South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-03
HOT DEBATES
MARK SESSION
OF COP. men
Chairman Cummings of Dem
ocratic Party Given Good
Natured Reception.
By Associated Press

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CHICAGO. June 2.-The republic
an national committees hearings on
contests Wednesday was enlivened
by some hotly debated cases and
also by a visit from Homer s. Cum
mings, chairman Of the democratic
national committee. Mr.. Cummings,
availing himself OF the open ses-
sions. visited the hearing room where
he became the center Of a good-na-
tured reception which limo S
drowned out the proceedings. He
was photographed with Republican
Chairman Hays and looked over the
Coliseum for ideas to take to San
Francisco.
In its days work on the con
tests, the committee threw out both
sets of delegates which asked seats
for the fifth congressional district
Of Missouri, the Kansas City dis
trict. A fierce and heated contro-
versy was aired in a long hearing.
Decide Case.
Deciding the first case affecting
the strength of Sen. Johnson's forces
in the convention, the committee,
on a roll call, voted TO seat the dele
gates from the 10th Minnesota dis
trict who are uninstructed but count
ed as favorable 10 the candidacy Of
the Californa senator. The defeated
delegation was pledged 10 the can
didacy Of Cen Wood.
In the Mississippi contests, the
committee decided 10 seat the dele
gates-at-large headed by National
Committeeman Mulvihiu, but did
not decide on the contests from the
eighth congressional district because
il was necessary TO have a subcOm-
mittee look over the proofs. In the
Louisiana contests the committe @
voted TO seat the officially reported
delegation headed by National Com
mitteeman Emil Kuntz, OF New or
leans, which was uninstructed but
claimed for the Wood forces and in
part by the Lowden managers.
The contest from the fourth Miss
Ouri district was quickly disposed
OF by seating the regularly report
ed delegation, uninstructed but
claimed by the Wood forces. one
of the contestants, John Albus, Of
St Joseph, who was mentioned
in testimony before the senate com
mittee, as having been paid $4,000
from the Lowden campaign fund, did
not appear to press his case.
Refuse Seats.
The real sensational fight of the
day came on the contest from the
Kansas City district, which the COM
mittee finally solved by refusing TO
seat anybody. Charges Of strong
arm" politics, meetings broken up by
by mustard gas bombs, women in
timated by negroes and gas rule,
flew thick and fast. Committee
men denounced the situation in the
district as "disgractful and tainted
with fraud" and after voting down
by a close vote a motion to seat
the regularly reported delegates,
Robert J. +. Flick and Jess +. L.
Martin, decided TO seat none OF the
parties.
This action reduced the total num-
Der of votes in the convention from
9S4 TO $50 and furnished the first
case in which a district viii be left
without representation.
The net results of the days work
were TO bring the number of cases
disposed of up to 80 out Of the 137
fled
Hold Conference.
Chairman Hays had a brief con-
ference Wednesday with Lieut. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, who visited the
committee room and gave out a
statement reiterating his support Of
lam BOyce Thompson, OF New York,
chairman OF the ways and means
committee. of the national commit
tee, also conferred with Chairman
Hays briefly and gave out a state
ment-
Arrangement for the distribution
OF the convention seats were COM
pleted Wednesday. None OF the
tickets will be placed in the hands
Of the national committeeman until
Saturday Each committeeman will
receive the allotment for his state
and distribute them to state dele
cations.
Precautions have been taken TO
prevent Counterfeitin
VIII Present Plan.
= single organization OF men and
women instead Of dual control un-