Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-04
G. o. P. Committee Bars Dele
gates Who Accepted Cash.
ALL ARE FROM MISSOURI
Claims of Lily-white' Delegation
From Louisiana Are Reject
ed and uninstructsd Dele
gates Are Seated.

out by the kepublican national com
nittee
The men denied credentials were
John S. Boyer and H. n Albus. both
of ST. Joseph, Mo. f. L. Morse. who
said he handled most of the $4,000
sent by Lowden 10 Missouri, testified
he paid $1,000 to Albus, who did not
appear to press his contest before the
national committee.
Clarence u. Philley and Lusier c.
CottriIl, credited TO Wood, were given
the two Fourth district places on the
convention by the committee.
Immediately following the Missouri
action the committee more than evened
scores on Wood by throwing out eight
delegates at large from Mississippi
pledged TO the general and having four
Votes. An unpledged delegation com
posed of NJ j. MuIvihill of Vicksburg NJ.
H. Daily Of Coldwater, l. r. Monlgom-
cry of Mound Bayou ana y. w. Sher-
rod of Meridian was seated.
Johnson Wins Contest.
The official contest calendar Of the
Washington investigation was intro
duced.
The ole edition designated AIbus and
Boyer as the officially reported dele
cation from the Fourth Missouri dis.
trlct" anG designated Pulley and Cot
trill as the contestants" The new
edition switched the order, giving the
Wood delegation the official recogni-
ten and listing the Lowden men as
outsiders.
IN The first contest between Wood
and johnson forces the Republican ma
tlonal committee voted TO stand with
the California senator and threw out
the Wood delegation from the Tenth
Minnesota district.
The eight between Wood and John
son brought ON the first RON call Of the
present session Of the committee, the
final vote standing 80 10 Il in favor
of ousting the Wood delegation May.
or Thompson voted with the majority
IN support Of the Johnson elaims.
Seat Congressman Schall.
The contesting delegates. who were
uninstructed bur are generally credit
cd to Johnson, We're Representative
Thomas y. Schai OF Minneapolis and
l.. NJ Mithun Of Eunalo. II mn. The
Wood men who were ousted By the
ruling of Che committee We're Albert
Pratt aud Lowell L. Jetson.
The vain fight III behalf OF tile Wood
delegation was led ~ Committeeman
Lifleton Of Tennessee When II be-.
came apparent that the temper Of
the committee was against seating the
Wood men, MIR. IsittIeton made an ef-
fort 70 seat all four delegates giving
each one-half a vote, but This. too. was
voted down.
Settle 1t on Merits"
Committeeman G. II. Howell Of NJ
hraska made strong plea in support
of the Wood delegates.
'rhe evidence Is clear regardless Of
technicalities, that Pratt and Ietson
had majority OF the delegates to tn"
district convention" he said 'Of the
10 votes east they had 81, while the
others had only 81.
If this committee continues 10 set
tie contests on basis of expediency
rather than the merits Of the case. it
is rerely inviting contests. We should
cuf ont technicalities and the confu-
sion on legal points Involved ana de-
eide this on the plain facts of Pratt
and Ietson having the majority Of the
delegates supporting them"
LILLY Whites" Lose.
Earlier in the day the committee
had voted To seat the - uninstructed
delegates from Louisiana. headed by
Ena Kuntz OF New Orleans. natioual
committeeman, and dismissed the con.
test &C the lilly white" group, led hv
Mrs. G. S. Hebert and Victor I.olseI OF
New Orleans
c. s. Eebert of New Orleans. who
31urtd In tie committees decision
DENYING q rehearing In the challenge
OF sir kunt2 seat, appeared for th,
contestants lie was confronted with
signed agreement made ln lgiS. in
which he and his associates ag~ee..
not te file contest Committee mem.
hers s0id the ease had been invest:-
gated thorouehly last year and de-.
clared the new contest violated the
1918 agreements.
Florida case Up Again.
The FIRST order af business was "a
supplemental hearing for the "regu-
larry reported delegation from Flor.
ida, ,aeaded by H. l.. Anderson o. Iact-
sonvilie
Use Of triekery for the election Of
the lowden delegation from Georgia
was charged by Roscoe Pickett chair
man Of The Georgia state convention
I'm the argument before lle national
committee Henry Lincoln Johnson
vice chairman Of the convention. i.a9
been handed $4,000 Of Lowden money.
according 70 testimony before tie sem
ate committee investigating campaign
expenditures.