The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-09
TAFT MACHINE
GETS SETBACK
PROPOSITION TO ADMIT corr
TESTING LOUISIANA DELE
GATES ON HALF VOTE.
TAFT GAINS SIXTEEN
On Days Work BY the Committee
Adjournment Forced BY Taft
Men to "count Noses" Fear
ing Result OF Vote.

Chicago, June "A lew handtulS
of sand were thrown into ths
sylinders of the Taft political ma
chine late today. So far rything
! that has coe up has been handled
quickly and decisiveiy by the TAFT
men. but today from their own mem
bership came proposition to divide
the Louisiana delegation with the OF
position, seating both the TAFT and
anu-Taft delegations with half vote
each. The proposition in Itself did
not come as a surprise, but the nam
Der of members OF the national com
mittee who favored the movement
created some CONSERVATION III the
Taft camp. Friends of the secretary
OF war on the committee brought an
adjournment rather than permit a
vote to be taken today.
Pressure From washington.
Before the Louisiana case. which
involves four delegates at large and
fourteen district delegates Is Brought
to vote tomorrow, noses will have
been sharply counted The members
of the committee who have been az.
dent Taft supports but who have
shown disposition to yield TO the
appeals from the allied fcrc6s e.
compromise In the interest OF har
mony, will have been subjected 10
pressure from Washington. To allow
time for this was the purpose of the
| sudden adjournment today.
Manager Frank II. Hitchcock an
bounced tonight that there will be
| 40 compromise. He Is determined Il
| fight for the seating OF delegations
instructed for TAFT. and declared he
will Insist that the committee pass
upon all contests. To settle them II
any other way he said. would be un
| fair to the delegations themselves. iif
| expressed the opinion that the com
mittee should not shrk the response
| bllity of sitting in judgment on the
merits of every contest, and in this
view he Is supported By practically
every committeeman from the west
ana south and many from the north
No Division.
Thus far the contests have been
| settled from Alabama, Arkansas
Florida. Georgia and Kentucky, anc
there has been no division of the
committee in disposng of any Of
them. The reason for this has been
the rule which denies a roll call on
any question unless II Is demanded
| by twenty members and the anti-Tatl
people have not that number on tbs
| committee.
| The suggestion of division Ct
,ontesting delegations between tbs
Taft aud the anti-Taft forces has be
come more frequent as the sessions
IF the committee have continued. Th'
growth Of the compromise suggestion
was noticed by the Taft men, bu
they were not disturbed by II until
late today when they learned to thel
surprise that a plan for division u
Louisiana was favored by Senate
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, and Genera
oowell Clayton, of Arkansas.
Some Telegrapning.
Hasty conferences were held b
the Taft members of the committei
turing the hearing of the Louisiana
contest and decision was reache'
that il would be wise to adjourn unit
they ascertained exactly where the
stood This course was followed
tY...l.o,l, a.lia1 49,, Taff In AEaghiu .
ton. Charles p Taft brother OF tn
secretary did some telephoning an
telegraphing on his own account
Oothers also grew energetic. VIVA
he effect OF the messages will b
'annot be accurately foretold unit
after the vote tomorrow. HitchcOc
feels that there is far more at stalk
IN the movement for a compromise !
Louisiana than appears on the su
ACE Similar contests are pendiu
from Mississippi. Missouri Mort
Carolina. Oklahoma. South Carolinj
Tennessee. Texas and Virginia.
I The Negro Enters.
The plea for ga comprcm Sc
LOUISIANA Is DdStu on Lnt al SuiHti
that the negro uestion is involve
and that some recognition that wou'
lppease the negro voters of the sout
sholud be given the Foraker deleg
ton. In all contests mentioned
sues re involved with the race que
!. ton Hitchcock takes the posi,io
however. that all Taft delegations Al
\ mixed" there being several neg %
o on the delegation from each southei
d state. More than one hundred al
. ffty delegates are involved IN Il
settlement of these contests fro
southern states yet to be settled. TT
Taft men declare that n they ma,
concessions now they may expect fu
lther demands They are determine
to prevent the insertion tf any op
ing wedge. il srch a thing Is pc
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