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Id THREE LOUISIANA O. O. P. nh! delegations in ring.t. I Louisiana, on June 7, will have jrthree delegations in Chicago for the Republican conventions, con- *|t tending for mastery. ^rt The Lily Whites and the Bladk j and Tans will contest the right to u 1- sit in the Rcpublicu convention ■ proper. ny I Progressives will have a delegn- ai|tion for their convention, not yetrt selected. Irndcr call of NationalIs Committeeman Pearl Wight, their1 ^State Convention will meet in the p ■e Grunewald Monday, May 15. q With the exception of the eighth ?t district the Black and Tan dele- H\ d gution to the Chicago convention j n is now complete. Walter L. Cohen, | r- secretary of their state committee, ff k.‘of which Dr. I). A. Linos is chair- jdlt;0 man, has received the full list of e delegates, wth that one exception,|as follows: First district, James y L. Higgins; second, W. E. Rober-e son; third, P. IT. Segura. New Il»e-y ria; Fourth, Charles M. Robertson, Shreueport; Fifth, S. W.*- Green, 1/akc Providence; sixth. 'B.O. Varanco. Baton Rouge; seventh t J. S. Thomson. Lake Charles, tl At Large—Emile Kuntz and Dr.R. A. Lines, white; Walter L.j Cohen and J. Madison Vance, negroes. By agreement the entire delegation of twelve was split equally lietween whites and blacks.B The 44 Lily Whites” of which1 state organization Clarence S. Hebert is ehairman. held their state convention Mnreh 28 arid elected their Chicago delegates.
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New Iberia Enterprise And Independent Observer
New Iberia, Louisiana, US
Sat, May 13, 1916
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