The Washington herald., 1920-06-02
TICKET
WINS D.C.SEATS
Contest Decided by Repub-
lican National Committee
Favors Regulars.
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precedent for the future, was as
follows:
move that inasmuch as the call
Ior the Republican National Con-
senton to. meet in Chicago on the
etn osy OF June. 1890. provided that
tne election of delegates and alter
nate delegates In the District of
Columbia shall be held under the
oirectlon OF the recognized Repub-
mean central committee. or govern
ing committee therein; and mas
much as the natter al committee was
neretofore recognized as the Re-
publican central committee. or gov
ernlns committee in the District OF
Columbia, the committee of which
Mr.. Galliher is chairman; and mas
much as ii appears from the record
submitted that that committee did
make rules and regulations for the
nolding of an election of delegates
10 convention in the District or
Columbia, and that that convention
did elect two delegates Drank ].
hogan and James A. Cobb, ana
two alternate delegates (william T.
Galiiher and DIR. Charles II. Mar
shall). who were ofiicially certified
10 TINS convention, that the names
OF those delegates and alternates be
placed upon the temporary roll Of
the convention"
substitute IL Defeated.
National Committeeman Howell
onered a substitute motion that no
one Of the contesting delegations
claiming seats from the District OF
Columbia be seated. This was vot-
ed down.
In the preconvention claims the
Miller delegation had been credited
10 Harding, while Bradshaw and
Murray had been rated as favoring
Lowden- In an affidavit filed by
Miller the successful contestants
were called din the wool Wood
men, but this was emphatically de-
MED by Edward r. Colladay, ma
tional committeeman from the Dis
trict. who had backed the regulars
from the start. He asserted to The
Herald representative that the two
delegates were absolutely unpledged.
Considerable wire pulling cropped
out during the twin sessions Of the
day. The big fight was made over
the Georgia delegations, two Of
which made claims to regularity.
Wood Sentiment Evident.
Frequently Lowden and Wood
sentiment came to the surface as
the battlelines were drawn between
the two rival delegations. The So
called regular delegation headed by
Henry Lincoln johnson. formerly
recorder OF deeds at Washington. Is
rated as solidly for Lowden. The
Contesting body Is backed by the
Wood forces. each drawing the sin
ews OF war from the respective
camps, Roscoe Pickett. leading the
contestants. getting $1,000 from the
Wood headquarters, while johnson.
for his regulars. drew $4,000 from
the. Lowden people. as brought out
in the testimony at Washington.
Counter Charges Made.
Charges and counter charges by
the rival bodies were such that the
committee turned over the briefs,
affidavits and other paraphernalia
to a subcommittee consisting OF
Charles W. Warren OF Michigan. H.
o. Bursum OF New Mexico and
Earle s. Kinsley Of Maine. As
Maine and New Mexico are supposed
to have strong lesnings toward
Wood. II was hoped by the con-
in the action Of the subcommittee
Charles B. Warren is known to be
for Lowden. However there is no
reason to suspect that the decision
will not be based on the evidence
and after an impassioned speech by
Johnson there seemed to be feeling
that his delegation would be seated
which will mean at least fifteen
votes for Lowden.
Night Session Abandoned.
Efforts were made to have a night
session but as rival delegations
failed TO show up this was aban-
doned. A motion was made and
then withdrawn that all contesting
delegations which failed to show
up be thrown out. The sentiment
for this. however, seemed TO be
strong.
Denied Rehearinr.
In the case of Louisiana, where
two delegations contest for mastery,
II was voted to deny the contest
ing delegation a rehearing but II
was decided to permit the contest
ing delegations to file briefs. al
though il is practically certain that
the regulars, headed by Walter L.
Cohen, will be seated.
The national committee reached
an agreement on seating extra
delegates and all those chosen will
be given seats on the convention a
floor.
Coleman ,Du Pont. Of Delaware,
introduced . resolution which was
unanimously carried, urging those
Republican States which have not
vet passed the Nineteenth amend
ment to do so. A similar resolu
tion was passed by the committee
last year.
G.. w. AXELSON.