Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-02
NEW COP. ORGANIZATION,
NOW UNDER WHITE CONTROL,
WILL BE PUT INTO EFFECT
State Central Committee Will
Meet Probably in Atlanta,
in Next Two Weeks for
Action

With the principle of white con-
troll definitely and firmly established
| as the result Of the meeting in At
1anta last Tuesday of the commit
tee Of 10O," Georgia Republicans now
are principally concerned with the
working out Of the reorganization
plan Of which the ground work was
erected at the meeting held at the
auditorium. Within the next two
weeks the new state central COM
mittee, which was named at Tues
days gathering, will be called to-
gether by it's chairman, J. L. Phil
lips, of Thomasville. 1t is under
stood that the meeting will be held
in Atlanta.
At that time steps will be taken
to set up in every county in the state
new Organization which shall re-
fleet the policy adopted under the
basis of the new state organization
will be the county committee, it is
understood. This county committee
will elect delegates to state conven-
lions and in this manner the an
nual, biennial and quadrennial spec
be eliminated. the party leaders con-
fidently expect. Heretofore there
has hardly been a state or national
convention at which there was not
a contest between rival delegations
each contending for official recogn1-
ton. This has been particularly true
in the national conventions.
The state central Republican COM
mittee will function through an
executive in the interim between It's
tee is to be composed of the officers
of the central committee as named
at Tuesdays meeting, and an execu-
tive secretary, who has not yet been
chosen by those officers.
The officers of the central com
Walter H. Johnson, of Columbus
/ vice chairman; Charles Adamson, OF
Cedartown, treasurer; Mrs. w. j.
Tilson, Atlanta, second vice chair
man, and Mrs. D. G. Cole, Marietta
assistant secretary.
The appointment of an executive
secretary is expected to be one of the
first matters Of business to come be-
fore the executive committee. c. G.
Coyle, of Marietta, one of the leaders
in the affairs of the Republican party
in north Georgia, and, for that mat
ter, in the entire state, is being prom
inently mentioned for the place. For
many years he has been active in
constructive work for the Republican
party and his tentative selection as
executive secretary would be entirely
agreeable, it is understood, to party
leaders throughout Georgia.
The resolution adopted by the
COMMITTEE of 10O," setting UP the
new state central committee and es-
tablishing the policy of white control
in Republican party affairs in Geor-
gia, also stipulated that the state
headquarters should be located in At
lanta and that the executive secre-
tary should live in or near Atlanta.
In pursuance of this instruction, the
headquarters will soon be opened, it
is unofficially announced.
The settlement of patronage ques-
tions will also be an important duty
falling to the lot of the executive
committee under the reorganization
plan. 1t is understood that federal
appointments, such as postmaster
ships and similar offices, will be left
primarily to local county organiza-
lions and district chairmen. The rec
concentrations of these party authori-
ties will be made to the executive
committee and any differences will be
reconciled. The principle of state,
district and county autonomy will be
observed in the settlement of federal
patronage problems, it has been an
nounced by the national party
leaders,
While there have been widely vary
ing predictions as to probable ap-
under the Harding administration,
the leaders Of the party under the
organization plan are making no
preliminary representations in this
respect. They indicate that the vari-
Gus county and district organizations
must be given time to reach an agree
ment on individual patronage Ques-
tons before action can be taken.
Johnson's Resignation limited
The elimination of Henry Lincoln
Johnson, negro national Republican
ter of vital interest throughout the
state. 1t has been indicated on re-
liable authority that Johnson's res
ignation is now in the hands Of the
national party leaders, but will not
be formally announced for few
weeks. Johnson has been appointed
registrar of deeds for the District
of Columbia, but has not yet been
confirmed by the senate. That he
will renounce his citizenship in
Georgia and take up his residence in
Chicago, is predicted in quarters I'M
deniably authentic.
Leaders in Georgia Republican af-
fairs are keeping in close touch with
those representative of the nation
al Republican organization who par
ticipated in the meeting of the com
mittee of 100" here last Tuesday. In
attendance at that gathering were
national Republican committee, who
presided at the meeting; Joseph
Keeling, vice-chairman of the ma
tional committee; c. H. Huston, as
sistant secretary of the interior, and
w. S. McGinnis, representing the ma
tional Republican congressional COM
mittee.