The Washington times., 1920-06-09
Wood Gains TlUo Votes
In All Night Session
WCredentiaLs Chiefs

CHICAGO, June 0, Gen. Leonard
Wood gained two votes through
action taken early today by the con-
vention credentials committee on
election cases.
Gov. Lowden lost the two votes
gained by Gen. Wood. but regained
them by decision of the committee
seating two delegates from Kansas
City, Mo-. which district has been
denied representation by the national
committee.
Reverses Earlier Action.
The two votes gained by Gen. Wood
were from the Fourth Georgia and
the Tenth Tennessee districts. The
committee reversed the action OF the
national committee in the contested
cases, unseating the delegates who
participated in the temporary organi-
Zation of the convention and seating
C. A. Williams, Georgia. and Charles
Il. Quinn, Tennessee. The unseated
men were for Lowden. Those seated
are for Wood.
A total of 1O3 contests appealed
from the national committee were
disposed of by the credentials com
Hllttee at an all-nlBnt sittihB' hc
decisions OF the national committee
were followed in all except four
cases. The credentials committee will
report finally to the convention this
morning. SThe committee finished it's
labors at o'clock.
No Action On Oregon.
No action was taken by the COM
mittee on the Oregon contest. 1t was
held that this case involved an in
depreciation of the extent of the bind
ing force Of the state preference pri-
mary law over which the committee
had no Jurisdiction.
Sanfield Macdonald, Johnson mana
ger in Oregon, defeated for delegate.
brought the contest against Wallace
McCamant, a sitting delegate, on the
ground that McCament refused to
vote for Johnson although the state
had instructed for Johnson in its
primaries.
The committee defeated a resolu-
ton recommending that no Congress,
sional district convention shall be en-
titled hereafter to a delegate in the
national convention unless it shall
have cast at least 1000 Republican
votes for the President at the last
election. This resolution was offered
by John T. Gray, of Idaho. 1t was
aimed at the vexatious contests habit
ually coming from the Southern
States.
Steam Roller Evident.
Steam-roller methods were adopted
by the committee in disposing of the
contests following an announcement
by Chairman Edward ID. Duffield, OF
New Jersey, that he had been in
formed the resolutions committee
would be ready to report the platform
to the convention at noon today. The
permanent organization of the con-
vention had to be effected to receive
the report from the resolutions COM
mittee.
The so-called lilly white" cases
from the Southern States were given
scant attention. Delegations of wom-
en- appeared in the Oklahoma and
Tennessee--cases opposing the seating
OF colored men as delegates. Their
arguments had influence in the case
of Robert II. Church, Tenth Tennes-
see, who was unseated. The Okla
homa contests stood as decided by the
national committee. '..
Negro Wins Fight.
Henry Lincoln johnson, the negro
leader of Georgia, won his fight to
from Georgia. He may become the
Republican national committeeman
from that State. The seaunE OF
johnson was opposed vigorously by a
contesting Georgia delegation OF
whites and negroes. who were repre-
sented by former Gov. Ben. w.
Hooper, of Tennessee.
You are asked to set aside me and
my hopeful people whom you freed
sixty years ago." said Johnson In
passionate appeal. when you give
like protection to the ballot box In
Georgia as you give in Illinois you
Republicans will not be ashamed OF
results" he declared" ..
After he had been confirmed In his
seat by a vote OF 81 to 23. Johnson
announced withdrawal of a number
OF contests he has appealed In various
Georgia districts, excepting In the
Fourth. on the hearings In this con
test the decision went against him.
During the course of the investisa-
tion johnson was asked bluntly by
Gregory Page, of New Mexico,
whether he had accepted $1,000 from
anyone TO make the fight In Georgia
and bring these contests from that
state. johnson denied this charge. ,
Deny Use Of Gas.
The Kansas city MO, contests
brought caustic criticism from mem
bers OF the. committee on Republican
prevalence OF fraud in elections. II
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