Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02
COMMITTEE HEARING CLAIMS
 OF CONTRASTING DELEGATIONS

Chicago, June 1.-Another slow-going session, with little progress in actual re- suits, marked the work of the republican national committee today in it's course of deaiding the claims of contesting dele gations.
 The seating of two regularly reported delegates from the District of Columbia. said to be favorable to Major General Leonard Wood, and an extended hearing of the Georgia contest involving delegates pledged to Wood and another group counted as favorable to Lowden, was the principal business of the day. At the | same time the committee declined to re- open it's action of year ago by which it seated Emile Kuntz of New Orleans as l national committeeman from Louisiana. The appeal of Frank c. Labit of New Iberia was denied
 At the outset of today's session the committee expected to hear the report of | a subcommittee and close up the three cornered fight from Florida which was begun on Monday. But the questions of | law and fact turned out to be so vol l luminous that the committee. headed by | Charles B. Warren of Detroit. renorfed that the only conclusion it was preDared l to report today was that the Florida 1 delegates headed by A. l.. Church o1
 Jacksonville had no claim on which the l committee could act
 AS to the contest between the reg7Ilar. | " reported faction led by National Com | mltteeman Bean and the other headed b, 1 h. L. Anderson of Jacksonville. the sub committee recommended rehearing Q which probably will come tomorrow 1 The Georgia contest, looked unon q, the first one of actual political signif. canoe and having a bearing on tn, 1 strength Of the Wood or Lowden mon
 areW large audience, of which a larg, l humoer were southern negroes The con
 test opened with a dash of oratorv anf
 was continued with considerable furv
 and at the end of four hot hours +h.
 committee found itself confronted will such mass of conflicting claims. argu i mentsl charges and counter-charges tha II appointed subcommittee headed h,
 -lr, arren to examine the document.
 and make report on the tangle
 Henry Lincoln Johnson. an AtIant.
 negro, heads the regularly reported dele gation, which is said to be counted in tb, 1 Lowden column. The contesting de1eea 1 tlon known as the Pickett faction fl pledged to General Wood The action q
 the committee means seven seats fo
 wood or Lowden and decision is exnect ed tomorrow. Fhe contest ranges ahoiii
 charges of a bolt but the national com mittee it would have to study the evi
 denee to decide who bolted Duplicate convention rolls and credentials fierre,
 in the mass of evidence
 Although the committee was prenarA to hold night session, the next contest
 ants on the program were not ready am
 the plan was abandoned with the m
 derstanding that at the outset of tornor
 rows meeting, starting at o'clock in tn
 morning. the Florida and Georgia case
 will be taken up for decision and the re
 naming contests will be hurried along a
 fast as possible.
 The committee today made final it's de
 cis1on to seat all the excess delegates O
 the convention floor in extra spaces an
 10 let the excess alternates find seat
 among the spectators.