Evening star., 1936-05-20
D. c, REPUBLICANS
CONVENTION FEUD
OUTLINED IN BRIEF
Hearing on Representation
Issue to Be Held at Cleve.
land Soon.
C0LLADAY GROUP HITS
REMOVAL OF DELEGATE
Action of Chairman in Naming
Special Credential Body Also
Held Invalid.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

The groundwork on which the con-
test for recognition will be fought by
two opposing delegations from the
District to the Republican National
Convention has been laid in briefs just
filed at Republican National Commit
tee headquarters here.
One group Is headed by District
National Committeeman Edward F..
Colladay, the other by former District
Attorney Leo A. Rover and Joshua
Evans, jr. The national convention
will decide the issue, after hearings at
Cleveland early next month.
The brief Of the Colladay group,
presented to George deb. Keim, Sec
retary of the National Committee.
bases its case mainly on two de-
velopments that occurred several
weeks ago In the process Of organizing
the local convention, which, in turn,
elects the delegation to the national
convention.
This local convention is made up
of 43 District delegates, chosen in as
many neighborhoods of the city. 1t
is the function of these delegates to
elect 43 more delegates-at-large. and
the 86 persons thus chosen constitute
the local convention.
Say Delegate Unseated.
The Colladay group contends in its
brief that when the meeting was held
on April 80 to elect the delegates-at-
Ia ROE IN tho Iocol ropyapfio,, ono Col
laday supporter, Francis Wells, ST., was
unseated as a District delegate, and
Aaron Russell, jr., given the seat. The
brief further challenges a ruling Of
the chair by which three ballots were
thrown out, two from the Colladay
slate and one from the Rover-Evans
slate, because less than 43 delegates
at-large were voted for.
The brief states that the recorded
vote for delegates at large at that
meeting was: Colladay slate, 10; Rover
Evans slate, 81.
The seating of Wells instead of Rus
sell. the brief continues, would have
made the result a 20-to-20 tie. and
the counting of the three rejected bal
lots would have made the count % to
81 in favor of the Colladay slate Of
delegates at large. The Colladay brief
also challenges the votes Of two dis
trict delegates on the Rover-Evans
slate, on the ground that they were
not residing in the districts from
which elected. This was the same con-
tentiun on which Wells had been un-
seated from the Colladay slate.
Objects to Committee.
The Colladay brief also takes issue
with the action of the State chairman
of the central committee in appoint
ing a special committee to pass on
the credentials Of District delegates,
contending there is standing COM
mittee on credentials in the local Re-
publican organization.
The first skirmish in the contest
between the two groups will be fought
before the Republican National Com
mittee, which meets at Cleveland
June 3. All local contests will be
given a preliminary hearing between
that date and the opening Of the
conclave on June 8, to enable the
national committee to make up the
temporary roll of the convention.
Then, on the first day Of the con-
vention, a credentials committee will
be created. composed Of one member
from each State. to conduct a final
hearing on contests and present a
permanent roll of delegates to the
convention.