Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-13

| The only Vice Presidential candidate as
yet on the ground is John Hays Ham.
mond, who admitted that he was mot
exactly in the lead" but added that he
was satisfied with existing conditions and
prospects.
| Senator Hopkins of Illinois, who will be
| chairman of the committee on resoIu-
| tfons. arrived during the day with a boom
for Fairbanks.
Il am for Fairbanks, If he will accept"
said Senator Hopkins. He has made one
of the best Vice Presidents the country
has ever had and he has earned another
nomination.
There is doubt whether the Vice Pres
ident will permit the use of his name. but
1t is strongly asserted that If he is NOM
mated he will not decline. There were a
number of arrivals from Indiana during
the day. all of whom expressed the
opinion that the addition of the Vice
Presidents name to the ticket would add
materially to its strength in the state
The suggestion was freely made that
in the event of the selection of Sec Taft
for first place the naming of the second
man would be left to the 'Allies," and
1T also was generally believed that all of
these things being equal, the choice
should fall on man from the East.
Another element believes that it will be
OF great benefit to the party at large If
the Vice Presidential nomination is made
the prize of a free fight on the floor of
the convention. 1t has been long since a
contest of that description has been wit
messed in Republican convention and
the advocates of this method of selec-
ton believe that it would tend greatly to
end the existing difficulties
The first caucuses of state delega-
tions were held today. The Louisiana
representatives met last night and
completed part of their work by Sc
Letting Pearl Wight as national COM
mitteeman and by naming chairman
and secretary of the state central COM
mittee.
Harry S. New, chairman of the ma
t1onal committee, expected to take ad-
vantage Of the close of the commit
tees work on contests to clear up a
bit of the routine work which dcvolves
upon him. He announced today that he
would distribute tickets and badges to
the national committeeman. who would
in turn provide each delegate and al
ternate with the means of gaining ad-
mission to the convention hall.
Contrary to expectations the con-
tests III the I'd and 18th Texas districts
were not dropped today but went be-
fore the committee for hearing along
with the other five districts. The Baum
faction whose delegates are generally
supposed to favor Vice President Fair
banks We're given first opportunity to
present their case. Mr.. Bailey, one of
the counsel for the Baum delegates,
spoke for the delegates from the list.
I'd, 9TH, Sth, 10th. 18th and 18th Dis
tricts. He occupied the 20 minutes al
lotted to him and was followed by H.
A. McAuley who spoke for the Baum
delegates, in the I'd, 4th and 18th Dis
tricts.
The national committee decided in
favor of the Lyon delegates in all of
the seven districts considered today.
This gives Taft clean sweep of tho
state on the temporary roll call
The arguments for the anti-Taft peo-
pie N the LIST. Sth 10th and 18th Dis
tricts were made by Thomas Bailey. In
the I'd. 5th and 18th Districts the anti
"A.
J. MacAuley. National Committeeman
C. A. Lyon represented the Taft del
egates in all of the contests.
The state of Virginia was called i'm
mediately following the decision in
Texas. The contests here are for del
egates- t-large and in the 1st to Sth
Districts inclusive. The at large con-
test was taken up first. it being I'M
derstood that all of the district con-
tests with the exception of those from
the 5th and 18th would be heard at the
same time.
The race question was the underly-
ing cause Of all Of the Virginia con-
tests. d. Lawrence Broner of Norfolk
who opened for the Taft people said
that the representation of the negroes
in Virginia on the Taft delegation is
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