Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-06-18
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A PUzlL|NG TANGLE
FAIRBANKS sPuRNs IT-so DOES
IOWA DELEGATION IN BEHALF
OF HAWkEYE SENATOR.
''DOLLIvERO OR CUMMlNS"
SAYS G. O. p MACHINE
Eve Of Convention Finds Some Seek,
ing Place az Taft Running Mate,
H While More Issue Statements De-
crying Booms.


E While More Issue Statements De-
crying Booms.
Chicago, June 16.-Vice-President
Fairbanks Monday sent a message to
Chicago over the long-distance tele-
phone which, his friends say, puts him
absolutely outside the vice-presidentia
possibilities.
Senator Hemenway, one of the
staunchest followers of Fairbanks in
Indiana, was the conveyer of the
message, which the senator put into
the following language: Il have
stated thousand times that the vice.
president would not accept if nomi.
mated; l can now only reiterate, and
that do with all the emphasis at my
command"
1t has been said by Fairbanks
friends a number of times that he
would not accept nomination for the
Office he now holds, but Mondays dec
laration was so emphatic that it fell
with an effect of finality among the
frantic vice-presidency "dopesters" at
the Auditorium Annex.
Message from Washington.
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of
Iowa is the choice of the president and
of Secretary Taft for the nomination
for vice-president. We have begun
the work of pacifying his friends, who
are now opposed to him because of To-
cal political conditions in Iowa."
This message, in substance, reached
Chicago from an administrative au-
thority of the government who knows
what is going on at the White House
in Washington. "Dolliver is the man."
was the sentence repeated over and
over again during the course of tele-
phone communication with administra-
ton men in Chicago. Whoever may
eventually be the nominee of the Re-
publican national convention for vice
president it is now certain that the
administration and the Taft men will
not abandon hope Of naming Senator
Dolliver as the running mate of Will
liam H. Taft until it has been abso-
lutely demonstrated that Senator Dol
liver either will not or cannot be
nominated. The latter contingency is
improbable if he will accept the honor.
"DoIliver or Cummfns."-T. r.
A new turn was given to the vice
presidential speculation Monday aft
ernoon when an intimation was re-
ceived from Washington that the pres
tdent desired the nomination of either
Senator Dolliver or Gov. Cummins.
The Iowa friends of the senator were
greatly surprised by the announce
ment, but were unmoved by it, and
Chairman Perkins Of the Iowa delega-
ton expressed the opinion that Iowa
would oppose Mr.. Delivers selection,
even in face of the presidents
preference for him. I'VE cannot
consent to his nomination." he said,
and he added that this decision was
as much in Senator Delivers interest
as in the interest of the state and the
party The Allison-Dolliver delegates
from Iowa do not take any more kind
ly to the suggestion said to emanate
from the White House at Washington
that Gov. Cummins might be NOM
mated for vice president than that
Senator Dolliver might be given the
place, but their reasons are different.
They do not take kindly to the idea of
comforting this honor upon him, and
they say that if nominated many men,
bers of this faction would on that &C.
count hefused to support the ma
tional ticket.
Knight 10 Also Doomed.
= A movement was sprung among the
California delegates Monday for the
nomination of George A. knight of
San Francisco for vice-president. Sew
eral of the leading Republicans of the
state have been urging upon Mr..
knight to enter the race, but the latter
has not yet given consent to the use
of his name. His hackers, however,
say they will not wait upon this but
will go ahead and launch his boom.
They claim they will be able to line
up practically all of the western dele
gates behind knight and to present a
formidable front in the convention.
The Californians are urging that their
candidate would be the choice of no
faction and would do much toward
healing some of the wounds that have
already been caused. In addition to
Joining in the long distance telephone
representations to Secretary Taft in
opposition to the selection of Senator
Dolliver as the vice-presidential can
didate, National Committeeman Hart
Monday sent to the secretary the fol-
lowing telegram: Chicago, June Is.
Hon. w. H. Taft Washington, D. c.:
Please discourage talk of Dolliver It
means practically anarchy in Iowa
and almost certainly a Democratic
legislature. You can't afford to upset
! strong Republican state.
ERNEST e. HART"
Anti-Injunction Plank Sanctioned.
The anti-injunction plank Of the
platform as passed upon in Washing
ton is as follows: 1--WE declare for
such an amendment of the statutes Of
procedure in the federal courts with
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