The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
CRANE OUT OF FAVOR
ROOSevelt-Tatt Forces Dis
like His Opposition.
NO MERCY IS TO BE SHOWN
New York SUMS Correspondent
Finds that Republican Leaders
Cranes Actions in Regard TO Dele
gates Contested at Chicago.

New York. June s.-A dispatch from
the Washington correspondent OF the Sun
says:
THE anger OF the RooseveIt-Taft peo-
pie here over the opposition OF Senator
W. Murray Crane and other Republican
leaders at Chicago to the seating OF Taft
contesting delegations in the Republican
national convention has not been tenn
pered by the knowledge that the Taft
forces are in complete control OF things.
'On the contrary, there is a disposition
to show no mercy 10 Mr. Crane and his
fellow-workers. Manager Hitchcock's IN
! structions are 20 ride roughshod over
everybody who opposes Taft and he is
carrying out his orders in a way that
has brought warm words Of praise from
his superior officers here.
''Roosevelt-Taft representatives were
asking here to-day what the dickens Muir
ray Crane meant by putting up what they
regarded as a hopeless fight. II was as
serted that Mr.. Crane knew weeks ago
that the national committee was in full
control Of the Taft people. and that II
was supposed that he would bow to the
inevitable when he got 10 Chicago. That
he did not jump on the band wagon after
1t was demonstrated that his was n los
ing cause Is regarded as an unpardonable
sin. and the administration leaders with
a reckless disregard TO party harmony
are seeking ways and means Of rubbing
it in on him.
Have Found Reason.
In an authoritative quarter It was
learned that the friends OF Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Taft think they have found out
why Mr.. Crane and the other managers
Of the allied forces are still insisting that
the national committee shall pay some
attention to the claims of anti-Taft con-
testing delegates to seats in the conven-
ton.
1T is asserted that the object Of the
allies is not to seek to overcome the pre-
ponderance Of sentiment for Tafts nomi-
nation. but to get the upper hand in the
committee on resolutions so that the pro-
posed radical platform dictated in Wash
ington will be modified.
The view OF the admlnlstra tion-Taft
people here was explained in this way:
"a The allies knew when they went 10
Chicago to attend the meeting OF the ma
! tional committee that the committee was
overwhelmingly for Taft. Hitchcock.
Statter. and Phelps presented proxies for
seats I'm the committee in order to have
the committee emphasize that preponder-
ance Of Taft sentiment by voting to seat
them.
=" In the face Of this the representatives
OF the allies on the committee made a
fight for accepting the credentials Of anti
Taft delegates whose election was con-
tested. Finding this hopeless. they tried
to arrange for admitting all members Of
rival delegations on the basis Of a half
vote for each delegate.
We now know the object Of this was to
find n means Of getting as many anti-ad-
ministration men as possible on the COM
mittee on resolutions in order that the in
! tended Endorsement Of the Presidents S
policies might be modified. But that plan
has failed. The administration will be
satisfied with nothing less than a COM
plete advocacy Of all that the President
stands for
THAT expresses the spirit which pre-
walls in the administration camp. Less
radical Republicans are inclined to be-
lieve that the 'no-quarter' policy is likely
to interfere with Republican success in
the Presidential campaign