Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-31
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| ON CONTESTS At
CHICAGO TO-DAY
chairman Hays Says the
National Committee viii
Make Judicial Decisions
Not Political Ones II
WOOD AND L0WDEN ARE
ONES MOST AFFECTED
.0fficiaI Roll Call Shows 1877
Seats, Out of 948, in Dis
pute; May Dispose Of
Matter in -Four Days.

| ,sY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
Chicago, Nav S0.--Whens the re-
publican national committee to-
morrow begins making decisions on
contesting delegations to the con-
vention, it will according TO an
nounCement by Cha rman VIII H..
| Hays~proCeed to make judicial de-
cisions, not political ones"
Contests this year are not sur
rounded with the Importance they
| took on in the memorable TAFT
! Roosevelt fight of 1912. Although
| Major General Leonard Wood and
! Governor Frank Q. Lowden are
most affected bv the decisions.
Ineither of those candidates would
gain enough delegates to assure q
| nomination If all the contests were
to be decided in his favor,
The official roll shows 1877 seats
( in contest out of the 9S4 which
compose the convention. Further
! filings probably will bring the total
| to i4S. The national committee
| hopes to dispose of them in about
| four days 1t is not improbable that
| the bulk of the contests may be dis
posed of by precedent setting de-
Cisions. on which the committee
win decide questions Of rule, which
| in turn will decide other cases.
Nav Hold ODcn Sessions.
The sessions of the committee
probably will be open, Contestants
will be represented by attorneys,
| the public presumably will be rep
| resented by the newspaper corre-
spondents and the committee itself
will be represented by an attorney
The contesting delegates them
selves will be present at the hear
| ings, which will be held in the large
room set apart tor the purpose in
the coliseum. whore the convention
itself viii be held next week.
For this convention, as in others
| the majority of the contests come
from the south, involving the
claims of white and black dele
gates, The contest from Georgia,
bringing up a direct light between
| Wood and Lowden forces promises
to be the center of interest. Fif-
teen of the seventeen seats are an
ldispnte. The first Georgia conyen-
! tion elected "black and tan dele-
cation, headed BY Henry Lincoln
| johnson, negro.
Georgia Contest Snectacular.
1t was officially listed as ur-
pledged. Governor Lowden's cam
paign manager testified at Wash
ington before a senate committee
that $4,000 OF the Lowden cam
paign fund had been sent to John
son. Later. fifteen delegates hea /
ed by Roscoe E. Pickett We're elect
ed and were understood to favor
| General Wood. Frank II Hitch
cock one of the general mana :
gers, testified to the senate com.
mittee that $4,000 was sent to
Pickett. The Georgia contest is
Expected probably to be the most
Spectacular one of the crop.
Il Since contest was filed from
I Texas there was bolt of negroes
and now two full sets of delegates
are asking to he seated. Both are
reported favorable to the candidacy
of General Wood. In brief the
number and distribution of con
tests is as follows;
Il Alabama |: Arkansas. Z. Flor
ida, 81. Louisiana, IL; Minnesota,
NortR M'SslTsiPpi caToina Il: rs oEIaSoma. MiSson &
South Carolina. II: Tennessee. 2:
Texas. 23; Virginia. Is and the
District of Columbia. 2; Georgia, 10.
Less than fifty instructed votes
are involved in the contests, Thirty
den delegates are involved. The
! other contestants are uninstructed.
Hays Arrives Early.
Chairman HAYS arrived eariV to-
dav. coming on a train which also
, brought William Cooper Proctor of
senate investigating committee as
"the angel" of the Wood candidacy
Col II. G. Coleman Du Pont of Del
aware also was a passenger ana the
three had long talk, 1t was SAID
: they met accidentally and that
J of conference.
After u luncheon with newspa-
per correspondents Chairman Hays
made a flying visit to 'Preslden
Itial Row" and then mOtored out 10
1.-THE Coliseum to inspect the WORK
on the convention arrangements.
When the chairman started out
he planned to pav visit to the
Headquarters of every republican
presidential candidate represented
lin Chicago. At only one of them
however. did he find some one &c
receive him, At Senator johnson
headquarters he talked with the
| senator's son.
later, after round of inspec-
?! ton, the chairman issued this state
1T looks here today like the
, middle of convention week. Tht
interest, the crowds of enthusiastic
republicans already arrived lndl,
cate the nation wide party vigol
and enthusiasm.
"EyeryWhere republicans art
rearin' to go.' The Unprecedented
, confidence in republican succt 81
! which obtains everywhere is sim
ply the reflection OF the rea izatiof
of the necessity for such success al
a matter of national welfare, EV
! eryWhere is the appreciation OF th'
fact that we have a task TO per
form worthy of our party strengtf
! and party history, that we have
patriotic work to do that is epoch
| making, and that upon our per
formance will largely depend th'
future of the country
All Candidates Confident.
"'The Chronicler of centuries Il
come will look backward at thest
now approaching years as of thu
4 most tremendous import in the de
! ye,opment of American policy
e ayd ii is the republican party tina
} ia 10 direct that development. Moth
, ins shall decrease the certainty o
our doing well that which we arr
certainly about to be called upon t
accomplish.
1--WE have a work to do for tht
good of the country, and 1t takes
us all TO do it,
The state delegations themselve!
probably will be required bv tht
national committee to dispose OF
1 sixty seven surplus delegates Sc
iected from nine states.
Headquarters of all the candi'
Il dates are taking on airs of business
\ and all the campaign managers or
4 the ground give assurance thai
their principals are confident ol