Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-26
GEORGIA DELEGATION VOTES
FOR UNITED ACTION ON ALL
QUESTIONS AT CONVENTION
Southerners Win Unusual At
tention and Are Given Wide.
Publicity by the New York
Papers
BY C.. f.. GREGORY
journal Staff Correspondent

@NG w LOANN, u llIiS f'-SFOOA S1C1 d
Sc delegates to the Democratic ma
tional convention went into the first
session at Madison Square Garden
Tuesday morning committed to vote
as a unit on all matters coming be-
fore the convention, after a spirit
ed fight made by small minority
| in the first caucus held by the dele
| cation since it's arrival in the me
tropolis. The unit rule was adopted
| by a vote of three to one.
The fight was precipitated by An
drew c.. Erwin, of Athens, who read
an article in the New York Ameri
! can to the effect that he and Colo
mel Pleasant A. Stovall, of Savan.
nah, would make an effort to break
away from the Georgia delegation
! in the convention. Mr.. Erwin de
clared that he had not authorized
the story, and had publicly denied
| its truth, but added that he did eX
pect to disagree with other mem
bers of the delegation on some OF
! the planks III the convention plat
form. He urged, that the unit rule
be followed only in voting for Will
| liza IN G.. McAdoo, upon which point
the state convention had given iron.
clad instructions.
Given Vote or ConTTGence
Colonel Stovall also denied the
story, declaring that he had never
heard of it until it was read by Mr..
Erwin. He stated that Mr.. McAdoo
had stood by him Loyalty when he
was minister to Switzerland, provid-
ing him with more than three hun
dred thousand dollars to care for
American war refugees, and he
would be for Mr.. McAdoo for presi.
dent even without any instructions
by the convention that had sent him
to New York.
Upon motion of Chairman Hollins
n. Randolph, of Atlanta, the dele
cation gave Messrs. Stovall and Err
win unanimous vote of confidence.
Mr.. Erwin urged the delegation
20 leave the members unhampereG
on matters other than the presiden-
tial race, but he was opposed by
! several speakers who declared that
the delegation should settle all is.
sues within its own ranks and pre-.
sent a solid front on the convention
floor, following the wish of the ma
jority in caucuses. After he had been
overwhelmingly defeated, Mr.. Erwin
declared that he would not be bound
by the unit rule despite the vote of
the delegates.
The delegation had completed its
organization today with selection of
n. A. Norris, resolutions, and HI. II.
Dean, rules.
Major John s. Cohen, president
and editor of The Atlanta Journal
and national committeeman elect
from Georgia, warned the delegates
against the insidious propa ganda
that is being spread by the anti-Mc-
AdoO forces, and especially against
being misled by false reports in the
New York newspapers.
Major Cohen stated to the dele.
gates that he had been trying for
a week to secure enough tickets for
them to take care of members of
their families and friends, but his
efforts had been unsuccessful. He
said he was informed that the
Democratic national committee had
turned over one hundred and twelve
tickets to the convention to Clark
Howell, retiring national committee.
man from Georgia, for the use of
the Georgia delegation.
Charles E. Brown, of Cordele, sec
rotary of the delegation, stated that
Mr.. Howell had given him only
seventysix tickets, or twenty more
than were needed for the delegates
themselves to get into the hall.
eff Mr.. Howell will give up fifteen
Of the thirty-six tickets he is still
holding, I VIII see that the Georgia
delegation is provided with enough
additional tickets to give each dele
gate one extra" Major Cohen de-
clared.
A committee headed by H. II.
Dean was appointed to wait upon
Mr.. Howell and request him to meet
the proposal of Major Cohen as to
the thirty additional tickets to the
convention. This committee report
ed at a caucus held Tuesday morn
ing that Mr.. Howell agreed to the
proposition, provided he be permit
ted to distribute his fifteen tickets,
fourteen of which he would give to-
the two United States senators and
twelve congressman from Georg a.
Mr.. Dean stated that Mr.. Howell
had already distributed some of these
tickets. Major Cohen then delivered
fifteen tickets to the delegation,
which voted to award each district
one of them.
Greeted by McAdOo
Congressman w. D. UpshaW. Of
the Fifth Georgia district, was pres
ent at the caucus without a ticket
or credentials, and declared that
Mr.. Howell had told him he hal
no tickets left. Plans were at once
made to secure a ticket for Mr.. Up
shaw.
The entire Georgia delegation
called upon Mr.. McAdoo at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning, daylight
saving time, which means o'clock
in Atlanta, and were given a rous-
I'M. reception. Mr.. McAdOo inform
ed them that Georgia turned the
tide that will sweep him into the
presidency over any sort Of oppo-
stiOn.
Georgians Win Attention
Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn,
Queens, Richmond, the Bowery,
Wall street, the Yanks, Giants and
probably even the Robins are today
fully aware of the fact that NC
Adoo was born in dear old. Georgia.
The delegation from the Empire State
OF the South has made more noise, at
tracted more atatentlon and secured
wider publicity than any other bunch
of delegates in New York for the
Democratic national convention.
All SIX of the New York afternoon
newspaper gave the Georgians more
space and bitter position next toj
pure reading matter than was ac-I
corded any other delegation, and in