The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-01

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C I'd Delegates From Ala
la and Arkansas are
Temporarily
Seated.
NO POLITICAL QUESTION
Decisions are Based Purely on Legal
and Party Organization Fea-
lures Involved in Each
Case.
NO POLITICAL QUESTION
[By Harold D. Jacobs. United Press

.[By Harold D. Jacobs. United Press
Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, June 1.--Leaders OF the
organization supporting Governor
Frank O. Lowden for the presidential
nomination were openly optimistic
today when the republican national
committee here resumed its unique
open hearings of contested sfdelega-
tions inaugurated by Chairman VIII
Hays.
While none of the Lowden n1e1
would officially ccmmit himself, y
was generally accepted that the Or
sanitation had gained all Of the
seixht a.conteste delegates tenpnEArily
seated BY the committee yesterday,
one from Alabama and seven from
Arkansas. Contesting delegates who
lost were understood to be for Major
General Leonard Wood.
Assuming the unofficial claims OF
the Lowden organization are borne
out in the convention. the indicat ed
vote on the initial ballot exclusive OF
ia contests yet to be decided. would
appear to be:
Wood 23S; Lowden, III: Senator
Hiram Johnson, 161; Nicholas Muir
raw Butler. SS; Governor William e.
Sproul. 76; Senator Warren G. Hard
ing, 48; Governor Calvin Coolidge,
20: Senator Howard Sutherland. 16;
Senator Miles Poindexter, IA.
The candidates. of the presidential
aspirants have in no way entered
into the hearings to date, the ma
tional committee making it's decisions
for the temporary roll of the conveu-
ton purely upon the legal and party
organization questions involved.
In each case so far an entirely diff
ferent element has appeared. For
question. while in Florida, it was pure
1y a tri-factional fight.
The committee completed the case
of eight Florida delegates late yes
terday and referred the confusing le-
which was to make its report today.
The regular delegation, headed by
National Committeeman George w.
contesting delegation, led by H. L.
Anderson, is merely "anti-Wood." )"
The second group Of contestants, un-
der w. l.. Van Duzor, is understood to
be for Lowden.
The first case to be considered to-
day was that of three sets of delegates
contesting for the two seats from the
District of Columbia. This is another
factional battle and all of the contes-
tants are understood to be friendly to
Wood.
The case of fifteen contesting dele
gates from Georgia was to be present
ed next. This is an out-and-out fight
between Wood and Lowden delega-
tions, the former led by Roscoe Pic
kett, and the latter by Henry l..
Johnson, Pickett's is the contesting
delegation.
The feature of the hearings, aside
from the abolition of star chant ber'
sessions has been the Introduction of
an informal attorney for the committee
who weighs the legal aspects and pre-
sents the motion for seating one of
the DELEGATIONS Charles Warren. ma
tional committeeman from Michigan,
is acting in this capacity.
Although Senator Johnson is prac-
tically certain to run third on the op-
ening ballot, certain party leaders
in no way friendly to him have begun
to admit privately that he is going to
Exercise veto power over the con
vention." This may be interpreted
as meaning that Johnson. even should
he be defeated. may be IN position
to dictate absolutely who shall be the
nominee But it may also be inter
preted as meaning that Johnson's s
friends will practically force him to
carry the fight for his own nomination
to the last ditch.
Johnson not only represents himself
in his candidacy but is the recognized
leader of the progressive wing in
which Senator William Borah, Sena
tor Robert LaFol1ette and others are
factors. If Johnson should feel con