The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-11

vice presidential candidate will arrive
here tomorrow
Woman to Work.
Miss Zoe Atkins, daughter of the
national committeeman from Missouri
will be in Chicago to appeal to the
delegates to incorporate a plank in the
platform favOring the opening of land
in the Philippines to American neg
rOeS.
President GOmpers of the American
Federation of Labor left Washington
today for Chicago to fight for anti-in-
junction plank in the republican plat
lOrm.
Platform Approved.
The administration draft of the re-
publican party's platform upon which
Secretary of War Taft wishes TO stand
for his run for president, was brought
into Chicago today by Wade Ellis from
Washington.
This draft Of the proposed platform
has been under many searching con
ferenCcs at the white house and it is
said to contain many of ROOSevelts
ideas with a few of Taft's sprinkled
here and there.
1t is expected there will be little
fighting over the platform. The al
lied" candidates looked it over and
none of them found fault with it. 1t is
probable that little will be done about
the platform until it is taken before
the convention. There is no telling
what the delegates will do with it on
the floor of the convention Some sill
YER tongues are liable to arise and
throw the planks right and left in an
attempt to splinter everything in
sight
The most important part of the plat
form and where the fight is most like
ly to center is about the anti-iniunc-
tion plank which the administration
intends to nail into it. President Com
pers of the Federation of Labor is to
be here TO head the fight for this
plank. There are others who would
have it chopped into kindling wood.
Governor Hughes got another sup
porter today when General Charles
McAlpine reached Chicago from New
York
Robert Taft. son of the secretary
will be in Chicago soon, and Henry
w. Taft another rich brother of the
secretary will also reach Chicago soon.
Gets Four More.
Secretary VIM. H. Taft was today
handed two more contested delega-
tions from South Carolina and his to-
tai of pledged votes reached 491, the
exact number necessary for nomin-
alton.
The "allies" conceded there was no
means now, of stopping the Taft nom
ination unless an unexpected STAN
pede for Roosevelt should be started
Taft had an even 4S7 votes when TO.
days session began. Before noon he
had been given four more by the nat
ional committee. Those added dele.
gates came from the two districts, each
having two representatives. The ne W
delegates seated in Taft ranks are
First district. c. NJ. English. P. 7.
Richardson; Fifth district. w. E. Boy.
Kin and Thomas Hester. There re-
mains % seats where there are con.
tests. OF these Taft will receive the
greater number of Texas. Virginia.
Tennessee will probably be given to
him in entirity.
Hitchcock Optimistic
Out of the 169 unpledged DELEGATES
1t is estimated that the number voting
for Taft will probably be greater than
100. This statement was made TODAY
| by Frank II. Hitchcock. manager OF
the Taft forces and it was immediate.
ly indorsed by the republican leaders
who are not intimately connected with
the camp of the allies" In fact
most of them thought Hitchcock too
conservative and said they believed
practically all unpledged delegates
would be aboard the Taft band wagon
in the first roll calle
At no time has there been any in.
dication that any of the uninstructed
delegates would join issue with the
forces Of the allies and since the
hearing OF the contests by the national