Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-02
NEW YORK SOCIETY
ROWS At ELECTION
Representative Bloom, De-
feated, Declares He Was
Not Candidate.

An election storm Ci1aG upset Jrle new
York State Society in its annual meet
ing last night at the Willard Hotel. to-
day reverberated in many places
throughout the Capital. Charges and
countercharges few thick and fast.
Several members of Congress were in
volved.
On Capitol Hill, Representative Sol
Bloom, Democrat OF New York, thor
oughly up in arms, Indignantly denied
that he was a candidate for president
of the society at the election last night,
where the ticket with his name at the
head was defeated by a vote OF TO TO
SO. The records show that Representa-
tive Bloom was defeated for the presi-
dency by DR.. William j. Davis, dem
list. Bloom was not present at the
election.
Davis, also indignant, declared today
that attempts had been made to force
Bloom on the society as president, With
the support of several members of Con-
greSS. At least seven members OF Con-
gress, including Senator Copeland OF
New York, were aligned behind the
movement to put Bloom in, according to
Davis. But the independents" took the
tight to the floor, Davis said, and pre-
vented what he declared were attempts
of the presiding officer, H. j. Mcclure
of the Department of Justice, to force
a vote on the Bloom ticket without al
lowing a vote on the Davis independ-
ents.
Petition Is Read.
Mcclure, retiring president of the So
ciety, insisted today that Representative
Bloom, whom he had supported, had
been prevailed upon to run. Mcclure
read a petition to the meeting signed
by several New York members of Con-
gress asking for votes for Bloom.
Among the names on this petition were
Senator Robert Wagner and Repre-
sentatives Hamilton Fish, jr.; Frederick
M. Davenport, Edmund F. Cooke, Samuel
Dickstein and James S. Parker.
Senator Copeland appeared in person
and in a speech asked the election of
Bloom. Representative Fish attended
the meeting but did not speak. Bloom
himself was not present.
Mcclure, in supporting Bloom. IN
sisted today that the defeated candidate
had not campaigned in person, but that
his friends had put up the fight for
him. Mcclure understood, he said,
that at one time Bloom had tried to
withdraw, but had been prevailed upon
by another member of Congress to
continue to run and accept the cleo
ton.
Representative Bloom, plainly indig-
nant, was somewhat disturbed over the
whole affair. He made public a letter
which he had written, he said, on
March IA. to Mrs. Grace E. Strait, sec
rotary of the society, residing at 1851
Seventeenth street. In this letter he
said, ct regret very much that I find
it necessary to ask that my name be
withdrawn as a candidate for presi-
dent of the New York State Society of
Washington. d. c."
Asked Removal of Name.
Following the dispatch of this letter,
Bloom said he had personally tele-
phoned Mcclure, then president Of the
society, asking Mcclure that the name
of Bloom be removed from the ballot
Bloom said today that in the tele-
phone conversation with Mcclure he
said, Under no circumstances viii I
run for Office. I'm not getting into any
of your family fights"
Bloom said today he knew that there
had been two factions in the society for
long time. When first asked If he
would head the organization he said he
hatly declined. Later he agreed that IL
both factions would agree to put him in
to compose differences he might accept,
he said, provided there were no election,
and no person to run against hin-no
fight between the the two factions.
When he learned that there was an
definite action, writing to the secretary,
phoning the president of the society,
and entirely taking himself out of the
matter
why, never attended a single
meeting of the society,"" he protested,
II was only elected a member last year
I was not present last night. and the
first knew that I had been defeated
was when read it ini the paper this
I,,Sk -.
meeting was to be and don't yet know
where it was held"
Representative John Taber Of New
York, who was elected one of the trus-
tees at the meeting last night was pres
ent at the election. He pleaded with
the factions to cease fighting and do
what they could to work for the society.
tickets, and to accept whoever was
elected as the head, without feeling.
Taber said today he was candidate
for trustee on both tickets. Representa-
tive Daniel A. Reed was one of the
trustees elected. He was present last
night, but did not speak
The nominating committee which
brought in the Bloom ticket was headed
by f. w. kr1chelt, chairman.
Mcclure, who campaigned for Bloom,
was one of the trustees elected. Davis,
the newly-elected president, claimed
that the only reason Mcclure was elect
ed trustee was because the man on
the independent ticket had withdrawn
without knowledge of the independent
leaders, and under the bylaws another
independent candidate could not be put
forward last night.
Several Meetings Planned.
President Davis announced that sew
eral meetings are planned for the near
future, the next one to be an enter
tainment at the home of Mrs Henry
F. Dimock, well known society leader
Six entertainments and dances will also
be held, Davis said.
The complete independent ticket
elected last night in addition to Davis,
president, is as follows: M. F. DriscoIl,
first vice president; Mrs. w. A. Carr,
second vice president; Mrs. c. F. Ham
nerly, third vice president; Leon E. A.
Chagnon, secretary; Grant r. Dennis
ton, treasurer, and Miss Helen M.
Brown, historian. The new trustees are
Representative John Taber, Representa-
tive Daniel A. Reed, H. j. Mcclure, Miss
Louise Evanson, w. A. Carr and Harry