The Washington times., 1916-09-19
REPUBLICANS FORM.
D. c. HUGHES CLUB.
WITH l25MEMBERS.
Planned to Establish Headquar-
tiers at Old Press Club
Rooms.

The Hughes Club OF the District OF
Up1umbia, having as its double purpose
the promotion OF the election Of the
Republican Presidential candidate. to-
gether with sympathetic adminis-
tration and the provision of forum
for the expression OF public opinion
ON political and governmental matters,
has ,been organized. II Is laying plans
TO establish permanent headquarters
in the rooms of the National Press
Club. at Fifteenth and f streets north
west.
night at the New Willard Hotel, when
the charter membership of 1876 business
ana professional men OF Washington
elected William II. Harr president and
seisSted other nas officers; The vice pre q
Parker, Simon Wolf. Ctino II. Rudolph.
George A. King, Frederick A. McKen-
ney, DR.. Lewis II. Taylor, Charles E.
Berry. John B. Larner, Henry ?. Blair.
Henry b. F. mcfarland. and Byron
9. Adams. Louis A. Dent was made
In addition to the officers, who will
serve OK oficio, the members named
Metzerott, Myer Cohen, Peyton Gordon,
John Lewis Smith, Frederick A. Fem
ming. Rufus 8. Day, o. ]. DeMoll, Il.
,. Eynon, John A. Kratz. and W. NJ.
Chandler.
Harr Welcomes Members.
~ chairman of the organization CON-
Bndttee. Mr.. Harr welcomed the mem
bers and arraigned the present Admin
istration both on its treatment of the
National Capital and the country a,
large.
The new club Is to act entirely in
dependent of all other Republican or
eeniEations In the District.
Those in attendance last night were
Bert T. Amos. Charles K. Berry, Charles
9. Bundy. Barry Bulkley. F. L. Browne.
William H. Baldwin. e. w. Bradford.
=. ID. Britt, Charles f. Roberts. Ralph
.. Barnard, Robert r. Bennett. Henry
Blair. Myer Cohen. J; Harry Cum
Carr. Arthur Copeland. John Doyle Car
mody, w. NJ. Chandler, Louis A. Dent.
Fred. bennett. Rufus s. Day. o. ].
DeMoli. Richard ID. Daniels, C. d.
PeLaoy. E; B; Eynon. R. j. Earnshaw,
Frederick A. Fenning, Daniel Fraser, H.
y. Flather. I. 8. Goldsmith, Peyton
Gordon; William r Gsiiiher. D. B. Gish.
Earl s, GSdwin. Harry q Gladman: M.
Hodges. c. Henricl. Francis e. House
William A: Hill. Ralph d. Henry. s.
MeComas Hawken. ]. r. Hutchinson, Jr.,
Thomas Byron Huyck. BENJAMIN r.
James L. Karrick, Chasfss w. King.
sr., Elijah E. Knott. Charles ]. Kapp-
Ter DR.. II. NJ Kaufman, Newman
Little, Charles J. Linkins. Charles J.
Low. A. e. l.. Leckie. John b. Larner.
Ralph w. Lee. oliver Metzerott. Fred
erick ID. Mckenney. George A. Myers.
James w. Mcneil. Walter s. McFar-
Ian. Jean Paul Muller, c. T. Milans.
John c. Mclaughlin, Rowland 8. Mar
shall. r, II. Mckay, ]. Archibald Mori-
arity. William II. Mearns. soterios
Nicholson, c. N. osg6od. Oliver A
Phelps. Herman A. Phillips. Myron NJ.
Parker, Julius ]. Peyser. George T.
Parker. &. Ii. Pope, Graphane n. Powell.
Thomas e. Robertson, Cuno II. Ru-
dolph, DR.. Charles W. Richardson.
Frank p. Recside. william Ramsay
Charles F. Roberts. e. c. Robinson,
John Lewis Smith. Lem Towers. jr.,
w. w. Stewart, Reeves T. Strickland
o. q. Staplea Charles L. Sturtevant.
Paul Selman, DR.. A. Camp Stanley
George Truesdell, Matthew Trimble
Lewis H. Taylor. Robert ]. wynne, B.
H woodruff. Maxwell Van Zandi
Woodruff. Oscar w. White, F. r.
Weller, ]. A. Watson, II. T. Wheeler
Harry Wardman, o. b. ZantZinger.