The Washington herald., 1908-06-06
TAFT FORCES WIN
IN FIRST ROUND
Continued from Page One.

and Slater as proxies. on the ground
that they were employees Of the Taft
boom factory in Washington, and there
fore biased and prejudiced persons.
Hitchcock Is Seated.
BY vote Of IS to IS. Burke. Healing.
and Humphrey were defeated, and Hitch
cock. Phelps. and Slater grinned. The
Alabamians were represented by J.
O Thompson, National Committeeman
Charles H. Scott, and Julius W. David
son. the Thompsonites being opposed TO
the Scott-Davidson faction. Both sides
are for Roosevelt Thompson claimed
that he and his men, under heaven and
by all the universe. were the only true
Taft patriots in the State. The Scott
Davidson crowd hurled these charges
back at the therapeutics.
l. J. o. Thompson collector 81 customs in Ala
hama Is al the head Of the oficeholders and has
threatened them with the power of his Office unless
they support Taft thing for which his predecessor
was slmUarily discharged hy President Roosevelt
four yvan ago. lie is being permitted tc Accom-
plish for TAFT what Roosevelt would not pCTmit for
himself four years ago-thc ot the Federal once
20 compel support for Taft
. Tho Taft organization failed 10 hold C1nvell-
ton two years ago 20 elect delegates. knowing that
az such convention The Of1ceh0lders might lose
out and the delegation 10 the national convention
would not be solid for Taft.
3. Assistant Attorney General Afford Cooley
visited Alabama 20 find the most suitable man 20
represent Taft. when il was announced that Mr.
Thompson would b. the man ard he was given abso-
lutte control Of the Federal patronage in the entire
State.
! It is charged the big stick method Of Federal
patronage was used
Hears OrntOry for Six Hours.
The committee sat six hours on the
Alabama question. Southern oratory
welled and swelled-the eagerness for
Federal Office ourweighing the fact that
the State is safely Democratic by 5000
to $1,000 under the worst conditions.
Mat. F. c. Bryan had been selected 10
make the argument for the allies before
the committee on the Alabama contests.
He did not do So He is law partner
Of Senator Dick. Senator Foraker's col
league from Ohio. In fact, the major had
been selected TO represent the allies not
only in all contests before the commit
tee. but especially was he TO put up a
short fight in the Alabama middle. This
selection. however. was made last night,
but Senator Crane arrived on the scene
To-day, Mai. Bryan gracefully withdrew,
What was the use in going before that
committee. where the cards We're stacked
against you2 There were a dozen law
yers on each side, all wanting 10 be
heard, all eager 20 make speeches. The
committee would not have time 10 hear
me- Some might say that there was lit
tie sense in rushing in where the cards
were stacked against you
Tbomnson Faction Seated.
The committee. by a viva-voce vote.
seated the Thompson faction. the chaps
who claim to be the real, satin-lined Taft
men OF the state.
The decision was practically unanimous.
The greatest indignation IS expressed
/ tonight by the friends Of Fairbanks,
/ Knox. and Cannon over the seating OF
| Hitchcock as a proxy in the national
convention. Mr.. Eversman, Speaker Can
/ mons representative. was not present at
/ the opening session of the committee.
/ He was caught mapping. as a matter of
/ fact. or he would have. along with Burke.
/ Healing. and Humphrey, protested ageins,
| the seating Of Hitchcock, Phelps, and
! Slater.
/ For a highfalutin reform era in the
/ Republican party. il was very generally
/ admitted that the seating Of these three
| employees OF the Taft boom factory in
| Washington was rather raw politics.
The decision Of the committee in the
Alabama contest is accepted by all Re
/ publicans here tonight TO mean that the
out-and-Out Taft contestants viii be
! seated in all the remaining contests.