Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

cav session OF the convention and 1t prob
ably will have to work all of that day and
mart OF that night in order to be ready FOR
Thursday.
1T is quite certain. however. that the
report will be handed to the convention
Thursday morning. In~that case the dele
gates will be able to proceed with the
nominations and should be able to complete
She work before adjournment on that
day, thus carrying out the original program
for the convention"
The Ohio delegation. itswas announced,
will reach the city Sunday and Will De
called into caucus Monday afternoon. Al
that time Mr.. Daughcrty will be proposed
as a member Of the credentials committee
and IL Is also on tho slate that Wade Ell
lis, attorney general Of the state, Will be
named as a member of the resolution COM
mIttee. II had been expected that Mr..
Ellis would reach chicago today, bringing
with him a rough draft of the tentative
platform. He left Washington last night,
but stopped at Colunbusf where, accord
ing TO reports circulated here, he met
Senator Hopkins OF Illinois. who yesterday
discussed the platforms question WIN
Speaker Cannon. It was said here today
that Mr.. Ellis and Senator Hopkins have
been in COMMUNICATION regarding the plat
form for several days.
second Place Gossip Ceases.
There was a sudden. cessation of activity
today regarding, the vice presidential sit
uation. 'rhis was largely rdue to the an
nouncement made by Frank II. Hitchcock
that the Taft forces would not take part
in any campaign for the second place on
the ticket. The leaders OF Nthe allies
adopted the attitude that 1t had not been
customary for the party to consider the
vice presidency until after the first place
on the icke has been filled and that there
was no present reason to depart from this
precedent. What discussion was heard cen
tered largely about Senator Dolliver OF
Iowa and Secretary CorteIyou. Lafayette
Young, one Of the delegates-at-large from
Iowa, said today that the friends OF Sen
ator DollIver in his own state were not
anxious to see him leave the ranks OF the
senators for the purpose Of presiding over
the senate. He said further that he hat
received romises from some OF the ener'
setic friends Of the senatoyoutside OF Iowa
to cease agitatlng his name as a candidate
The friends Of Governor Guild seemed to
lay satisfied with the results of their worl
,hus far and there was no announcement
forthcoming from the headquarters estab
lished yesterday Tor John Hays Hammond
An Indefinite rumor. which could not b,
confirmed. but which was none the les
persistent? prevailed today TO the effec
that Governor Hughes would not permi
his name to go before the convention. Thi
rumor, coupled with an Associated Pres
dispatch from New York in which Timoth!
J.. Woodruff, chairman Of the New Yorl
state central committee, expressed himsel
as believing that his state is entitled L
the second place on the ticket II Governo
Hughes is not given the first place, led I
much discussion as to whether or not tn
governor OF New York could not be in
duced to accept the vice presidential nomI
nation. The entire story. however, was in
definite, and could not be substantiate
In any quarter.
Less Interest Manifested.
A. B.. Humphreys. the anage for GOV
ernor Hughes appeared at the commits
room for the first time since the hearin
OF contests began. The general attendanc
however. was much smaller and the az
parent interest much less than at an
preceding session OF the committee, Cove
nor warmoth OF Louisiana, was present an
still unreconciled to the compromise whic
was reached yesterday in the contest frol
his state. He expressed himself today