Evening star., 1924-06-07

and discussion of the vice presiden-
tfal nomination. Eastern committee
men declared they would give care
rul consideration to the sentiment
from the west. The Lowden boomers
were buster than ever, confident that
their man had the edge on the sftu-
alton now. Although Senator Bora h
mas announced he would accept the
hoInfnati9n hin fr9n under no circumstances,
Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Re-
publican party whip in the Senate,
was also being put forward. Former
Assistant Secretary Clifford of the
Treasury Department let IT be known
that he would make an announcement
during the day bringing out formally
the candidacy of Charles G.. Dawes
of Chicago, but making it plain that
he did not speak for the general.
Coolidge is continuing and is expect
ed to continue throughout the CON
vention. Several men would be re-
garded by him as acceptable, and
foremost among them is Lowden
From now until next Thursday.
when the convention gets to the
choice of a man for second place, the
various boomers will be busy.
In two of three cases heard yester-
day-Texas and Georgia-the first
compromises were entered into. In
the third case, that of the delegates
at large from Arkansas, the commit
voted
tional Committeeman Remmel and his
associates. Mrs. H II. Foster and
Wallace Townsend of Little Rock. and
]. w. Grabiel of Fayetteville, over the
delegation headed by Scipio A. Jones,
negro.
All of the Texas delegation, headed
by National Committeeman Creager,
was seated over the contestants under
E. H r. Green Of Terrell, son OF the
late Hetty Green. but contestants
70 ~
ninth districts with an equal vote
with the Creager delegates-one-hal
vote each.
johnson Loses Plea.
Reopening the Georgia case, the
committee gave a seat in the third
district to E. S. Richardson of
Marshallville, with half vote and
coin Johnson delegate, to retain his
seat with an equal portion of vote.
The decision in this case was the nrst
defeat for the negro national commit
tee from Georgia in contests at two
successive conventions.
Even with the compromise arrange
ment in the eight and ninth districts.
the Texas contest was settled only
after a lengthy discussion in execu-
tive session and then on a division
issue. as well as the negro question.
entered into the hearing, which was
brought to a dramatic close by Harry
Beck of Dallas, one of the contesting
delegates at large, with a warning
to the committee that its decision
might have important bearing on the
fortunes of President Coolidge in
November.
J. E. Elgin OF San Antonio, in pre-
senting the case for the delegation
headed by E. H. r. Green, charged
that w. E. Haisley had been elimi-
al
teenth Texas district because of re-
ports that he was affiliated with the
Kan,
"Creager is fighting one Klan which
denies the negro participation in So
cial organizations" Elgtn said, "and
a clan that denies the negro a right
to participate in political organiza-
tions."
Supporting Elgin's argument Will
liam M. "Gooseneck Bill" Mcdonald
a negro banker Of Fort Worth, and a
familiar figure at convention con
tests. charged that Creager and his
organization had read the negroes
out of the party in Texas and that
there was nothing left for the BLACK
men" to do but to appeal to the ma
tional committee for the right to vote
Under the leadership of E. H. R
Green, a mutimillionaire, as national
committeeman" he said, "the Repub-
lican party in Texas can be revital-
lied and made a power in the state"
Conducting his own case. Creager
denied Elgtn's charge that the Dallas
convention of last May 81 was IL
legal and asserted that Elgin and his
crowd had called "rump" convention
which was wholly Illegal. 1t was to
this Trump" convention that Mac
Donald's black and tan" convention.
meeting at the same time, was in
vited.