The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-18
WEAKENED POWER
lNCENSES HAM0N
Rump Convention Will
Be Thrown Out Of
Court.
MESHED IN A TANGLE
Friday Was Day Of Victory
for Regular Party
Organization.

OKLAUOMN CITY. Jan. n Nc
Enw and uIuoa for u8 VI hNr'N
FROM shawnee early last night alto.
a Uug r,pI.tr with thrills and Ntu
victor, lefcucd ON 90. - auin 81 2
j D. N,GrHW, according 20 ulH
UuupJIICrg tonight NctuDw.s AfuH
g. victory after u day bro whlnn Nc
Graw and ilauuu IuroHs 90 % held
convention and each elected 'Wu
delegates 10 the national convention
arc summarized ia h,s camp AS tol
lows.
The Hnmon convention WAS
ruWp one ana Will b" thrown out or
count whom the cyutrH. H aged h'
fore the nutoua. committee IN
Chicago iu Juuc. llamuu mcu rcpI
dated General wood for pres de d.
leaving their fclIuws who had alH"
gathered about the wood slogan
high and dry. Tho rump couy MI 'u
OF the lInmonlicS failed To- ind"fH'
anyone for president Hud most Vt
those not Ia the IiaWou inner circle
0re at sea a. TO just what they are
following llnmun rump convention
resolutions were adopted prhHinB
Senator Lodge, and In udiug frIn
Lowden, Hiram Johnson ana Senator
Burnh. 40 mention was Wad" OF
General wood McGtaw forces pre-
dominated In tho regular 'o"grea'
MonaI committee and held regula
meeting this afternoon In which W
delegates instructed FOR McG,a"
ana General Leonard Wood Wer'
elected.
'"rhe oppos ton tried 10 play poll
tlcs aud stcAl the convention by
trlckcry." NJ Graw declared onlg I
Their only result, WAS to mcgh
themselves Ia "A tauRlr from when
they cannot be ext icutcd. Leader
less, they wandered around from
post to pillar from hall to halt
finally held thuir cI0ptrnp conVon
tlon and decided u 40 home. II
was day Of splendid victory for
the regular fourth district republic
an organ zatiuu and | want TO mans
all my friends Of that d.strict for
their splendid Endorsement OF real
republicaniam.'
Jake ilamon woke up mad this
morning and stayed that way all
the day Part " tho tune the sui
leu anger was hidden under the
mask, but occasionally II flared out
lie was particularly inyeus-d at a
statement by II. q. Mckoever, form -
or candidate for governor on the 70
publican ticket, who announced this
morning tina he is for McGraw and
unaltcrn1ly opposed To ilamon aH
entirely unfit In every measure FOL
national committeeman lannon's re
marks about NJ l<ccNcr, made "a
several newspaper men, were to the
point. chnl acteristic ana were pro-
fame TO ~ degree. After sitting ~
most OF the night IlamonB GROVE
had come To- the conclusion thai IN,
a. tf La IA "a
not do its bidding on contested dele
cations, despite persistent attempts
To influence IL so they conceived
the idea OF having the newly elected
committee, on which there were sew
eral contests and to which election
little attention had hocn paid, max,
up the temporary roll call. The old
and regular congressional commit
toe. under @. H. Out'ault, Tecum'
sch, chairman, went about lts du'
ties, pursuant TO regular call, ond
made up the roll call for the after
noon meeting. McGraw contends
that In an political organizations
including the national committee, 4
is the committee which Is rcspon8i
bic for tho calling OF the eonven
ton that sits TO pass upon tho ougi
bility OF the delegates TO be aeateC
In the temporary organization, oth
erwise the contesting delegates
would sit In judgment upon and de
termine the eligibility Of their owl
contests,
"rhe IIamon action was the mos
outrageous piece OF mobbcry | hav'
seen in all my years In pollu a,
Ewers white hundred TO the lia
mon delegates, In the Afternoon
both conventions met, the McGraV
forces in the regularly ordalne'
place, the city hall. while Hamon'
crowd moved over to convention
hall Robert keenan, OF Sapulpa nnt
Fwers White OF McClond NJ GraV
mon, were chosen az delegates TO h'
named in any state and tho flrs
delegates In the country pledged II
General wood, Thoy were als'
pledged to McGrnw and rousinl
resolutions OF indorsemcnt for thu
POnca city man were given. bet
Colbert of Tishomingo and II. +
Davis, Seminole. were elected alter
mates and Hunter Montgomery o
Okfuskee was chosen proslientia
elector Colonel Hugh Scott said l'