Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-13
COMMITTEE FIXING
TO "RAISE H." IN
STATE, SAYS FLYNT
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Hoke Smith carried the number of
the number of convention votes set
opposite said counties, making a
total of 4S counties carried by Mr..
Smith, emitting him to 104 delegates
in the convention to be held May Is.
cit therefore appearing that Hon
A. Mitchell Palmer, having a plurali-
ty of the delegates to the presiden-
tial convention, to-wit: 14S delegates,
he is, therefore, according to the
rules of the state Democratic
executive committee under which
said primary was held, entitled to
have the delegates to the national
Democratic convention to be held in
San Francisco, named by the said
presidential convention from among
his friends and supporters.
BE it, therefore, resolved, That
the report be transmitted to the
in Atlanta, May IS, 1920, as the re-
suit of such presidential primary in
each county as the same appears
upon the consolidation of said pri-
A@sgy.
III H. DEAN,
"MILLTR S. BELL,
"FERMOR BARRETT,
"J. H. MINER,
HIRAM l.; GARDNER GARDNER,
TO Resist Injunction
Preparing to resist the permanent
Injunction sought by Mr.. watson,
the subcommittee appointed three o.
it's members, Fermor Barrett, II. II.
Dean and J. H. Miner. to file an
answer before Judge Walker cover
ing the subcommittee position
which is that its action on Tuesday
did not include the making of any
rule which altered the status of the
situation resulting from the primary
of April 20. They construed the In
junction to prohibit the making Of
any new rule, whereas Mr.. Black
burn, representing Mr.. Watson, con-
tended that any ruling made by the
subcommittee would constitute Vlo-
lation of the restraining order.
Both Mr.. Watson and Senator
Hoke Smith, through their represen-
tatives, refused to submit their con-
tests to the subcommittee, after that
would seek to make up the permanent
roll of the convention. These con-
tests, which involve about dozen
counties and about twenty-slx unit
votes, will be presented to the con-
vention itself for final settlement &C.,
1t DEVELOPED during the meeting
that it will be impossible to hold the
convention in the auditorium for the
reason that the building has been
leased for May Is for another pur-
pose. 1t. therefore, becomes neces-
sary to secure other quarters, as the
hall of the house of representative
at the state capitol is too small to
accommodate the gathering. A COM
naittee composed of J. r. Smith, AL
bert Howell and B. NJ. Blackburn
was appointed to secure a suitable
place for the convention and 1t was
indicated that the Atlanta theater
may be selected.
The Democratic state executive
Nav II, the day before the conVen-
ton, according to announcement by
Chairman Flynt.
Albert Howell and Hollins Ran
dolph, Atlanta attorneys, were pres
emit at the meeting of the subcom-
mittee to represent Attorney Cen
eral A. Mitchell Palmer in any con-
tests affecting his interests.
SMITH AND WATSON CARRY
CONTESTS TO CONVENTION
Whether Thomas E. Watson's in
junction did or did not prevent them
from hearing and deciding contests
growing out of the recent presiden--
tia1 primary, and whether they hao
authority to make binding decision
of these contests so as to control the
action of the state convention to be
held May Is, were the two main ques-
tions that confronted the Sub-commit-
tee on rules of the Democratic state
executive conn ittee when they met
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in the
ballroom of the Kimball House in this
city.
On the first question, they decided
that the language Of Mr.. Watson's In