Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-29
Delegates From
Georgia Prepare Case for
San Francisco COnUentlOn

who was defeated by the Smith-Wat-
son nominee; that the convention
then recessed while a credentials
committee heard contests, and that
the contested Palmer delegation from
Chatham county was permitted by
the temporary. chairman to vote on
the report of the committee recon-
mcnding that they be unseated; that
the convention as a whole rejected
the report of the committee in so far
as it applied to Chatham county, and
seated those delegates; that the con-
vention then proceeded to elect a
permanent chairman, Sam l.. Olive,
who was elected unanimously and
by reclamation.
Palmer People Participated
The secretarys minutes will be
showing that the Palmer people par
ticipated in all votes taken by the
convention, and were therefore bound
to abide the result.
The Stenographer's transcript will
be presented for the purpose of show
ing that the Palmer spokesman, Will
liam H. Fleming, of Augusta, an
nounced the intention of the Palmer
people to go into the vote upon the
two lists of delegates to San Fran
cisco, and announced their intention
not to bolt. and hold a rump con-
N6uLlOu, DuI " take luSIr IuGulClH6.
1t will be contended that the rules
Of the state committee expressly
provided that the delegates to the
national convention should be named
and elected by the state convention,
and that the list submitted by the
and elected, and that the list sub
mitted by the Palmer people was
voted down. and hence the Palmer
delegates have no credentials from
the state convention and g re there
fore without credentials at all.
It will be contended that Rule x
of the state committee, providing
that the delegates to San Francisco
should be selected from the supper
tiers of the candidate receiving the
plurality of county unit votes, and
under which the Palmer people claim
ed the right to name the delegation,
was an usurpation of the state COM
mittee's power for the reason that
the authority Of the state commit
tee is not legislative but only eXecu-
tive, and hence the committee had
no power to make a rule different
from the regular and established
precedent governing state conven-
in the rast. To state the point diff
ferent1y. it will be contended that
the national committee would have
no more authority to impose upon
the national convention a 'pluraIlLy
rule for making a presidential nomi-
nation than did the state committee
have to impose upon the state con-
vention a plurality rule for electing
delegates.
TO Transmit Briefs
The case of the delegates elected
by the state convention will be pre-
scented to the national committee when
it makes up the temporary roll of
the national convention. That is to
say, the convention delegates will
claim the right to go into the ma
tional convention right from the
start. Should the national commits
tee decline to recognize their creden-
tials, then the delegates will go be
submit their contest. Should the Gre
dentials committee decline to recog-
nize their credentials, they will carry
their fight to the floor of the con-
vention.
A brief of the case will be trans
mitted at the earliest possible mo-
ment to the members of the national
committee, and later the whole case
will be transmitted to delegates from
other states. The steering commit
| tee very probably will go to San
Francisco ahead of the delegation so
| as to appear before the national COM
mittee and present their claims to
be seated upon the temporary roll.
1t was the expressed hope of the
delegates at the meeting yesterday
that Samuel L. Olive, the chairman
of the state convention, should go
to San Francisco to appear before
| the proper authorities in the preSen-