Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-02 | Page 12 | Delegate Fight Decisions Made

DELEGATE FIGHT , DECISIONS IDE I Republicans Settle Contests of I Louisiana, Minnesota and Mississippi CHICAGO. June 2. Resuming work on convention contests, the Republican Re-publican national committee today seated the 12 unjn'structcd delegates from Louisiana headed by Emilc Kuntz of New Orleans, national committeeman. com-mitteeman. anddlsmlRsed the contest of tho "lilly white" group led by C. S. Hebert and Victor Lolscl, of New Orleans. . C. S. Hebert, of New Orleans, who figured In tho committee's decision I yosterday denying a rehearing in the ' challenge of Mr. Kuntz's scat, ap-I ap-I peared for th contestants. He was confronted with a signed agreement made In 19 IS In which he and his associates agreed not to file a contest. Committee members said tho case had been investigated thoroughly last year and declared the new contest violated the 1 9 1 S agreement. Further time to check evidence In tho Georgia case was given to the 1 sub-committee headed by Charles B. , Warren of Michigan, who said a com-i com-i parison of duplicate state convention rolls would take much omro time. H. L. Rommel, of Arkansas, proposed that both Georgia delegates be seated seat-ed with a half vote each, but this was voted down. Minnesota Fight. In taking up the tenth Minnesota district contest, between two Wood and two unpledged delegates, Serce-tary Serce-tary Miller announced that both claimed to be the regular delegates. Representative Schall, the blind con gressman, was one of the unpledged delegates. Julius E. Haycraft, of Fairmont, Minn., spoke for the Wood faction and John G. Priebe, Minneapolis, for tlie unpledged pair, who were reported report-ed to favor Senator Johnson. Involved In-volved In the fight were tho bolt by the Wood- delegates in the district convention and regularity of convention1 conven-tion1 call- Mr. Priebe Imputed "strong arm" methods to the opposition, while I the Wood contlnguent declared the i Schall faction unfairly demanded increased in-creased representation in the conven-1 conven-1 tlon. Representative Sehall of Minneapolis Minneap-olis and I,. M. Mitsun, of Buffalo Minn., wore seated today as delegates ' from the tenth Minnesota district by a vole of thirty-six to twelve. Their accompanying alternates also were 1 seated. j ! Favor Johnson. In its decision affecting tho John-1 'son forces in the convention, tho Re-, Re-, publican national committee by 36 to 12 voted to seat delegates from the , tenth Minnesota district . who arc counted n favorabe to the candidacy I of. the California senator, j The Wood dt legates wore denied seats on the first roil call the com-i com-i mittoo has had siuce It began deciding decid-ing contests after a spirited discus, 1 slon which brought out the. charge which the committee accepted. that i the Wood delegates had been chosen by a rump convention. Tho attorneys for the Wood delegates dele-gates told the committee they had left the convention because they were denied police protection- The attorneys attor-neys for the Johnson delegates characterized char-acterized that statement as -laughable and a falsehood." Mississippi Contest. The Mississippi contest, which followed fol-lowed Minnesota's, involved 12 delegates dele-gates pledged to Wood against 12 uninstructed chosen at separate contentions con-tentions March 31 and May o. respec-, tivelv. The Wood faction were led by Perry Howard, a Jackson negro, 'and W. O. I.von. of Gloucester, while M. J. Mulvihill. of Vicksburg. national na-tional committeeman headed the unpledged un-pledged group. The fight pivoted on the question of party irregularity, each side charging charg-ing the other with holding an unauthorized unau-thorized convention and with each side claiming to bo the regular Republicans. Re-publicans. c In connection with the contest it was developed with the senate lnves- ligation that $-5,000 of Wood funds I had been sent to Mississippi. but I Frank H, Hitchcock. Wood manager, j testified he had nothing to do with it, and regarded tho AVood delegation as "Illegal."