The Washington herald., 1913-07-10
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Favor siddons and L.tImer.

Moore had inadvertently been mis-
spelled.
Favor Siddons and Latimer.
The Senate District Committee yes
| terday reported favorably upon the
confirmation of Frederick L. Siddons
as District Commissioner and J. Will
mer Latimer as Judge of the Juvenile
Court. Final action on the nomina-
tions of Mr.. Newman as Commissioners
and Of Frank B. Lord and Gen. Rob-
ert G. Smith as members OF the Ex-
else Board will be taken by the COM
mittee tomorrow.
Mr.. Lord yesterday morning appeared
before the Senate Committee and made
q statement concerning the opposition 10
his confirmation. Senator Works OF Cali
fornia told the members of the committee
why he was opposed to the nominee. The
committee heard this matter in secret
session.
The hearing upon the enthusiastically
question then commenced The Home
Rule Committee. opposing Mr.. Newman,
was represented by william J. Neaie.
F. Edward Mitchell. Bernard G. Brown,
Charles c. Lancaster. James NJ. Wood.
w. J. Frizzell. John Campbell. Martin
Wiegand. James N. England. and Charles
8. Eisinger. Those who appeared in favor
Of Mr.. Newman were Gen. Andrew 8.
Burt. James l. Feeney, Arthur o. Ben
nett, d. W. Hancock, Thomas L. Eggles-
ton. Henry Media. Rev. L. Seymour. w.
A. Hickey. N. H. Ramage. Thomas Mona
han. Sam De Nedrey. Col. James b.
Clark and H. v. Plummer.
William ]. Neale. chairman Of the
Home Rule Committee, introduced F..
Edward Mitchell. a local attorney, who
presented the side of the opposition. Mr..
Mitchell spoke for an hour and half
submitting evidence in proof of Mr.. New
mans ineligibilty on the ground Of fail
IRE to reside continuously in the District
for three years prior to appointment He
said that Mr.. Newman had registered at
Baltimore and Chicago hotels as coming
from New York and Chicago.
Newman Makes Statement.
Mr.. Newman was present and made a
brief statement He said that he came
to Washington in 1910 with the firm in
tention of making his permanent resi-
dence here He admitted virtually ali
the bare facts presented by Mr.. Mitchell.
but explained that as a newspaper man
he had been compelled to leave the city
from time TO time on business. and that
he had registered as coming from Chicago
and New York for the reason that they
were his business addresses. He said
that he had a definite purpose in giving
his business address.
Col. Lancaster made a statement con-
corning the apartment lease which failed
to, specify and definite residence. Mr..
Mitchell said the public records failed
10 show that Mr.. Newman ever owned
any raal estate or personal property In
the District or ever paid any taxes here.
.ir. Mitchell also told of the Municipal
Court suit, and stated that the summons
had to be returned because of the inabtl-
ity OF the marshal to locate Mr.. Newman.
He said the suit was finally dropped.
Senator Kern of Indiana pointed out to
Mr.. Mitchell that, although he was not in
Indiana half of the year. yet he was still
a resident of indianapolis. Senator James
followed up the assertion by declaring
that actual residence in the words of the
law did not mean physical inhabitation
necessarily. Mr.. Mitchell took exception
to the remark.
Mr.. Mitchell concluded his speech by
Stain that should Mr.. Newman be con- |
firmed and should he in the fulfilment OF
probability that the courts would be
called upon to render an opinion upon the
validity of the contracts and the eligibil-
ity of the Commissioner.
Defended by Mr.. Fecney.
ttHey spohe III utItnSe OIL
Mr.. Newman. He eulogized him highly |
and said he fully believed he was a bona |
tide resident of the District. Mr.. Feeney |
said that the little technical points |
raised by the opposition were OF no mo- |
ment. He said that better men could not |
possibly have been selected than New |
man and Siddons.
President Wilson has not yet appointed |
a successor to John B. Colpoys, whose |
nomination as member of the Excise !
Board was recently withdrawn. 1t comes |
from an authoritative source that Err |
skine NJ. Sunderland. an architect, with |
offices in the ouray Building. Is one of |
he most prominent candidates for the |
position. He is recommended by a close |
personal friend of President Wilson and |
IS believed to have an excellent chance |
of appointment. Mr.. Sunderland lives |
II 33l Street Northwest.
The home rule committee expects to |
give out to the public today a statement |
setting forth the various reasons why l
Mr.. Newman is not deemed qualified |
for the position. A commit
tee composed of P. T. Moran, B. G. |
Brown. and George c. Montgomery has
been appointed to prepare the material