The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-04
Eleven More LOwden Delegates
Are Given Seats.
Californian in Second Place by
One Vote This Morning.
NUMBER CONTESTS INCREASE
Entire Texas Delegation Goes
to High G. 0. p. Court.
Dopesters Admit Their Figures
Not FirSt-BaIIOt Result.

Chicago, June 4.-Eleven delegates,
supposed to be Lowden supporters,
were given seats in the Republican
national convention when the national
committee today decided in favor of
the regular" delegation from South
Carolina.
The South Carolina hearing dealt
largely with charges that attempts
were made by outsiders to disrupt the
regular organization and send their
own choices to Chicago. The regular
delegation is headed by National Com
mitteeman Joseph w. Tolbert. The
seated delegates favor Lowden and the
contesting delegation. headed by J. S.
Collins were for Wood.
Demonstrated Bolt.
Tolbert charged National Commit
teeman Bean, of Florida, and other
Florida Republicans and a group of
Republicans from the District of Co
lumbia, with trying to break up the
South Carolina state convention.
Tolbert drew tremendous applause
by his demonstration of how contest
ing delegates bolted the state conven-
tion when he executed a double shuttle
and ran straight down the aisle in the
committee room.
Realignment of Republican pres
idential aspirants reported over
night apparently had given Sena-
tor Hiram johnson margin of
one over Governor Frank o. Low
den. despite the fact that the latter
had gained more votes than any other
candidate in the present hearings of
contests
This was the first time in months
that the unofficial dope sheets" kept
by political observers showed Johnson
leading Lowden tho but few votes have
separated them at any time. Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood continued to
maintain his comfortable lead.
stiH Scventy-Thrcc Contests.
The present indicated standing OF
the Republican candidates for the
presidential nomination, exclusive OF
the 8 votes still contested. was:
Wood. 24S; johnson, 167; Lowden,
1866: Nicholas NJ. Butler. IS; Gov Will
liam c. Sproul, 76; Senator Harding.
AS; Governor Coolidge, 20; Judge
Pritchard. 22; Senator Sutherland, IS;
Senator Poindexter, IA; Jacob L. Ha-
mon, IA.
The Republican national committee
resumed it's investigation of contests
today with only 81 of the 1877 cases
disposed of. The total number of con-
tests was increased from 122 when
official notice was received that the
entire delegation of % from Texas
was contested, instead of the eight
first reported.
Apparently only Wood and Lowden
will be affected by the balance of the
contests save in the Fifth Oklahoma
congressional district, where the two
regular" delegates who will vote for
Hamon are opposed by Wood group.
I.owdcn Wins Most Delegates.
In the matter of delegates won thru
decisions on contests, the apparent
score to date was. LOwden, 81;
Wood. II; Pritchard, II; Johnson, 4;
Ha ,.
Because some losing delegates were
uninstructed and others were back
ing the same candidates as the win
ming delegates. the score of delegates
lost fell short of the total tabulated
as won" The losses were believed
to be apportioned as follows: Wood,
&c; Lowden, 9; Hamon, 2.
Wood Expects 306 Votes.
The Wood organization has counted
on polling 396 votes on the first bal
lot: the Lowden people $50 and the
Johnsonites a modest 254. This sur
hearings began. 1t was apparent.
however, that with the present
strength granted by many political OBJ
servers, none of them could hope to
poll anything like the foregoing fig
ures on the initial ballot even should
Wood or Lowden make a clean sweep
of the remaining contests.
Contest hearings scheduled for to-
day included the report of the sub
committee which reviewed. the evil
dence in the fifteen Georgia cases, the
twelve Mississippi district delegates
and the Fourth oklahoma district,
which went to a subcommittee late
yesterday.