Evening star., 1924-06-04
GALLIHER AND JONES
WIN AT CLEVELAND
Colladay. Prescott Faction of D. C.
Republicans Are Recognized
by Committee.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Sfa6 COrresuOndent of The Star

CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 4-Ths
Republican national committee today
voted to place on the temporary roll
Of the national convention William
T. Galliher and Thomas l. Jones as
delegates from the District of Colum-
bia This was a complete victory fol
the Colladay- Prescott faction Of Dis.
trict Republicans and a defeat of the
faction headed by Aaron Bradshaw.
Former Senator du Pont of Della
ware. national committeeman from
that state, made the motion tina,
Galliher and Jones be seated after
the national committee had spent ar
hour listening to the contest. Sena-
tor du Points motion was adopted
without a dissenting vote and with
out roll call.
Will Continue Fight.
Mr.. Bradshaw, following the vote
taken in the committee, said that he
would continue his fight for recog-
milton as delegate to the national
convention from the District and that
his case would be presented to the
committee on credentials after the
convention has organized and thai
committee has been appointed
He expects Julius ]. Peyser to bt
here to present the case for him at thai
time. In view of the unanimous actor
OF the national committee today, how.
ever, Edward F.. Colladay, Republican
national committeeman for the District
expressed the opinion that the commit.
tee on credentials would seat Mr.. Gal.
liner and Mr.. Jones.
Thomas p. Littlepage, for the Cola.
day-Prescott faction, said there haS
been ample notices published in sis
newspapers in Washington Of the meet.
ingS and elections which had resulted in
the election of 3. the Colladay-Prescot,
delegates and presented copies thereof
He insisted further that all the
meetings were open and that q news
paper reporter quoted by Mr.. Brad
shaw as having been denied informa-
ton was present during the entire
Mr.. Littlepage attacked the Brad
shaw delegates election, declaring
that Mr.. Bradshaw claimed to repre-.
sent an organization that no longer
exists. On behalf of Mr.. Prescott. Mr.
Littlepage said Prescott had not as
serted he was boss of the Repub-
licans in the District, as charged by
Bradshaw. Mr.. Littlepage pointed out
the organization had raised many
thousands of dollars for campaign
purposes.
Bradshaw in Rebuttal.
Mr.. Bradshaw. speaking in rebut-
tai, charged that Mr.. Prescott was
chosen chairman Of the Republican
state committee by five men meeting
in the district committeeman's Office
when Mr.. Galliher resigned that Of
fee" He said that the call for the
election of delegates required fifteen
days published notice, and only three
or four had been given. But Mr.. Lit
tlepage pointed out the fifteen days
notice applied only to the states.
Mr.. Bradshaw declared that the
ypoefippS hold hv fho 10
colt faction were 'farcical and IL
legal; that proper notice Of the meet
ings had not been given, but every
effort had been made to prevent pub.
licity and those notices published
were Insignificant in size
Garrett, for example, was elected Z
delegate to the so-called state con
vention in the ninth precinct, at I
meeting attended by ten persons. nj.
though there are $4,000 people Twins
in that precinct
Mr.. Bradshaw contended that tn,
election of delegates to the nationa
convention by a convention composed
of such precinct delegates was illega
and had resulted merely in choosinf
hand-picked henchmen Of Mr.. Pres.
colt. Mr.. Bradshaw said that tn.
s~rge meetings. He said that after
being frequently rebuffed when seek
ing Information from Prescott al
chairman of the Republican centra
committee Of the District, in exist
ence since 1868, ne had gone aheat
with a call for the election of dele
gates.
In conclusion, Mr.. Bradshaw sale
he had been active in Republican
party politics since 1868 and for many
years as chairman of the central com
mittee. In 1908, he said. the so-callet
state committee came into existence
through Influences which you al
know"