Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1920 — STATE DELEGATION CONTESTS DISPOSED OF [ARTICLE]

STATE DELEGATION CONTESTS DISPOSED OF

Chicago, May 31.—1 n open session today, the republican national committee began deciding contests from various state delegations to the convention, but made only slow progress. \ In what Chairinaif Hays characterized as “judicial rather than political decision,” the committee seated regularly reported delegates from Arkansas -and Alabama; postponed the contest over the District of Columbia until tomorrow and after giving an extended hearing te a three cornered contest from Florida adjourned overnight without making a- decision. . At today’s rate of progress, Chairman Hays estimated that the contests would be cleared up before Friday. Today’s decisions will not be factors in the strength of any candidate in the convention and ranged principally about the questions of regularity, although the race issue frequently was injected. Only seven of the one hundred and thirty-seven contests were decided in the first day’s work. In the Alabama contest the regularly reported delegates were seated in the absence of the contestant Seven regularly reported delegates from Arkansas were seated, the negro contestants being dismissed. One delegate instructed for Governor Lowden and two reported favorable to him were among those given seats.