Evening star., 1925-05-24
MANY ENTER RACE
FOR OYSTERS POST
Early Selection by Coolidge
Expected-Democrats
Not Sanguine.

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| CooIidge's methods. that while he may
be in no hurry making public the
appointment of a successor to the
late Capt. James +. oyster as a mem.
Der of the Board of Commissioners,
he will reach an early decision.
This practice is known to be a very
common one with the Executive. not
only since he has been in the White
House, but even back in the days
when he was Governor of Massa-
chusetts and mayor of Northampton.
With this in mind Republican leaders
in the District, who are openly laying
claim to this so-called local patronage
for one of their party, expect to see
the President probably tomorrow or
next day. with the view TO getting
him committed to appointing their
appointment of Republican, and
| then at the opportune moment later
to press the qualifications of their
candidate.
Costello Indifferent.
The organized leadership among the
| Democrats intimates that for the
| present IL does not propose to assume
any great activity. John f. Costello.
J Democratic national committeeman
! for the District, said last night that he
| has no intention now OF appealing 10
| the President to appoint a Democrat
| TO the place. lie called attention 10
! the fact that President Wilson did not
! favor nonpartisan board and ap-
| pointed two men Of his political faith
and that in his opinion. President
| Coolidge should have the same priv.
lege.
! Presidents s appointee will be man
of ability and capable Of handling the
affairs of the local government. He
! e Il that it is matter of indifference
hIm whether he be a Republican or
| "a Democrat. so long s he is one who
| has lived here long, has taken an ac-
tive part in local affairs and knows
the wants of the District.
| Mr. Costello. however, has called
meeting of the Democratic central
committee for tomorrow afternoon,
when The filing Of the vacant com.
| nissionership will be discussed. While
! there have been a number of names
| of Democrats already mentioned. none
| of these is 10 receive the Endorsement
/ of the committee. Mr.. Costello eX
| planned that if the President decides
| definitely TO appoint Democrat and
! wants some expression from his com.
mittee. the latter will then submit
several names of Democrats who are
/ known TO be of the standard of char
|
Coolidge.
Samuel ]. Prescott said last night
that the Republican State committee
! OF the District, of which he is chair
| man, will meet some time this coming
| week, but he has not decided just
when. He stated that he could not
commit himself at this time. other
! than to say that his committee will be
una animously behind one candidate
! when the proper time comes to go be
| fore the President.
Arthur Carr builder and real estate
operator and secretary Of the Wash
| lington Board of Trade. who has been
urged by many of his friends to he
/ come a candidate. will probably have
! the support of large number of the
members of the Board of Trade as
well as that of a number of men
prominent in financial circles here.
This was made evident during the an
nual outing of the Board of Trade yes
terday at Quantico.
Those who are active in Mr.. Carr 9
| interest point out that he is the type
of man who should be appointed Com
missioner From his business expert
ence and his career as an executive
he is eminently qualified. they claim.
He is a Republican and. while not
identified with the Republican State
committee, was active in the last
national campaign in perfectinS the
organization of the Coolidge and
Dawes Club of the District. He is a
son-in-law of the late Gen. Anson
Mills and is manager of the Mills
Building.
The boom started in the interest OF
Merritt o. Chance, former postmaster
of the District, has very quickly as
| sumed what is looked upon as serious
proportions. His friends say that Mr..
Chances support is by no means con-
fined to Democrats, and that when his
| name is formally presented to the
| White House there will be as many
| Republicans as Democrats among his
indorsers. His friends say also that
they are not counting upon the local
Democratic organization to take any
active interest in his behalf, but are
depending chiefly upon their candi-
! dates wide experience when they
present their claims to the President.
Women Back Townsend.
A meeting of the Republican
League of Women. which has large
membership in the District and which
took an especially active part in the
1920 and 1924 national campaigns
has been called for tomorrow after
noon by its president. Mrs. Virginia
White Speel. Mrs. Speel said last
night that many of the women of heI
organization have been closely asso
ciated with T. Lincoln Townsend
vice president of the National Elec-
trical Supply Co., and president OF
the Coolidge and Dawes Club. who
has consented to become a candidate
and they are going to indorse his
candidacy.
Mr.. Townsends friends among the
Republican workers of the District
with whom he has been actively as
sociated for more than 20 years, and
. among his friends in business, inan-
cial and civic circles, already have
. put forth a well organized boom il
; his behalf.
Because of his many years of pub
lie service in the District and hi.
prominence in Republica nism, finan
cial and business activities, William
T. Galliher'S friends have gone ahead
without Mr.. Galliher's consent, u
rally support TO their candidate anc
to otherwise advance his interests iT
connection with this appointment
| To date Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle
chief of the Woman's Bureau of ths
Police Department, is the only one o
her sex who has been suggested Il
the President for appointment.
The names already received by tn.
President for consideration in making
this appointment have been proposed
principally by individuals. Anon;
these are: Mai. Gen. William NJ
: Black, L. s. A, retired, former chic
Corps of Engineers; Chaplin Brown
former attorney for the Rent Commits
sion, and at one time Republican ma
tional committeeman for the District
Julius Peyser, member of the Boarc
of Education: James T. Lloyd, presi
dent of the Board of Education anc
former Democratic member OF tht
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