Evening star., 1932-07-02
SELECTION CHEERS
DISTRICT DELEGATE
Roosevelt Regarded as
Friend of Capital, Having
Lived Here Many Years.
BY j. A. OLEARY,
staff Correspondent OF The Star.


CHICAGO, July 2.-The nomination
of Gov. Roosevelt Of New York as the
| Democratic candidate for President was
| paised today by John B. Colpoys, chair
man of the District delegation to the
national convention, and by John F.
Costello, national committeeman for the
! District.
| Mr.. Costello described Gov. Roosevelt
as "a real friend" of the District, point
| ing out that the nominee lived in Wash
| ington during his boyhood and later as
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mr..
| Colpoys pictured the nomination OF the
New York Governor as victory Tor
wage earners generally and for the
! farmers.
Il think" said Chairman Colpoys,
that the people of America, as repre-
sented by the laborers, farmers and
wage earners in general, have won a
| victory in the nomination OF tneH
champion: Gov Franklin d. Roosevelt.
! l have no doubt the 100000 people
who are without work and the 40,0OO,-
| 600 dependent on them will undouot-
| edly gain hope from the despair they
are in now in looking forward TO MS
| election.
Record Will Be Judged.
"His record as Governor of New York
for fonr wears will be that which Will
be Judged in the coming campaign. IL
will be lust a promotion from the SET
ord highest position in the country 10
| tnat of the highest that free ana
sovereign people may bestoW upon MN; n =
Mr.. Costello, in commenting OH 'ii0
conventions decision, said:
at is particularly pleasing 70 me- @
and I know it will be pleasing 70 t,1e tt,e
Democrats of the Distrlct, tnae III .nt
nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt
tba citizens of the District of Columbia
have real friend. Roosevelt, during
Grover Cleveland's first administrator
made his home in Washington for sew
eral years, beginning in 1885. His 1atner;
James Roosevelt was close pontlcai
friend and adviser of Cleveland, and at
Cieveland's request, made his residence
in washington in order to be able 70
consult and advise the President. ne
brought his family, lncIuolng young
FRANKLIN, to the District. Later, during
the administrator OF Presdent WliSol
Franklin Roosevelt again came 70
washington as Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy. and lived there for eight
wears. So we look upon him really as
q Washinctonian. We know his deep
and friendly interest in the District. and
that is why we took great pleasure IN
nominating him in San Francisco in
Iq2O as Vice President. My relations
with him during all those years have
been not only political but personal ano
II was with pleasure that we OF the
District voted for him as presloentlai
candidate"
Unit Rule Not Challenged.
On the final ballot, which brought
about the nomination last night, the six
votes of the District of Columbia were
recorded for Roosevelt. The unit rule,
under which the District delegation
operates. was not challenged on the
final ballot, and it did not become
necessary, therefore, for the clerk OF
the convention to poll the delegates
from the District individually.
The unit rule provides that the vote
of the entire delegation to cast accord
ing to the decision of the majority. On
two earlier ballots yesterday morning
Col. Arthur O'Brien, who with three
other members of the delegation have
been opposing the unit rule, insisted
the delegation be polled. Each time
the majority was for Roosevelt. Cnalr-
man walsh of the convention, having
upheld the contention of Mr.. Colpoys
that the District was bound by the unit
rule, the entire six votes were cast IN
accordance with the majority view OF
the delegation, for Roosevelt.
When the final ballot came last night
none of the District delegates requested
poll by the clerk.
Plans Eligibility Fight.
Before the convention closes another
question relating to the District may
come before it, Col. O'Brien said to-
day he is preparing to offer a resolution
providing that for the next convention
only bona fide residents of the District,
who do not maintain voting residence
| in a State, could be chosen as delegates
from the District of Columbia.
When the convention is considering
the usual resolutions authorizing the
National Committee to call the next
convention, Col. OBrien said he would
/ propose the following amendment:
Provided, that no delegate shall be
elected to represent any Of the Terri
tories, or dependencies, or the District
of Columbia, who is not a bona fide
resident thereof, or who maintains a
voting residence in any State"