The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
GUY norman TO
ASK NOMINATION
Rhode Island Man Would Aid
Preparedness Plans in
Congress.
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
Representative Gardner May Help Him
in Preliminary Campaisn-Served
Under Capt. Evans in Navy.

Newport. R. l., Feb. s.-The rumor
current last spring that Guy Norman,
of this city, would be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Con-
gress in the First Rhode Island dis
trict was confirmed when Mr. Norman
made statement which leaves no
doubt of his determination to try to
bring the nomination to Newport next
autumn.
The preparedness issue is gaining
strength as time goes on" says Mr..
Norman, "and 1t can safely be pre-
dicted that during the next ten years
the navy. especially. will be doubled
and probably trebled in fighting
strength. Along with this growth
will come the development OF Narra-
gansett Bay as the principal naval
base on this seaboard, and 1t is my
ambition to hasten the day when its
strategical value will be recognized
and a beginning made in the construc-
tlon of dry docks. machine shops and
other features of a naval port of the
first order. / look forward also to a
time in the near future when Capt.
Robson will be employing 1900 men
at the Torpedo Station. and every
available part of Goat Island will be
utilized for the manufacture of tor
pedoes and other munitions
Moreover, Nara gansett Bay, besides
being pre-eminently adapted for a naval
base. forms the approach to our great
manufacturing city of Providence. which
with assistance from the Federal gov
ernment In still further deepening its
harbor approaches is sure to become an
important port of entry and outlet for
foreign commerce. l have always felt
that every citizen owes some service to
the community. and in my case / am
anxious for an opportunity TO devote my
time and energy to the best interests OF
my native town and district"
Gardner Asked to speak.
Mr.. Norman will make an active cam
paign, beginning with a series OF speeches
to be given at the Colonial Theater Sun
day afternoons. The first of these will
be February 6. and Representative Au-
gustus T. Gardner, of Massachusetts,,
has been asked to speak also at this
mocting.
He says he Is in the contest UP to and
through the nominating convention. His
entry makes 1t appear that there may be
three-cornered contest for the nomi-
nation, as Roswell B. Burchard. candi-
date two years ago. is believed to be
again a candidate, and Ezra Dixon, of
Bristol, is expected to become a candi-
date.
Mr.. Norman is a son of the late George
H. and Abbie Kingsley Norman and was
born in this city July Z. 1862 He attend
ed schools in Boston and Germany and
was graduated from Harvard University
in 1890. Since then he has engaged In
rsflroading and banking and has served
as director of various corporations, and
as co-trustee OF his fathers estate. Dur.
ing the war with Spain, Mr.. Norman
served as watch and division officer on
battleship Iowa, then commanded by the
late Admiral Robley D. Evans. He is
director of the Aauidneck National
Bank and the Newport Water Works. and
Trustee and treasurer OF the Peoples Lib,
rary.
While his business has been largely
in Boston he has for several years haC
residence in Newport, owning an es.
tate on Washington street. He also has
an estate at Beverly, Mass, where he
spends a portion of the year. His daugh-
ter. Miss Hope Norman, was married last
June to Mr.. Eliot Cowdin Bacon, son
of Robert Bacon, Secretary of State un.
der President Roosevelt and formerly
United States Ambassador to France.