Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-03
LOWDEN REPUDIATES THE
MEN WHO TOOK HIS MONEY
Brands Delegates Who Accepted
Checks as Unfit to Sit
in Convention.
WOMEN READY FOR RUCToNs
Tentative Platform Sidesteps Pro.
hibition, Defies Mexico, Omits
Soldiers Bonus Plank.
Try Associated Prcss.1

National Committees hearing of
contests today was enlivened by somo
hotly debated cases and also by a
visit from Homer S. Cummings,
chairman OF tho Democratic National
Committee.
MIR. Cummings. availinS himself OF
the open sessions, visited the hear
Ing room. where he became the CEN
ter Of good -natured reception which
almost drowned out tho proceedings.
He was photographed with Republi-
can Chairman Hays. and looked over :.
the Coliseum for ideas to take to San
Francisco 4H5
In its days work on the contests
tho committee threw out both sets OF
delegates which asked seats for tho
Fifth Congressional District OF Mis-
souri-the Kansas City district A
fierce and heated controversy was
aired in a long hearing.
Deciding tho first case affecting
the strength of Senator Johnson's
forces in tho convention, the COM
mittee. on roll call, voted to seat the
delegates from the Tenth Minnesota
District, who are uninstructed. but
counted as favorable to the candi-
dacy OF the California. The defeated
delegation was pledged to the can
didacy of General Wood.
Sents Mississippi Delegates.
In the Mississippi contests. the
committee decided to seat the dele
Gates at largo headed by National
Committeeman Mulvihin. In tho
Louisiana contests the committee
voted to seat the oficiaiiy reported
delegation headed by National Com
mitteeman Emil Euntz. of New
Orleans. which was unifstructed, but
claimed by the Wood forces, and. In
part, by the Lowden managers.
The contests from the Fourth Mis-
sissippi District was quickly dis
posed of by seating the regularly re-
ported delegations, uninstructed,s but
claimed by the Wood forces. One OF
the contestants. John Albus. OF ST.
Joseph. who was mentioned in testi-
mony before the Senate committee as
having been paid $4,000 from the
Lowden campaign fund. did not ap-
pear to press his case.
"DisSracefuI scenes"
The real sensational fight of the
day came on the contest from the
Kansas City district. which the COM
mittee finally solved by refusing I'd
seat anybody. Charges OF strong
arm politics. meetings broken up
by mustard gas bombs. women intfm-
idated by negroes, and gag rule. few
thick and fast. Committee denounced
the situation in the district as dis
graceful and tained with fraud" and
atter voting down, by n close vote. A
motion to seat the regularly reported
delegates. Robert ]. Flick and Jesse
L. Martin, decided to seat none of tbe
parties.
RMS action reduced the total mum.
per OF votes in the convention from
'et 10 9S2 and furnished the first case
IN which district will be left with
out representation. The net results
OF the days work were to bring the
humper or contests disposed OF up
10 tnirty-two out of the 1877 filed.
Ihe Georgia and Florida cases con-
tihued TO hang fire in subcommittee
ana when the session adjourned nm
III O'Clock tomorrow morning. the
iist or cases In subcommittee had
oeen supplemented by eight con-
sressional districts OF Mississippi.
Hays COnfers With Roo.eye,t
Chairman Hays had n brief con-
ference today with Lieutenant-col.
onel Theodore Roosevelt, who visited
tho committee room and gave ont a
statement reiterating his sunnor, a,
General Woods candidacy.
Arrangements for the Distribute,
or tho convention seats vera com
pieted today. None of the tickets v,,,
Do placed in the hands OF the ma
tlohai committee until Saturd,v
Precautions have been taken 70 nrs,
vent the tickets falling into spec,,i..
tors hands and to preyent connt.
feiting.
Women to Caucus.
single organization of men and
"o'aeh instead OF dual control under
separate leadership, will be the Man
presented to the Republican NationaI
convention by the nation committee
LOT assimilation OF the new voters.
IL was announced today
Chairman William Fl. Hays named
hVe national committeeman to draft
the committee plan for the mart
woman voters are to play in party
management. Sunday the woman
delegates and alternates, approxi.
mately $50 strong. will caucus and
discuss their proposals.
inc demand OF the more militant
women leaders is for suffrage
plank In tho platform calling on
States which have M acted ON tho
constitutional amendment to do so at
once. S&
The subcommittee appointed today
will hold it's first session early In 4
the morning In an effort to compIete
It's recommendation. In time for their
submission to the women's caucus
lcontinned. On Second .Pago-X Z