Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-30
CONTESiiUo-.s s : 4: ::
De DELVED INTO
ON MONDAY NEXT
Republican National Com
mittee viii Take UP Dis
puteS Which Involve 122
Seats in the Convention.

tsr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIsEI
Chicago, May 29.--Decisions in
four of the contests among delega-
| tions to the republican national
convention probably will settle all
of the disputes which involve 1922
seats. members of the national
committee said today. Precedents
! in four major rulings will govern
the points raised in the other cases,
it was said.
At national committee head
| headquarters It was explained that
the contests naturally group them
selves into four classes. The first
comprises fights for control of
state organizations in the south.
The second includes those contests
in which the issue is control of the
state delegation hy rival candidates
for the presidential nomination,
The third will involve the lilly
white" southern question and the
last fights for control of state or
ganizations IN northern states.
There, are only two contests in this
last class, one from Minnesota and
the other from Missouri.
Clarence Il. Miller secretary of
the republican national committee,
arrived yesterday with the. briefs.
National committee will begin con-
sideration of them Monday, and
four days, It Is estimated. will fin
ish all of them.
Aside from the contests in the
Tenth Minnesota Minneapolis
and the Fourth and Fifth Missouri
districts, the contests are from
southern states. The calendar of
contests, as prepared by Secretary
Miller, follows;
Alabama--Fourth district, one
delegate.
Arkansas--At large, four; First
district, one; Fifth district. two.
District of Columbia--At large,
two (three sets of contestants).
Florida--At large. four; First,
Second. Third and Fourth districts,
one delegate each.
Georgia--At large. four; First to
Eighth. districts inclusive and
Tenth district. one each; Ninth dis
trict, two.
Louisiana-At large, four; First
to Eighth districts inclusive, one
each.
Minnesota-Tenth district, two.
Mississippi-At large, four; First
to Eighth district 'inclusive. one
each.
Missouri-Fourth and Fifth dis
tricts, two each.
North Carolina--At large. four;
First, Second, Third, Sixth. Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth districts, one
each: Fourth. Fifth and Seventh
districts, two each,
OkIahoma--Second, fourth ami
fifth districts, two each,
South Carolina--At large, four;
first to seventh districts, inclusive,
one each.
Tennessee-Sixth and tenth dis
tricts, one each.
Texas-At large, four; third,
seventh, eighth and seventeenth
districts, one each.
Virginia--At large, four; first to
eighth districts, inclusive, and
tenth. one each; ninth district, two.
Another sort of contest to be
handled either by the national COM
mittee or the state delegations IN
volved, is the elimination OF fifty-
six "eXcess" delegates from ten
states where more than the allotted
number of delegates were chosen
with fractional votes. In these
ten state delegations III delegates
were certified to the convention
with only siXty-one available seats.
The states that have elected too
many delegates, according to Sec
rotary Miller's records, are the fol-
lowing: II
Arkansas, eleven delegates for six
seats.
Illinois, ten delegates at large for
six seats.
Iowa, twelve delegates for six
seats.
Mississippi, eight delegates for
six seats
Missouri. eight delegates for four
seats.
Nevada, twelve delegates for six
seats.
Tennessee, ten delegates for five
seats.
oklahoma, eight delegates for
four seats.
Texas, thirty-four delegates for
seventeen seats.
virginia, three delegates for one
seat.
A full-fledged vice presidential
boom was launched today with the
arrival of Samuel Adams, of Green
wood. Va, editor of the American
Fruit Growers. Mr.. Adams is the
first vice presidential candidate on
the scene.