The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-07
CREACER GROUP ACCORDED SEATS AT CONVENTION Protest Filed By Hettie
 Greens Son Is
 Compromised BOOM FOR LOWDEN MEETS OPPOSITION President Said To Have Given No Official
 Sanction

CLEVELAND, O., June 6.-(By As sociated Press. )-As the Lowden boom for the vice presidency began, gather ing some real speed today, its opposi- tion naturally began to develop. >
 From Illinois came rumble of a factional disturbance, the extent of which was not fully disclosed, while those few on the ground here who have been looking over the field before ex- pressing their preferences, made quite a point over the well-emphasized fact that while it was made known that President Coolidge regards Mir. Lowden as an acceptable running mate. the nomination nor turned hand in favor of him or any other candidate.
 Butler Explains
 William NJ. Butler, the Presidents campaign manager, emphasized again today that the President had expressed no preference was taking no part in the contest, and was leaving it all to the convention in pursuance of his an- nounced policy of hands off.
 That was indeed quite in accord with all the Lowden boomers, who have un- derstood all along. They do not con- strue the statement that the President regards Mir. Lowden as an agreeable selection, as word that the President wants him nominated and they agree that some other selection might be equally agreeable to the. White House.
 Accordingly, with the knowledge that their candidate would not be a dis agreeable selection, they have gone to work with renewed efforts to push his nomination, and today the Lowden sen- timent was steadily growing among the national committeeman and dele gates who have arrived. No other name was heard 50 prominently men. tioned.
 Has Balance Of Sentiment
 Of course, somebody else may be nominated, but today, three days before the convention assemblies, practically all the expressions and outward mani festations are for the former governor of Illinois.
 While the discussion of the vice presidency and the platform went for ward, the national committee worked further on contests for seats in the convention, disposing of all those re- maining except that from Tennessee which will be taken up tomorrow.
 In two of three cases heard today, Texas and Georgia, the first compro- misses were entered into. The third case, that of the delegates-at-large from Arkansas, the committee voted unani- mously to seat National Committeeman Remmel and his associates, Mrs. H. H. Foster and Wallace Townsend of Little Rock and J. W. Grabiel of Fayetteville over the delegation headed by Scipio A. Jones, negro.
 Creager Wins
 All of the Texas delegation, headed by National Committeeman Creager, was seated over the contestants under E. H. R. Green Terrell, son of the late Hettie Green, but contestants were given seats in the eighth and ninth districts with an equal vote with the Creager delegates, one-half vote each.
 Reopening the Georgia case, the com mittee gave a seat in the third district to D. s. Richardson of Marshalville, with a half vote, and permitted A. l.. Felton, Henry Lincoln Johnson dele gate, to retain his seat with an equal portion of a vote. The decision in this case was the first defeat for the negro national committeeman from Georgia in contests at two successive conven- tions. A grizzly haired, feeble and soft spoken schoolmaster, who told of hay ing his pupils lay flowers on the graves of Union soldiers in the national ceme- tery in the shadow of the Andersonville prison proved his master at persuasive argument.
 Richardson, the schoolmaster. pre- scented credentials to show that he, and not A. l.. Felton of Americus, a John- son delegate, was the legally elected representative from the Third Georgia district.
 Facing apparently certain defeat, Johnson succeeded in obtaining a com promise under which Richardson not only was seated with Felton, but was recognized as the chairman of his dis friCt OrQA niza fion