Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06

tion.
KANSAS CITY. June 6.-(Pl-Th'
fight for supremacy among Texa.
republicans reached the showdown
stage today before the republican
national committee here. IL cam
in the attempt of Two rival factions
from that state to have the creden
tials Of their states Ct delegates Il
the republican national convention
recognized. The entire delegation o.
&c was involved.
On the n side vas r. B. Creag
er. national committeeman. who il
committed to Hoover's candidacy. or
the other were Rep. Wurzbach, the
only republican from Texas in con.
gress and c. c. Littieton of For
Worth. who held a committee proxy
from South Dakota. giving him 8
right. along with Creager t. a hanc
in the decision.
II was decided 70 first argue the
seating of the rival four delegates
at large with Is minutes allotted ia
a side.
As the argument got under way
the pro-Hoover and anti-Hoover
lines in the committee were drawn
tighter than at n time since the
beginning of contest hearings. Hoov.
err forces were out Il score another
victory; his opposition to give him
his first serious setback.
KANSAS CITY. June 6.-tP1-FouT
MISUNDERSTANDING to the republican
convention from South Carolina,
pledged as supporters Of Lowden.
we're seated today when the national
committee ratified .he withdrawal
Of a contest against them.
The delegation whose credentials
were recognized is headed by Joseph
W. Tolbert. national committeeman
from South Carolina. The other
three delegates are Samuel J. Leap
hart of Lexington. Wesley s. Dixon
of Barnwell. and .rohn H. Goodwin
Of Columbia.
The contesting delegation had been
headed BY L. A. Hawkins Of Colum-
bia. None Of that slate appeared
and a letter Of withdrawal. which
previously had been filed. quickly
brought dismissal Of the contest.
South Carolina will have IL dele
gates in the convention and the en-
tire block has been conceded to
Lowden by his opponents.
The committee then turned to the
three contested delegate seats from
Tennessee. Counsel for Herbert
Hoover announced hat an agree
ment had been reached whereby the
dispute involving the two-third dis
trict delegation would not be press
ed. The committee passed over that
contest until formal notification of
the withdrawal could be obtained.
The two delegates from that dis
trict who would be seated are j. r..
Adams Of Copper. ILL.,. and Tom
~Crutchfield Of Chattanooga. both
like the remainder of the Tennessee
delegation favorable to Hoover. The
delegates who had filed the ron
test were Paul J. Krrsi Of Chatta-
nooga, and Lee r. Solan Of Madison
Vile.
The committee took up that in
volving the n delegate from the
tenth Tennessee district. In that
case the credentials Of Bob
Church. wealthy Memphis negro,
have been challenged b. Jim Quinn,
also of Memphis.
After brief arguments the commit
tee recognized the credentials or
Church without a roll-call. and with
out going into executive session.
Although. on the surface. they
appeared less active and confident,
the commerce s~ecretary's foes today
were seeking to reinforce their align
ments. determined 10 20 the limit
to stop him.
Until the whole picture Is COM
plete. and some of the big unin-
structed delegations reach the eon-
vention city. hold their
and chart their course. the fina'
word cannot be written. Even then.
many parties point out that no ma
tional convention is bomb proof
against the numerous uncertainties
which crop up nj any time in politi-
cal man%euverings.
One Of these is considered In
some quarters as apt to come to a
head as a result of the disappoint-
ment expressed IT the corn belt yer
President Coolidge's veto Of the Nc
Nary-Haugen farm bill. Farm lead
ers have served notice that they
will be on hand 70 press their
claims. but so far there has been
little concrete evidence of their pro-
gram getting under way.
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