Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-10

ing against their race by it's decisions
in favor of the lilly whites" of Florida
and Georgia. Mr.. Hitchcock points out
in reply to this argument that many
of the delegates who have been seated
are negroes and that this clement of
the party is certain to have plenty of
representation on the floor of the con-
VentiOn.
Indications that the advance guard of
the big crowds which will be here for
the convention next week will soon be
on the ground, became manifest early
today. The New York men, 1000 thou
sand strong, will arrive Saturday, they
having telegraphed to this effect last
night. They have been assigned
200 rooms in the Auditorium hotel. The
next largest delegation will come from
Pennsylvania. Its members are eX-
pected Saturday night and most of the
Illinois PARTY will also be here by that
time.
The big marching clubs that are to
participate in the demonstration at the
Convention hall Wednesday morning
of next week have been assigned
quarters in the Great Northern hotel.
Most of the marchers will be here Sun
day. Their part in the convention is eX-
pccted to be one of the most spectacu-
lar features of the gathering. the COM
mittce in charge of arrangements for
the meeting announced the inusical
program today. There will be no dearth
of harmony as eXemplfied by brass in
strunents and in additional vocal Sc
lections of a nature calculated to en-
thuse the delegates will be part of the
program. The first day of the conven-
tion q concert of patriotic melodies will
prcccde the formal calling to order.
Zig time" will be the chief feature of
the second day and grand opera Sc
lectionS will usher in the third day,
when it is expected that the Prcsiden-
tial nominee of the party will be
named. The Vice President probably
will not be named until Friday. The
nature of the music for the occasion
has not been decided. ..-.
Committeeman Henry 3. Mccoy, the
member from the Philippine islands,
arrived at the Coliseum today prepared
| to take his seat. This deprived Sem
ator Lodge of Massachusetts of the
proxy which he has held up to the
present time. Arthur f. Statter and
Charles G. Phelps, the two employees
of the Taft bureau to whom objection
has been made, still hold their proxies
and sat as members OF the committee
today. All members of the committee
were slow in appearing at the Coliseum
today, the early conference occupying
| much of their time. The general in
dications were that the Louisiana COM
warm fight The Taft managers were
confident that they had enough votes
to carry through any proposition which
they favor.
An immense amount of comforting
took place during the morning and
even after the national committee had
begun its session, in relation to the
Louisiana compromise proposition.
kilograms by the score were rained in
upon such members of the Taft or
ganization as were supposed to be
wavering demanding that they stand
firm. Repeated messages were sent
to Sec. Taft and to President Roose-
welt at Washington Ald they were In
close touch every instant of the morn
ing with the exact situation here.
1t was finally agreed with the full
consent and approval of both Sec
Taft and President Roosevelt that the
Taft and Anti-Taft delegations from
Louisiana should be seated with a half
vote each
In consideration of this agreement
it was Impressed upon the representa-
tives of the Louisiana contestants
that there should be no quarreling be-
tween the two delegations 1t was fur
ther agreed that the Republican party
of the state of Louisiana is to be en-
tirely reorganized under the direction
of the chairman. secretary and one
member of the national committee
Members of the committee declared
that they We're heartily tired of the
squabbles between the 'blacks and the
i'll ,i:.ee" a. T-oJ'Sian9.
This arrangement was Immediately
submitted by telegraph to Washington
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