Evening star., 1920-06-27
COLBY REPLACES
CO[POYS TO VOICE
PRESIDENT AIMS
Cabinet Member Gets ResoIu-
tions Committee Job on
Cummings elimination"
From a star Correspondent.

From a STAFF Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO. June 26.-In max
ing up the committee assignments for
the convention, the District delega-
ton had put John B. Colpoys on the
committee on resolutions. Upon inti-
nation, however. from Chairman Cum
| mings of the national committee, that
it would be gratifying to higher cir
cles to have cambridge Colby on that
committee. Mr.. Colpoys instantly and
graciously yielded. Although Colpoys
had planned to make an earnest plea
for the federal employees plank, he will
still ask to be heard on 1t.
The administration desires Colby to
be on the committee on resolutions
for obvious reasons, and while the
| delegation thought that Colpoys was
eminently capable of supporting the
administrations position. Colpoys de-
ferred to the chairman's wish.
Other Assignments From ID. C.
Other committee assignments are:
National committeeman, John F.. Cos
tello; chairman of delegation. John F.
Costello; secretary of delegation,
Frank S. Perry; committee on creden-
tials, Frank B. Lord; permanent or
ganization, T. T. Ansberry; rules,
John E. Laskey; to notify President.
Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell; to notify
Vice President, Robert N. Harper;
honorary vice president of convention.
John B. Colpoys; honorary secretary
of convention. John j. Noonan.
ID. G. Suffrage Plea Advertised.
Mr.. Harper has placarded the hotels
with large signs setting forth the
desire of the District for a constitu-
tional suffrage amendment and is
otherwise promoting publicity for the
resolution agreed upon by the civic
bodies. The District delegation will
meet Sunday evening to lay out plans
of action.
Robert N. Harper is working hard
with the District delegation to Sc
cure united support for the national
representation plank in the plat
form. The recommendation for a
constitutional amendment was in
dorsed by all the civic bodies of the
District which signed the identical
resolution. Mr.. Harper's work is
embarrassed by the fact that the
head of one of the organizations ap-
proving the plank has wired per-
sonally to members Of the delega-
ton. urging that a general suffrage
plank be substituted, although his
own signature is affixed to the reso-
luton.
Mr. Harper will tell the resolutions
committee that the District is united
upon the resolution. He will express
| the belief that Congress, as long as
| it pays half the cost of supporting
| the government at Washington, will
not consent to turn over the District
| to strictly local management and
| will insist that the constitutional
amendment is the just and proper and
| the best solution.
! Colpoys to Back Harper.
Colpoys will back Harper. although
| he holds the personal opinion that
| the resolutions committee will not
| go beyond a general approval of
| the principle of suffrage. Colpoys
| will present to the resolutions COM
mittee a proposed plank expressing
sympathy with federal employees and
| urging a scientific readjustment of
| salaries commensurate with increased
| cost of living and better working
conditions. The District delegation has
the front row of seats in the hall.
The following Washington men
| were appointed officials of the con-
vention: Joseph ]. Sinnott, chief
doorkeeper; William E. Kenney, as
sistant doorkeeper, in charge of dele
gates door; P. j. Haltigan. reading
clerk of the convention, and Kenneth
Romney, assistant tally clerk.