Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-12
National Committee Woes TO
Seat Both Delegations
EACH MAN HAS HALF A VOTE
Vice Presidential Situation Brought
to Front by Opening of Hammond
MISUNDERSTANDING Boom Will
Soon Be Strongly Urged

soon be Strongly Urged
Chicago, June 10.-After working
for four days and with five additional
days yet to come before the meeting Of
the convention, the Republican ma
tional committee adjourned late yester.
day with two-fifths of its contests de-
cided.
The committee yesterday decided
sixteen contests, affecting thirty-six
delegates. The contests comprised the
delegates-at.large in Louisiana and
Missouri, seven districts in Louisiana,
six districts in Mississippi and one in
Missouri.
The Louisiana contest. which was
the most important of the day, resulted
in a split delegation, the committee de-
Gliding, on a division of twenty to thirty,
to seat both the Lily White" or Taft
delegation, and the BLACK and Tan"
with half q vote for each. This agree
ment was not reached until after re-
peated conferences and anxious tele-
graphing and telephoning between
Chicago and Washington.
The decision finally reached by the
committee was carried out with the
consent and approval of both Secretary
Taft and President Roosevelt. 1t pro-
vided that the Republican party i'll
Louisiana shall be reorganiZed under
the direction of a committee of three,
composed of the chairman, the secre-
tary and one member of the incoming
national committee.
The opening of headquarters for
John II. Hammond of Massachusetts
during the day brought the vice presi-
dental situation to the front He was
the first to show his candidacy in a
definite form, but coincident with his
activity came the movement in behalf
of Governor Guild of Massachusetts
who will he strongly urged when the
full force of the delegation from his
state arrives late in the week.
The New York candidates are nu-
merous. They are George Il. Cortel-
you and Representatives Sherman and
Fassett The east also has brought
forward another possibility in the per
son of Franklin Murphy, former gov
ernor of New Jersey and national COM
mitteeman of that state.
From the west Senator Dolliver Of
Iowa will be most prominently mel
| toned. Senator Burrows of Michigan
who is to be temporary chairman of tho
convention, and Lieutenant Governor
| hor 80 oIc
porters among the politicians.
Much of the discussion as to the
availability of these men centered upoI
their campaigning abilities. On thi,
point the friends of Guild, Dolliver
Burrows. and Sherman of Illinois were
especially insistent, the advocates OF
all four claiming that their man /!
particularly well fitted to take up the
position that Will be imposed upon thu
vice presidential candidate between
the time of his nomination and thu
opening OF the polls in November
There was some talk that the placin,
of Cortelyou on the ticket would b.
open to criticism, in that two member:
of the present cabinet would be run
| hing LOT tue Cultl bluCtS VI lIp cOun
try, provided that Secretary Taft l.
nominated for the presidency. To thi
the friends of Cortelyou replied tina
while the secretary might be popula
with the administration, he also pos
sessed outside strength of his owl
with the commercial interests of tn
country, which would render him al
available candidate.
A bomb was thrown into the Taf
camp last night, when it became know
that the "allies" were planning t
combine and concentrate their strength
on Speaker Cannon. Although tn
story was discredlted at first, it de
veloped to such an extent early in tn
evening that the Taft managers, SOM
of whom were attending a banquet n
the Hamilton club, were mustered IL
gether to plan coup to offset the Can
non boom.
In spite of all the Taft talk, there i
tremendous undercurrent for ROoso
welt, and it would require but little t
make it almost overwhelming.