic party would be
reflected here in a three-cornered fight
| among the followers of Harmon, Clark
and Wilson. However, there are plenty
of astute democrats in this city who
know it would be foolish to "come OUT
i for any of them at present
| L. A. Newman, national committeeman.
is believed to be strong for Clark. 1t is
also known that he is a candidate for
| the same honor on the national commit
| tee this year. AT the last convention the
local delegates were instructed for New
man, and an effort at least will be made
| in that direction this year. 1t is also
| true that an effort will be made by some
of the party to prevent this.