Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-10
GAINING STRENGTH.
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| and considered by both the secretary
| of war and the President who gave it
their hearty approval.
The Taft men, however, declared
| that the Louisiana contests would
| stand alone as far as compromise is
| concerned Contests are still pending
| affecting $50 Southern delegates and
| the Taft people asserted after the
| agreement had been reached on Louis
lana that the regularly elected dele
| gates from all of these states should
be seated.
It was the desire, they said, to
strengthen the party in Louisiana led
them to agree to the compromise.
The Taft people regard the agree
mant as decisive victory. They claim
that their organization in the event of
Taft's nomination and election will
dominate the political situation in the
Republican party of Louisiana.
| Governor Yarmouth of Louisiana
made the chief argument for the Taft
faction before the national committee,
concluding at noon. Immediately
| thereafter the committee took a re-
| cess to formulate it's decision along
| the lines of the agreement described.
|
| the committee by Chairman New,
| who called Senator Lodge of Massa-
| chusetts to the chair. The recess taken
by the committee to consider the COM
| promise lasted for 20 minutes.
| The anti-Taft delegation from Lou
| isiana expressed themselves as salts
| fed with the compromise agreement.
| The Taft people, headed by Governor
Yarmouth and Pearl Wight. expressed
objections to it. 1t was expected, how
| ever, by the members of the commit
tee that they would be brought to ac-
quiesce in the agreement
At the termination of the recess
Committeeman C. A. Lyon of Texas
moved to substitute for the compro-
mise proposition submitted by Chair
man New that the Yarmouth or Taft
delegation be seated.
The substitute was lost by vote of
20 to 30.
The compromise proposition was
then adopted amid loud cheers, no
votes being cast against it.
Intense excitement prevailed outside
the committee room while the COM
promise was under discussion by the
national committee. Gov. Warmoth
and the other Taft delegates were in
open revolt, declaring that the decga-
ton had been sold out
When the decision was announced
by the national committee, Gov War
moth said: Il refuse to abide by the
decision of the national committee |
will appeal the case to the credentials
committee of the convention. If l am
defeated there I will go home. Some
members of the delegation may sit but
as to that l cannot say"
a motion that the incoming national
committee be instructed to appoint as
the members from Louisiana, Pearl
Wight, thc present national committee
man from that state was adopted
The committee then took up the con-
tests from Mississippi These include
the four delegates at large and six dis
tricts from the third to eighth inclu-
i've:
Ormsby McHarg, of Washington.
general counsel for all the contcsting
Taft delegations declared to the mem
bers of the committee that he had been
through the South Eat the request of
the next President of the United
States" He declared that the Taft
faction would not listen to any talk
of compromise.
Several members of the committee
protested vigorously against the use
of such language as had been employ
ed by Mr.. McHarg to the committee
The matter was finally dropped but
the incident provoked much feeling.
The committee decided in favor of
the Taft delegation from the third
Mississippi district. The Taft dele
gates were ordered seated.
The decision in the 5th, 9Th and 7th
and Sth Mississippi district were de-
cided in favor of the Taft delegations
After the decision was handed down
in the last Mississippi contest the COM
mittce issued a bulletin showing that
up to that tome, five contests involv-
ing delegates at large and 35 district
contests had been decided. There re-
main to be heard six contests for dele
gates at large, and SO district cases
including the contest from Pennsyl-
vania which affects but one delegate.
The contest from Alaska and Ari-
zona are also yet to be considered.
before the committee.
Hllci uiSpoSIliS Oh tne MISSISSIPPI
contests, the committee called those in
Missouri, taking up first the fight in
the 10th district. In printed circular
which has been put out by the Taft
managers the seats in this district
were conceded to Louis Alt and Fred
erick Essen who We're uninstructed
The committee, however, after consid-
ering the evidence. decided in favor
OF Rowland M. Johnson and Edward
koelm, who are Taft supporters. The
vote which was some surprise to the
Taft men went through without di-
vision being called for
The committee then adjourned
In the morning the first contest to
he considered is the consideration of the
cases from the 18th Missouri dis
tricts.