Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-01
FACTIONS TO PRESS
THEIR RIVAL CLAIMS
Three Men Aspire to Be Demo-
cratic National Committee
man Representing District.
TWO SETS OF DELEGATES
ARE TO GO TO ST. LOUIS
Both Will Appeal to the Credentials
Committee to Be Seated
in Convention.

IN C0nVcnClOn.
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i"iee "spifah's i'i hoi'ors DIS ae'ho-
ing the District of Columbia, according
10 statements made by their respective
poh'icai loito"ine. are gong 10 ST. LOUIS
u press tneir CHAINS Two sets OF oele-
gates 10 the oemocratc national conVen-
tioii III st Louis June IL are going 10
appeal 10 the credentials committee to be
seated IN the convention
The three competitors for national COM
mitteenan are John = Costello whose
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''' Il N'u'iie" ioi ny the uemocrauc
central committee, which held primary
elections in ,venty-tvo no1ling nlaces in
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'he b4sulct yesterday Nliham Mch
clayton. whose name appears some
of the ballots cast after bis ,,,,ric..io,
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'''u 'ee' 'eIe''e" ny 'he
central committee and protest made
by presidents of fo,Ir of the oIdar Iep,o
c-.,f, lob - ~. w.
LUIS III '''e 'e'' ana 'ohii W.
stagsers' IN whose interest a rival pri-
mary election was held in the Old Ma
sonic Ts,,nIa OH I'D
'''' anu streets NORTH
west YESTERDAY
The two rival groups claiming election
as delegates are twelve balloted for as
straight ticket at the central committee
primaries and SIX balloted for Al the
Stasgers primary in Old Wasorjo rar,,,ia
Claims of Central Committee
The democratic central committee
claims that the thirteen namea m tic
ballot wsrs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
oailo' were OVERWHELMINGLY elected.
They claim that theirs was the only
election held according to law and the
resu1at;ons Of .ha ,tio,
pahar. yo..,IS, lai Commit ' 'ee
hooert r. Mattingly. the chairman, said
.nis morning that not more than four
votes mad been cast for Mr.. Clayton in
an the twenty-five polling booths in
Inc IN, p1strlct, THESE sun are in the bal
ballots are Illegal. as Mr.. CLAYTON did
ton. was not registered a a candidate
anu naa contributes nothing TO the eN-
Mr. Mattinslv cIains thu, .ho,,. ooo
votes were cast, while the Clayton fac
.iol sass y haa counters IN all the pre-
lois We're cast anS ~, ia eN ~ oai-
duce affidavits to support this claim.
Inose declared elected by the CEN
tn he issnsS ~, shuin Gertlnca'es are
BrovnIow, John b. Colpoys. walter T
costello, Charles w. Darr, Charles A.
Enr,aus q soS Shith' george
n nI..i,,1 - hlieeh' hopert
Tsons Soutnar1 rarker.
Sands anu tucker IA
TO- s,.: =
,.,ion.i oor on carving TO the
nianIs ,,!' Two PLATFORM
VI pa t4Sulat interest IN the
Dst! Isnhfase Tor the District and
An apPeal asalnst repeal OIL the half
pilhcipie OF financing the DIS
eric,.
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OpPositIoh holuine an inoependent prl-
mary IN the Ola Masonic Temple, said
tnat Iheir tlcket was elected He re-
semen ,he inIImatloh mat the clayton
anu Neiiy !dceion nad anything 10 90
rsE his tIche,; ne charges them win
oenS ihIniGai 10 ms oelesates and
sscre'Iy working against them.
AnslstS StaggerS Will Dc Elected.
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INSISTS '"' 'oiii w S'oeeeis WIN
be elected by the national committee,
as he claims this was the only cleo
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down by the national committee. viz.
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si9htv-5ve votes were cast at this In.
dependent polling booth. He says each
voter was required TO sign pledge
~nrlJ he do sn Tba ho, wi,h ths rae.
istration list inside was sealed up. and
will be taken to the St. Louis conven-
ton. to be opened and counted by the
clerk will both make aftdavits as to
The delegates yoted for at this pri-
mary We're: Lorenzo q. Warfield. Louis
r. shoe f4- ser: Georse "A; aTmes. John
Percy Metzcer -
In appea....z to voters and in verifica-
ton of the claim that they invited COM
petition this ticket carried the follow
ing statement:
regardless of where he lives: after he