The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-03
Taf|s Managers CIaim That IreachsTy Exists
.TQO MANY ROOMS SPARED
eeoree B. cortelyou Is Charged With Havnq Aims Upon the Presidency And Is Planning to Land New
 Works Delegation.

Co,,,mbns. Ohio. October 2.-oSpecial3- ,.,,,a ,lisco,,erv of an alleged plot to sioe track the Taft presidential DOOM LII
 south the full details of which haNe pee'' laid before President Roosevelt pS Ai'n"i I Vorvs the Taft manager, has creaeea . sensation among the followers or tile o,,,o statesman and if the facts are as claimed, 1t may yet cause = in the Presidents official ian4dS'
 Inst what Mir. Vorys had to say to MT Roosevelt when .aes s-ac ono ana Jour- neved westward with the President for the sneeifc purpose of opening his eyes A ne real situation. is not known but i4 !, known that he intimated to the chief a,.4cutive that some of those in the pres .dential family who were supposed to be o,,t whooping things up for Iaft were, in fact endeavoring to defeat hlm and ailiver the nomination to another. The ,,an charged with casting coVetous eyes ,,p3n the presidential nomination is Sec ,stary George B. Cortelyou, of the treas
 rv department and the men mentioned
 as lending aid and comfort to hls gum ,hoe boom are Assistant Postmaster Gen. eral Hitchcock and Internal Revenue Commissioner Capers. 1t was said that inc scheme of these gentlemen was to
 
 tempt to land New York, Cortelyou na- five state. and thus be able to bring about a deadlock which might easily result in the nomination of the New Yorker.
 Boom Discovered
 It is said that the presence of a Cortel- vou boom was discovered recently in inc Eighth Virginia district. It is said that when this district was reached by a Taft worker on the occasion of the re- cent congressional convention, he found the office holders in charge-as was ex- pected-but found also that there was grave misapprehension from the Taft standpoint, as to who should be endorsed for the presidency. The crowd was for Cortelyou and it is said. had received the impression that Cortelyou was the man the office holders were expected t0 rally around. Such ignorance-from the Taft standpoint--was appalling and MT. Vorys, it is understood, was anxious to find out now the cortelyou tip could have been given out with Assistant Post master General Hitchcock charged with looking after things in the south. Inter nal Revenue Commissioner Capers was also supposed to be keeping his eyes opened to see that the south came across for Taft, and yet here was convention whose members thougAt Cortelyou WAS the man! The situation impressed Mir Vorys as smacking Of treason and Nhe sought the first opportunity to lay the facts beforee MT Roosevelt This oppor- unity came when the President enter sd u west and Mir. Vorys WIS quick to talse advantage of it. He boarded the Presl- dents train when it left Canton and t ii said that for some time thereafter nd vas in consultation with MT Roosevelt ind that they were left entirely to them-' elves while the alleged Urea dhery" in he Presidents official family was being discussed.
 Division in Cabinet.
 Itis understood that Mr. Voryfs pointed out Now the united strength of the ad- miniAration could easily accomplish the end IN yiew-the nomination of Taft, but that i\the strength of the administration was tdpe divided among several, all pos ing aARopsevelt candidates confusion | and urertainty might result
 l It is id that the facts put before Mr l Rooseve Awere in documentary form and | intense ferestsi is felt fin the outcome when thePresidtnt has had opportuni- Ny to digeA the situation as presented by MT NorysA It \ believed by the Taft
 hen that a\ \memhers of the presidential
 1mily wh0Nave Presidential aspirations