Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
By Associated Press.

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Chicago, June s.-while commit
tees continued to grind away at or
ganization preliminaries, the repub-
Iicaa national convention went thru
the motions Of q second days ses-
sion.
s. Il escaped 9 second keynote speeeh.
by the selection Of Senator Lodge as
permanent chairman. thus following
l the plan OF 1912 and 1916 Of making
the temporary Eapizatlcn perman-
Sent s2
Today's business consisted of
hearing q report OF progress from
the committee framing q platform
and q report from the credentials
committee. which makes up the per-
manent Troll.
Missouri got hack her two lost
delegates; thru last nights action Of
tho credentials committee, which re-
versed the national committees de-
cision that conditions in the cleo
torate in Kansas City were so bad
It would not seat any OF the dele
gates. That restored the total num-
ber Of delegates in the convention to
984 and the number necessary for q
nonhination to 493.
Negro Thrown Out.
The overturning Of the national
committee's decision In the Tennessee
contest also came as q surprise.
Robert Church. OF Memphis, Tenn,
feputed to be one Of the wealthiest
and influential negroes in the south.
had been seated in the national COM
mittee after staight-out black and
white fight, in which the whites
charged that the negroes had voted
the, convention. Church. said to favor
Lowden. was seated by the national
committee and had the backing Of
many prominent members In his
hght. The credentials committee
threw him out. The white contes-
tants appealed to the committee to
take the republican organization in
memphis out Of the hands of negro
domination"
Ideal convention weather con-
tinued today. A cool. crisp breeze
blew on Lake Michigan and the. sun
was shining. It was the remark Of
every one that the convention was
unusually comfortable.
Delegate Standings UNCHANGED.
Working all night at forced draft
speed. the credentials committee
completed tho permanent roll Of
the republican national conven-
tion at .4:8O this mornin. pre-
vious ruling on contests by the ma.
tional committee was sustained in all
but three cases.
In disposing Of 103 appeals from
the decisions made lost week by the
national committee. two deleKatas
were taken from Governor Lowden-
one In Georgia and one in Tennes-
see-and given to General Wool. but
in the fifth Missouri (Kansas City)
district, where the national commit
tee refused to seat any one. the Gre
dentials committee seated two Low
den men. leaying the standing OF the
two candidates unchanged.
The permanent roll was ready for
presentation to the convention when
It met this morning.
Cases Decided.
Robert Church, negro, Lowden
delegate was the Tennessee case in
which the national commic.ee was
overruled. He was ousted in favor
Of Charles Quinn, white. instructed
TOR Wood, when Quinn's cennsel de-
c.lared the Church faction had voted
the district convention.
Other cases decided early today
and completing the roll. all confir-
nations Of IT,. national committees
findings, were:
Eleven Lowden delegates from
South Carolina seated.
The entire Texas delegation, head
ed by national committeeman H. F.
McGregor, and reported as split up
among Wood. Lowden. Johnson and
Harding, seated.
The fifteen Virginia delegates,
headed by Representative c. b.
Slemp, seated.
Convention Marks Time.
The convention assembled for Its