Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-05
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contests, Involving four delegates at
large and their alternates in each
case.
There are eleven such contests,
the states being Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and vir-
ginia. The remaining delegates in
contest are from scattering districts
in the states named, and the Arkan-
sas, Kentucky, Arizona and Penn
sylvania. Fifteen minutes on each
side are to be allowed in argument
of each of the district contests.
Chairman New estimated today
that if the schedule is followed and
no delays result, it will require ia
hors to dispose of the contests with
out taking into consideration the
time required for deliberations of
the committee. OF course there are
some states where the issue in some
Of the districts are identical with
the contentious over the delegates
at large and some time, therefore,
may be saved in disposing Of such
cases.
It is not likely that the commit
tee will be able to dispose OF more
than the Alabama contests tomor-
row. These are regarded as pivotal
cases in the entire controversy, and
an exhibition of bitterness is anti
cipated by the committee over their
settlement. All nine districts in the
state are contested as well as the
four delegates at large. The dis
putes are complicated by all sorts of
angles and factional differences and
their Importance is further increased
by the fact that Alabama comes first
in the roll Of states. The issue in
the state and that Of the various
districts are Identical.
There are two factions in Alabama
Republican politics, and both have
sent complete sets of delegates in
volving % seats in the convention.
One Of these is advocated by julius
w. Davidson and National Commit
teeman Charles H. Scott, and the
other by State Chairman j. @.
Thompson. The claim of the
Thompson faction is based upon the
argument that the organization sof
which he is state chairman is the
same organization that was recognaz-
ed by the national convention four
years ago and that it has since con
tinued to be the regular" organ
ization Of Alabama.
| Two years ago Thompson called a
meeting of the state executive COM
mittee to decide whether a Repub-
lican state ticket should be put in
| the field against Governor Conner
and other Democratic officials. The
question was submitted to primary
4 and as no Republicans presented
themselves as candidates for any
of the offices it was decided not to
put ticket in the field. National
Committeeman Scott participated In
he proceedings and decided not to be
a candidate for the governorship, al
though he had many friends who de.
sired him to make the race. He
made speech in which he said that
! he had oncluded that it would be
/ inadvisable to do so.
4 Some time later Mr.. Davidson, who
had also participated In the delib.
erations Of what was then organic.
ed as the regular organization. Is
sued a call on his own account fol
/ meeting to select state ticket to
make the race against the Demo.
cras. There were but "a partici-
pants in this gathering but never.
theless ticket was named.
The regular Republican emblem
had been filed with the secretary 81
state by the Thompson faction and
under the laws of Alabama the en-.
blem can be changed only by The
/ w