The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-19
VICE PRESIDENCY STILL
 VERY DOUBTFUL PROBLEM
Sherman of New York, Deliver of Iowa and Fairbanks Are Still In the Running, While Other Can
 didates Have Chance.

Chicago. June 1S-The presidential cans didate will be permitted to name his run ming mate if he so desires. No sooner had the convention adjourned today thar MT. Taft's immediate supporters set to work to ascertain his wishes regarding a candidate for the vice presidency. They. wired him direct and pending his reply refused to voice any opinion to the
 probable outcome of the ballotng. As
 rule the Taft men manifested willing
 ness to abide by the secretarys wishes, but there were those among them who took the position that the delegates should
 be permitted to cast their votes accord-
 ing to their own predilectons.
 For the first time there was an active
 propaganda in the interest of Congress-
 man sherman of New York It was stated
 positively that he would have the support
 of the entire delegation from his own state, and 1t was stated by Chairman Woodruff that ne would get Oklahoma solid and that he would have votes from many other states, specifically mcntion- ing Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, In- diana. Colorado and many of the New England and other states.
 There was also renewed talk in the in- terest of Senator Deliver. There was a growing belief that Secretary Taft would declare for the Iowa senator, and it was | freely predicted that he would be nom- | mated in case the secretary's preference l should be made known before the begin l ming of the ballotng tomorrow. Much l as the question of Senator Dolllver's nom | t=
 | sertions and denals as. there have been
 1 concerning the attitude of the Secretary | of War toward him, there has from the l first been strong impression that the l Iowa senator was the read preference of | the nominee and most of Secretary Taft's l friends were willing to accept Deliver i if he should be indicated by the secretary. | even though his nomination should make
 as much trouble In Iowa has been pre- | dicted. The Iowa men were not unpre- pared for the movement in behalf of their
 man, and they were actively engaged in
 heading it off. They held a meeting dur l ing the day and declared for Cummins, but when they began a canvass in his be-
 half did not find general encouragement. Fairbanks Weakening.
 There was still talk of the renomination of Vice President Fairbanks, but his stock | went down before the frequently ex- | pressed opinion that the secretary would | not give the preference of his indor3e- ment. There was some resentment among | the Taft people over the sighting al- 1 lusons to their methods made by the vice | presidents friends in speeches in the con- vention today, and 1t was evident that 1p1n tha Tot el,A f... | come convinced of the wisdom of renom- 1 mating the vice president in the interest 1 of the ticket he would not be chosen. l There were those among Mir. Taf.s ] friends who were willing to say that MT. l Fairbanks could do more for the ticket
 than anyone else. and they contended for l his nomination even in the face of criti- cisms and differences of opinion l Those nearest to the secretary were,
 however, apparently not among those who l held this view.
 1 There was no intimatlon tonight but l that Massachusetts would present Gov l ernor Guilds name to the convention. | Senator Lodge is slated to make the nom | mating speech. and 1t is expected that | some member of the Michigan delegation. | among whom Governor Guild is popular, | will second the nomination.
 Governor Guilds Chances. number of the Massa chusetts men l sought out the other New England del- | egates tonight and urged concerted action | in behalf of Governor Guild. They met l with some encouragement but no actual | promises it is understood, were given, | None of the New England states held ] meeting tonight, although it was said l that some of the states would seek to | agree upon a candidate when the delega- 1 tons came together at the convention hall tomorrow.
 Some of the Massachusetts supporters l of Governor Guild claimed tonight that if l three or four ballots for vice president | was taken without nomination, other l New England states would change to | Guild in order to obtain representation | on the ticket from that section. 1 The Illinois delegation held no meeting | tonight on the vice presidential situation, | but from the expressions of many dele 1 gates. including several prominent lead | CTS, it seemed probable that the delega- | ton would cast it's solid vote for Con- l gressman James S. Sherman of New 1 York. There was little sentiment of any | other sort to be found in the delega. 1 tion.
 | In the hope of staving off the adminis- | tration's understood preference for Sem | ator Deliver. George D, Perkins, chair 1 man of the Iowa delegation wired Presi- ] dent Roosevelt in the name of himself 1 and 19 others of the committee. as fol- ] lows:
 1 "The following members of the Iowa l delegation protest in the strongest terms | against the selection of Deliver as vice | president"