Evening star., 1925-05-03

dilatory tactics to obstruct business.
Mr.. Emig started to say that he re-
sented the statement of the chair
when Mr.. Suter gave his gavel
resounding rap on the table. There
was a noticeable chorus Of approval
from various parts of the hail Mr..
Emtg made no further attempt to re-
ply to the presiding officer and the
incident was closed.
The entire colloquy between Dele
gate Emig and the chairman had last
ed but moment and from that point
on the meeting proceeded rapidly to
the taking of ballots
Detectives Present
Throughout the evening Central
Office Detectives Ira Keck and
Weber, who were assigned yesterday
to run down an anonymous letter
that had been circulated among the
delegates during the prediction cam
paign, sauntered about the meeting
room, but their presence seemed to
be known to but few OF the dele
gates.
Just before the balloting began
Delegate G.. W. Ayres of West End
quiry was going 10 be made concern
Ing the much-talked-o letter. Presi-
dent Suter replied that the question
raised by Delegate Ayres was out of
order and nothing more was said
about il.
Although there had been predic-
tions that many ballots might be nee
essary before any candidate would re-
ceive the required majority of those
H,-e@ haI {Y, hn
election of Mr.. Baker and Mr. Haven
ner.
Since one of these was from the
west end of the city and one from the
east end of the city, an outburst of
applause followed announcement of
the result of this ballot.
Like Real Election Day.
AS the balloting progressed the
meeting began to take on the at
mosphere of real election day. In
the lulI that occurred between each
vote delegates could be seen gather
ing in little groups, discussing the
qualifications of theh leading candi-
dates
There were four women on the
! ticket, and, while one OF them, Mrs
Frank Hiram Smell of the District of
Columbia League of Women Voters,
ran strong on several ballots, not one
woman was picked for Washington 8
| first unofficial council.
The second ballot brought the
election of William S. Torbert. The
| fact that he was from the northeast
seemed to meet with the approval of
| the delegates, and tended to further
dispel the fear that had been voicd
several weeks ago by George YeaJ-
man of the southwest section that
| the northwest, because 1t had a
working majority in the federation.
| might seek to control the election
! 1t was apparent as the balloting
progressed that northwest delegates
were determined to show in this first
election that they were considering
candidates from the other localities
| fairly.
Sections Hold Together.
! The Northeast and Southeast groups
| in the federation held together in the
voting. but they had generous sup
port from their Northwest associates
in bringing about the final result of
| having the council represent the en-
| tire city.
| The third and fourth ballots failed TO
| give any candidate the majority nee
| essary for election. and it began to
| look as II a deadlock was developing.
| A dozen of the weaker candidates be-
gan gradually to withdraw from the
race. however, and this helped to bring
| about the election of Mfr. Wales and
! Mr. Swanton on the fifth ballot.
This left only one seat on the eoun-
| ell to be filled. and, when the sixth
! ballot failed to produce another mem
/ Der, another deadlock looned. On that
ballot Mr. Stull had 35 votes and Dele
| gate James G.. Yaden remained in the
running with 16.
StulI Gets 49 Votes.
| On the seventh ballot Mr.. Stull re.
| ceived 49 votes when he only needed
Al and a shout went up from the
east-end delegates. since Mr.. Stulrs
| selection made a total Of four on the
| council from the eastern section and
! four from the western portion OF the
city, with a Northwest man as ex.
! officio chairman of the body.
| AS the meeting came to a close il
| was evident that the distribution o!
| seats on the council on an almost
even geogra phical basis had produced
a general feeling of good will and co
| operation among all the delegates
Early in the evening William Henry
| White of Mount Pleasant called at
| tentiou to the fact that Sc delegates
out of a possible SS were present and
| voting and cited this as evidence oil
the civic spirit of the people of Wash
| ington and an indication of their de
| sire to take part in their civic affairs
when given the opportunity.
Mrs. Wiley Withdraws.
The first candidate to withdraw from
| the race after an early ballot was
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley of kalorama
followed ON later ballots by DIR. Ed
| ward E. Richardson Of Congress
| Heights. Clayton En1ig of Dupont Cir.
Gle. Charles A. Langley Of Chiilum
Heights. w. q. Henderson of North
Capitol, Proctor l.. Dougherty OF
Chevy Chase. George A. Finch. e. J
| Brennan of Michigan Park and II. K
Bush Brown of the Arts Club.
At the opening Of the meeting the
! federation paused in it's business while
Delegate Baker paid a tribute to the
memory of Capt. George w. Evans
former treasurer of the federation
who died recently.
The number of ballots received by
each of the winning candidates was
as follows: Baker, So; Havenner, so
| Torbert. As; Swanton. 80; Wales. 43
and Stull, 40. The other candidates
seesawed back and forth with varyins
numbers Of votes on each ballot.