Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-25
QUALIFICATIONS
MOVE IN DIRECTION
OF SAN FRANCISCO

Preliminary moves in the direction
of San Francisco were being made
Monday by the regular delegation
elected by the recent state conyen-
ton and the 'rump delegation repre-
senting Mr.. Palmer.
A meeting of the regular delega-
ton has been called for Wednesday
at II o'clock in the breakfast room
of the Kimba1l House for the purpose
of naming a chairman and secretary,
making arrangements for transport
ttaion and hotel accommodations
and outlining the case to be present.
the credentials committee of
the national convention.
Charles S. Barrett is understood
to be the choice of the regular dele
gates for chairman. He is national
president of the Farmers Union and
is known all over the country. In
the west, especially, the Farmers
Union has a large and active and in
fuential membership. Mr.. Barrett
for the past four years has presided
at practically all of the joint con-
ferences held in Washington by the
five big national farm bodies.
William J. Vereen, of Mou1trie
who was named by the recent state
convention as Democratic national
committeeman from Georgia to sue
coed Clark Howell, was in Atlanta
Monday comforting with members of
the regular delegation. He expected
to be here several days and to meet
with the delegation on Wednesday,.
The rump delegation representing
Mr. Palmer have obtained a certifi-
cate from Hiram L. Gardner, secre-
tary of the Democratic executive
committee, which is signel by &c
members of the committee The GER
tificate was furnished by Secretary
Gardner instead of by Chairman
Flynt, which would have been the
usual procedure, because 49, chair
man refused to sign it or have any
thing to do with it. The certificate
is based upon Rule 10 Of the state
committees rules for the conduct Of
the primary.
On this certificate issued by a ma
jority of the state committee will
be built the whole case of the rump
delegation when they get to San Fran
cisco. The certificate constitutes the
final link in their chain of claims to
seats on the floor of the national
convention.
Rule ten of the state committee
provided that the delegates to the
national convention should be select
ed from the supporters of the can
didate receiving the highest county
unit vote. Another rule provided
that the subcommittee on rules of
the state committee should meet i'm
medlately following the primary to
consolidate the returns and declare
the result. Another rule provided
that a convention should meet in At
to San Francisco.
Mr.. Palmer received the highest
county unit vote, but the conven-
ton refused to be governed by the
Palmer delegates, who constituted d
little over one-third of the members
VI CH0 CoI1NSAlIoH. LIE convention
offered to give the Palmer people
one-third of the delegates to San
Francisco, and the offer was refused.
They demanded the right to name all
the delegates. Demanding all or
none, they got none.
Hence the credentials of the Pal
mer delegation do not emanate from
the convention, which under the rule,
should name the delegates to San
Francisco, but emanate from the
state committee, which is seeking to
impose it's will upon the convention.