The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-01
REPUBLICANS
ARE SETTLING
DELEGATIONS
Hearings Go On in Chicago
Florida, District of Column
bia, Georgia and Louisiana
Contests Up.
HOT FIGHT IN GEORGIA
fBy Associated Press)

fBy Associated Press)
CHICAGO, June Hearings on the
claims of contesting delegations to
next weeks convention continued to-
day to Occupy the attention of the Re-
publican national committee. de-
cision in the three-cornered fight in
Florida was first on the program and
next came the three-cornered contest
from the District of Columbia.
A special subcommittee, composed
of committeeman Warren of Michigan,
DUPONT of Delaware, and Parsons OF
New York spent most of the night ex-
amining the law and the facts in the
Florida case, and prepared a report
on the claims of the contestants and
possibly recommendation for a course
of action by the committee.
The Florida case, in which the COM
mittee was called upon to decide
whether there was in legal effect, any
Republican party in Florida, promised
In sense to show the first indications
on the candidates. of Major-General
Leonard Wood Governor Frank o.
Lowden and Senator Hiram Johnson.
Not Formally Pledged, But
None of the three contesting delega-
tions Is pledged but the various mem
bers say that the first, or regularly re-
ported delegation headed by National
Committeeman Bean of Tampa is
favorable to General Wood; that the
second delegation headed by H. L. An
derson of Jacksonville, is favorable to
Senator Johnson, and that the third,
headed by A. L. Church, Of Jackson
Vile Is favorable to the candidacy of
Governor Lowden.
When the evidence was all in last
night, many of the committeeman
confessed that all three delegations
seemed to them to be "defunct," but
announced that they would depend
upon the subcommittee, headed by
Committeeman Warren, who Is acting
as legal advisor to the committee, in
the contests to point a way out of the
muddle.
In the District of Columbia contests,
the issue as to candidates. is less
clearly defined, although the Wood
leaders are said to be listing the dele
cation headed by Frank J. Hogan, as
among those upon whom they would
depend in the convention.
Georgia Fight is Acriminous.
With the Florida contest out of the
way the national committee faces the
most acriminous contest Of the list,
that from Georgia, where an official
delegation headed by Henry Lincoln
Johnson, an Atlanta negro, Is counted
In the Lowden column and a contest.
ing delegation headed by Charles Ad.
amson of Cedartown Is counted in the
Wood column. Both delegations had
figured in the hearings of the senate
subcommittee investigating campaign
expenditures.
The next contest on the calendar Is
from Louisiana where a regularly re
ported delegation headed by national
committeeman Emil Kuntz Is being
opposed by a delegation headed by
Victor Loisel of New Orleans The
contested delegation is listed among
those favorable to the Wood candidacy
and to Frank H. Hitchcock. The com.
mtttee does not hope to get further
than the Louisiana contest in it's work
today
While the national committee is
grinding away at the contests, things
are beginning to stir about the head
quarters of the presidential candidates
and their managers. Chicago hotels
already overcrowded with an abnor
nal business, are beginning to show
the first symptoms of campaign
week OF noise ana CONFUSION. Head
quarters are blossoming out with ban
rers and Autographs, but the cam
paign managers have not Yet emerged
from the state of confident predic
tions. Only two candidates-Governo
Lowden and Major General Wood ART
in the city, but Senator Harding ant
Senator Johnson will arrive later il
the week.
Estimates of the probable duration
of the convention are as numerous a.
the candidates are various. Som
confident ones have made railroad
reservations to return home on Thurs
day of convention week The predic
ton that a presidential candidate
probobly will be nominated on Frida.
night and vice-presidential candidat
on Saturday seems to be regarded b,
most of the politicians as probabl
being more accurate than any other
The generally accepted tentativ
program seems to be Tuesday for ten
porary organization and keynot
speeches; Wednesday for permanen
organization and work of the resolu
tions committee framing the platform
leaving Thursday and Friday for ba
loting, if two days are needed.