Arizona republican., 1920-05-31
[RepubIIean A. ?. Leassd WIrsl

CHICAGO, May 30-When the re- publican national committee tomorrow begins making decisions on contestiug delegations to the convention, it will proceed to make judicial decisions. not political ones"
 Contests this year are not sur rounded with the importance they took one in the memorable Taft Roosevelt fight of 1912. Although Major General Leonard Wood and Governor Frank o. Lowden are most affected by the de- cisions, neither of those candidates would gain enough delegations to as- sure nomination if all the contests were to be decided in his favor.
 137 Seats at Stake
 The official roll shows 137 seats in contest out of the 9S4 which compose the convention. Further filings prob ably will bring the total to 14S. The national committee hopes to dispose Of them in about four days. It is not improbable that the bulk of the con tests may be disposed of by precedent setting decisions. on which the com mittee will decide questions of rule, which in turn will decide other cases. The sessions of the committee prob ably will be open. Contestants will be 1 represented by attorneys; the public presumably will be represented by the newspaper correspondents and the committee itself will be represented by an attorney.
 The contesting delegates themselves ] will be present at the hearings which i will be held in the large room set apart ! for the purpose in the Coliseum, where the convention itself will be held next week.
 1 For this convention, as in others, tho majority of the contests come from l the south, involving the claims of white and black delegates. The con 1 test from Georgia, bringing up q di- | rect fight between Wood and Lowden l forces, promises to be the center Of | interest. Fifteen of the IT seats are in dispute. The first Georgia conven- ! tion elected a ''black and tan' delega- tton, headed by Henry Lincoln John
 Interest centers in Georgia It was officially listed as unpIedged l Governor Lowden's campaign manager 1 testified at Washington before a sen ] ate committee that s9.000 Of the Low i den campaign fund had been sent f0 i Roscoe E. Pickett were elected and were understood to favor General Wood | Frank Fl. Hitchcock. one Of the gen l erals managers, testified to the senate committee that S10000 was sent fo ! Pickett. The Georgia contest is ex- i pected probably to be the most spec | tacular one of the cron.
 1 Since a contest wa s filed from Texas | there was bolt of negroes from the | San Antonio convention and now two full sets of delegates are asking to be i seated. Both are reported faworahte ! to the candidacy of General Wood. In I brief the number and distribution of ! contests is as follows.
 l Alabama 1. Arkansas 7 Florida g ] Georgia E, Louisiana 2. Minnesota 2 l Mississippi 12 Missouri 4. North Car olina IT, Oklahoma 6 South Carolina l Il. Tennessee 9. Texas g. Virginia 15 and the District Of Columbia 2
 Less than 90 instructed votes arr 1 involved in the contests Thirtvfire | Wood delegates and nine Lowden dele gates are involved. The other eQntest- ants are uninstructed.
 Hays Arrives
 | Chairman Hays arrived early today 1 coming on a train which also brought | William Cooper Procter- of Cincinnati ! described before the senate investigat- | ing committee as ''the anger of the i Wood candidacy. Colonel T. C. Cole man duPont of Delaware also was passenger and the three had long talk It was said they met accidentally and ! that their talk was not in the nature of a conference
 After a luncheon with newspaper l cOrresp spondents, Chairman Hays made 1 a flying visit to presidential ows and
 then motored out to the Coliseum to ! inspect the work on the convention ar- engagements.
 When the chairman started out he | planned to pay a visit to the head quarters of every republican candidate i represented in Chicago. At only one ! of them however. did lie find someone | to receive him. At Senator Johnsou's headquarters he talked with the scn-
 ator's son.
 Later. after a round Of inspea ian the chairman issued this statemeats
 "Rssrin' To Go"
 fan1Fs Frsa4-e faeFasr HzF-a lI5t. of convention week The inl fhe crowds or enthusiastic ropub eaa ready indicate thc nation ae party { Vigor and enthusiasm.
 Everywhere republicans are 'rearin' to go.' The unprecedented confidence in republican success which obtains ! everywhere is simply the reflection nf the realization of the necessity for such ! success as a matter of national well [ fare. Everywhere is the appreciation 1 of the fact that We have a task to per-
 form worthy of our party strength and ! party history. that we have a patriotic l work to do that is epoch making, and ! that upon our performance will largely depend the future of the country.
 "The chronicler of centuries to come - will look backward at these now ap- preaching years as one of tremendous
 import in the development Of American
 policy-and it is the republican party l that is to direct that development. 1 Nothing shall lessen the certainty of | this republican success. Nothing shall decrease the certainty of our doing well ! which we are certainly about to be i called upon to accomplish. eve have 8, work to do for the good