The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-06
Missouri and New York COnyen-
tiOnS in Controversies.
Rival Delegations at Kansas
City Delay Session.
UNIT RULE FIGHT At ALBANY
Late Returns Pile Up California
Majority for johnson.
Wood Leads in Indiana With
Majority of 10000.

Kansas City, May 6.-After a ses-
sion lasting virtually all night and this
afternoon, the credentials committee
of the Republican state committee
voted to seat an organization delega-
ton from Jackson county headed by
Thomas, Marks. The committee then
proceeded to take up the claims of
rival delegations from Buchanan
county.
Meantime. the convention continued
to await completion of the credentials
committees work, being unable to
proceed with its business until the
contests had been decided.
Central Committee Reversed.
The vote on seating the Jackson
county organization delegation was
10 to 51z. Leaders of the anti-organi-
zation delegation announced they ex-
pected a minority report of the Gre
dentials commmittee would be sub
mitted to the convention and that it
would be impossible to avoid an ex
tended fight on the floor. Members
of the credentials committee said ev-
cry effort was being made to expedite
the Buchanan county hearing in order
that the convention might go to work
at once.
The credentials committee reversed
the action of the state central commit
tee and seated the anti-organization
delegation from Buchanan county
headed by C. U. Philley. The state
central committee had seated an or
ganization delegation headed by John
Albus.
N. Y. Fights Unit Rule.
Albany. May 6.-New York states
delegates and alternates to the Demo-
cratic national convention at San
Francisco were gathering here today
for a two days conference, to be
opened tonight at the call of William
W. Farley, chairman of the Demo-
cratic committee. The announced
purpose of the meeting was the cleo
ton of officers of the delegation and
the discussion of planks that might
be submitted to the platform COM
mittee at San Francisco.
Indications were that the meeting
would not be entirely harmonious as
a group of upstate delegates, under
the lea dership of Congressman George
P. Dunn, of Schenectady, were pre-
pared to protest against the adoption
of unit rule, the inclusion of wet
plank in the platform and the re-
election of Norman E. Mack, of Buff
falo, as the New York member of
the national Democratic committee.
At the unofficial Democratic COM
mittee meeting, held here in February,
resolution was adopted which was
intended to bind the delegates to the
national convention to a unit rule.
Mr.. Dunn declares that this action is
Illegal and does not bind the delegates
on the ground that a party convention
cannot adopt a unit rule in states
where direct primary election are held.
johnson Increases Lead.
San Francisco. May 6.-Belated re-
turns from California's presidential
preference election held Tuesday had
early today increased to 156,S99, the
lead of the Sen. Hiram w. Johnson
group of delegates over the Herbert c.
Hoover ticket.
With all but 691 of the 5,724 pre-
cincts in the state heard from the vote
stood: For johnson delegates, $780,
525; for Hoover delegates, 1913, 1925.
The returns were from 81 of the 5S
counties in the state.
The Hoover ticket continued to lead
| in Los Angeles and two other smaller
southern California counties.
Colorado G. o. p. Meets.
Pueblo, May 6.-Preceded by two
district conventions, those of the Third
and Fourth districts, the Republican
state convention to name four dele
gates at large and alternates to the ma
| tional convention at Chicago was to
convene here at 2 p. m. today.
Connecticut Democrats Meet.
/ New Haven, Conn. May 6.-Connec-
ticut Democrats assembled in state
/ convention here today to name four
teen delegates to the national conven-
| ton at San Francisco. The state CEN
trail committee of the party recon-
mendcd yesterday that the delegation
/ be uninstructed but that it act as a
unit.
| indianapolis. May 6.-Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood has won Indiana S
presidential preference primaries by a
plurality of approximately 5000, ac-
| cording to latest figures. which give
| the returns from all but eighteen pre-
cincts. These figures gave: Wood,
S1.767: johnson. 1881; Lowden, &c.
! S45; Harding, 19,267.