The Washington times., 1920-06-28
DC. SUFFRAGE
VICTORY SEEN
Capital Delegates Enter Con-
vention Confident Demands
Will Be Granted.
(By stsnn correspondent.) }


SAN FRANCISCO. June 2s.-The
District Of Columbia delegates bore
their standard proudly down the aisle
OF Convention Hall shortly before
noon today. nrm In the belief that this
is the last national convention they
will attend as delegates OF a great
community which has no vote In the
Affairs OF the Government.
The delegates, as the convention
opened, had q more elaborate pro-
gram than was ever brought to a ma
tionsl convention. The two princi-
pal features OF this program were
a demand for a vote for the District
of Columbia and for scientific re-
classification OF Government en-
ployes with salary increases com
mensurate with the ability possessed
by the employees.
The caucus OF the District delegates
yesterday decided to ask for con-
stitutiopal amendment granting the
District representation in the halls
OF Congress and all the other priv
ileges granted to any State.
OUT TO "GET SOMETHING"
John +. Costello. national commit
teeman from the District, said the
District delegates wSe going out
determined to get something. They
may be temporarily satisfied with
Presidential suffrage, votes In the
Electoral College, the right to elect
the school board and two of the
three Commissioners. but eventually
they expect full suffrage. The entire
delegation feel sure they will get
part Of the suffrage demands from
the convention.
Dc MI. Ik,rd
and John +. Costello were selected to
voice the District suffrage demand to
the platform committee. Other offi-
GERS Of the convention selected by the
caucus and placed before the conven-
tion for formal ratification today
were: Chairman OF the delegation.
John Il. Costello: secretary Of the
delegation. Frank Sprigg Perry; MEM
ber of the credentials committee,
Frank b. Lord: member of the COM
mittee on permonent organization.
Timothy T. Ansberry member OF the
committee on rules and order OF
business, John L. Laskey: member of
the committee on resolstions and plat.
form, cambridge Colby; member OF
the committee to notify Presidential
nominee, Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell:
member of the committee to notify
Vice Presidential nominee. Robert n.
Harper; honorary vice chairman of the
convention. John Il. Colpoys: honor
ary secretary OF the convention, John
J. Noonan: national committeeman.
John +. Costello.
The caucus also decided to support
the program Of labor in the conven-
tion and the resolution OF sympathy
for Ireland's aspirations for a gov
crnment OF it's own.
uynur~ ron
Although the delegation on the
early ballots will, under the unit rule
invoked. cast it's six votes for A.
that Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell and
John b. Colpoys are for William G.
McAdoo and that Frank J. Noonan
and Timothy J. Ansberry are for
James NJ. Cox. 1t was said that IL
opposition arose to voting for Palmer
after the first ballot. the delc cation
would be polled on each ballot.
John b. Colpoys announced that he
would ask the resolutions committee
to insert a plank for the scientific re-
classification OF Government en-
ployes. with recommendation for in
creases commensurate with the abil-
ity possessed by the employees.
employees in the Federal service
should be the highest paid In the
country" Colpoys said.
Large posters telling of the Dis
trict's demand for suffrage had been
placed in the lobbies Of the principal
hotels today. They read:
"Stop taxation without representa-
ton. Grant 467, 900 citizens of the
District of Columbia, who have no
voice in the affairs OF their Govern.
mcnt, representatives. in Congress and
the Electoral College commensurate
with the population, a greater popula-
ton than two States which have these
privileges"
twenty-five Washington correspond
ents were the guests of Mayor Rolph
at a barbecue at his country estate
here yesterday. Cy Cummings. of
Washington. sat at the mayors right
hand during the feed.