The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-07
REPUBLICANS FORM
LOCAL ASSOCIATION.
State Committee Along Lines
Laid Down by National
Committee Is Launched.

Announcement was made today that
the Republican state committee Of the
district OF Columbia had been organized.
The work Of organizing this committee
has been In progress since the Repub-
lean convention. The committee hopes
TO gain representation on the Republican
national committee.
Officers elected following adoption OF
the permanent rules of the committee
were: William T. Galliher. chairman;
Edward +. Colladay, vice president; e.
G. Graham, secretary, and Joseph l..
Stoddard, treasurer.
The purposes of the committee are
outlined In the rules of the committee
The objects of the organization
shall be to advocate, maintain and
promote principles of the Republican
party as enunciated In the platform
adopted by the Republican National
Convention of 1915. to direct and in
terest in politics those legal residents
OF the District of Columbia to their
political duties. to aid In and con-
tribute to the electiA OF the nominee
idency of the United states. and gem
orally to perform the duties of a
State committee in and for the Dis
trict of Columbia within the meaning
and with the powers granted by the
by the Republican National Conven.
ton of 1916, or by any future Ma
tional Republican Convention, or by
the Republican National Committee"
Issue Statement.
A statement from the officers of the
committee says;
This committee has been modelled al
the State or central committees OF
the several States. and has had be-
fore II the old law Of ISL. divhNling the
District of Columbia into legislative dis.
tricts, but modified to suit present
conditions, and where the growth OF
the city has made those changed condl-
lions necessary. by subdividing those
legislative districts where desirable
Under the act of 1871, as supplemented
by the rules of the committee. the DIS
tive districts. and twenty-nine subdis-
tricts, representation 'on the committee
has been provided for each district ana
subdistrict. as well as additional repre-
sent sentative. at large chosen in all the
districts and subdistricts, with a rev
exceptions which are being canvassed
by a committee in charge of that
work.
The State committee does not con-
flict with the organization of Repub-
lican clubs, II Is asserted. IN order 70
cooperate with the clubs, William X.
Harr has been made chairman Oh the
committee on clubs.
Delegates at large and repsenta-
tives from the districts and subdis..
tricts comprising the newly formed
Republican State committee OF the
District follow:
H. Clifford Bangs. Charles ]. Bell. Jo-
seph A. Berberich. Chaplin Brown.
Charles S. Bundy. Edward F. Colladay.
J. Harry Cunningham, Clarence Dono-
hue. John +. Earnshaw. John p. Earnest.
John Joy Edison. Frederick A. Fenning
DR.. M. F. Finley. Jesse II. Foster.
Charles Galliher. William T. Galliher. E.
c. Graham. Thomas Grant. William r.
Harr. William G. Henderson, August
Hermann. E. NJ. Hewlett. James o.
Holmes. Allen F. Jackson, William c.
johnson. Thomas L. Jones. w. NJ. Levin,
Charles Linkins. DR.. Charles Fl. Marshall
Thomas II. Melton Clarence Norment.
Henry LOftedringer, James L. Par
sons. Herman A. Phillips. John
Poole. Samuel J. Prescott. Richard A.
Pyles, William Ramsay. Cuno II. Ru-
dolph, Gus A. Schuldt, j. Henry
Small. Odell S. Smith. Thomas w
Smith, Edgar c. Snyder. Joseph l.
Stoddard. William B. Thompson. Leon
Tobriner. Washington Topham. T
Lincoln Townsend. George w. White
Martin Wiegand, John NJ. Williams
Robert ]. Wynne.