Show AN t t C I R i. i Speeding Up Georgia and Florida iS Scraps raps to to Get at Te TetO Ten tO Others Others' Forces Gather Gathe t June 2 First Fir First t division in the Republican national committee on ont seating of Contested del delegates gates came today when the committee split on the se seating Ling ing of two delegates from front th the Tenth Tenting Tenth I congressional district of I Minnesota and nd voted 36 to 12 to seat two delegates understood to be s sup supporters p i porters of Senator Hiram Johnson T The e defeated delegates were instructed in instructed in in- I for Major General Leonard WOod The he c committee also seated the thet I t elve uninstructed delegates from Louisiana headed by Emile Kuntz of I New Orleans national nal committeeman I I arc and dismissed th tha contest of the Lily White group led by C. C s S Hebert and I Victor L. L Loisel of New Orleans V The committee passed to the contest contest con con- test tet from the Fourth district of f Mis Mis- Misso con I so ri John S. S Boyer and John Albus of St St. t. t Joseph were contesting for the seats e ela tS s for which C. C U. U and L. L LI C C. C Cotrill were reported I irhe committee voted to seat and arid Cotrill They are but I co counted Anted among the forces of General Wood CHICAGO r June 2 Claims Cl Claims ims of of's J. s contesting delegations delegations' from flora Florida and alia Georgia continued to toO O occupy the attention of the Ren Re- Re n national committee IE E cr effort f was wa'S being ma made e to speed speedup up consideration of the cases so the theio thelon io n lo pass on to the claims froth from tim ten other thel states which have not Wt Jt en e been heard The prospect of of ni night ht sessions sessions to clean up w the slate be- be fo fofe fote a the meets next t TueS Tue dw by teems io be growing growing- The Che first older tit ot business SS today tOda tie t s a supplemental uP a t 1 I digs J a j the I 1 i t 1 i li ire 1 r reported delegation rom irom I 1 h rida Iida headed by b National Committe Commit Commit- Commit 1 I te teaman man man Bean and the contesting dele dele- dele 1 I g. g glion headed by bf II IL L L. Anderson of I Jacksonville j jI I I ISSUE UE IN GEORGIA I With th that thai t disposed of con committee ee I i I l lined to pass o onto Oto to th the C ease ase in the 8 seating of f de delegates g te pl pledged to l Gen General Wood or of o counted in support suppo of G Low Low- d s. s THe lite claim M Le the he latter dele a- a ti n headed by Henry J Lincoln John John- s lt an Atlanta ne nearo To th that t it Ts ther the Hie r reported reported delegation I p ted pitted ted by tho the former delegation known Pickett faction which coh wh- wh as as the I tends that it should be considered there the re regularly a aC accredited delegation as Ros- Ros Rosco co cop coc Pickett is the accredited state dh hf Irman Nevertheless the official I co list gives the Johnson delegation dele dele- I. I g ga gation lon as the regula ly ly reported one an anti n the Pickett delegation was heard as the contestant The fight tight brought before the committee the first firt clear cut cafe cale in m which a gain of delegations for j th Wood or Lowden forces was involved in- in oved and It took took- first place in the in interest elest of or tho tiro period in-I in I FORCES CES MOBILIZING political forces are gathering slowly I here hete and while the circle cir cir- cl cle has its usual line tine of gossip and pre- pre no no political leader of rec recognized g- g n ni sied d importance has up o 0 o this time be ben n willing to attach his name 16 a de definite prediction of ot whom the convention convention con con- will name as its candidate or wl when n it itis Is likely to do it The end of I the week weel with the probable adjournment adjourn adjourn- I ment of congress however will bring I I all the national leaders to Chicago and by lav Saturday or Sunday convention plats plans are expected to begin taking de definite form SUFFRAGISTS TO PICKET Representatives es of ot othe yie he militant branch of the woman suffragists are on the ground preparing to picket the theco theco co convention hall to enforce their dem dem de- de m nJ nd for a a.- platform declaration calling call call- jn log ing on n th the states which have not ratified ratified rati rati- fied the woman suffrage amendment to do so a of f fonce once The national committee committee com com- yesterday by unanimous vote called upon all Republican states to act promptly on the ratification The national committeemen are arc enjoying a ai i joko h 5 at the expense of General H II Co Coleman Cokman DuPont of ot De Delaware aware who in introduced introduced introduced in- in the resolution The generals general's motion called for prompt ratification of the eighteenth amendment which Is the th t prohibition amendment The resolution was passed In that form but I after the mistake was discovered it was corrected I JOHNSON DEMONSTRATION 7 The he Johnson Johnsn forces are arc counting on ona ona I a burst of or speed with the arrival of of w Senator Johnson on here Otero t tomorrow morr A street parade and demonstration have been arranged arranged- A large delegation of or service Servicemen men who saw service with the American forces in do Siberia which the senator fought to have returned home will be In the escort S Senator Harding is coming also aso on Thursday General Wood is here and at his headquarters at Ft Tt Sheridan Sheridan Sheridan Sheri Sheri- dan and Governor Lowden is already hete here After tomorrow four pr presidential ca candidates will wUl be on the ground conferring with their forces in per pe son and a more definite line of pro pro- convention speculation probably will wUl willbe willbe be ono of the first results MEN CONTROL In the coming convention the Uninstructed uninstructed Un- Un un un- instructed are holding the balance of t power powei and and already plans for sounding out their preferences atc are bung beng discussed A caucus of the uninstructed unInstructed uninstructed un un- instructed ones some time after Sunda Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday da day is Is' Is one on-e of the plans being canvassed can can- Quite irrespective t Of f any de decisions decisions decisions de- de the national committee may make on the tho pending contests the uninstructed delegates will still re remain remain remain re- re main in the majority and the managers managers man man- agers agel's of the various candidates are working on plans to too bring them to toI I their support rt PLATFORM DISCUSSION Such discussion of the tho platform planks as as is going going on among the national na national national na- na committeemen m n seems to Indicate indicate indi indi- cate that a a majority feel that th the prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- I question may be regarded as ohe not neCessarily to be included 1 d beI because because be be- be- be cause cause the issue has Was been written into the constitution m and has bec become me the I law Jaw of Ui land land Many committeemen feel that the suffrage question is a aI I par parallel JIel one in many respects because it has been put before the ithe states with the indorsement of the party and is I awaiting ratification In the field of foreign relations there seems to be an i I agreement of opinion that the Mexican I plank will follow the pronouncement I of four years ago in which the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic a administrations administration's policy was Vas denounced de denounced de- de II and as regards the peace treaty and the league of nations ns the I plank adopted by the Indiana state Republican Re Re- Republican 1 publican convention may serve as a nucleus for the plank in th the tha o national platform No one on the ground as yet presumes presumes pre pre- slimes to venture what the labor laboi plank will be but th there re seems seems to be common common agreement that It will Dr bably b- b ably be be the e mo most t difficult one to 10 frame Iame CHAIR CHAIRMANSHIP CI FIGHT The I bf r a permanent chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man seems to have made no progress sR in the last three or four days day There is is- isnow now less talk tall among national com conn- committeemen of ot the selection of former 1 n Senator leveridge of and more moVe talk of an agi agreement cement t on on S Sena- Sena na- na Jor 01 or McCormick of Illinois Political I leaders here who v are supporting Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor claim to have have the approval al al of Senator Penrose for their choice Jf If a It contest should develop elop ovet o the selection e e there Is ig always the possibility that mat tile the convention con might lev e to the Oie pl pith n It followed In 1912 and 1916 and nd m make ke the temporary lr ry or orl I the p permanent elt one ne WOOD r i EXPLAINS A nl DI PLANS A MO I j I I I I i I I I I. I I WOOD r i EXPLAINS A nl DI PLANS A MO General Wood told newspaper men menI 1 this morning that he had not taken over full charge of his campaign I II I J i I am here only to t take charge of oC such matters as as' ma may require illy attention at atI attention at- at I he explained Ever Evel department de de' l' l of my campaign is a law taw unto itself but oc occasionally something I crops ClOpS up that decision The general reiterated his previously expressed views on the advisability of oft it t modification of the primary system i in political campaigns He argued for fora a national primary day open expense accounts and perhaps some sonic system of f state controlled publicity that could b be open to bona fide candidates at a reasonable reasonable rea rca cost tIn t In connection with this last proposal he referred to tho the South Dakota system system system tem whereby for tor a comparatively small fee a candidate ma may through the state government send his photograph and anda a 3 limited sized circular to taco cacti voter in the commonwealth General Wood asked his interviewers for tor their views on th thee the effect of ot the senatorial Inv investigation of campaign expenditures and agreed with them that it would probably give the public some needed information as to th the ier very ery considerable expense required for tor even a m modest dest campaign BUTLER CAMPAIGN BEGUN J Jj t j headquarters was va added to presidential row till this T- T e I if b fb n TJ Marvin A. A Riley of Trenton N. N J J. o opened ened in to u lJ hui Ui u. 1 IL of Nicholas Murray Butter Bufler BuMer of New York Associated with Mr Riley are are- John K McNeill deputy excise commissioner of New York and Harry Hairy M r. of New York The campaign campaign campaign cam cam- manager for Dr Butler George John R R. Davies of New York ork will ar arrIve arrive arrive ar- ar rive Friday it was announced and a delegation of ot 00 boosters Is expected to come com In on four special trains Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day Mr Riley sal said the Butler managers were certain of having eighty of the eighty-eight eighty New York delegates and he added that tha-t after the third ballot votes would come to the Butler column from numerous other states The Ohio situation cleared up this morning when after a meeting of i Harry Daugherty campaign manager for Senator Harding of Ohio and Rudolph Rudolph Ru Ru- Rudolph dolph J J. J Hynicka national committeeman committeeman committeeman commit commit- teeman from Ohio It was announced at Harding headquarters that there would be complete cooperation be between between between be- be tween the Ohio delegation for Senator Harding MISSISSIPPI CONTEST The Mississippi contest Involved twelve delegates pledged to Wood against twelve uninstructed chosen at separate conventions March 31 and May 1 respectively The Wood faction fac- fac tion was led by Perry Howard a Jackson negro and W. W O O. O Ligon of ot Gloster while M. M J. J MulvIhill of Vicksburg national committeeman i headed the group |