Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-06
L0WDEN GAINS
 BIG SHARE OF
 THE UNPLEDGED
Illinois Governor Reported tO Have 6J of 135 tTnin-
 Structed
MOSES CHARGES OF
 'ROLLER ARE ATTACKED
Wood, 12i; Johnson, il2; Lowdcn, 72; Harding 3i; Is Present Line-lp of the Delegates Who Are
 Pledged

Chicago. June ,. Delegate con- teats which have furnished specta- cular features of the re-convention period were finished tonight by the republican national committee with dccnded advantage to Governor Low den.
 Although on actual instructions of the l37 contested delegates General Wood received 12 and Governor Low den seven with ll6 unnistructed- the reported leanings of the disputed delegates favor the Illinois governor.
 The committee in the two Missouri seats refused to seat any contestants All of the II district delegates from Virginia aligned with the Slemp fac sion were seated. The committee re- iected pleas of negro contestants for seats and also decided separate anti organization contests inn the third an dcighth districts in favor of the Slemp faction According to the re- ports of the candidates favored by | the dcgeatess seated theh 135 dele | gates involved were distributed as | follows
 ! Wood IS; Lowdcn 65; Johnsom 4; l J uUEp ITllCHHTu ol lNoflH | 17; uninstructetd and scattering 31 with the two Missouri contests re- 1 jected entirely.
 Appeal Contests.
 All contests are expected to be ap- 1 pealed to the convention credentials committee and subpject to revision by the convention.
 The final days proceedings in dis position of the contests, which have kept the committe on the job for n week. were marked by anattack on | Senator Noses of New Hampshire, for his charges that "steam roller" tactics had been employed againsnt I Wood delegates and by unanimous adoption of resolution looking to I reorganization of the republican I party in the "sold south."
 The committee's decisions left the actual instructed line up on the con- . vention temporary roll without re- gard to uninstructetd delegates with known leanings as follows:
 Wood 124; Johnson i12; Lowden 72; Harding 30; poindexter IA: Sproul 76; Sutherland 16 and Judge Pritchard of North Carolina 22.
 The resolution for reorganization of party affairs in the south follow 2 cd acriminous battling today be- tween whites and negroes during dis posal of 13 contests, of which there were 23 frrom Texas, 15 from Vir- ginia and five from Georgia. In nearl vail. the negroes charged and the white delegates denied racial dis crimination. The resolution follows: Whereas, it is increasingly appar- l Lad a !, in fact an economic issue strongly inclined to the principles of the re- publican party, and,
 "Whereas, it is obvious from re- ptated contests befoore the national , committee and other facts no less noteworthy than republican votes in , many of these states are not increas- { ing in proportion to the increasing belief in republican principles. "Resolved, that the chairman of I the national committee appoint a special committee of three of it's members. one of whom shall he from . the south, who shall very carefully and impartially study the whole political situation in the south and also it's relation to that in the north, with a view of reporting at the next m<etig of the national committee or as'Soon as the special committee thus appointed shall be ready. how the V republican party in states of the south shall be reorganized or con- h stituted to make more effective [. agent for the spreading and record- e ing of republican principles and of 4 election of republican electors" n Stage Race Dispute. q Chairman Hays. of the national n committee will be an ex-officio mem
 ber of the subcommittee
 The race dispute was staged be-
 fore several women proxies and 2 6 large audience composed mostly oi , negroes. Several women sat through clouds of tobacco smoke hours oi heated controversy and considerable
 and strong laneuage from the ne
 rroes. In the discussion there wal talk of "strong arm aid bv police t
 exclude negroes from white conven
 tion halls. tales of flying bottles ant
 bruised faces and of alleged Gin Il cediary" speeches by the negro or Il ganizors.
 Despite the arguments of th' |, negro contestants. the committc' / seated all so-called regular, or or
 panization delegates, from bot
 
 contest. straight-out fight be
 tween whites and negroes, Henry "
 Anderson of Virginia, candidate fo
 the vice presidential nominantior
 declared frankly for white part
 domination in the south.
 He said the negroes should b : welcomed to conventions and to tn
 party's fold but asserted that [
 make progress the party in the sout
 should he held under white con
 trol.
 "Its crime.' was the reply 2
 J. R. Pollard of Richmond, leader 2
 the negro delgation, "to make 1t '
 white mans partv.'
 Pollard charged that the white re
 bublicans of the south had for year
 "deceived' republican leaders an
 were holding their organization fc
 patronage onlv. 2. 2 The committe decided n b0e DS fcor&;nuad m paeA 0l