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COLORED VOTERS GET TWO
MEMBERS COMMITTEE
Central Committee Fight. Philips
Thinks. Beat Him Mi>under-
standing About Withdrawal Led
To Bitter Fight on Him.

| The Republican ticket, as nominal
ed on Tuesday last. consists of Will
| liam \. Andrews for the Senate;
| Thomas Z. Kerr for County Treas
urer: r. Elmer Dean. Fred K. Nad-
! dell, Charles Gibson and Elias y.
| McAllister, for the House of Dele
| gates, and William l.. O. Robinson
| for Sheriff The State Central NOm-
mittee elected on Tuesday consists OF
Howard p. Spedden, who received
1928 votes; A William Murphy, who
received 661 votes, and William IL
Leonard. VINO received ga votes.
These are white members OF the
Committee. The other two are col
ored. being Martin g. Lee, OF Cam
bridge, who received 46T votes. and
Robert F. Wilson, who received
433 votes; these two beat Charles
G. Satterfield and Charles Fl. Sherl-
dan. of Hurlock; John T. Moore ana
Miibourn +. Cannon, of Cambridge,
all white, Mr.. Moore being the near
est to them with 40S votes. The
anti-or ganization people elected one
member of the Committee, Martin u.
Lee although the organization
claims him, and thereby hangs tale.
According to the statement OF
some of the Republican organization
leaders. the colored people wanted Il
change in the committee, and had
formed d club for the support OF Lee;
these voters alleged that Wilson had
been i member of the Committee two
terms and that he was not outspoken
enough in the interest OF their peo-
pie, and that they wanted & man VINO
could talk; it seems that Lee tllled
the bill so far as they were con
cerned, but who was TO tell Wilson
that he must come off? He was on,
and wanted to stay, and Lee was OIL,
| but wanted TO get on. None OF the
leaders, it seemed, had nerve enough
to tackle the job, so they sent for
Wilson and told him that he would
have to get Lee off, and Wilson ana
| Lee had number of talks over the
matter and it was finally reported
| that Lee had agreed to get of, put
! the arrangement was never consu-
mated; instead of going off together
| last Sunday to discuss the matter
with the colored voters up the coun-
| ty. as il was reported they had
agreed TO do. their ways led into
separate paths. In the meantime
ballots marked for Wilson had been
sent out by the Republican organlZa-
ton, or. at least, by that part of it
which was organized. and the beans
were split. for Immediately the
! friends of Lee alleged that the orga-
| nization had played crooked, that it
hadtried to stab Lee in the back by
the sending out of these ballots, and,
according Il Mr.. Phillips. the coloreG
voters Immediately took their spite
out on him, as he was the only mem
Der of the organization they could
reach.
The friends of Mr.. Andrews have
alleged all along that Mr.. Phillips
was not popular. that he had run 100
often, and that the party wanted a
change, wanted one ticket without
any Phillips on it, and they point to
Straits district, where there are no
colored voters, as evidence of the
| fact that it was not the colored yot-
ers who nominated their man, Mr..
Andrews getting sc votes to Mr..
Phillips IA: one thing, however, is
certain, any one of the three white
men who can get the two colored
ivotes can control the Central Com
mittee.
| Another thing is certain. too, and
that is that if Mr.. Andrews and his
friends had had AM, idea that they
Il cold hsve ceae sc cfese 70 control
ling the Central Committee, they
twould be in complete charge at this
!time, but knowing what they now do
they will make a big fight for the
iCommittee the next time.