Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
w. J. VEREEN NAMED
COMMITTEEMAN BY
STATE CONVENTION
,incts from the consolidation and
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shortly after o'clock, sustained
Mr.. Watson as to Chatham and Will
llinson counties and sustained Send-
tor Smith as to Murray and At
kinson counties. The convention dis
agreed to the committees report on
Chatham county and seated the Pal
n1er delegates. Supporters IF Smith
voted with supporters If Palmer in
this contest. The bolarre c! the
committees report was adopted.
Then the convention, be wing per-
fected it's permanent roll, elected
Samuel L. Olive, president of the
Georgia state senate, as it's perma-
nent chairman, and elected e. B.
Moore, the temporary secretary, as
made a splendid presiding officer.
His nomination was satisfactory to
all three factions and he was elected
by reclamation unanimously. The
convention adopted a rule providing
that quorum should consist of a
majority of the convention, which
was for the purpose of rendering ir-
regular, and illegal the expected
gates. Albert Howell, Jr., for the
Palmer people, tried to amend it
with a proviso that nothing in the
rule should alter any rule made by
the state executive committee, but
he was voted dom The convention
passed resolution providing for the
appointment of a resolutions COM
mittee representing the three fac
tionS, each to have four on the COM
mittee, and this completed the per-
ntanent organizations.
Vereen Elected
AS its first act after perfeCting
permanent organization. the conven-
ton passed resolution providing
for the lection of the Democratic ma
tional committeeman. Thomas G..
Hudson, one of the Smith floor lead
ers, introduced the resolution. w.
H. Davis, one OF the Palmer leaders,
opposed it with a point of order that
the delegates to the national conven-
ton were the only ones authorized
to elect the national con" nitteeman.
The point was over-ruled, and the
resolution was passed by a vote Of
the adoption of the resolution, John
|. Kelly, of Gwinnett, a Watson floor
leader, placed in nomination for ma
tional committeeman the name of
William j. Vereen, of Colquitt coun-
ty. The Palmer people made no OPP
from voting on the roll call which
elected Mr. Vereen. Hence the vote
was 23S for him and none against
him.
Hollins Randolph, of Fulton, a
Palmer floor leader, introduced 'es-
OlUCIOIl ItiUOL olllS lllC oSSOIll Oi4o1l-
ments of the Democratic administra-
ton, praising the peerless leader
ship of Woodrow Wilson" and urging
the immediate ratification of the
treaty with such explanatory reser-
vations as would not destroy the
,nant of the League of Nations"
The resolution went to the resoIu
lions committee and the convention
recessed for supper until o'clock.
When it re-convened, there came a
fight between opposing resolutions
offered by the resolutions commit
tee. The majority of the committee
recommended the passage of a reso-
luton opposing the League of Ma
tions, opposing a third term and COW
ering three other points. The minor
ity recommended the passage of the
Randolph resolution. John l.; Kelly
eral Walter A. Harris, of Macon,
spoke for the minority report.
Refuse Division of Delegates
Each speaker delivered a very inn
passioned appeal for his viewpoint
and each was frequently applauded
ajority report. the Smith delegates
divided, some voting with Watson
and some with Palmer. The major
ity report was agreed to by vote
of 206 to IT'S. Then came the
question of adopting the resolution
committee, and on this question the
Smith forces divided again, more
pronouncedly than before. The vote
was very close and resulted in the
adoption of the majority resolution
by vote of 1872 IL to 49, IL. The
halfvote occurred where the Sumter
delegation, voting one-half vote each
for eight delegates, divided five to
three, which made their vote contain
q fraction.
After the resolutions had been dis
posed of, there came the final and
most important feature of the whole
convention-the election of delegates
to San Francisco.
Judge A. W. Cozart, Of Columbus,
one of the Smith floor leaders, rose
make an equal division of delegates
between the three candidates who
ran in the presidential primary. He
expressed the hope that this would
be acceptable to the Palmer people
His offer was flatly declined by
Palmer floor leader, who claimed the
right to name all the delegates to
San Francisco. He said Rule 10 en-
titled Palmer to the full delegation,
slider it "dishonorable" to make a
compromise on a divided delegation
This remark elected loud laughter
from Thomas E. Watson and his del
egateS. The refusal to accept a di-
vision of the delegates was accepted
then proceeded to nominate fifty per
people nominated SO per cert
and the Palmer people put up
their list as agreed upon by the Pal
mer caucus Monday night, 1t was
resulted in the election of the Smith
Watson delegates by a vote of 234
to 142.
Howe1Is Point of Order
Howell, Jr., for the Palmer dele
gates, submitted in writing his point
of order mentioned above. This
point is the keystone of the con-
test which the Palmer delegates will
make at San Francisco. 1t was over
ruled by a vote of the convention.
Chairman Olive did not rule on the
edent of legislative bodies in sub
hitting the point as a vital point
to vote of the body. Mr.. Howell's
point was as. follows:
"It appearing that the list of
nominations for delegates from the
and for district delegates and their
alternates, is composed of nominees
chosen from the friends and sup
porters of the Hon. Thomas E. Wat
son and the Hon. Hoke Smith, each
being an unsuccessful candidate for
the Georgia nomination as Demo-
cratic candidate from Georgia for
the presidency Of the United States,
and
1T appearing that Rule 10 of the
rules under which the presidential
preferential primary of April 20,
1920, was held. provides as follows:
THE delegates to the national
convention shall be chosen from
among the friends and supporters
of that candidate for president re-
ceiving the highest county unit
vote and
1T appearing from the records OF
the subcommittee, which held said
primary, ind from the records OF
the state Denlocra tic executive com
mittec, and from the official rec
o,ds of tho convention, that Hon: A
Mitchell Palmer was the candidate
1,ota in caid urinary and is there