Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-05
L0WlEN GAINS 25
 DELEGATES WHICH
 ARE LOST 10 WOOD
Several Southern States Given to Illinois Candi-
 date
RACE ISSUE BROUGHT
 INTO DELIBERATIONS
Negroes From North Carolina Claim That They Were Threatened With Death-Night Sessions
 Held by Committee
Chicago, June 4.-Lowden forces

Chicago, June 4.-Lowden forces counted twenty-five delegates into their column as the result of today $ decisions of contests by the republl- can national committee. The Wood forces, in turn, lost an equal number which would have been counted for them had the ending contests been sustained.
 All attempts at split decisions were lost. While various committee men professed to see behind the argu- ments for party harmony which were advanced a reflection of presidential views as they might be favorable to Governor Lowden and General Wood, the committee in repeated roll calls refused to make compromises and proceeded to make decisions on the evidence of party regularity in the local and district machinery.
 Lowden forces started off on a win- ming streak by capturing the contests in the eight congressional districts of Mississippi. They claim all those delegates. They won half vote in the second congressional districts of Oklahoma where the Wood forces won a half vote also by the seating of Dr. Hugh Scott of Holdenville, and Albert Keely of Bristow. Then the Lowden chiefs claimed another addi- tion of support when the committee voted to seat the regularly reported delegates from South Carolina, led by National Committeeman Tolbert. The tenth district of Tennessee, went to the regularly reported delegate, Robert R. Church, Memphis negro.
 The spectacular decision today was the hard fought long-delayed contest from Georgia. where the delegates headed by Henry Lincoln Johnson, an Atlanta negro, who, it was testi- fled before the senate committee in vestigating campaign expenses re- ceived 5000 from Lowden fund, were resisting the attack of set of con- testing delegates admittedly organiz- ed by Frank H. Hitchcock and counted for General Wood.
 Before the committee adjourned to continue in night session, Johnson $ big four-the delegates large had been seated, on the ground of organi- zation regularity in their convention roceedings and the first and second Georgia congressional districts also had been voted the same way. The evidence in the six districts remain ing in contest was said to be much of the same nature.
 Race Issue Again.
 South Carolina and Georgia contests brought the race issue and the color line into the deliberations of the com nittee desite all efforts to keep them out. The contest over the Tolbert delegates from South Carolina brought up the question whether the republican party in the southern states would do better without asso. citation with the negro. The contest ing delegates in the South Carolina case stirred up row in which the "Lie" was frequently passed, charges of machine rule" to perpetuate Car office, holders" trust "and further charges that the conditions were sucF that the republican vote had been re duced by the alleged methods to : minimum" were made.
 The hearing furnished firework: and vaudeville. Gales of laughter roars of cheers and waves of applause swept the committee room.
 National committeeman Tolbert be came so enthusiastic in describing hi: republication that he did doze1 jig steps and pranced up and dowr the aisle. Negro witnesses support ing the claims of the contesting dele gation, testifying to their inability tt take part in the Tolbert faction con ventions, declared they had beer threatened with death if they attempt ed to attend them.