Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-09

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Washington, June 8.-The Repub-
llcan party, through its executive
and national committees, not only
went on record today as in favor of
white supremacy in party control in
the south, but, by the overwhelming
majority Of So to II, or exactly three
To Que, 20 reconstructed delegate rep
reservations from the South in Re-
publican national convention that
only those congressional districts
showing tangible Republican organi-
zations, and a potential Republican
vote in national elections, can, in the
future, have any representation
whatsoever in the national convention
of the party.
This result has been fully antici-
pated in these dispatches as the GER
tain outcome of the findings Of the
subcommittee charged with the re-
spousibility of reorganizing the Re
publican party in the Southeastern
states, it being the undisputed pur-
pose of the party organization to
place that section absolutely under
illt NplllIpt Vi lllC " "ltltH NlNN'NOA' ~
and thus eliminate, for all time, the
irritating conflict of national con-
veutions between the "black and tan
and the lilly white" elements.
Line Johnson Pleads.
The result today, coming as a
whole committees action upon sub
committees report, was reached after
an impassionabc debate, in which
Henry Lincoln Johnson, the negro Re
publican national committeeman
from Georgia, led, in which the Geor-
gia negro plead for a continuation
Of existing conditions on the basis
of an alleged disfranchisement of ne
groes in the Southern states. The
subcommittee report, however,
which came to the whole committee
without dissenting voice, met not on
lv the approval Of practically all of the
states of the North and West, but
received the votes also of the national
committeeman from Virginia, North
Carolina and Florida, in the old
South.
On the basis of the new rule gov
ernipg convention representation
from the South, the total number OF
votes in the national convention Is
only nominally cut, and perhaps not
at all, on the basis of the 1922 con-
pressional elections; but congressional
districts which show no regularly or
ganized Republican party machinery,
>and did not poll a Republican toCal
Strength of $500 votes or more IN
the congressional election preceding
shall be denied delegate representa-
tion in the national convention. inns
will have the effect, on the basis OF
the 1920 national election, OF cut
tiug Gcorgia's representation, IN the
rutnrc national conventions, from l8
ia 10 votes. If, in the meantume,
however. any of the congressional
DISTRICTS in Georgia should show more
tban $500 votes in the 1922 congress
sional elections, the representation
cf such districts would be raised from
zoro 10 one. and the total representa-
lion in the 1924 national convention
would be thus correspond!Egly IN
creased.
The New Order.
The new ORDER in a nutshell, pro
vides as follows:
That each state shall have four del
COATES al large and that each con
yressional district, having fepuo!I-
can organization and having polied IN
thc preceding national or congress
iono1 election $500 or more votes
hall have one national convention
dcIooato and if. having Folled 10000
on, more. two delegates and if. having
representative representation IN
CONGRESS- regardless Of the number
Of votes polled. two delegates.
On this basis, Georgia IN the next
ronnbIican national convention. as
s,,ming that the districts vote Wi
not materially change from the dis
trict's vote in 1920, will have ter
delegates. including the four deln
oates at large in the republican con
vpntion of 1924 instead Of II dele
gates as in the convention of 1920
These will be made up of two eacl
from the seventh and ninth districts
and one each from the fifth ant
eighth The other districts viii. have
no delegates.
On the same basis South Caro-
lima 10 the north. will have only thC
four delegates at large. and no dele
yates from the congressional districts
as no district in that state poiled II
the 1920 election as many as a fiXc'
unit of $500 votes Heretofor'
South Carolina has had eleven in tb
national convention.
Mississippi accordingly will hav
only four votes in the next conven
tion. having had twelve heretofor
bv reason of the fact that no distric
in Mississinpi has rolled more tha
$500 republican votes.
Tennessee Gains.
On the other hand. Tennessee
which has heretofore had 20 vote
in the national convention. will !
1924 havee 22. by reasons of the il
creased republican strength in Ter
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