Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-22
STATE DEMOCRATS
MEET WEDNESDAY
To RAT|FY PRIMARY
Harmony Assured for Nc
Adoo Forces of Georgia.
Half of Delegates to At
lanta Are Women

The Democratic state convention
| for the election OF delegates to at
tend the NATIONAL convention in New
York city on June "a, and support
William G. McAdoo for the presi-
Dental nomination, will be held at
the Lyric theater in Atlanta on
Wednesday Of this week, the first
session beginning at 10 o'clock. G.
E. Maddox, of Rome, chairman OF
the Democratic state executive COM
mittee, will call the convention to
order
The convention will be composed
OF Az delegates and approximately
1900 alternates, representing the
various counties in the state. Under
the rules of the Democratic party,
each county is entitled to two dele
gates for each member it las in the
Georgia house OF representatives.
This gives all counties at least two
delegates, and the larger counties
SIX uSleSdteS. LIS party rules uO
not limit the number of alternates.
The delegates and alternates to
the convention Will be approximate
ly fifty per cent women, because of
the activity of the women of the
state in behalf of Mr.. McAdoo, and
in consideration of the request OF
Mr.. McAdoo that the women voters
be given full recognition in the Sc
lection Of party representatives..
Harmony Assured
The delegates and aIternates were
all selected by the designated repre-
sentatives. of Mr.. McAdoo in Geor-
gia, in compliance with the rule
adopted by the state executive com
mittee last January. The fact that
all the members Of the convention
are McAdoo supporters assures a
harmonious, and probably a brief
convention. The only business be-
fore it will be the sounCing cam
pa18n keynOtes and the election ana
instruction oe the national conyen-
,tion delegates.
Georgia is entitled to two dele
gates to the national convention
from each congressional district, and
four delegates from the state-at-
large, making a total of twenty-eight
delegates. Since the Baltimore con
VentiOn and at the st. Louis and San
francisco conventions fifty.six dele
gates have been elected with a half
vote each-eight delegates at large
and four from each congressional dis
trict.
1t will be left to the convention to
decide what percentage OF the dele
gates to the national convention
shall be women, and for that reason
the McAdoo campaign M nagers in
Georgia have suggested the t. the
county delegates do not hold district
caucuses until after that point is
settled. 1t is the plan to have the
convention decide upon the percent.
age of women in the national dele
cation at its first meeting, and then
adjourn the general convention for
district caucuses
1t is probable that the delegates
TO the state convention will go on
record in favor of a national COM
mitteeman from Georgia, to be elect
ed by the delegates to the national
conventions.
Major John s. Cohen, president
and editor of The Atlanta Journal,
ana an active supporter OF Mr.. Nc
Adoo in the recent primary j.. Geor-
gia, has announced that he Is a car
didate for the national committee
manship.
The delegates and alternates to
the state convention were named by
Thomas J. Hamilton, Of Augusta;
Miller S. Bell, of Milledgeville: Hol.
Inns n. Randolph and Mrs. Edgar
Alexander, OF Atlanta, manages OF
the McAdoo campaign in Georgia,
upon written authority Of VII. Nc
Adoo, and after consultation with
the friends and supporters of Mr.. Nc
AdoO in the various counties of the
state. Their selections were later ~
proved by the primary subcommittee
OF the state executive committee
The Lyric theater, with a seating
capacity Of approximately 1000 per.
sons, will provide ample accommo-
dations for the crowd that is ex-
pected to attend the convention, and
is we'll arranged for convention pur-
poses.