Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-20
Subcommittee Again Turns
Deaf Ear to Thousands of
Georgia Democrats Who
Want Hoover on Ticket

A second secretly-called meeting
of the subcommittee of the state
Democratic executive committee for
the purpose of more thoroughly lock-
ing the door of the presidential pri-
mary against those thousands of
Georgia Democrats who have insist
entity demanded that Herbert HooV-
er'S name go on the ballot was held
at the Kimball hou11 Wednesday.
After a series Of private caucuses
the six members Of the subcommit-
tee, having been flushed by The jour
raj representative went through
the semblance of holding a so-called
open meeting" on the parlor floor
of the hotel, and after the various
members had at length expressed
themselves on what they termed
Hoovers lack Of democracy and on
the eligibility rule formulated by the
subcommittee at a previous meeting,
Chairman j. J. FIynt closed the SEES
sion with the declaration:
Unless Mr.. Hoover qualities in
accordance with the rule by April l,
the date fixed for the closing of the
entry lists. his name will not go on
the ballot"
But scant consideration was given
to suggestions made to members of
the subcommittee that in view of
the undoubtedly large demand for
Mr.. Hoover's name to go on the bal
lot the subcommittee should rec
ommend that the general committee
be called together for the purpose
Of hearing -fhe Democrats Of the
state on the subject.
Those Attending
Those members of the subcommit-
tee in attenaanc upon the meetings
Wednesday were: Chairman j. j.
Flynt, of Griffin; Secretary Hiram
Gardner, of Eatonton; H. H. Dean, of
Gainesville; Fermor Barrett, of
Toccoa; J. H. Miner, of Eastman,
and Judge T. H. Parker, Of Moultrie
Miller S. Bell, Of Milledgeville, was
the only absentee.
Chairman Flynt announced that
he had called the meeting for the
purpose of submitting to the sub
committee the result of his ques-
tionnaire poll of the general COM
~mittee on whether the members of
the general committee Endorsed the
attitude of the subcommittee rela-
tive to Mr.. Hoover. He said that
out of 76 members of the general
committee Sc had replied; that As
indorsed the action of the .subcom-
mittee; that eight disapproved and
that 20 had not yet been heard from
1t was seen by the vote as given
out that seven Of the 4S affirma-
tive votes were cast by members
Of the subcommittee themselves.
Here is the vote as given out by
Chairman Flynt and read to The
Journal representative by Secre-
| tary Gardner:
Ayes-J. J. Flint, Griffin; Clarl
| Howell, Atlanta; Hiram Gardner
! Eatonton; DR.. o. B. Bush, Pelham
| B. II. Hardy, Barnesville; H. H
| Dean, Gainesville; H. j. Quincy
| Ocilla; ]. T. ellis, Soperton; c. e
| McGregor, Warrenton; Byron Bow
er, cambridge IS. Y. Austin, La.
| Grange; Ernest Camp, Monroe; T
| r. Talmadge, Forsyth: A. T. Wood
ward, Valdosta; Henry A. Tarver
| Albany; W. ]. Wallace, Macon; ].
| L. Price, Swainsboro; John w. An
drews, Carnegie; j K. Burkhalter,
| Millen; George w. Owens, Savannah
j. V. Kelley, Re1dsville; T. H. Park
err Moultrie; j. G. Perry, Sale City
B. NJ. Turnipseed, Fort Gaines; D.
w. M. Whitley, Fitzgerald; A. S.
Rainey, Ellaville; Jeff Taylor
Buena Vista; B. F. Boykin, Carroll
ton; r. E. Dismukes,. Columbus
Joseph S. James, Douglasville; w
| V. Altman, Conyers; D. B. Billiard
Palmetto; Emmett Barnes, Macon
| e. L. Dorsey, Jonesboro; J. B.
Hardy, Thomaston; Thomas w. Lee
Chickamauga; Hugh Gordon, Ath-
ems; ]. r. Tweedy, Eatonton; c.. D.
| Bolton, Tignall; John z. Quillian,
Gainesville; w. w. Stark, Commerce;
| Fermor Barrett, Toccoa; Miller S.
| Bell, Milledg4ville; John r. Philips
Louisville; J. G. Evans, Warrenton
J. W. Quincy, Douglas; B. G.. Last
| niger, Valdosta, and J. H. Miner
| Eastman.
Nays-N. F. Culpepper, Green
vile; H. H. Revill, Greenville; E. S.
| Ault, Cedartown; W. H. Davis
| Waynesboro; Joseph NJ. Brown, Ma
rietta; E. A. McCandless, Canton;
| w. E. Sirmans, Waycross, and I.
| Bashinski, Dublin.
Not yet heard from: J. J. E. An
| derson, Statesboro; ]. z. Foster, Ma
rietta; S. J. Slate, Columbus; James
| D. Robinson, Atlanta; j. Gordon
Jones, Cordele; George c. Evans,
Sandersville; J. A. Bowers. Meigs;
| z. D. Rich, Colquitt; j. e. Hays,
| Montezuma; A. H. Freeman, Newman:
| George r. Jones, Decatur; Hugh
| Hardin, Forsyth; John M. Vandiver,
| Rome; L. S. Ledbetter, Cedartown
Orrin Roberts, Monroe; George FL.
| Carswell, Irwinton; J. A. J. Hender-
son, DELLA; N. NJ. Patton Abbeville,
| and E. j. Giles, Of Lyons.
No advance announcement had
been made of the meeting Of the
L subcommittee Wednesday. That it
nwas planned to be another secret
! meeting was evidenced by the fact
| that about II o'clock Wednesday
| morning, the hour fixed in the tele-
| graphic call for the meeting, Chair
| man Flynt positively denied that any
| meeting had been called and ex-
| planned his presence in the city on
the ground that he was here to look
| after a case in the federal court.
Secret Caucus
Later, when he became convinced
| that The Journal representative
knew that a meeting was to be held,
| he admitted 1t, but when pressed for
| answer to the query as to whether
| the meeting would be executive or
open to the newspaper men, he said
he would ascertain the will Of the
! ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Owing to the late
| arrival Of one or two members, the
| subcommittee did not hold it's meet
| ing until Wednesday afternoon. in
| the meantime the members present
| caucuSed together, and agreed that
after luncheon they would hold an
| executive session in the room of one
Of the members and then adjourn
down to the parlor floor of the hote1
and hold an "open meeting"
This program was followed, and
after about an hours private con-
ference, during which the course of
action was determined, the commit
teemen filed down to the parlor floor
ranged themselves in a semi circle
and Chairman F'lynt with due for.
mality announced the subcommittee