New-York tribune., 1908-06-08

ferpity. At that iuDcneon IL was niiauy ueSiueu
10 abandon the scheme OF withholding further
evidence from the national committee, and soon
eftervard Mr. Crane called en- Senator Bradley
A. 8 o. m the "aliies'' gave the following
statement:
Upon the authority of the representatives OF
ell Of the Presidential candidates other than
Secretary Of War Taft, IL was announced TO
CAV that they would continue 20 present their
side of the contested delegate cases to the ma,
tsonal committee The decision of the national
committee viii not be taken final by the
candidates known the allies but an appeal
win be taken in cases where IT is beneNso M m
Justice has been done, first to the committee on
credentials and later to the convention llseh,
The determination of the representatives OF
the allies" TO continue the presentation OF their @
side of the contests to the national committee
IS not be taken as an indeauon ihal my
Tasrs have been decided But in order to be in
3 position TO present ali of the cases In proper
form TO the committee credentials II Is oee5ns
advisable TO comply with the form o. Pio0eu"
laid down by the national committee
II is the firm determination OF the rePIesenI
-iyes of the -,ailiesv first to give the nauonat
committee opportunity 10 Oo4i7iNN' ~
contests their merits
The members of the national committee haNe
been so closely engaged with the coh'eS'' W
they have had little time TO consider the ques-
tion Of a second for The ticket Seha'oi
rod1e declared to-day that were the New YORK
delegation TO unite behind any reasonably GOO"
man he would be cheerfully nominated by 'he
convention This of course could be done only
r-;,h tho consent of Governor Hughes, VINO
would first have 20 withdraw from the race lor
first place Some of the Eastern members seen
TO think there is a chance of Governor Hughes
doing this and thus placing a man Oh MS
choosing on the ticket
Generally speaking, the greatest weight In the
matter of the Vice Presidency seems to attach
% The -,ne of Senator Dolliver. Many West
.rn members believe he would make an ideal
candidate in every way, and even LaIe
younrss dire prediction that Mr. DolliVers S NOM
tnation would probably result in sendmg Io'-
ernor Cusn1nins the Senate does not seem 10
anpeal strongly 10 the committeeman from o'her
states as an obstacle TO Mr.. Delivers selecuoh-
There is considerable disposition on the part OF
the leading politicians to await some sign from
washington on the Vice Presidential question
.1r. committeeman said to-day: Il would not
xrress a preference if 1 had one until j knew
that il met with the approval Of Secretary IaIt
and the President. Certainly Mr. Ia1t s WISHES
should be consulted with regard to his running
-oate and every of us has daily increasing
-Asnec, for the political sagacity of President
Roosevelt
There is no doubt that there was good deal
of sentiment for Mr.. Fairbanks for second place
when the national committee first met, ana Wiile
-h x-ice President has authorized his friends TO
zaz, that he would not take second place, that OF
itself would not have gone very far to dissipa'e
the sentiment. There has been another Iac'oF
AT work however which has proved more enec-
tive in dissipating the Fairbanks sentiment. ana
that is the course of Joseph b. KEELING, the FAR
banks manager and United States DISTRICT AL
torney. Mr. KEELING has been the head and front
Of the anti-Taft forces. This is not said IN
derocatior Of the influence of Senator Crane, but
Mr. Crane has worked quietly and diplomat
cally MI KEELING has worked noisily and tact
lessly He has imputed improper motives TO the
men who supported Mr.. Taft and has made eN-
7ravagant and irritating statements, with the re
suit that he has made more opponents for Vice
President Fairbanks than the Indiana man
ever had before. Senator Hemenway, who has
also been here in the interest Of the Vice-Presi-
dent. has conducted his campaign with tact and
suavity.
The allies continue to protest against the re
tention OF proxies Y Mr.. Hitchcock and his as
sistants, MessIs. Statter, of Washington, and
Phelps of Connecticut, apparently ignorant of
the fact that all these stand extremely we'll
with the national committeer n. Mr. Hitch !
cocks popularity with the committee is great.
Mr.. Statter. who formerly Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury, stands well with
almost every member of Congress, as we'll
with the committeeman from the West, and
Mr.. Phelps. besides being the close friend and
protege of Committeeman Brooker, of Connect
cut, was long associated with the late Senator
Platt of that state, and has made his own stand
ing with public men. Moreover. the complaint
of the allies is entirely offset by the fact that
the committee is so Overwhelmingly for AIr Taft
that even did these young refrain from sit
ting with the committee il would make differ
in the results. Those of the allies" who
are frank admit has been said, that they
cannot command more than six votes in a
nittee of ifty-three members. being absent
Under those circumstances the complaint that
three OF the men holding proxies Taft men,
and are even associated with the Secretary's
campaign. does not prove effective. Moreover.
it is freely admitted that any committeeman has
right to confer his proxy any whom
he chooses. and sane committeeman would
send his proxy 10 any many who could not be
relied on TO vote in accordance with the views of
his principal. Therefore were the principals
who have given their proxies o Messrs. Hitch
cock. Phelps and Statter sitting with the COM
mittee the results CT its deliberations would be
in no way affected.
There is. however, a reason why Mr.. Phelps's
proxy particularly Objectionable the allies.
Phelps holds the proxy OF Alexander Mckenzie,
of North Dakota. Mr.. Mckenzie is prac-
teal politician and is described by representa-
tiyes of the allies" "a reasonable man, the
kind Of a man with whom you do business"
Needless to say. Mr.. Phelps the kind of a
man with whom you can do business and
there you are. And, again, of the allies"
declares that James J. Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railroad assured him that he
could count the support Of Alexander Nc
Kenzie in the national committee. and now Mr.
Mckenzie is not here, and he has given his
proxy to out and out Taft man with whom