The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-15
FIGHT IS
50 HOT THAT IT STYLES
VERBAL WAR RACES OVER
PLACE OF NATIONAL CON-
MITTEEMAN FOR GEORGIA.
WARM TIME AT CONVENTION
Reaches the Stage Where Two Dele
cations to New York Is Talked.
Charges and Counter Charges Are
Being Hurled by Lieutenants.

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Charges and Counter Charges Are
Being Hurled by Lieutenants.
Georgia's factional fight for control
of the state delegation to the national
democratic convention at New York
is warming up to the Sizzling point,
and as the scrap between Editor John
S. Cohen, of the Atlanta Journal, and
Editor Clark Howell, of the Atlanta
Constitution, for the post of demo-
cratic national committeeman from
Georgia progresses their lieutenants
are calling each other bad names and
are threatening to "tell teacher" some
bad tales, declares the Atlanta Geor-
gian Continuing, the Georgian says:
Editor Howells long tenure OF Of
| flee as national committeeman is to
come to an end in June, according to
1.-THE Cohen faction of the w. G. Nc
Adoo wing of the party in Georgia,
while the Howell faction of the same
wing contends that Editor Howell is
just reaching a stage where he can
best serve the party and that he
| should continue as committeeman in
definitely. This situation is the real
ground on which it will be fought in
! the state convention in Atlanta April
23rd
War of Words.
In the meanwhile the Cohen and
the Howell lieutenants are waging
wordy war through the newspapers
which apparently rs causing some OF
the leaders TO form plans for big
factional fight in the convention. Hol-
Inns N Randolph, Miller S. Bell and
IT. ]. Hamilton three of the head
quarters managers of the McAdoo
jcompaign, are being attacked for
high handedness because they
STACKED" the cards in naming the
! delegates to the state convention. The
chief attackers are David c. Barrow,
of Savannah, and James A. Holloman,
political commentator and associate
editor OF the Constitution. The dis
cord that has been fomenting has GER
tainly reached stage now where
there is sure to be a hot battle fought
before Editor Cohen succeeds in GUST
ing Editor Howell from his post as
national committeeman.
plant" Charged.
The Randolph Bell Hamilton group
! of headquarters manager of the Nc
Adoo campaign are accused of taking
their quick action in naming the dele
! gates in order to plant the state
convention with men and women ia
vorable to Editor Cohen's candidacy
for the job as national committeeman.
In the haste to appoint the delegates
to the state convention the head
quarters" group made few mistakes,
| appointing some delegates OF the coun-
| ty from which they were named, 9TH
ers who have moved out of the state
and in some cases it is charged they
appointed people as delegates who
died several years ago. The Howell
| lieutenants are losing no time IN point
| ing out these mistakes and claiming
] that such action is 'undemocratic
AS the situation now stands it IS
pretty certain that the Cohen forces
will be able to control the state con-
vention and probably will be able to
dictate the selection of the delegates
to the national convention. 1t IS
equally certain that the Howell forces
| VIII nave d lOIlllIQdDlN oliNliS III ~ tAiN
state convention and will be powerful
enough to hold trump" convention
should they so desire.
"Rump" Suggested.
If trump" convention is held a
contesting delegation will be sent to
the New York convention and in this
case the fight for national committee
man will be thrown before the nation
| al committee and possibly before the
national convention itself.
Four years ago the Howell forces
held trump" convention at the At
! 1anta theater after the state conven-
ton and the national committee upheld
the trump" delegates and denied adj
mission to the delegates regularly
elected in the convention.
If the Georgia fight gets to the ma
tional committee this year the ques-
ton of whether Editor Cohen or Edi-
tor Howell will be seated as national
committeeman will depend largely on
the amount OF strength w. G. Nc
Adoo holds in the national convention.
| II McAdoo enters the convention with
enough pledged delegates to permit
him to dominate that body then Edi-
tor Cohen will be seated in the opin-
ion of state leaders. If McAdoo does
not have enough delegates to domi-
nate the convention then Editor How
ell will retain his place, according to
these leaders.
The battle is getting hotter as the
day for the convention approaches,
and it begins to look like some inn
portant political history will be writ
ten between now and April 23rd.