The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
Chicago Republican HeadQuar- ters Present LiVe|yScenes
 of Activity
VICE PRESIDENCY IS FAR
 FROM BEING SETTLED
Presidential Boomlets Fade Away When In Contact With the Taft Live Wire-Sacred Platform
 Locked Up In a Safe.

Chicago, June 13.-(Special.)-With dele gates arriving by scores on every train, the allies made absolutely no progress today against the Taft landslide. So far as can be learned not a single Taft dele gate, instructed or volunteer, showed the slightest signs of weakening.
 The boomers for Hughes, Cannon, Knox and Fairbanks have been as busy as beavers since the first man with the dele gate badge showed up this morning. If they had weakened a single delegation they would have advertised it for effect. The boomers have had nothing to say.
 With Taft so sure, once more both delegates, statesmen and hangers-on turn ed to the vice presidency. There were two distinct lines of argument which prodomi- mated One was that Deliver of Iowa, could have the second place if he wanted it. The other was that New York state should have the privilege of naming the vice president if they could agree upon a man.
 Frank Kellogg, chief prober for the in- terstate commerce commission, and dele gate at large from Minnesota, was most pronounced on the Deliver boom.
 He would be an ideal candidate if he would take it, said Mr. Kellogg, but understand that the situation in his state is such that he does not want it. Hughes would be the ideal second place man, but New Workers seem to think that his decination is positive. It is certain the convention will not name a man against his will unless it has assurances that he will reconsider and eventually accept
 Talk of Deliver.
 There was a well defined rumor that Senator Lodge had been in communca- ton with Deliver during the day. The re- port had it that Senator Deliver had ab- soutely declined the second place. Sen ator Lodge would not even admit that a telegram had been received
 The argument that New York should have the naming of second place on the ticket is based upon grave fear that the state will be in the doubtful column with Taft as the head of the ticket. Congress- man Sherman of Oneida county remains today the most talked of vice presidential candidate from the Empire state. The sentiment in his favor IS well defined and if has White House backing that gives 1t impetus Timothy l.. Woodruff was talked of about the lobby by his New York partisans.
 The boomers of Fairbanks for Vice President are disconsolatc and are trying to save something from the wreck. They insist that he shall be given the vice presidency for a second time. The cold man from Indiana arouses little or no enthusiasm outside of his own state dele eation.
 The .JTncle Joe" Cannon boomers are still at it. They raised great electro slgn late in the afternoon, but it was paid for several days ago or 1t might ever have blazed They want to make sure that "Uncle Joe" will repeat as speakes. of the House and while not ad- hitting Sefeat. that is what they are working fo1 lder cover. Pttsburgers, Ire still shouting for Phil ander c. Knc IA big Pennsylvania del egation, filling ten cars. arrived shortly before the New York crowd this morn ing. They paraded and then subsided.
 Hughes Boom Fades.
 If the Hughes crowd thought that the rassage of the racing bills would give his boom start in Chicago they were sadly disappointed. There is enthusiasm Ter the hard-fghting governor except as second choice. His supporters are not urging him for that place.
 The New York Taft organization ar- rived within half an hour of the Wood- ruff Parsons train. Louis c. Hay is the chairman and the big guns in his dele- gation were Robert c. Ogden, formerly of WanamaEer's; Charles H. Boynto1, who left the Associated Press to become a banker; George E. Eide, president of the Home Life Insurance company, and F'ranl. J. Price. They promptly estab- iished headquarters in the Annex and as- ,ured everyone of the popularity of the hig war chief in New York.
 Already the fight over the chairman ship of the national committee is under way Frank Hitchcock is somewhat puffed up over his success in calling out the contesting delegations and sending his chief to the convention sure win Ter on the first ballot. He thinks, it is said, that the post of national chairman would be more desirable than that of Postmaster General.
 This aspiration of Hitchcock has alarmed the supporters of Arthur l. Vorys of Ohio, who thought that his claim for the ehairmanship would not be questioned If Taft was the nominee. It was Voiys who arranged to swing half dozen big renubllcan states, incudlug Missouri and iowa. into the Taft column. He was ahle to do this by assuring the politicians with -yhom he dealt tha. he would run the party after election.
 vorys Men Puzzled.
 "where do we stand?" was .he direct oues.ion put ts Charles P. Taft, the pres- idential candidate s brother, at luncheon today by leader from Missouri we were assured shat If we swung for Taft, ycrys would le chairman Now we hear nothing but Hitchcock. What is the truth?"
 MT Taft is sd'd to have assured the man from Missouri that if his brother was nominas d Mir. vorys wedid Inc ttse chairman.
 .,t;Il there gre wise men from Washing ton who sulare that the national chair u,nnship plur, wotid go to ncitIsr Hitch cock nor Vorys. George l.. Voa Msver IS in the runnrng. There is an underculrent of belief ths- Mir. Taft really favcrs the ,.rosent postmaster general ani mat the offer two VIII be made sub-campaisn managers in the east and west.
 The one remaining secret of the con vention is the republican platform, which eAttorney General Wade Ellis of Ohio has