Evening star., 1928-05-24
C. 0. P. DELEGATES
|. IN SOUTH DISPUTED
Half Dozen States to Have
Contests Before National
Committee.
By the Associated Press.


Rival Republican factions In more
than half dozen Southern States
intend to carry their fight for recogni-
ton and supremacy to Kansas City.
AS is usually the case when there is
flght on for the party's nomination,
good sized crop of contests for dele
gates seats has developed. Already
the Republican national committee has
been notified that the credentials of ii
Of the 1,O8o delegates will be In dis
pute, and there are indications that
before the convention % more will be
challenged.
The time for notifying the committee
of contests expired last midnight, but
States and territories making late selec-
tions have few days grace
Texas 26 Involved.
OF the contests already filed, the
entire delegations from two States
Louisiana and MissiSsippi--are In the
disputed column, with IL convention
votes at stake from each State. Others
involve nine seats from Florida, three
from Georgia, two each from Kentucky
and the District Of Columbia, and one
from Tennessee.
IN the group still to be filed are the
% delegate votes from Texas--all the
State nas-and the two from Porto
Rico.
Contests involving the four delegates
at large from South Carolina and two
from the third Tennessee district were
filed, but differences have been patched
up and It Is not expected that they
will be pressed.
The two In Louisiana is between
Emile KuntZ, Republican national COM
mitteeman, head of one faction, and
Walter l.. Cohen, negro controller Of
customs at New Orleans, leader of a
rival group. KuntZ is listed in the
Hoover camp, while Cohen favors Low
den.
In Mississippi. Perry w. Howard.
the Republican State organization in
the face Of lilly white" opposition, led
by Former Gov. Sheldon OF Nebraska,
who is now Mississippi planter.
In Florida, where the delegation at
large of four, and five delegates from
the first, second and fourth districts.
are the center Of factional strife.
George Bean, national committeeman.
is lined UP against Glenn B. Skipper,
a Hoover supporter.
The contests in Georgia involve the
representation from the first, fifth and
seventh districts and center around
leadership aspirations.
In the first Kentucky district three
factions are seeking recognition, one OF
them pledged to Hoover and one of the
others leaning toward Lowden, while
in the tenth Tennessee. rivals Of bob"
Church, colored, Republican leader in
Memphis, are after his scalp. In the
District OF Columbia one delegation Is
uninstructed, while the contesting
group has listed Lowden as Its first
choice.
Challenge IL Withdrawn.
For some time contest was pending
against the delegation at large from
South Carolina, a group OF delegates
from the camp OF Joe" Toibert. ma
tional committeeman. who favors Low
den. but the challenge has been with
drawn.
In the third Tennessee district fac
tional differences have been adjusted
to the satisfaction Of Representative
J. Will Taylor. national committeeman,
and the contest has evapoFated.
The fight In Texas. which came to
o head at the State convention Tues
r.. b. Creager. national committeeman,
and Hoover follower, and O faction
In which Representative Wurzhach OF
San Antonio, lone Texas Republican
In Congress, and @. c. Littleton OF
Fort Worth arc the moving spirits.
Two factions, neither OF which has
instructed Its two delegates. are seek
Ing recognition from Porto Rico.
As for the Democrats this year. there
are indications that contests viii be
reported from the Canal Zone and the
District OF Columbia. but as yet no
others are In the ofting.