Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

SoHNIlo dI IUe ulIeCtfOH VI 0tdtc SIldil
man Chubb. After he had secured the
tickets it is said that a representative OF
the people opposed to the Coombs-Chubh
faction visited the same printing shop
and said that Mr.. Chubb wanted an addi-
tional 200 tickets. They were struck OIL
by the unsuspecting printer and charged
to Mr.. Chubb's account.
For convenience the form used by Mr.
Chubb was the admit bearer variety
this being for the benefit of some Of the
negro delegates who could not read.
| Therefore the alleged spurious tickets
were not different from the genuine, and
the doorkeepers at the convention had no
recourse but to admit any person possess
ing one of the tickets. The members OF
the anti-Taft faction had the foresight to
reach the hall first. and they were in full
control when the Coombs- -Chubb delegates
arrived The latter were compelled to go
elsewhere to hold their convention. They
said they were outwitted by Yankee
trickery." What they meant by the term
was shown by the disclosure today.
Serious Encounter Threatened.
The alteration between representatives
of rival factions in the Florida contest
threatened for time to be the most seri-
Gus incident of the day. 1t occurred while
Mr.. Stripping was addressing the COM
mittee. He was denouncing as machine
politics" the methods which he declared
had been employed by ]. N. Coombs, the
national committeeman. and Mr.. Chubb
the state chairman. He said that when
| he was appointed United States district
attorney in Florida few years ago he
| went to Chubb. who was one of the adj
ministration's referees on federal patron
! age and told him that he did not want
| his Endorsement He said that he told
Chubp he would repudiate such an in
dorsemept at the Department of Justice
| in Washington if 1t were made. Mr..
| Chubbs was in the room when this state
| ment was made and he promptly denied
it Facing Mr.. Stripping. he said:
That is an absolute falsehood.
81 reafirm on my honor as man that
what l said is true replied Mr.. Strip
| ling. Both men were standing. They
glared at each other and simultaneously
began to advance Chairman News
gavel was digging dents In the table and
his voice could be heard above the con-
illusion. declaring Both gentlemen are out
of order" In the meantime friends of
both men had interposed. and the trouble
was over.
and the delegates of the same faction
from the second congressional district
were ordered seated. Before the motion
to seat these delegates. who were instruct
ed for Secretary Taft was put to the
committee. Mr. Scott of Alabama moved
to substitute the Stripping delegates. The
motion was seconded by Senator Crane
Of Massachusetts,. but was lost on a
viva voce vote. The original motion then
| carried After passing over the third dis
| trict which was the only remaining con-
| test from Florida, the Georgia cases were
taken up
Another amusing situation was created
| by these contests. The state case involv-
it developed that the faction opposing
! Secretary Taft had not put in an appear
ance. The Taft big four" from Georgia
was then ordered seated.
Brother Against Brother.
| The opponents of Taft in the first. sec
| ond and third districts were not ready to
proceed. and at the suggestion of counsel
| for the other side. these cases were passed
until Monday The fifth district was then
called 1t was a case of Blodgett agt
Blodgett two brothers being on the op-
posing delegations. Thomas Blodgett Of
| Atlanta was against the nomination of
| Taft, and E. F. Blodgett. the postmaster
| at Atlanta. was for the Secretary of War
The former charged his brother with
being a subservient federal officeholder
whose every act was controlled from
Washington. but he did not give express
| sion to his opinion in such polite language
| as is here used.
AS Thomas became more and more de-
mandatory of his brother. the latter's
made no reply of a personal character. A
| few minutes later the committee decided
| the case in his favor and he was ordered
| seated. with Ananias Brown as his col
| league from the fifth district.
| The eighth and eleventh districts were
| then taken up and the Taft delegates in
| both cases were victorious The eleventh
| went by default, the opposition to the
Taft delegates failing to put in an ap-
| pearance An adjournment was then TAX
| en- until 10 o'clock Monday morning, and
| many members of the committee went TO
| the bail game between the Chicago and
| Washington teams of the American
| League.
| To Recognize Negro Voter.
\ movement was started early today
| looking to the division of some of the
southern delegations. giving one-half a
vote each to the opposing factions. This
suggestion came from members of the
| committee who have not been keen in
their support of the Taft candidacy. 1t
was prefaced by the concession by. Sena-
| tor Crane that the nomination of Secre-
| tary Taft on the first ballot is practically
/ assured and that, therefore. in the settle
ment of the naming contests an effort
| should be made to recognize the negro
voter as question of party exped!ency.'
| The out -and-out Taft members Of the
| committee cOmbatted thlS Idea on the
| ground that all of the Taft delegations
/ from the south are mixed" the member
| ship being about evenly divided between
the whites and the negroes. They con-
| strued the movement as an effort to
break down their organization. and some
/ members went so far as to say tina; II
was an attempt to get anti-administration
men named on the resolutions committee.
The plan was not only presented to the
| committee but il was broached In in
! formal conferences.
/ The early adjournment today with an
! Intervening Sunday before the next ses-
! sion is expected to bring this plan To a
/ mead Monday. 1t is not improbable that
there will be sharp contest between the
| Taft and the anti-Tatt members of the
| committee unless some amicable arrange
| nent of the difference. of opinion is
| reached before Monday.
Talk of Second Place.
The vice presidential situation already
| has become a subject of much va X
among the national committeeman. ac-
cordin- 70 a number cf vel Informed
politicians 1t was said + day hat there
| is Il great deal Of discussion behird c'osed
/ doors and the impression prevails that
il will lie the sentinen. OFT e conven-
ticn that an eastern man. nrefe-lb V one
from New Yerk state sher'd be named.
Secretary Cortelyou is favored but sCme
members Goubt tie ."lit!cal wisdom O.
taking the entire tic FROM the Roose-
vel. cabinet. Reo-esea at'v, sher nan.