The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
HE MAY RE THE yIcE.PREsInEN.
 HAL CANDIDATE.
Delegates Look With Favor on the Iowa
 Governor, Although Many still Hepe Fsirbapks wIil Take IL.

AHAGAkOg June los-11e boom or
 Governor cYmmins of Iowa for the Vice Presidential nomination was the
 distinctive feature of the day in the contest for the second place on the ticket. and 1t received much favorable consideration
 Senator Borah of Iowa, who early
 this morning started the agitation on
 behalf of the Iowa Governor spent
 much of the day sounding Western
 delegations in his behalf and at the
 close of the day announced that he he'd found much encouragement.
 The mention of Governor Cunminss name was received with varying emo-
 tions by the members of the Iowa dele
 gation, and 1t soon became evident that in the event the Governors cans didacy should be more energetIcally
 pressed his Iowa support would not
 be confined to the so-cailed Cummins
 faction. s
 Several Allison Deliver adheTents promptly announced that as a matter of State pride. if for no other reason, they would support the Governors candidacy, A number of IowaRs as-
 aociated politically with Governor Cum. mips. after conference tonight stated that while they had not communicated with the Governor on the subject, it had been determined to assume the re-
 sponsibiiity of presenting the claim of iowa for second place. i'm the event there developed a continued purpose on the part of the Taft managers ip
 Washington to insist upon an Iowa man.
 This conference was attended by
 Congressman F. +. Hubbard, Chair
 man Frank P. Woods Of the Republi~
 can State Central Committee, former Representative George McCurtis, Rob
 ert Healy. delegate from the home city of Senator Deliver; Delegate Samuel D. Rinker. vice.chairman of the State Central Committee; A. D. Clarke, the
 second delegate from Senator Dolli-
 ver's district; Gardner Cowles of Des
 Moines; George c. Mccall. Railroad
 commissioner ". J. Eaton. J. c.
 welliver and others, ....., ;. After the conference t was said on
 behalf of those present that conimVni- cations have been coming to members | of the Iowa delegation from all parts of their State indicating development of sentiment hostile to the attitude as-
 sumed by some of the anti cummins
 members of the delegation. It was stated that for the twenty-six memb CTS of the delegation the real antagonism to the nomination of either Senator l Deliver or Governor Cumfnins Is con- 1 fined to three men. The conference agreed that as a ba, sis of harmony 1t should be understood that If Senator Deliver were nomi- l mated for vice president Governor l Cummins must succeed him In the senate and In turn Senator Dolliver
 should be guaranteed the support of the Cummins element for return tc the senate following the retirement oi l Senator Allison, thus guaranteeing te l Senator Doflivers as was claimed, thai | by accepting the vice presidency, he | would not affect the termination oi l his own offlcial career.
 On the other hand, 1t was proposed that if Governor Cummins were nom. l mated for vice president. his follow. CTS would be satisfied with the ar rangement
 It was also stated that Senator Bo, rah had presented Governor Cummins l qualifications to President Roosevelt and taht the suggestion had been warmly received.
 There was much discussion during l the day of the possibility of the nom. inatton going again to Vice President Fairbanks. There Is strong sentiment in his behalf. and many predict that l he will again receive the honor of th' nomination unless the convention car be made to believe that if nominated l he will decline. The Vice President | Is doing his best to create this i'm precision and all inquiries meet with the uniform response that he will moi | accept.
 New York remains in its unsettled and somewhat embarrassing position pledged to the support of Governor Hughes for the presidential nomination but more or less openly desirous, as
 far as the personal preference of mos | of the delegates is concerned. of se'
 curing the nomination of Representa-
 tive Sherman.
 There was to have been a caucus of the New York delegates tomorrow | but tonight 1t was postponed on tho l theory that the committee on ereden' tials and resolutions would probably consume much time and there was nc
 need of haste in taking up the mat ter.
 The main purposs of the caucus was
 said to he to poll the delegates or
 both the Hughes and sherman propo-
 sitions.
 A telegrm from Boston, received to- day. announced Governor Guilds in-
 tention to remain in the race. not
 withstanding the reported defection In
 the Massachusetts delegation.
 It was stated here that an enort
 would be made to throw the tull vote of the delegation for Governor Guild
 when the roll of the States was call call
 ed and carry out his wishes. Botn
 Senators Lodge and Crane expressed
 the opinion that the state should stick
 for Guild
 The present indications are that the
 vice presidential tandidate will not he
 the n0nafnA- e