Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-25
new YORK
HAS FIERCE
POLITICAL BATTLE.

New York. Nov. 25.-One OF the
fiercest campaigns that New York
has known for many years comes to
close today. preliminary to the
national" Republican convention to
be held by the students OF Columbia
university tomorrow. The play"
convention win be held in the CO.
iumbia gymnasium. which has al
ready been decorated for the event,
large placards bearing the names OF
the various states being scattered
throughout the big room. The stu
dents have been thoroughly trained
In advance and. except for the youth
OF the delegates, the convention will
probably be little different from the
real thing. The Issues which will
form part OF the platform TO be
adopted have been drawn up and
all preliminary preparations COM
pleted by the masters of the show,
who. behind the scenes. are pulling
wires like real politicians.
AL of the state organizations are
we'll organized. and number from
five TO thirty men each. There will
be about 500 delegates In all. Most
OF the state delegations have adopt
ed the yells OF their respective state
universities. while the ''solid south
has agreed upon Dixie" and Mary
land" as the official convention
songs. IL noise and enthusiasm count
for anything. the ''sure-nuff' pollti-
clans will probably be able to ac-
quire several pointers at tomorrow's
convention. The convention will rep
resent the Republican party. and the
issues TO be threshold out are those
now confronting that party.
The representation from Wiscon-
sin is among the largest, but the
southern delegations are also very
full. This is TO be accounted for by
the fact that the chairman OF the
Wisconsin crowd has unearthed a
weired and whooping yell. while the
southerners are doing lot of more
or less melodious singing. Only Ave
men have enrolled under the In
diana's standard, and even these are
somewhat non-committal as to-
whether they will attempt to secure
the nomination Of Fairbanks.
A well-deveioped plot. Matched by
the Michigan delegation, has for Its
object the stampeding of the conven-
tion to Roosevelt on the ground that
his nomination and election for a
third term has become national ne
cessity. The plot OF the third term
era will meet with the determined
opposition of the New York delega-
ton. who are enthusiastic for
Hughes. The Ohio delegates are
booming Taft. and. in the event OF
the withdrawal of President Roose-
velt's name, the fight will apparent
ly be between the secretary OF war
and the governor of New York. Cor
telyou has the backing OF Massachu-
sets. the big Wisconsin delegation
is roofing for La Toilette and Penn
sylvanIa has put forward the name
of Knox. Illinois is making a noise
like big gun" in favor OF Cannon.
Some OF the states have dark
horses" whom they hope to enter in
the race.
A certain well known judge. whose
name has not been given out, and
who has had actual experience In
handling n national convention. will
preside as permanent chairman. The
committee believes that this is neces-
sary. because IL feels that student
in such an important position would
be unable to maintain order and the
convention might degenerate into a
rough house" with the personal
prowess OF the delegates a measure
OF the popularity of the candidates.