Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-24


e. Farmer, of McDuffie county, were
elected assistant secretaries of the
convention. After the temporary or
ganization had been perfected Chair
man Morris appointed on the Gre
dentials committee the following:
John r. West, of McDuffie, chair
man; Francis Hunter, Bulloch coun'
ty; Mrs Laura Pope Forrest, Grady
county; /. l.. Griner, of Ben Hill
county; Columbus Roberts, Musco-
gee county; Z. A. Rowland, Dekalb
county; Judge John p. Ross, Bibb
county; Judge John w. Bale, Floyd
county; J. w. Arnold, of Clarke
county; Mrs. George A. Johns, of
Barrow county; DR.. George A. Paulk,
of Berrien county, and Fred P.
Bridges, of Laurens county.
Each congressional district was
represented on this committee in
the order in which they are named.
The committee retired Immediately
upon it's appointment and in the in
terval Judge Morris delivered stir
ring keynote speech in which he
lauded the life, character and public
record of William G. McAdoo.
Credited Delegates Listed
A more complete synopsis of Judge
Morris speech will be found else
where in today's Journal. At the
conclusion of the keynote speech the
credentials committee returned, rec
ommending that the delegates as
they are selected by the McAdoo
mana gers and accredited to the diff
ferent counties be recognized. Mr.
West submitted a list of the accred'
tied delegates by counties, and on
motion the roll call was dispensed
with and the report of the commit
tee was ratified.
Temporary organization having
been perfected Chairman Morris de-
clared he would entertain motions
for the election of permanent Off
GERS OF the convention. Campbell
Wallace, Of Cobb county, moved that
the temporary o. anization be made
the permanent organiza tion, and the
motion was adopted with ethusi-
assn.
The order OF business, on motion
Of Judge w A. Covington, was fixed
as follows:
1-Appointment Of a, resolutions
committee, one from each congress
sional district.
differentiation of a number Of
women delegates from the state-at-
large and each congressional dis
trict.
3-Election by the convention Of
delegates from the state-at-large.
Affection Of two electors and
two alternate electors from the
state-at-large.
5-Recess for thirty minutes to en-
able the district delegates to caucus
and make nominations for the ma
tional convention.
5-Call OF the roll of congress
sional districts to receive nomina-
tons for district delegates and dis
trict electors for New York
Reconsideration by the conven.
ton OF resolutions reported by the
resolutions committee.
S-That the parliamentary rules
of the Georgia legislature shall APP
ply to parliamentary questions
raised before the convention.
Steering Committeeman
The steering committee in charge
of the floor work at the convention
was as follows:
Judge w. A. Covington, Colquitt,
A. O. Nix, Gwinnett; M. o. Dunnins,
Chatham; John T. West. McDuffie;
f. e. Weatherly, Bibb; Campbell
Wallace, Cobb; Mrs. Cobb, Carroll:
A. j. Woodruff, DeI&alb; DR.. Ledbet-
ter, Polk; w. B. Pearce, Richmond.
L. II. Chappell, Muscogee; J. r.
Mcfarland, Walker; Hollins Ran
dolph, Fulton; H. II. Dean, Hall; J.
p. Duncan, Douglas; DIR. J. S. Davis;
w. G. McRae, Polk; Mrs. Lon Dick
ey, Ben Hill.
c. w. Hardin, Gordon; +. r. Bar
rett, Hall; NJ. r. Ousley, Lowndes;
Judge w. w. Sheppard, Evans; l..
l.. Griner. Ben Hill; "A. f. ROuland.
DeKalb; Dr., George A. Paulk, Der
! rien.
/ $. II ives, Decatur; Nath Cul-
pepper, Meriwether; d. 3, Billiard
Campbell: Judge John T. Ross, Fay
cite: Mrs. billiard, DeKalh; c. d.
Rountree, Johnson; D. II. Souther'
| lin, Fulton; Mrs u. V. Peterson, Ful.
! ton; Frances Hunter. Bulloch; BYRD
| Lovett, Washington; John w. Bale
! Tloyd; Andrews Timer. Chatham
Miller S. Bell Baldwin; John 5.
! Cohen, Fulton; Miss Annie G. Wright
w. +. Srmans. Ware; P. r. kittles
! Screven; II. Miller, Butts.
Miss Bessie Butler, Morgan; Dr.
w. b. Crawford, Lincoln. l. L.
Price. Emanuel; Miss Laura Pope
Forrest, Grady; Columbus Roberts
Muscogee: ]. w. Arnold, Clarke
Fred t Bridges, Laurens, and Cor
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