Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-13
ALL CONTESTS
DULY SETTLED
Taft viii Have Six Hundred and
Three Delegates on Tenn
porary Rollcall.
LOOKS MUCH LIKE A WINNER.
Gen. Woodford SAYS That With
Hughes New York Is Certain:
without Him, Doubtful

Chicago, June 12.--1.ate this after
noon the Republican national commit
tee completed the hearing of all con-
ton to other matters 1t has been IN
session for several days of actual work,
and has decided contests involving
f19 seats on the temporary rollcall.
These contests have been decided as
follows
FOR TAFT
Alabama, 20; Arkansas, .; Florida.
8. Georgia, Is; Kentucky. s; LOUISE
ana, 1s. Mississippi, 10; Missouri O.
North Carolina, is: Ohio Z; Okla
homa, 10, Pennsylvania, ]; South car
DINA, 3: tennessee, 49, Texas, 80; Vir-
ginia. 1s; Alaska. 2; Arizona 2.
Total. 216.
FOR FORAKER.
Virginia, 2; Ohio. l.
Total 3.
AS Taft had 3S7 instructed delegates
before the national committee began
hearing the contests, he VIII have now
a total of sos delegates on the tenn
porary rollcall without taking into
consideration any that have either en-
dorsed him or declared for him in any
ether manner.
ONE COMPLETE DEFEAT.
The only complete defeat sustained
nv the Taft delegates III the contests
was in the Fifth Virginia district,
where a Foraker delegation was seated
before a man was allowed to act rs
secretary Of the district convention
who had issued cali for convention
in his own county for white men
only
1t was believed by the members of
the committee that if they allowed the
delegation from the convention az
which this man had acted as secretary
to he seated In the national conven-
ton, 1t would place the party In the
light of approving call issued to
portion of the voters. For this rea-
son 1t was decided to seat the con-
testing Foraker delegates. In Louis
lana and Tennessee split delegations
We're seated, the entire delegation
from Louisiana being considered as
one contest The action of the COM
mittee In dividing the Louisiana dele
cation made no difference to the Taft
strength. lnasmuch as both factions
were for Taft.
TENNESSEE CASE
The Tennessee division was made in
the Eighth district in response to ur-
man Brownlow Of that state, who ask
ed that 1t he done for the purpose OF
healing local differences and giving
the party q better chance of electlng
a Republican representative. The del
egation from the Sixth Ohio district
was divided on the evidence submit
ted.
Outside the conclusion of the con-
tests before the national committee
the most important development of
the day was the issuance by the al
lies" of statement in which they de-
clared their intention of Sticking to
the finish, and in which they dssert-
ed that 1t was certain that there Will
be no nomination on the first ballot"
The attitude of the allies as out
lined In this statement was greatly
strengthened by the arrival during the
day of Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford of
New York, who is in charge of the in
terests of Gov. Hughes one of
the first things encountered by Gen.
Woodford on his arrival in Chi
cago was the strong sentiment de-
veloping to couple the names OF Taft
and Hughes. This however, Gen
Woodford met with the statement that
the New York delegation would come
here instructed TO support Hughes for
the presidency and until the Conven-
ton made its choice there would be
no consideration of Gov. Hughes name
for any place except at the head of the
ticket, When shown the authoritive
statement made at Albany that the
governor cannot and viii not under
any circumstances accept nomna-
ton or the vice presidency" Cen
Woodford said:
GOV. HUGHES.
THAT is exactly what | expected. |