The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
HAD BEEN ARRANGED

ference, and from preparedness organ l izations
 HAD BEEN ARRANGED The decision in the Louisiana con- test in which a delegation claimed a right to be seated over the regular deI- egations because the state convention was held in a hotel from which ne- groes were barred, was in accordance with a plan formulated yesterday when | members of the committee essayed the role of mediators between the two fac tions.
 R. B. Howell of Nebraska asked for the seating of the entire contesting delegation on the ground that the na- tional committee could not counte- nance the disfranchisement of the ne- gro. Senator Shoot declared that nei- ther delegation could be ignored and presented the motion by which the contest was settled. Victor Loisel pro- tested against this action and said he dentials committee.
 The District of Columbia contest was bitterly fought. Fred w. Establook of New Hampshire moved that none of the contestants receive seats because of the irregularity of the methods of se- lecting delegates and as a preventive of further contests from the district. This motion prevailed with hardly a dissenting vote. The district was to have had two seats in the convention.
 Advocates of preparedness and or ganizations favoring woman suffrage will have an opportunity to present | at, C. l. conditions to the committee on reso- lutions if that committee accedes to the request of the national committee, which is thought very likely.
 Chairman Hilles brought up the ques- tion of granting public hearings. by announcing that many requests had been made for an opportunity to pre- sent various subjects to the resolutions com mittee
 'It is inevitable that the resolutions committee will hear some delegations particularly those organizations which are urging preparedness and those sup porting woman suffrage" said Mr. Hilles, "and I think this committee should request the committee on reso- lutions to give public hearing on these questions two hours after the adjourn ment of the committee Wednesday, The proper place for these hearings would be the convention hall, where all the publicity possible can be given.
 ''The resolutions committee could oc- cupy the platform seats of the na- tional committee while the subjects were being presented"
 There was no dissenting vote to a motion made by Senator Shoot em- bodying the suggestion of the chair man.
 PROXIES ARE LIMITED
 One of the last acts of the commit tee before adjourning until Wednesday morning was to adopt resolution pre- scented by Senator Smoot providing that proxies shall be allowed to vote in the national committee meetings only when the committeeman is actu- ally absent from the city in which the meeting is held and that every proxy holder shall be a resident of the state from which the committeeman was elected. The resolution excepted the territories.
 The temporary roll presented by the committee will contain s91 delegates, including two each from Hawaii, the Philippines and Porto Rico.
 From the first the committee hear ings were marked by what was said to be unusual attention to detail. Repeat edly the rules were set aside by unan- imous consent to permit an extension ot the argument or the presentation of evidence.