The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-05-07
HEARD
By the Full Committee
Will Be All of the
Contests
on the Safe Side by Having all
l. Contests to tho Convention
at Chicago Decided by
the Committeeman.


Washington, May 3.-It begins tC
look as though there would not be
as many contests between rival dele.
gates for seats in the republican ma
t1onal convention as has been an.
tlcipated. Thus far notices of only
eight. contests have been filed With
Secretary Dover, of the national com.
mittee, although statements issued
last night by the Taft and anti-Tafi
publicity bureaus here convey the i'm
preston that a much larger number
will be reported. Under the call of
the national committee, issued last
December, all notices Of contests
must be filed by May ,26, and, OF
course, the present J. nuSRber will be
considerably augmented. The state
ment from the Taft headquarters
contained the information that 60 of
the delegates already pledged to the
secretary Of war are contested, while
the allies statement announced that
there were 110.' There are still 254
delegates to be elected, and, mas
much as the majority OF these will
be in the southern states, more con-
tests may be expected. -
But Judging from the fact that no.
tices Of only s contests have already
been filed, officers Of the committee
think the final number will be much
less than many politicians have sup
posed. Thus, as the time passes, the
likelihood of the committee being the
determining factor in selecting the
nominee for president diminishes,
whereas a couple Of months ago it
was thought by many people that up
on it's decision in the contested cases
would depend the action OF, the con-
Vention In selecting a candidate.
Committee Must Be Ready.
Ten days or two weeks ago Chair
man r1argX s., $New.seIsss .HSQrde to, the
members OF the committee to Us Dfgt
pared to assemble in Chicago Oh June
l to consider contests, and this no.
tlfication was issued on the theory
that 1t. would require q couple of
| weeks to determine what delegates
| should go on the temporary roll OF
the convention. 't
The chairman has not yet made up
his mind, however, to call the COM
mittee together on that date and will
not do 80 unless the number OF con-
tests justifies it. Personally he would
! prefer to devote less time, to this
matter, and it Is possible that the
committee will not be summoned un-
til week or ten days before the
convention meets.
Mr. New, who came to Washing
ton today, said that 1t now seemed to
him as though there would be MANY
less contests than it was apprehend-
ed there would be at the time he sent
| word to the members of
the committee, although he
necessarily Is not yet prepared to an
nounce when the call for the meet
ing will be Issued. The chairman
stated that the subcommittee on ar
rangements would meet in Chicago
on May is, to take up and dispose
or matters pertaining to the meeting
| Of the delegates in June. He said It
was too early to say who would be
the temporary and permanent chair
man Of the convention, although the
selection would be made soon after
the subcommittee assemblies.
| President May BE Consulted,
| 1t would not be surprising II the
| president were permitted to make
some suggestion in this connection
in view Of the fact that he is the rec.
ognized head Of th8 republican party
! of the nation and Of his confidence
that his candidate for the nomina.
ton, Secretary Taft, will be chosen
Senator Beveridge, Of Indiana, and
| Senator Dolliver, Of Iowa, both as
Dtre to the temporary chairmanshiD
A man with strong voice is needed
| for this task, inasmuch as he is re.
qutred to make the so-calIed KEYNOTE
| speech. II 1T were a matter Of lung
power alone, Dolliver would stand q
much better chance than Reveridge
Tor he has voice which can be heard
q couple Of squares, and the 10000
or II 900 people who will be packed
in convention hall would be able to
understand what he said. BeVer-
idge's voice is nowhere as strong, In
the last few days the name OF form
er Secretary Of the Treasury Leslie
NJ. Shaw has also been mentioned In
connection with the temporary chair.
manshjp, and, as everybody knowe
who has heard him speak, he posses.
.Ses the necessary qualifications. The
name Of Senator LOdge, Of Massachu.
sets, IS most prominently mentioned
in the discussion Of permanent chair.
| man.
Chairman New reiterated an i'm
portant announcement tonight when
he said that all contests would be
heard by the full committee. He
might, with perfect propriety, select