The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08
FIELD WINS OVER
SECRETARY TAFT.
sselcc,ion Of Chicago for Conycn-
ton Seat Defeat ior
Roosevelt.
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DEMOCRATS 10 MEET EARLY
Flood for Congressional Com
mittee Hcad-sun Excoriates
President.
DEMOCRATS 10 MEET EARLY
Times Dispatch Bureau.
Munsly Building,
INashinrtn1. ID. O.. Dec.

Washington. ID. c., Dec. Z.
-rhe Republican National Committee.
In session in this city to-day. selected
Chicago as the place for the national
convention next year to nominate
candidate to the presidency. and the
10th of June as the time.
1t is claimed that the victory of
Chicago over Kansas City indicates
beyond q doubt that the anti-Roose-
vent-anti-Taft element is III control
OF the national committee. II was in
Dictated in The mes-Dispatch CORE
spondence from Washington a week
or SO ago that this was true. It's
truth has been quite evident since
the members OF the committee have
been in the city.
The selection OF Chicago las UNI
doubtedly demonstrated, NJ least. that
Taft is not stronger titan the field. If
tits Tat against the field. and 1t
looks very much that way, Taft is
beaten, so far as the national organl-
yation il concerned.
The organization By The way. is
very nearly all-powerfui In the matter
OF selection of delegates. The masses
OF the Republican party MAY favor the
nomination OF Secretary Taft, and the
masses of tile people may want him
elected to succeed President Roosevelt,
hnt tile organization is everything
when II comes To the choice of dele
gates to the nominating convention.
rnn Peoples Mistake.
1t was asserted to-day by a man
who is very close TO NicePresident
I,a nsnnie
stepped themselves in advocating kan
sas CITY so loudly. a. /. yorSs. the
Taft manager allowed IT to be stated
from the first that the Taft people
should support the claims OF the MIS-
souri, town. for the reason that 1T was
"a Taft stronghold. This caused tile
Fairbanks people. the Cannon people,
the Knox people, and especially the
Foraker people to get busy. with the
result shown In the final vote.
Til, semi otliciai statement from the
Wi,ite House last night that President
Roosevelt had not authorized any
declaration whatsoever regarding his
Intentions concerning third term
created little comment. The Wash-
ington papers published the statement
very inconspicuously, while displaying
story to the effect that members Of
the national committee row felt as.
.ured Mr. Roosevelt was honest in his
declaration on election night three
years ago.
There is scarcely doubt that the
Iresideuts mind is absolutely made III
rot to accept another nomination
'.llere is also little OF no doubt that
llc will make Il statement to this ef-
feet as soon as Secretary Taft, who
sailed from Hamburg to-day, reaches
this country. MI the statement from
The President meant was that he hat
rot authorized any statement 10 The
effect that he would not accept an.
otiier nomination.
President for Taft.
The influences of the administration
Will be exerted Tor Secretary Taft. II
il should appear that the nomination
OF the War Secretary is Impossible, /,
is believed the President Will lend his
influence TO securing the nomination
of Secretary Cortelyou. First Assist
an, Postmaster-General Hitchcock, tn,
naanag ger of the Cortelyou boom, ha:
been in frequent conferences with ma
tional committeeman from the Soutt
during the past three or four days.
IS significant that Southern member
of the committee favored the selection
of Chicago as the convention city. Mr.
Hitchcock is known TO have urge,
upon Southern members that they SEN
Roosevelt delegates to the convention
i is believed hel4esd them further thu
Gortelyou men. asracttfd to vote 70
Roosevelt, should be, selected. He eN
Iected that the President would max
1T plain before the assembling of tn
convention that he would not acceI
THE nomination. In such event,
would be an easy matter 10 swing. tn
support of Cortelyou men who Wer
for Cortelyou at heart.
in short, the President has been n
lowing the country to guess concern
jns his attitude towards the noml
nation thinking that if delegates wei
selected instructed for him he woul
find it easy to swing them 10 some