Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-02
B(A CONTEST, |lDyS.L0WDEN, |lD E[ORE THE c. O. P
,n Today Will Mean l7 Votes Either
 Way Ti EARLY SQUABBLEs .r.,ters Make Little Progress 1, Along Presidential Row row Stronger as Date
 Draws Near

..a ,N, of deciding the claims of
 Ms ,astine of two regularly re
 sla 'slspates from the District of
 i''ss ~ said to be favorable to Ma
 Is,rsl ., Leonard Wood, and an
 hearing of the Georgia con-
 volejug delegates pledged to
 nd another group countetd as
 sD 2 to Lowden was the principal
 of the day. At the same
 committee declined to re
 action of year ago by which
 Emile Kuntz of New Orleans
 nsl committeeman from Loui-
 The appeal of Frank C. Labit
 Iberia was denied.
 outset of today's session the
 ae expected to hear the re-
 s subcommittee and close up
 Pe cornered fight from Flor
 hn on Monday. But the ques-
 lw and fact turned out to be
 ninous that the committee re-
 hat the only conclusion it was
 to report today was that the
 delegates headed by A. L.
 of Jacksonville had no claim
 h the committee could act.
 the contest between the reg
 reported faction led by na-
 committeeman Bean and the
 eaded by H. L. Anderson of
 ville the subcommittee re-
 ded a rehearing, which prob Il come tomorrow.
 committee then went into the
 contest, looked upon as the
 Il contest of actual political
 lnee and having bearing upon
 ngth of Wood or Lowden men,
 g large audience, of which a umber are southern negroes.
 test opened with a dash of or ld continued with considerable ld at the end of four hours nittee found itself confronted ha mass of conflicting claims, hts, charges and counter
 that 1t appeared a sub-com- b examine the documents and
 report on the tangle.
 Lincoln Johnson, an Atlanta
 ads the regularly reported
 le for Lowden The delega- Ivn as the Pickett faction, is to General Wood. The action ommittee means 17 seatas for rlowden and a decision is ex- tomorrow. The contest ranges |harges of a bilt, but the na- Committee decided it would study the evidence to decide Plted. Duplicatte convention credentials figured in the
 evidence.
 Presidential Row Busy.
 |ugh the committee was pre- hold a night session the next Pnts on the program were not Pnd the plan was abandoned e understanding that at the or tomorrow's meeting the ana Georgia cases will be talk sf decision and the remaining hurried along as fast as pos- (emmittee today made final it's 10 seat all the excess dele, the convention floor in extra eong the spectators.
 pehtlal row took on increased 'oday, swarms of national EEeemen, delegates, politicians ['0fs streaming into the head of their favorites for the E0aal workers from New York Angeles came to the Hoover |flers which were crowded FEY morning until late at Snlle the arrival of Harry 'iA campaign manager for aaldlng drew a liberal num- "sltors to confer with the 'n 'aa Il. Crocker, national com zen rom California got in to- nia made calls along presidential v slng ms respects to the men y VI senator Johnson's head , ,'sak s o' Lowden. who was or on n1s ped t today by his physi- ,u on. ne developed a slight cold, innounced. ' , vmaen's waae1 secretary said the ths s0uld @ remain in Springfield 'as entlre session of the re- , T Moses issued a statement in v;p ;pfeSdlcted that General Wood sln 'a beyond all doubt. An- w " . was n made that Brigadier " w ?, burtt, who has assisted VI "ood,s tN' $, campaign, will leave b bnaOrW aor Washington, in answer m;tea upvena to appear before the ;, ''ee investigating campaign <. Women Active
 'outs y,ueed today that there would 'uI,ssts w1as on in the Illinois del ravh na',, that body meets to se- sW w;s, ni.ti national committeeman. f VI, rh; William Hale Thompson, comr ~n,cago, be a candidate for aIso aIsoaiiini,I,teeman iil,, from Illinois. o;so o;s VIII wlll be a candidate for ss saS member of the resolutions ,eeosaep n os opposed by the Lowden 'sssSG;rding sS; to a Lowden head GI. ;,.. sals morning. NeA "eaa- rar.s m women delegates to put vss verens.n nsre arrived today. She er Oaa has , Swan of Joplin, Mo. csod;s oddi;ssoquarters of the presi- pnr pnrl'ua.ets uat made it's appear n ui.1 Presidential row today. i wsnse wW.rkers of Senator Poin- ed ssnssnlneton sn opened rooms s.n,. .n announcement that the ,e nSSaign will be condncttad ,uc tad { x, senator po;rss. .u .'.u