Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
PALMER|TESN NAME
OWN DELEGATES To
FRISCO CONVENTION
Also Select Committee to
Prepare Contest and Elect
Clark Howell National Ex-
ecutWe Committeeman

JOurnment of the state Democratic
convention, shortly before / o'clock
Wednesday morning, there was q
meeting in the parquet of the At
lanta theater of a number of Palmer
delegates, who named Hollins Ran
dolph, of Atlanta, chairman and
P. C. McDuffie, of Atlanta, secretary
and elected Clark Howell, of At
lanta, to succeed himself as state
Democratic national committeeman
Explaining this meeting. Mr.. Ran
dolph said later that it was Sin no
sense a convention.
1.-The meeting at the Atlanta the
ater early Wednesday, morning, fol-
lowing the adjournment of the
state convention, was a meeting on
ly of the bona fide Palmer dele
gates to the Democratic national
convention at San Francisco,% said
Mr.. Randolph. eff the impression
has gone abroad that it was a con-
vention, Or that it is our purpose
to contend that it was convention,
the impression is entirely wrong"
Mr. Randolph was asked concern
ing the pre-arranged program of the
Palmer forces to hold a trump con-
vention" in the event Of their fail
ure to dominate the state conven-
ton, which plan was understood to
have been agreed on at the Palmer
caucus Monday night.
No Definite Program
LAS a matter Of fact" he said
"the Palmer caucus Monday night
adjourned, without any definite pro-
gram of action, and no Palmer dele
gates bo1ted the state convention
All that happened was for the Palm
er national delegates to meet and
organize at the adjournment of the
state convention, which is not con-
trary to practices heretofore fol.
lowed"
From the number of Palmer dele
gates to- the state convention in the
meeting held after it's adjourn
ment, anti-Palmer men generally re-
garded the meeting in the light of
trump convention"
The meeting laid grounds for the
contest which it contemplates MAX
irg at San Francisco for seats in
the national convention, by way of
which it went through the formality
of re-electing Mr.. Howell as ma
tional executive committeeman.
This action, it was announced,
was in accordance with the GUS
tom and practice in Georgia. Gus
tom of forty years. standing under
which the national executive COM
mitteeman has been chosen by the
regularly elected" delegates to the
Democratic national conventions.
The delegation also appointed from
among it's number a committee of
five attorneys to prepare it's case for
presentation, first, to the national
committee at San Francisco, and,
second to the credentials committee
Of the national convention. Com
posing this committee are: Albert
Howell, lJr., David C. Barrow, of
Savannah; H. H. Dean, of Gainesville
and Atlanta; Sam c. Bennett, of AL
bany, and J. r. L. Smith, of Macon.
Palmer Delegation
The meeting, it was said, was at
tended by the full membership of
the delegation as agreed upon by the
Palmer caucus Monday and defeated
for election by the state convention.
as follows:
State-at-Large-P. A. Stovall, Sa-
vannah; c. E. Dunbar, Augusta;
Hollins N. Randolph, Atlanta; Ogden
Persons, Forsyth; H. H. Dean,
Gainesville; w. H. Davis, Waynes-
boro; S. D. Dell, Hazelhurst; w. T,
Anderson, Macon-each IL vote.
First District-A. M. Deal, States
boro; DR.. H. r. Tarver, Guyton; G.
B. Jones, Riceboro; D. w. Barrow,
Savannah.
Second District-E. L. Smith, Edi-
son; S. B. Brown, Albany; w. 1. Nc
Lntyre, Thomasville; Sam S. Ben
nett, Albany.
Third District E. Hays, Monte
yuma; C. M. Brown, Cordele; DR.. j.
c. Dean, Dawson; r. A. Hinton,
Reynolds.
Fourth District-O. A. Moore, Tex
as; w. r. Jones, Greenville; P. T.
Miller, Columbus; A. H. Thompson
LAGRANGE
Fifth District-Albert Howell, Jr.,
Atlanta; P. c. McDuffie, Atlanta, j.
D. Robinson, Atlanta; Aldine Cham
bers, Atlanta.
Sixth District-R. E. Plowden,
Roberta; John R. L. Smith, Macon
j.. 7. Williams, Round Oak; Curran
D No
Seventh District DR.. w. E.
Wood, Dalton; L. w. Reeves, Car
tersville; DR.. L. S. Ledbetter, Cedar
town; Lee J. Langley, Rome.
Eight Decentralization Fortson
Athens; j. r. Tweedy, Eatonton; r.
D. Galloway, Washington; N. D..
Arnold, Lexington.
Ninth District-Dr. Jeff Davis,
Toccoa; Jud Roberts, Ball Ground
r. E. A. Handy, Clayton; John
Quillian, Gainesville
Tenth District-Wallace B. Pierce
Augusta; w. w. Abbott, louisville;
d. S. Sanford, Milledgevi1le; George
c. Evans, Sandersville.
Eleventh District-W. e. Sirmans.
+ Waycross; NJ. D. Dickinson, Doug
las; NJ. R. Ousley, Valdosta;> H. J
Quincy, Ocilla.
Twelfth District-Sam A. Mum,
Perry; !. L. Price, Swainsboro; J. w.
Hodge, Elko; n. L. Gillis. Jr., Soper-
b.: :. -. ~,
delegation, who will appear in San
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