The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
JOHNSON FACTION
 WINS CONTEST
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(CBHtinuBH FkWm ERzn 0mRN which he hRd with PrasI1snH Hardfm- Ht the White House hefErH Mir Hard ing left for AlRkkR, JaRmspm aemABretT the President hBd amRd him that a bfun6er had heen nRde i'm reewCniziuS the organization faGmBd mn tine 1921 Atlanta gRtberIrsE
 "TThat has b,sen Hihe hBuHntsEr 1sf mF life" Johnson gnadad tine President as saying. Fl ann rgIrg to set Ir risrihH as soon as I xBf GmtIk frum ARRskR--'"
 Johnson dgnied i'm rxswamze HrB am inquiry from afhe ognHaEazmax ufAt he had ever EtRted a1 a ditHr5tH elEmWemtnpm in Georgia tlhRt he wRs glB1 PresIEanr Harding wRs dHRd.
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 You knew I didn't xsaF Hr. hR shssut- ed, @tHnd furthermore ERUr HnfgrmHmr won't face me hEIR CT i'm GeErgIH and say fhRt did
 He wRs a0ld uihnH SaRnR Chairman GOree of the JRlhnsm organization had made an HfflaHwIt asB HIRBt e4FaeT-
 Johnson fre9nHnrlF wRs prgmVted from the audiHn6e by a maguB wuuzEm
 Several 8f tine gEHmlspu daAE-EaRz HRsa heard Dr. w. X- GITEHnn af MeERE- vile, Ca. aen tine c1mmirHRe afnH wfhem NIT. kHRliRg wislaA6 ArHRmEa tR asHiisa m forming the 1@eHEHmEzRtlgm mReHng he had brought wgrd that Dr GIIIsHm could not be fhe stRte eirHErmRm
 'T demanded aB know why | euguId not accept the VlRre,~ he SBaH T wRs told thRt we do mot wBm1 EUan= the national cummittBe and PruzfsTiEmt Harding say WIZ musaA hBve Mir Phil lips"
 Dr. Gillian dadlRrBd he hRd Reen a lifelong party w1rkpr and HfBr his district pBIled am UnuEEunIr Tnnre ne publican vote 4na dhRH he wRs eTfTaIesI to the EtRte chHlrmR msihip If he eIRefeT to Rccept it.
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 Concluding uhe hHRnInx- F. G. BaHt- wright Bf C0rdeIe- Ga. ame af HIhe ewu- testHnts, declRrsd uhRn umaIl uhse Ali lanta meeting dihere hRd SeEm --1vaITnhtRT anarchy In GRBTgiR He eihRrgaG that after the 1990 eilaCt5tm ulhree xRvmnntap factions came IBhB R,Fing amd unuIIed President Harding S'Rsking pmhrWunGR- but added thRt mFme af uine PflllGpK faction had been RmEmg uihezR
 BORtwrl<ht RlH0 tihRHged and tine Johnson delHgRHes REreRd- ufEBt they had participated mn the AhEHmaR meet- ing. He declared they had BlREe1 -ulhe baby Rct" becRHse HhRy ezEIld mqH gun trOl the pHrty machinery, hmH dIheF rV- piled thnt they hRd quit amlF Aftsr sf- forts had been mREle tBb 9,8mWgn1 tine party into Lilly MlIfe" amR-
 Going into Rzecutive zWsSiau. the committee continued dibR eWmHuRwersy with half R 6g2en mRmhenS syemkImr for and RERanEt abe eumhamdfmg fBe- nOns. MT kHRhng tBNk the BsRd m the argument tO seat HfhR PhllHhVR daIR- Eation, but the FG'p6nt1lam af tine Badrsr sent by President HRulEmx amnmad the tide.
 William ButlHrs af Massachusetts. pre-cOnwentlm mHnRrpr fer PrWsiiEa11t Coolidge voted tO EHBn HibR g@Russm delegation Rs did ahe Rumxr for C. BascOm Slemp, secretRrF D0 Prgsidiamr Coolidge and mRt6EmRl committeeman from Virginia
 Members from four SDuHierm stRuRy voted for the FihlIHBR dIsIIH@na6sm and those from spvHn R8u1lhRTm xrHaEs wa6atI to seat the J0ihIfsm dlelRERHas.
 The roll caLl f0IlBws=
 To seat tlhe FhlTEigs GislagRaax=
 AlahamR. pelhMRHR. HmHlHnR- Igwa- KHnsas. Kentucky, MRrFEHmd, MTnma- sota. MgntHnR, $tSuth UlRkGaR.. Teumas- see. Texas, Wisconsin and WFgm1ug IA.
 To seat tbe Johnson dsB4=BuRs Ar kansas, Cnnecrirut- F1ErHhR Gegu-iisH- Idaho, LUUisiHnR- MRHmR, MlEsssBthul- setts, Mississippi. New Hampshire. New Jersey TFw YaGk Nsuuih DaRkgta. Oregon, Rhode Island. Sam1h CRrwlTnGB. Ttah. Kirginia- Washington West Virginia. AlRsikR, Rnd ths DiistTItt ef COlumbiR-22
 At the closing sf tine fHrx1 daIaGHte contest today fihR rEETihhEBm n.BHIsual committee unanimously vWGa8 to sRiHr William T. GRIhhHr Rnd ThVmRs gsuas. the latter negro. bntih tf Washington. D. C., and 6eleEstes Bt large fHUm uha District of C0lumfiB
 The committBe re1ettea uEhR egutasH brought by tIhe HBrtlRm htBdFT by Aaron BrRdshBw and 8alm IT. Rfnmas-