Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-31
Practically All National Com
mitteemen On Hand When
Hearings Open; Three lE
Southern Contests First Up
For Discussion. .s &

recommc1 dation, as he had announce
cd he would. 1t was decided to take
up contests in the alphabetical order
of states. e .5aa5 4 sa
The committee was ready to go
ahead hearing contests when it assem-
bled. but some delegations and their
attorneys were delayed by late trains, /
and the committee went on with other
business while waiting.
Many of the. .,contestinE negro dele !
cations from the southern states were
on hand before Mle doors were opened
Chairman Hays was an carly arrival.
Frank Hitchcock was on hand carly
and conferred with committeeman and
contestants He had nothing to say
concerning a meeting Of Wood, man
ayers called for tonight at which it
is understood Mr.. Hitchcocks future
connection with the generals candi-
dAcy will be decided. The arrival of
the proxy of Senator Penrose of Penn
sylvania, has added more speculation
to tho general discussion Of the Wood
3 managers plan.
The opening hour OF the committee
session made it appear the actual
hearing on contests would not begin
until later in the day.
y The first contest to como before the
republican national committee, that
from the fourth district Of Alabama.
was abandoned when the committee
called it. a.s.
Chicago. May 31-The right Of near.
~ one-seventh of all the, delegates to
the republican national convention to
occupy their seats when, the big quad
rennial show opens here one week
from TOMORROW was at stake today
when the national committee opened
it's hearing in 1877 contest cases. Il
Practically all the national com
mitteemen were on hand when tho
hearing opened, with the absentcesi
represented by proxies, Notable among
Of Connecticut, formerly campaign
manager Of Major General Leonard
Wood, who holds tbe proxy Of Senator
Boies Penrose., Of Pennsylvania, and
Joe kealing Of Indianapolis, repre-
senting. James a. tHenlenway OF In
diana, "
southern Contests Up. @
Contests from. three southern states
---Alaban1a Arkansas and FLORIDA,
probably will be heard today. COM
11itteemen said. Whentthe ,cummittee
met this morning its iiirst action was
to prepare q calendar and fix limits on
the time to- be devoted to oral largu-
n1entss BY attorneys for sthe cdntest-
ants. 33F'
AnnouncemeHt 'by Chairman Will II.
Hays yesterday that the contest ses-
sions would be open marks a new de-
paEture in republican procedure and
was hailed in the camps Of the various
candidates as the passing of steam
roller methods.
The executive session of the COM
mittee, which opened ,today's busi-
ness, and the compilation OF the cal-
endar was expected to take all the
morning and part OF the afternoon.
The first contest, .inXolving one dele
gate from the fourth Alabama district,
is not. expected to be reached before
the middle of the afternoon. Two un-
instructed delegates are contesting for
tho seat, with Wood and Lowden fore
es interested to the extent that their
campaign managers testified before
Ahe senate Investigating committee
that each had spent $1,000 In the
state. ~
r The Other Fights.
AS usual in past conventions virtual
ly all the contests originate between
Lilly WhiteI and Black and Tan
groups in southern states. In the al
phabetical order in which they will be
i heard, the. other contests are: &.
+ Arkansas--Seven Of the states l13
seats are on dispute between white
and black and tam groups. The. first
and the others are ,unpledged VI
- 1Nlorid complete sets of del
egates. Lily White" and BLACK, and
Tan" and regular, are fighting for
: the states eight seats.
Georgia Fifteen of seventeen state
seats are in dispute in what promises
to be the most bitterly fought of all
the contests. with direct issues be
tween the Lowden and Wood forces.
The ''black and tan" convention elect
ed a. complete delegation headed by
Henry Lincoln johnson Of Atlanta.
They were listed officially as unpledg7
ed, but Governor Lowden:s campaign
nianager testified hes sent $4,000 Of
Lowden money to Johnson. The Wood
group later elected fifteen delegates.
4 Louisiana-All twelve seats. are con-
tested by whites and "black and TAM
Il delegates. = lSI.sS
Minnesota-Two Of the states "A
seats. both in the tenth (Minneapolis)
district. are at stake, with Representa-
tive schall, the blind congressman,
one Of the contestants. Z az 81 g
Mississippi--All twelve Of the seats
contested with a delegation pledged
to General Wood. St II
Missouri-Two seats in the fourtt,
and two, in the fifth district contested
North Carolina-Seventeen out OF
az seats contested. sj##43
K 49, -giOhldIlOIIla---0l4 seats IN OlSpuGe,tCWO
each from the second, fourth and fifth
districts with some Of the contestants
fayoring LoWden and others Wood.
South rolina--All even seats con-
tested by the REGULARS" and the l'.un-
4 Ion republican, party" a negro faction.
Tennessee--TWoss seats in the sixth
and tenth districts at stake with Wood
4 partisans involved In both. M d III.
Texas--All twenty three seats con
tested along racial lines.
Vfrginia-Al All teen seats contested
@ by K Lily white. and q black. and tans,'
u with extra @coH Htests fled from the
3 third and eighth districts ~ "a |.
District Of Columbia Three sets OF
delegates, one said q to, favor General
Wood and the other two unpledEed
K contesting for the districts two seats.
SENA no VOTE 4: Il
TOMORR @ ON THE &.
MAND E Pr ROPOS Az
Washingt top,s May Al 81 by unani-
& NOUS consent the senate agreed to-
Il day to vote at 4 j. m. tomorrow ON
4 the resolution declt ltnings ITO ss grant
President ilsOn to accept q man
II date over Armenia. u NJ