Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-09
What About G. o. P.
In Southern States?
Johnston, Goree and Adamson fac.
tons Represented at Meet.

| WASHINGTON, March Pre-
llmlnary views of the Slemp subcom-
1nlttte of the Republican national COM
mittee regarding reduction of the
representation of the southern states in
the g. 0. P national conventions were
considered Friday.
Three Factions
Georgians occupied most of the time
OF the Slemp subcommittee at the
hearing late Wednesday AFTERNOON.
lifts between the Georgia white Re-
publicans and Henry Lincoln John
ston and Ben Davis, of the colored
delegation were rather frequent and
Chairman Slemp repeatedly asked the
Georgians not to go into factional and
local politics. At least three factions
OF the Republican party in Georgia
were represented.
Z. w. Mcclure of the Harding Club
OF Georgia reached Washington for
the late afternoon session and made
an address protesting against such
scenes as are witnessed at the Repub-
llcan conventions while tht Southern
delegates are being traded"
The Atlanta merchant urged re-
Juvenation of the Republican party in
the South, and the elimination of the
purchaseable element" in party poll
tics.
Delegations were present from Mis-
sissippi, louisiana, Florida, Georgia.
South Carolina, and other Southern
states.
Johnston's Speech.
Henry Lincoln Johnston made an
impassioned address protesting against
reduced representation and insisting
that. the Republican party should see
that the negro in the Southern states
had his rights atthe ballot box in
stead of talking about reduced repre-
sentation.
I. +. Goree, representing one of the
Georgia factions, made the concrete
suggestion that basis of representa-
ton be on the number of Republican
votes cast in the congressional dis
tricts. In this he supported the argu-
ment OF the so-called Adamson fac
ton, although tht two factions are not
together on other local issues,
(rnorri,,,o
rec, Charles Adamson of Cedartown
A. J. Spence of Camilla, Harry S.
Edwards of Macon, Clark Grier of
Augusta, c. w. Mcclure Atlanta; D.
{. Cole of Marietta, and w. J. Ti1son
of Atlanta Mr.. Tilson is chairman
anr Mr.. Grier secretary of the state
Republican League.
KNITTED" Candidate?
Henry Lincoln Johnston endeavored
to bring out that this league had
knitted" the Republican candidate
for congress in the Atlanta district, a
candidate supported by the Johnston
,, faction. The argument was stopped
by Chairman Slemp, who urged that
local politics be side-tracked for the
broader question of how to build I'D
the party in the South and what to do
about adjusting representation as be-
tween states that furnish large Re-
publican majorities and states that
cast but few Republican votes.
Mr.. Goree suggested that not only
should the national committee base
representation on the number of votes
cast but it should also regulate repre-
sentat1on in state anddistrict conven-
tons. He said it was outrageous that
some Georgia counties casting less
than 100 Republican votes had as
many delegates in the local conven-
ton as counties giving large Repub1i-
can votes, such as counties in the
Seventh and Ninth congressional dis
tricts.