The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
JOHNSON FACTION. WINS CONTEST. FOR (. 0. P. SEATS
Negro National Commit teeman of Georgia De
 feats Phillips Group
HARDING LETTER
 TURNS THE TIDE
Campaign Promise Quot ed In Forcing Fa-
 vOrable Vote

Associated Press "A Aex<er frEm the grave suddenly upset the plans of republican party managers 1Br cleaning mp the long s1zn6Ing facti0nzl fight in GeDTEzR zn1 re suited today in the seating zgxln Gf delegates headed by Henry LaDrGan Johnson, the negro national cUm- mitteeman from that state. hong 2 stormy petrel before the nz15Dnzl conventions
 Just as most of the old line party managers had decided thz1 g3hns1n and his delegates must 20, ID make place for those representing the faction formerly heAded bF ! l. Phillips which had been recognized by officials of the national c8muEiz- tee as representing the regular gr- ganiZafi0n in the state, ler1Er wzs produced written by President Hz-- ding to c Bzscom Slemp, now Sec- retary to President Coolidge. szy- ing that in recognizing the Ph7l5lz faction a blunder had been mASe and suggesting that action be tzken to alter the situation
 Charles D. HIues. camm5ar4s.suuEn from New York practically FsrxrE rbe production of the ler1sr- Ii wEs n trump card for J0hnsun and tine r4ErB- mittee voted p tO fl to sez1 hEs Asle- gates A substitute mgE5un aEFtrAH Agr Joseph E. KeAlIng. c0mmItr@Hmrn Erum Indiana to seat the cgnresrIn< 6HleEz- tOA was rejected by the sHme EBa4 Then the committee made 1he EB1e rb seat JOhns0n's delegates unnuimBux The Georgia contest which auuuT5ssE practically all of tOdaE-s sezslun wras the only enIivening fearure dsf rhe Ers- convention period The session GHx El- ternately noisy, bitter and pA1hsIslr
 Johnson sS IS hls euxrBm- had charge of the presentation sf his swn zsas~ and l for nearly -4n hour he paczd hnrk HuE forth Sn -9rHmx the laf Taae EzEmnrsiSrsge | members cOmblMlng zrEumHnt w71h Egs- peAAs for consideration OF 1he Euupgle af | hls race and frequently xRs RubJnrsaE to questions from c0mmirreemHn l Often the negro commir1semzn- rsRT- ing his nssOciAtes by DAme- asked them to confirm hls statemanrS- AT arhFr times, he engaged 1n sharp eErhHuztx with members of the contrasting d.le- gation m which personalities FlEur~H on several OccaSiR1s- TherP were fre- quent bursts of applause frum sprcrz- tors and gales of laughter nm whirh members of the committee 5aimed-
 AnA1rsan L4naAs 0ESnnze A & Andersen of MIElgn- Ga. who said he held Offiee at tine hands siF electors in his district glresaurpS rhe case m chief for the c0utesraurs- hszimg his argument largely on the reur,EzuiER- tiOn of the stzte party machine m An lanta- July, 1921 al the reuuezr nF President Harding and 0ff1elnls EE rhe national committee
 Cnfl that time he caursnded- tsbnEss had ruled in party councils mn the state
 EFery time ue would hare n re publican meeting" he declared --rh4sre always was a TOW and we had ab rzm on democratic policemen 10 EeERrE1R us-
 Denying allegations by the Jaiusun faction that after the renrEEnIzE-7Mn seating of the party Phillips ss s1Hae chairman had undertaken ts reEa -he negroes of Ge0rgia out u5 rbe gIErrE- Anderson said an effor1 had is.4n mhBe to draw A decgncg hne~ ln rhe parTE He added that negroes had paTrlcIgE7s.1 m the Atlanta convention and rhar
  April
 Andersen in concluding. said rhnr while the 1921 convention hAd rersm- mended Phillips for national ouEmm7s- teeman in place Of JehnEan- he xaS authorized to say that Phillips iraa wlthdrawn and that if rhe rBuaes1H1a-s should be seated some one sslsr WBulG be chosen
 Tragedy Of Caesar
 This announcement appeared 10 fur- nish Johnson the cue for his 1nrEOdnr- tory remarks The contestants hsae. he said. are playing the tragedy 0s Caesar wiGh Caesar Jeff Uu1- Why're Is the national eammirt-HmHm EBu elected at Arlanra. Gam pgu answer in decencys I will tel you where he is He Is on trial in the Disrrlcq aF Columbia for stealing S2.0OAl8fb FiF money from the government ln rh5s WAT prOfiteerinE.
 What has thai to do with the lzsue= in this easeE asked Camm1rrssn-zl ksAling.
 Tt has this to do with 1T ThsE selerted q man that no white man sr black man in Ge0rgis Win stand sur-~ was the replE-
 While canoeding that be ha6 sent 1n the names of 140 persons rB be auETraE to the reorEanizArian meeting m l9S1- Johnson insisted that n was DBr hlk understanding that It was 2 rHH-,-1Ti- zatiOn session, but rather B gHrhsrInE of party leR&ers to promote rhe wei fare and growth uf the republican s1H1e OrEaniEzr ton
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