Evening star., 1920-05-21
District. of Columbia. where citizens
are disenfranchised.
Issue Over "surplus- De1cgntes.

Issue Over "Surplus" Delegates.
Besides the contests for votes. for
ty-seven surplus delegates have been
chosen from nine states with frac-
tee will be called on to decide wheth-
er Its rules against fractional voting
delegations shall stand and the sur
plus delegates denied seats.
The principal contests are between
supporters of Maj. Gen. Wood and
Gov. Lowden. Senator johnson and
other candidates are not interested
directly in these disputes. but may
raise questions regarding primary
contests in North Dakota, New Jer-
sey. Indiana, Michigan. Minnesota.
Nebraska. South Dakota and other
The 122 contests already flied are
divided as follows: Arkansas, q;
Florida, 8; Georgia. IS: Louisiana. II;
Minnesota. q Mississippi, ~; Mis-
souri,. q: North Carolina. II: Okla
see. 4; Texas, I; Virginia, Is; District
of Columbia. 2. OF these. entire dele
cations from FIVE states-Florida,
Louisiana. Mississippi, South Caro-
lima and Virginia-are in dispute.
Southern Disputes "Factional"
Most Of the southern states con-
tests are factiona!, being between the
so called lilly white" and BLACK and
Ian IdCtlOnS a rev Oh the contest
ants are pledged to Gen. Wood. a few
to Gov. Lowden. but most are unin-
structed, with fairly well known lean
ings.
Besides those already filed. further
contests are expected from Alabama,
Texas and possibly other states.
In Arkansas the four delegates at
in the fifth (Little Rocky are con-
tested between the lilly white" and
black and tan" factions. The Ar
kansas fight results from a bolt of
negroes from the convention April 2S.
Tho lilly whites" also elected eight
delegates at large with half vote
each.
Fioridn's Three Sets or Delegates.
In Florida there are three full sets
OF delegates contesting for the four
seats at large and four district votes.
Fifteen of Georgia's seventeen votes
are being contested by the groups
headed by Henry Lincoln Johnson OF
Atlanta and Hoscoe Pickett of Jas
per. The Johnson faction is un-
pledged and the Pickett group Of If
teen understood to favor Gen. Wood.
louisiana has a fight between the
lilly whites" and black and tans,"
with both unpledged. for the states
twelve seats.
The two votes at stake in the tenth
Minnesota district is a factional
quarrel
In Mississippi two full sets Of dele
gates have been chosen to fight for
the states twelve votes. Rival con-
ventions were held March 81 and
May 5. with the lilly white" con-
Nicksburg. and the black and tans'
by w. 0. Ligon of Gloster. The lat
ter elected eight delegates to have
one-half a vote each.
In Missouri two votes each in the
fourth and fifth districts are involved
in another factional dispute
"Lily Whites" to Defend Seats.
teen of the seventeen seats, results
from black and tan" convention
April IS in protest against the lilly
white" selections in convention
March 3. Most Of the lilly whites
are instructed for Judge Jeter c.
testants are unpledged.
SIX oklahoma seats. Two each in the
second. fourth and fifth districts, are
at stake in factional dispute. Four of
the NTH district contestants would
have one-half vote each.
The South Carolina regular fac
ton and the union republican party"
which held separate conventions, are
hghting for the states eleven votes,
with the color line also involved.
In tennessee two seats are at stake
in the first district, and one each
in the sixth. and tenth district.
The seven Texas contests result
from a convention in the eight con-
gressional districts which elected
four delegates at large. one delegate
from the eighth district and two from
the seventeenth.
All fifteen Virginia votes are claim
ed by the regular" faction. headed
by Representative Slemp and a black
and tan" group led by DIR. ]. H. Bugg
of Lynchburg. There are also addi-
tional contests for single seats in
the third and eighth districts.