Evening star., 1932-04-15
BOTH PARTIES HERE
PLAN CAMPA|
Republicans and Democrats
of District to Choose
Delegations Soon.

With the 1882 national campaign
virtually at hand Republican and DEM
ocratic leaders in the District OF Co.
lumbia are beginning to display activity
and to start in motion their machinery
with which they hope to help elect the
standard bearers of their respective
parties.
These local political leaders have
awakened to the clarion calls to battle
and are setting about planning for the
campaign, which, in the National Cap
ital, means principally. getting out the
so-called State votes temporarily resi-
dent in this city.
In advance of the working out of
definite campaign plans both local
parties must dispose of the matter of
electing delegates and alternates to
their party's national conventions to
be held in Chicago in June, the adop-
ton of instructions for the delegates to
the conventions, the election of national
committeeman and committeewomen
and matters relating to committee or
ganization.
Only Chance to Vote.
The first step will be the holding of
primaries by both local parties at
which actual residents of the Capital
will be entitled to vote. These primar-
les, which are held every fourth year,
are. by the way, the only opportunities
the residents of the voteleSs Capital
City have to cast a ballot
The Republican organization has
designated the week of April Is for the
Republican primary. The Democrats
have not yet decided upon their primary
date, but John B. Colpoys, chairman of
the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, said today that decision would be
reached within the next few days. He
thought some date between May IS and
20 would be designated In the mean
time formal announcement to this eff
feet will be made. At the same time
announcement of the location of the
polling places will be made, as we'll as
notice Of filing for candidates as dele
gates to the national convention.
AT the Democratic primary the can
dldateS for delegates to the national
convention and for national commit
teeman and committee woman are
voted for directly At the Republican
| primary the voters elect delegates TO a
State convention to be held in this city
May IL, who in turn will vote for the
delegates to the Republican national
convention and the national committee
| man and committee woman.
Residents Must Enroll.
The Republican State Committee for
! the District of Columbia, of which
! Samuel j. Prescott is chairman. has
already announced the date for the Re-
| publican primaries and the date of the
State convention, as well as the re-
| quirements for residents before they
may vote. In these announcements at
| tention was directed to the necessity of
Haf
| to vote.
| Arrangements have been made to
| handle the enrolment in room 406 of
| the National Capital Republican Club
| Building, at Sixteenth street and Scott
! Circle. Arrangements also have been
made for voting places in the AZ cleo
ton districts prescribed by the Repub-
lican State Committee.
At the Republican primaries one dele
gate from each Of the AZ districts will
be elected to the State convention.
! These elected delegates will in turn
| elect AZ additional delegates-at- large.
On May II these two groups of dele
| gates will meet in convention in the
assembly hall at the National Capital
Republican Club Building to elect two
| delegates to the national convention
and two alternates. as well as national
committeeman and woman, and the
members OF the State Committee.
Will Ask Representation.
| At this convention the delegates also
will vote instructions to the delegates
to the national convention. In these
| instructions will be included an appeal
| to the national convention to include
| in the party's national platform plank
recommending national representation
for the District of Columbia. The dele
gates to the national convention will be
instructed also to lend their efforts for
the inclusion of such a plank in the
national platform.
Edward F. Colladay, Republican Nat
tional Committeeman for the District,
said today while discussing the forth
coming Republican primaries:
Republicans residing in the District
Of Columbia who have no legal resi-
dence in the States are called upon to
send their names to Room 406 of the
National Capital Republican Club,
southwest corner Of Sixteenth street
furti SCOTT eircie, for the purpose Of
being in closer touch with the Eepuh-