Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-10

| During the latter part of the after
noon. when Chairman New was COM
PEELED by business affairs to leave the
| committee, he called upon Judson w.
Lyons Of Missouri. the only colored
man on the committee, to preside over
the deliberations. Mr.. Lyons presided
during the hearing of the greater
number of the Mississippi contests and
acquitted himself in a most creditable
| manner.
The opening of headquarters for John
| Hays Hammond of Massachusetts, dur
ing the day, brought the Vice Presi-
| dert situation to the front. He was the
first to show his candidacy in a definite
| form. but coincident with his activity,
came the movement in behalf of Cover
nor Curtis Guild of Massachusetts,, who
will be strongly urged when the full
force of the delegation from his state
arrives late in the week.
The New York candidates tentative
and otherwise, are numerous. They are
George b. Cortelyou. secretary of the
| treasury, and Representatives James
S. Sherman and ]. Sloat Fassett.
The East has brought forward an
| other possibility i'll the person of
Franklin Murphy, former governor of
| New Jersey and national committee
| man from that state. From the West j.
| p. Dolliver, United States senator from
| that state will be most prominently
| mentioned Senator j. G. Burrows of
| Michigan, who is to be temporary
| chairman of the convention, and Lieut..
| Governor Sherman of Illinois also
found supporters among the politicians.
| Much OK the discussion as to the ad-
visibility of these men centered upon
their campaigning abilities. On this
point the friends of Governor Guild,
Senator Doliver, Burrows and Lieut.
Governor Sherman were especially in
sstent, the advocates of all four
claiming that their man is particularly
we'll fitted to take up the position that
will be imposed upon the Vice Presi-
dental candidate between the time of
| his nomination and the opening of the
polls in November.
Despite the general talk on the Vice
| Pre- sidcntial situation, there was no in
| clination On the part of any of the
| leaders to pose as authority for or
| against any candidate. All asserted the
situation could not be brought to a
| finish as yet.
| The arrival of Speaker Cannon and
| Senator Dick of Ohio in the city re-
| vived the activity about the headquar-
ters of the allies. There were at least
| three conferences held during the af-
ternoon and evening between the
| leaders of the anti Taft forces the sub
| ject of discussion of the statement
which the allies are reported to be
| preparing to issue in a few days. This
statement, it is said. will appeal to the
delegates of the convention on the
grounds that the "favorite SON. states
New York. Pennsylvania, Indiana
and Illinois-are being ignored by the
| national committee for the sake of
| getting delegates from Southern states
whose electoral votes are practically
nil as far as the Republican party is
! concerned.
Chicago, June 9.-Much interest is
attached to the meeting of the Repub-
| lican national committee today be-
| cause of the vote to be taken on the
| proposition to compromise on the
Louisiana contests, which involved
| four delegates-at- large and II district
| delegates. The Taft managers. al
| though surprised yesterday by the OK
| tent to which the compromise move
| ment had found favor were today still
| determined that the delegates who
We're entitled to their seats should
| have them without being compelled
| to split their votes with men who
were not ir their opinion properly Sc
| lectcd.
| On the other hand the advocates of
| the compromise suggested tina the
seating Of both contcsting delegations
would be a move highly eXpedent. in
attaching the negro vote to the Re
publican party. Many messages pass
ed last night between this city and
Washington relative to the situation
ard the Taft managers We're firm in
their determination not to compro-
mise.
The big question was whether the
Taft managers had succeeded in
checking the movement for a compro-
mise by which the delegation from the
state will be split between the Taft
and anti-Taft forces. There was an eX-
change of messages between Chicago
ard Washington last night on this
point. but the effect thereof was not
manifest until the vote was taken in
the committee meeting today.
Frank Fl. Hitchcock and his assist
ants were considerably surprised yes
teriay when the extent to which the
compromise movement had found fa-
vor became manifest. The oratory of
the Louisiana contestants could not
hold the attention of the committee
members in the face of the develop
ment and hurried adjournment fol-
lowed.
Were the Louisiana cases the only
ones involved there might perhaps be
disposition upon the part of the Taft
managers to yield the compromise. But
they point out that similar contests
are~pendiEg from Mississippi. Missouri.
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Car
olina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
and that if the split delegation plan
prevails in the Louisiana case there
will be no good reason to anticipate
anything other than demands for eight
more compromises.
The fact that the negro question is
involved in all these States is the
stumbling block. Advocates of the COM