The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-10
TAFT B0LTERS
 GAIN A POINT

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 cause number of anti-Taft men voted
 for the settlement.
 Later. however, a vote was taken
 at the conclusion of hearing of the contest from the Fourth Mississippi District Committeeman Scott of Ala
 barna called for a division and thirty members of the committee rose to their feet in favor of seating the Taft dele gation. On the call for negative votes | noobdy arose and the Taft managers
 were thereby assured that they had at
 least thirty votes on the committee. Negro Presfdes at Meeting. During the latter part of the after-
 noon when Chairman New was com pelled by business affairs to leave the committee he called upon Judson W. Lyons of Georgia. the only negro on ] the committee, to preside over the de- i Alterations. Lyons presided during the hearing of the greater number of the
 Mississippi contests and acquitted him self in creditahle manner. The opening of headquarters for John Hays Hamnfond of Massachusetts during the day. brought the Vice-Pres- identia1 situation to the front. He was the first to show his candidacy m definite form. but coincident witn his activity came the movement in be- half of Governor Curtis Guild Of Mas
  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 oI the Treasury. and RepresentatNes James s sherman and J. Sloat Fas- sett 2s The East also brought forward an- other possibility in the person or Franklin Murphy, former Governor oi New Jersey, and National Committee- man of that State. From the West, J. P. Dolllver, oI Iowa, United States Senator from thst State, was most prominently mentton- ed Senator !. c. Burrows, of Michi- gan. who is to be temporary chairman of the convention, and Lieutenant GOV. ernor Sherman of Illinois. also found supporters among the politicians. Much of the discussion as to the availability of these men centered upon their campaigning abilities. on tnis point the friends of Governor Guiid, Senator Deliver, Senator Burrows ana Lieutenant Governor Sherman. were es- peciaIly. insistent.
 There was some talk that the plac. i ing of Mir. .Cortelyou on the ticket would be open to criticism in that two members of the present cabinet would 1 be running TOT the ChtcA oAhSSc oA N',N 1 country, provided that Secretary Taft IS l nominated for the Presidency. To this l the friends of Mir. Cortelyou replied
 that while the Secretary might be pop- | ular with the administration. he also possessed outside strength of his own with the commercial interest of the country which would render him an | available co-candidate
 There was a strong general feeling. however, that an Eastern man should
 be given the second place on the ticket This sentiment was used by the friends 1 of the Eastern candidates as a reason for, in their opinion. eliminating the
 Illinois, Iowa and Michigan possibili- | ties.
 In addition. 1t was pointed out that i the political situation in Iowa Is un- 1 settled because of the recent struggle between the Allison and Cunmins fac- tions and 1t would be unwise for the National party to take any step which might again bring that contest to the 1 fore
 Despite the generality of the talk on the Vice Presidential situation. there
 was no inclination on the part of any | of the leaders to pose as authorities l for or against any candidate. All as- l serted that the situation could not be | brought to a focus as yet and that de- | velopments of the next few days might
 change the entire aspect of affairs II