Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-06
COMMITTEE D|sPOsEs
OF S|xTY-TW0 CONTESTS
Most Interesting Decisions Made In
Last Few Hours Of Final
Session.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOSES
None Of Members OF Either OF Three
Contrasting Delegations Will BE
Placed Oh Temporary Roll-To
Hear Representatives Of Suffrage.

! CHICAGO. June 5.-The Republican
National Committee adjourned at s
| o'clock tonight after disposing of six
ty-two contests for seats In the Coli
scum convention. During the last four
| hours of the four days session, the
most interesting decisions were made.
| They included these things:
Refusal to place on tho temporary
roll of the convention any members OF
the three conteSting delegations from
the District of Columbia. The District
was to have had two seats In the con-
vention.
Seating OF both delegations from
Louisiana. each member with half a
vote. and requesting the delegation to
select Armand Roman. Of New Or
leans. national committeeman in tho
place of Victor Loiscl.
Decision that the committee on reso-
lutions be asked to receive delegations
from the suffrage convention and con-
ference and from preparedness organl-
cations.
BITTERLY FOUGHT
The District of Columbia contest was
bitterly fought. One delegation claim
cd Il right to seats from the fact that
1t received n majority of the votes cast
at n primary election! Another dole
CATION charged that the primary was
illegal. This delegation was elected
at a convention. n third set of dele
gates charged thnt tho primary cleo
ton was permeated with fraudulent
voting. and argued that 1t received a
majority of the votes In the precincts
in which no charges of fraud were
made.
r. n. Howell. OF Nebraska, asked for
tho seating of the entire contestinE
delegation from Louisiana on the
ground that the national committee
could not countenance the disfranchise-
~ 10 SmOOt de-
clarcd that neither delegation could be
ignored. and presented the motion by
which the contest was settled. victor
Loisel protested against this action.
Advocates of preparedness and or
enniZations favoring woman Suffrage
will have an opportunity to present
their case under the most favorable
conditions to the committee on reso-
buttons if that committee accedes 70
the request of the national committee.
ifl,LEs BRINGS Ur QUESTION
OF GRANTING HEARINGS
Chairman Hilles brought up the ques-
ton of granting public hearings by an
nouncinE that many requests had been
made for an opportunity TO present va
rious subjects to the resolutions conf
mittce.
Il, il inevitable that the rcsolu-
tons committee viii, hear some dele
~ations, particularly those organiza
tons which are urging preparedness
and those supporting woman suffrage,
said Mr.. Hllcs.
'''rhc proper place for these hearings
would lac the convention hall. where
all the publicity possible can be given"
He suggested that the hearings be held
on "Wednesday after the convention adj
journS.
No question hut tnat the request of
the national committee would be adopt
ed WAS expressed
The temporary roll presented by the
committee Will contain 991 delegates.
including two each from Hawaii, tho
philippines and Porto Rico.
From the first the committee hear
inEs were marked by what was said
10 be unusual attention to detail Re
pc3tedly the rules were set aside by
unanimous consent to permit an OK
sentation of evidence.