The Washington times., 1920-02-02
VOTE J TO 4
FORD. c HEAD.
Committee Orders Favorable
Report on Van Schaick in
Executive Session.
FIGHT WILL GO ON, HOWEVER
Jones Declares He Will Oppose
Confirmation on Floor
Of Senate.
FIGHT WILL GO ON, HOWEVER

By a vote Of five to four, the Sen
ate District Committee today or
dered a favorable report on the
nomination Of the Rev. DR.. John Van
Schaick, jr., to be Commissioner
Of the District of Columbia.
Action on the nomination was
taken in executive session only
few minutes after DR.. Van Schaick
had submitted sworn affidavits, at
an open hearing, to prove that he is
not now a voter of New York State.
Fight Will Go On.
The vote in committee does not
mean the end of the fight on the
part of certain citizens of Washing
ton to kill the nomination of DR..
Van Schaick.
There is every Indication OF a
sharp night being staged against the
nomination in the Senate.
"Dr. Van Schaick IS not eligible
to be appointed a -DiStrtet -Commis-
sioner.- said Senator S4ilfngham OF
Connecticut, a member Of the Dis
trict Committed, who voted against
confirmation. Senator Dillingham
said that several members OF the
committee who were opposed to DR..
Van schaick were absent today.
. Il will oppose the confirmation on
the floor" he said.
Jones Oners Motion.
The motion to vote on the nomi-
nation of Dr. Van Schaick was made
on behalf of the committee by Senator
Jones. Republican, of Washington.
His motion was seconded by Senator
Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas.
The FIVE Senators who voted to re-
port the nomination favoratly were
Senators Calder. OF New York; Cap
per, of Kansas; Ball. of Delaware;
Sheppard, of Texas, and Jones, of
Washington. All are Republicans ex-
cept Senator Sheppard.
Those opposing confirmation were
Senators Sherman, chairman of the
committees; Dillingham;, Republican,
of Connecticut; New, Republican, Of
Indiana, apd King, Democrat, Of
Hearing Is Brief.
The hearing this morning was very
brief. DR.. Van schaick told the COM
mittee of his recent trip to Now
OTh WhCiS hS 49, N@@~
records in his former voting pre-
cinct. .He laid all affidavits before
the committee.
Col c. c. Lancaster and William
Nick. Clayton representing the citi-
zens who opposed the nominees con-
firmation, tried 20 cross-examine the
witness at length. They were cut
short by Senator Jones of Washing
ton. and Senator Sherman of Illi-
nois. who declared that the comsit-
tee had heard enough on the score
of the Nominees voting, since "Dr
Van Schaick had told everything
there was o be told with utmost
frankncss."
Confronted by the copy of The Cob
lcskiil Times, of recent date, referring
to him as a "Cobleskill man." DR.. Van
Schaick turned to Mr.. Clayton and
said emphatically:
II would consider myself unfit TO be
a resident Of the National Capital or
anywhere else IL l forgot the place
where I was born and the people who
were good to me as I grew up"
He told the committee that because
Cobleskill was his birthplace, the
home Of his father. his mother, broth
er and sisters he naturally felt EEK.
eecdingly tender toward II"
Gave Land To City.
He told of his interest in the
growth of the town: how he had
given ten or twelve acres of land to
the city as a public park, and how he
hoped some day to donate the city a
public library.
Opening his testimony before the
committee, Dr. Van Schalck made the
following statement concerning the
results of his trip TO Cobleskill:
Il have. been completely successful
in my trip to Cobleskill. Ballot No.
I6S at the election November 9, 1917.
which made the trouble, Is on the
original records. credited to my
father. who actually voted this ballot
In 1917.
ct have the sworn statement OF the
town clerk OF Coblcskill, ". Y, Aura
]. Brown, custodian OF the election
records, that the only vote cast by a
John Van Schaick In 1917 was ballot
No. 1sS, and that this was on his rec
ords credited not to John Van Schaick,
jr., but John Van Schaick ....
Other sworn Statements.
II have tho sworn statement Of
Francis l.. Smith, poll clerk. for that
election, that he knows both my
father and myself. and remembers by
father voting and that I did not vote.
He swenrs that he entered the name
of John Van Schaick on the poll list
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