Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-08
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
D|sPOsEs, OF PROTESTS
SENATOR Smoot Elected Chairman
Over w. Y. Morgan by Vote
OF % to Is.
CONTESTS FROM SIX STATES
action In Georgia Case Places
Twelve Root and Five Hughes
supporters on Permanent Roll.
Negro Delegation Denied Hearing.

CHICAGO. Juno THE Republican
Committee on credentials was organized
WIN the election Of Senator Smoot as
chairman. over w. Y. Morgan, Of Kan
Sas. 20 to 16. Charles II. Inncs Of
Massa chusetts, was elected secretary.
Notices or protests were given by six
states and the District Of Columbia
+. NJ. Long. o. u. Street, p. D. Bar
h"r. James j. Curtis. William l.. Che
hinit and j. w. Atkins. dclegates-at-
large from Alabama. who were seated
ON the temporary roll by the national
committee. were seated by the ere
oentials committee. Charges were
inado by contcst!ng dclcgates-at-
large that the Long faction did not
comply with the law in calling tho
convention which named the six dele
Sates-at-iarge seated on the temporary
roll.
The committee reversed the national
Committee and seated Charles ]. ALI
son. OF the Long faction. rs delegate
rom the Ninth Alabama District. over
W J.. Saunders. OF the Mason faction.
Nilsson questioned the regularity Of
nc dis,ric, convention which named
saunders. The committee upheld the
national committee which seated G..
W Bean. OF Tampa, in the Ninth Flori
do District. over G. II. Aston.
The four Jackson delegates at larEe
from Georgia wore seated over the
iilun delegates. This action sustained
no national committee. which ruled
mat n convention held Mt Atlanta. reg
nlarly represented the party.
srSTAINS ACTION IN
FIRST GEORGIA DISTRICT
Tho committee sustained the ma
tlonal committee in the contest in the
First Georgia District. and seated b.
". s. Daniels, OF the Jackson faction.
J. II. Watson, u Jackson man. seated
on the temporary roll by the national
coUmittce was placed on the perma :
mont ro! as delegate from the Second
Georgia District.
Tho committee sustained tho national
committee ana placed +. C. Boatwright
,' IN" Blum faction on the permanent
roll as delegate from the Third Geor-
ria District.
Nv agreement az the contestants the
;c;ion 0f tho national committee In the
Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh, Eighth.
ninth Tenth. Eleventh md Twelfth
cenrg!a Districts was sustained.
The action placed on the permanent
roll twelve Jackson delegates regarded
s favortng the candidacy of Senator
Root and Ave Blum delegates said TO be
iughes supporters.
John II. Hadley and Charles G. Moore.
rpntcsting delegates from tho Fifth
oklahoma District were seated, rGyers-
80: The national committee.
u MAS a victory FOR the faction Of j..
Mc'iraw. elected national committee
man to-day. The regularity OF con-
v"ntion calls was in question.
The action OF the national committee
u seating the McCiraw delegates from
Inc Sixth District OF oklahoma was
sustained
\ request o. contcsttnp negro DELE
CATION rom North Carolina tor Il hear
Hy was denied
The contest in 'hc First South Caro-
iign District against Gibbs Mitchell.
%! Charleston, "as withdrawn by
on l.. P!io!eau, the contestant The
g ion of the national committee IL,
ding Leo Hawkins, OF the Seventh
>C' III Carolina was sustained.
irseph /. Brady was seated on the
permanent rol! as delegate from the
Third Virginia District by the credeu-
t!a.s committee sustaining the action
ri the national committee.