The Washington herald., 1919-01-13
c. OF C. ELECTION
TO Be SPIRITED.
Col. Winfield Jones OPP
poses A: Leftwich Sim
clair for Presidency.

The annual meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce will be held at
Rauscher's tomorrow night when a
complete set of officers and ten new
directors are TO be elected.
Two candidates are in the field for
the presidency, A Leftwich Sinclair,
who has served two terms as presi-
dent and who is running for a third
term. and Col. Winfield Jones. chair
man for many years of the National
Guard committee of the chamber.
Mr.. Sinclair Is connected with the Of
hce of Alien Property Custodian a.
Mitchell Palmer. Col. Jones is one OF
the best known members of the Con-
gressional Press Gallery and a vet>
eran Washington newspaperman.
Considerable opposition has de-
vcloped to the third term proposal
Last week, it became known yester-
day, the board of directors held a
stormy meeting and some of them
told Mr.. Sinclair that he should
withdraw his candidacy. Mr.. Sinclair
refused outright to withdraw and II
now seems the contest between the
two candidates will have to be
fought out at the election. Sinclsirs
friends say that in view OF the cir
cumstances he cannot withdraw now
but will have 10 put the sentiment
of the chamber to a test at the
election.
Col. Jones has announced that he
tried to get several candidates out
against Sinclair, but failed, and thai
he is running for the presidency
solely as a protest against the third
term idea.
Thirty-three Nominees.
That unusual interest is taken in
the contest Is shown by the number
of nominations for the ten director
ships that will become vacant. There
are thirty-three nominees for these
ten directorships.
Albert Schulteis, first vice presi-
dent, and Isaac Cans. second vice
president, have both been nominated
for third terms by the same petition
ers who put up Sinclair for a third
term. So far there have been no
nominations for the vice presidencies
against Schulteis and Cans. but mem
bers said today that candidates would
be announced at the Tuesday meet
ing.
Members who signed the Sinclair
Schulteis and Cans petitions for third
terms, as posted now at the chamber
are Robert n. Harper. James F. Oys-
ter, Benjamin W. Guy. Henry T. on
terdinger. James B. Henderson. Will
lam II. Saunders. George w. White.
Henry b. F. Macfarland, Theodore W
Noyes, John Poole, Miss Mary
O'Toole, L. w. Estes. DIR. Lewis Bat
tie, George II. Brown and William F.
GUIDE. In view of the turmoil caused
by the opposition to the third terms,
some of these signers have stated
that they intend to stay away from
the election Tuesday night.
Col. Jones' candidacy is being man
aged by a large committee headed by
Col. John G. Capers. who had himself
been urged for the presidency, but
declined. Capers' friends are now
boosting him for the first vice presi-
dency, and some want him selected as
general counsel, in place of Chaplin
Brown. who has held that office for
years.
Along with the opposition TO Sinclair
opposition has also developed against
Brown. on the same theory that there
should be rotation in holding all Of
fees in the chamber. Col Jones has
announced that he favors a president
of the chamber serving but one term
outlining what he believes the cham
Der should do in 1919. which includes
campaign for suffrage in the Dis
tricJ, increase of the membership to
2-0O0 and the purchase or erection of
permanent home for the chamber.
Those who have been nominated for
directors are Ross P. Andrews.
Charles A. Baker, Joseph A. Berber-
ich, George II. Brown, Henry NJ
Camp. DR.. w. p. Carr. Appleton p.
Clark, jr.. W. s. Corby. Prof. Allan
Davis, John Dolph. William NJ. Dove,
William T. Galliher. w. F. GUIDE. P
j. Haltigan, James A. Head. A. G.
Hermann, Col. Winfield Jones. w s
Hoge. A. F. Jorss. Harry King. Col
John McElroy. Arthur J. May. Charles
w. Semmes. Benjamin r. Stickney. B.
H. Stinemetz. Washington Topham.
f. l. Tucker. Ivan c. Weld, Sidney
West. George W. White, John H Will
kins, Oscar T Wright and Milton f.
Allies.