Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-06
ANTS" OF ALABAMA AND AR
KANSAS LOSE FIGHT FOR
SEATS.

Chicago, June 6 without roll
calls The Republican national com
mittoc yesterday decided the con-
tests from Alabama and Arkansas.
involving twenty-four seats in the
Republican national convention. in
favor of the delegates instructed
for TAFT The victory for the TAFT
forces was sweeping. not even di-
vision being required to determine
the will of the committee. Contests
from Florida. Georgia and Ken
lucky will be heard today. Thirty
/ four seats are affected.
Make Vehement Protests.
The proceedings would have been
devoid of interest had It not been
FOR an eGort to prevent Frank II.
Hitchcock, the Tart manager. and
| Arthur H. Slater. former assistant
secretary of the treasury. and
| Charles c. Phelps, OF Washington.
both assistants TO Mr.. Hitchcock.
from sitting in judgment on the
contests. These men held proxies
OF the members OF the national
committeeman from New Mexico.
| Alaska and North Dakota respect
lively. Their entrance into the ex-
/ ocutive session Of the national COM
mitteo provoked Joseph B. Healing.
United States attorney for the dis
trict of Indiana, manager for Vice
| President Fairbanks. and Repre-
sentative James Francis Burke. Of
/ Pennsylvania, who acts in a similar
capacity for Senator Knox. to make
vehement protests from the outside
After a hurried conference be-
| tween Representatives of all the anti
Taft forces it was decided to re
duce the protests to writing and
have them presented to the commit
tee before the contests were taken
| up. The protests were sent to w
| y. Aldrich, formerly a member Of
congress from Alabama, and one of
the contesting delegates at large
from the Scott-Davison anti-Taft
| delegation from that state. 1t re
cited the fact that Mr. Hitchcock is
| directly interested in the manage.
ment of one OF the candidates di-
rectly involved in the case, and
therefore disqualified to sit i'm
| Judgment upon It, 1t also de-
clared that Mr. Hitchcock did not
reside, and is not a qualified voter
in the territory he claims to repre-
sent and was not a regularly or
properly chosen national commit
teeman fIIom that derritory. Simk
liar representations were made i'm
regard to Messrs. Statter and
Phelps
Had Interest i'm Ouacomc.
Mr. Aldrich presented the pro
test to the committee. and in con
nection stated that he did not re
gard it proper that they should be
compelled to present their argu-
ments to members who had an in
| tcrcst" in the outcome.
''All care to say in reply" said
O. d. Street, T. S. attorney for the
Northern district of Alabama and
the chief local counsel for the
Thompson faction. instructed for
Taft is that Charles II. scott. the
member of the committee of Ala
bama is sitting as a Judge in this
case, and it appears to me that ne
is interested in the outcome"
Mr.. Scott is one of the delegates
at large elected by the Scott-David-
son faction which was supposed to
be anti-Taft.
Debate on the question was shut
off by a. NJ Stevenson, the member
from Colorado, who promptly
moved to lay the protest on the Ia
Bile. The motion was carried. Mr..
Scott Of Alabama, being the only
member WHO opposed it on viva
voce vote.
The Alabama contest, affecting
the four delegates at large and the
two delegates from each of the con
/ ercssional districts twenty-five fin
a.l were then taken up
The Alabama cases. by agree
mcnt Of an parties concerned. were
consolidated and therefore two
hours were given each eidn u ,,...