Evening star., 1921-03-14

II do not know Of any interest of
Mr.. Rudolph's which might be consid-
cred adverse to the interests of the
public in the office for which he has
been nominated"
Asks About War Work.
To make the record clear, Senator
King also asked Mr.. Colladay regard
ing the work Of Mr.. Rudolph during
the war.
TT was absolutely that of a most
patriotic citizen in every way that q
man of his strength of character and
influence could do" said Mr.. Colladay.
He told the committee that Mr. Ru-
dolph had been treasurer of the Red
Cross. and personally did the hub Of
the wheel work to put that over"
Mr.. Colladay also presented sworn
oyster that he does not own any stock
or interest in any Of the public utili-
ties.
These men have lived their lives
in the open and hold the respect and
confidence Of their fellow citizens" +"
tributes of the lowly" given by the
spokesman for $4,000 colored citi-
zens of the District.
Mr.. Colladay then told the COM
mittee that there were present in
support Of the nominees representa-
t,ves OF the Board Of Trade. Cham
Der OF Commerce, Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. repub-
lican state central committee and
three out of five past presidents Of
the Federation of Citizens Associ-
ations-E. A. Edwards. Charles S.
Shreve and Edward F. Colladay.
The citizens at large are united in
support Of both Mr.. Rudolph and
Capt. Oyster" said Mr.. CoIladay. He
ca He'd attention to the fact that when
these same names were before the
Senate in the closing days Of the Taft
administration a great mass meeting
was held, which gave them a notable
Endorsement. ''The sentiment in their
favor has been growing in strength
ever since"
He then introduced to the commit
tee John Joy Edison, representing the
Board of Trade: Albert Schulteis' rem
resenting the Chamber Of Commerce;
Charles J. Columbus, representing the
Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso-
Walter. Evan H. Tucker, A. J. Dr.s-
coll and other officers Of practically
all OF the citizens associations.
Queries By Pomerene.
Senator Pomerene questioned Mr.. COL
laday regarding the afiidavit in which
Mr.. Rudolph said that he had no in
terest personally in the public uti1-
tiles. Senator Pomerene said that az
drawn 1t might indicate that the Sec
ond National Bank did have an inter-
est. Mr.. Colladay said that the only
interest was that 1t held q few bonds
and few shares OF the common stock
OF the Washington Railway and Elec-
trfc Company as collateral on privte
loans.
Senator King asked Mr.. colladay
now Harry Wardman felt about these
that he had not talked with Mr.. ward
man personally, but said he was nm
questionabiy in favor of them. be-
cause ne is very aggressive MEM
Der OF the republican organization.
Senator Dillingham; asked that all
OF those present representing organ
izations should stand up. He then
asked them: DO you favor these
two appointees?'
NC John rs u Joy Edison replied that the
He said that the directors OF thu
board, thirty in number, had been
polled and only one Of them had de-.
clined TO express an opinion because
ne se,i. had been beer pledged to another can.
heartily in favor of confirming Messrs'
Rudolph and Oyster. Mr.. Edison told
the committee that he had lived hers
for hfty-eight years and participated
in the active civic and other work OF
bers Of the Board Of Trade. he si ssid
he felt he was safe in stating tina;
OF an opportunity to vote for these
two gentlemen on their character ana
useIu,ness - IN civic, sociological and other
Mr. Colladay. to make the record
clear. stated positively that Can't.
oyster Is not connected with any bonks
in the District.
Formal Statement.
Charles ]. Columbus presented .
formal statement drafted by the boa rd
OF governors Of the Merchants and
stated that out Of twenty-se mrm.
whom were communicated with. the
vote was su;animous in favor Of both
Messrs. Oyster and Rudolph. This
seRsn semme,' waS Gen signed an,an By Charles W.
ofrterdinger: W. ". ana,th' a,nnaa; Geores nenfy z
DeNeale. NJ. @. Gibbs. E. c. Graham.
H .: Ormsby: Charles B. Smith, John
II. Wilkins. H: zirkin. Louis Lew
Joseph 4; Burkhart j. G: callahsnn''
Sidney West. George E. Hebbert'
Philip King. NJ A. Reese. r. nj
Mathers, J. Harry Cunninehan.
Charles F. Crane, e. A. Harris. josenh
Strasberger and r. w. Harper.
Thomas J. Donovan. president OF ths
Central Citizens Association. presents :
ed q resolution adopted at meetinx
yesterday and resolutions were also
received from the East Washington
Citizens Association and a number
| of other organizations.
DR.. w. H. Wilson. in the name of
the School Walfare League (colored)
said that his association and the col.
! ored people have every confidence in
Capt. Oyster. whom they have found
courageous. honest. bluntly frank.
perhaps. but who has never lent him
self to deception and that the negro
| people Of the District have no objec-
! tion to him il the Bruce case is not
mentioned. He said that tho colored
people favor the confirmation OF both
| nominees.
The Senate committee then went
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