The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-05
National Committee Determined
to Complete Contest Hearings.
Are Only FOrty-TwO Disputed
Seats To Be Decided.
GENERAL WOOD HOLDING LEAD
Lost Heavily in Contests, But
Has 81 to Good.
Negro May Win National Com
mitteeship of Georgia.

Chicago, June 5-The Republican
national committee determined to
clean up the contests for seats in the
national convention before night when
1t desumed its hearings today.
In the five days the sessions had
been under way. "a of the 1877 cases
had been disposed of. There remained
| 23 contests in Texas. Is in Virginia,
and five district contests in Georgia.
TIE first evening session last night re-
suited in settlement of but five Geor-
gia district cases.
The score of delegates apparently
won to date in the settlement of con-
tests was: Governor Lowden, 40; Ma
ard, II; Jacob L. Hamon, 4: Senator
Hiram johnson, 2. The number of
votes lost in the same way to candi-
dates was: Wood, 40; Lowden, 4;
Hamon. 2.
One District Without Delegate.
The Tenth Missouri district is with
out representation as the result of the
national committee deciding to seat
neither of the contesting delegations
OF two men each.
A slight realignment of delegates.
| coupled with the decisions on contests,
gave this apparent division of first
choice" delegates exclusive of the
contests vet to be decided: Wood,
| 256; Lowden, 1S9; johnson. 16s;
Nicholas NJ. Butler, IS; Governor
| Sproul, rs: Senator Warren Harding.
As; Governor Coolidge, 20; Pritchard,
l22; Senator Sutherland. 16; Hamon,
| 16; Senator Poindexter, IA.
Negro Wins Committee Seat.
| BY successful presentation of the
| case of the regular" delegation from
Georgia, Henry Lincoln johnson. At
lanta negro. may win for himself the
position of national committeeman
| from that state, it developed. From
| official sources ii was learned that a
certificate of Johnson's election TO
| that position already is in the hands
of the national committee. Confirma-
| ton of this was said to depend upon
+! recognition of his faction as the ot1i-
cial state organization in Georgia. Al
| ready he has won seats for himself
and three delegates at large and five
of the six district contests have been
decided. in his favor.
If Johnson's election Is ratified by
| the national convention he will be the
first negro national committeeman
! since 1908 when Judson w. Lyons
| held that position in Georgia. john
son was delegate to the Republican n
national convention 1904-0S-12-16.
Finish Georgia Cases.
In disposing of the remaining Geor-
gia district contests today, the COM
mittee unanimously seated u 4. Cole'
of Marietta, a Wood delegate from the
Seventh district and dismissed the con-
test of a delegate said to favor Gov
ernor Lowden.
w. H Harris. of Athens. Of the
Lowden faction, was seated from the
Eighth Georgia district in the absence
of formal claim by a negro contestant
pledged to Wood.
In the Ninth Georgia contest in
volving the seating of Roscoe Pickett.
I the state chairman and leader of the
Wood delegates, the national commit
tee appointed a subcommittee to pass
on the regularity of the credentials of
the district delegates who elected both
! factions.
In the Tenth Georgia the committee
seated the Lowden delegates, Robert
c. williams, of Augusta.
The Texas contest, which followed
the Georgia cases. involved twenty
three votes claimed by two sets of
delegates sent from separate conven-
tions held at San Antonio May rs. In
one convention the whites prcdomi-
mated and negroes in the other. Both
DELEGATIONS were uninstructed