The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
FIELD AGAINST
JOHNSON IN RACE
Continued from page IL

disposed of. The total number OF
contests was increased from -
when official notice was received that
the entire delegation of twenty-there'
from Texas was contested instead or
the eight first reported. Apparently
only Wood and Lowden win be afecl-
ed by the balance of the contests,
save in the fifth Oklahoma congress
sional district where the two "reeu'
lar delegates who will vote for
Hamon, committeeman-elect, are OPP
posed by Wood group.
In the matter OF delegates won
through decisions on contests the
apparent score to date was
Lowden, %; Wood. II: Pritchard,
II: Johnson, 2; Harmon, 2.
! Because some losing delegates were
uninstructed and others were back
ing the same candidate as the WIN
ming delegates, the score OF dele.
gates lost fell far short of the total
,tabulated as won" The losses werc
believed to be apportioned as fol-
lows: ,y
Wood. Is; Lowden, 8; Hamon. 2.
| The Wood organization has counted
on polling 1896 votes on the first bal
lot, the Lowden people ESQ and the
JohnsonHes a modest 254. This sur
iyey was made before the contest
hearings began. IT was apparent,
however, that with the present
siren 9Th granted them by many
political observers, none of them
could hope to poll anything like the
foregoing figures on the initial ballot,
even should Wood or Lowden make a
clean sweep of the remaining Con
tests.
Political "maneuvering," contest de-
cisions, outside influences" and just
plain trades cause such daily ann
even hourly fluctuations in the situa-
ton even political observers closest
within the confidence Of the practical
politicians cannot acquaint them
selves fully with the changing con.
!ditionS.
Contest hearings scheduled for to-
day included the report of the sub
committee which reviewed the evil
'dence in the fifteen Georgia cases,
the twelve Mississippi district dele
gates and the fourth Oklahoma dis
trict which went to subcommittee
late yesterday.
Souchern Delegates Seated.
CHICAGO, June 4-The republican
national committee began its contest
hearings today by seating eight Mis-
sissippi district delegates headed by
NJ. J. Mulvihill In their arguments
the two contesting groups claimed to
have been chosen by the regular or
ganiZation. Both were reputed sup
porters of General Wood
The committee voted unanimously
to seat the four regular delegates at
large from South Carolina The regu-
lar delegation is headed by National
Committeeman Joseph W. Tolbert-
The seated delegates favor Lowden
and the contesting delegation, headed
by J. S. Collins, were for Wood.
Tolbert charged National Commit
teeman Bean, Of Florida, and other
Florida republicans and group of re-
publicans from the District of Column
bia with trying to break up the South
Carolina state convention.
Tofbert drew tremendous applause
by his demonstration of how contest
ing delegations bolt the state conven-
ton when he executed double shut
file and ran straight down the aisle in
the committee room
sF Eleven for LoW6en.
CHICAGO, June 4-Eeven dele
gates, supposed to De Lowden sup
porters, were given sears IN the re-
publican national convention when
the national committee today decided |
in favor of the regular" delegation +!
from South Carolina.
The South Carolina hearing dealt |
largely with charges that attempts
were made by outsiders to disrupt |
the regular organization and send |
their own choices TO Chicago. ~. |
Evidence regarding delegations |,
from the four remaining districts !
was that Bean and Sidney Beaver. OF !
D. c., had appeared at |
each Tolbert attorneys charged the /
two had been a disturbing element |
in each, case. The charge was made |
also, that Beaver went before ths
state executive committee to urge |
the use of fake names on the conven.
ton roll.
Beaver, appearing as attorney for
the contestants, prefaced his case
with the remark that there appeared
little use of his saying anything "as
me oeSillS " udSc VI
diced the case After a sharp re- |
Duke which elected an apology, he |.
proceeded. /,
Answering a question he said he ,
the district convention as
attorney for the contestants.
The statement brought laugh with |.
remarks that it was peculiar an at ,
orney should be needed before there !,
was a contest.
Beaver said Bean attended the |.
meetings through friendship. Charles
Hammer, Virginia, another who at
ended all conventions, said the TOT
pert faction previously did the sanc
hing, sending L. P. Summers of Vir-
ginia to the sessions.
Summers was IN the room. He /
Jumped to his feet
That's bald faced lie" he ex- 4
claimed. 81 was there on o official /
business for the national committee
itself"
The statement brought mods Of 1
from commit eeInpn