Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-09
WARFARE Of.
CONTEST|NG.
DELEGATION.
IS RESUMED.
Row Which Ragged All Last
Week Breaks Out Again
Before the Convention
Credentials Committee.
BLACKS DENIED SEATS
ARE ON HAND IN FORCE
Appeals Involving 101 Dele
gates Are Filed, With An
Additional Contest of One
Vote From Oregon.

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Chicago, June S.-Warfare over
contesting state delegations, Waged
all last week before the republican
national committee, was resumed
late today by the convention cre-
dentials committee.
Edward d. Duffield. of New Jer-
sey, was elected chairman of the
committee, 28 to 16, over G. I'll.
Innes, of Massachusetts, William
G. Laube of Washington, was
chosen secretary. The election of
Mr.. Duffield was said to be without
significance as to the presidential
race. He was nominated by
Charles B. Carter, of Maine, and
Mr.. Innes by C. f. Pickett, of Iowa,
counsel for Governor Lowden In
the national committee hearings,
Chairman Duffield was said TO
be a Wood supporter and active IN
the New Jersey campaign.
In evidence as the committee
hearings began, were Frank II.
Hitchcock, Wood manager, and
other campaign managers.
Virtually all of the negroes de-
MED seats by the national commit
tee also were on hand.
Most all Of the national commit
tee contests were appealed until
the roll was called for filing of con-
tests. In addition, oregon an
nounced a contest of one seat at
large, Judge McCamant, of Port
land, who intends to vote for Cen
eral Wood, although Senator john
son won the Oregon primary. OF
the 1877 contests decided by the
committee, appeals involving 10l
seats were filed with the credentials
committee with an additional con-
test of the one Oregon vote.
May File Appeals Later.
No appeals were filed from Lou
isana or North Carolina. From the
former the national committee had
seated twelve delegates of the fac
ton headed by National Commit
teeman Kuntz and counted for
Lowden. From North Carolina the
committee had seated seventeen
delegates, led by National Commit
teeman Moore, pledged to Judge
Pritchard. The credentials COM
mittee, however, agreed that the
appeals from any state might be
G'ed later.
Delegates from the Fifth Mis-
souri, district, which was denied
representation by the national COM
mittee fore salleged frauds, filed an
appeal.
The Alabama contest, in which
a negro challenged the seat of j.
b, Atkins, of Selma, Lowden sup
porter, was dismissed after a brief
statement by the negro. The COM
mittee adopted a rule to limit
hearings on delegates at large to
ten minutes and districts to five,
except in unusual cases.
Filing of the Oregon contest was
questioned. Lafayette Gleason,
temporary convention secretary,
holding New York's proxy said no
contest had been filed, as required
under the national committees
rules, with the national committee.
Must Comply With Rules.
The credentials committee then
adopted a motion to refuse con-
sideration of contests not comply
ing with the rules.
The Arkansas delegates at large
headed by National Committeeman
Remmel, were seated by the COM
N ittea. sustaining the action of the
national committee. Contests In
three Arkansas districts were
withdrawn.
The entire Florida delegation on
the temporary roll was seated with
out a hearing, no contestants ap-