The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-07
Claimed That He Is Negroes
Choice for President and
That He Is a Very Angry
Man Just at Present.
TAFT GETS SIXTEEN
MORE DELEGATES.
National Committee Passes on
Contested Delegations from
The States of Georgia and
Florida.

Chicago, June 6.-Sixteen more
votes were added today to the total
Secretary of War Taft will have on
the first ballot for the presidency in
the republican national convention.
They were added by the national com
mittee on contests from Florida and
Georgia The allied opponents of the
secretary of war now conce de his nom
ination, if the committee continues to
decide the other contests as it has
those already passed upon. And they
are SO certain that the committee will
act just as it has been acting. that
the leaders of the allies are seriously
considering the withdrawal of all their
contests before the committee and
appeal directly to the credentials com
mittee of the convention.
Senator w. Murray Crane of Mas
sachusetts, general leader of the allies,
Senator Hemenway of Indiana, repre-
senting, Vice President Fairb snks and
Congressman James Francis Burke of
Pittsburg, speaking for Senator Knox
held late conference on that matter
tonight. No decision was reached,
however, as Maj. F. C. Bryan, general
counsel of the allies, could not be
reached for the time being, and they
waited for specific advice from the
principals Knox, Cannon, Fairbanks,
Foraker and Hughes.
Negroes Angry.
The allies are not nlone in their pro
test against the action of the commit
tee. The colored voters have broken
loose with a storm of denunciation
They go so far as to threaten to bolt
the ticket entirely, if Secretary Taft
is nominated, and put up a candidate
of their own for the presidency. Sen
ator Joseph Benson Foraker if that
champion of their cause can be Undue.
ed to accept the nomination. BY those
who are in close touch with Senator
Foraker, 1t is not considered impossi
BILE that he would accept. The fight.
ing Ohio statesman is more angry ov.
er the negro question than he has ev.
er been over any thing in his life. His
1nttmates believe it entirely possible
he might choose reenact the role OF
samson and attempt to pull down the
entire fabric of the republican party
although he should destroy himself
politically in doing so.
Negroes Not Alone.
Negroes are not alone in their fight
against the action of the national com
mittee and against Taft as the presi,
Dental nominee. The constitution lea.
que, mixed order of whites and
blacks and which backed Senator For.
aker In his fight on the president over
the brownsville incident is behind
them. The Illinois branch of the lea
que, acting on authority of parent body
or New York, issued formal protest
today against the national committees
methods seating Lii White" Taft
delegates over negro contestants from
all southern states. The protest was
signed by Thomas Pearson. ]. \.
Sfmms, F. l.. Barnett. f. H. Brewing.
ton and John c. Buckner all local
black leaders and copy of it was de
hVered to each member of the nation
al committee.
ne nrst paragraph of the protest
refers to an appeal that should be
made to have Incorporated in the plat
form plank for the restoration of
the Brownsville soldiers TO their serv-
Ice in army. The negroes are united
upon that issue and will have A hearty
support of the constitution league,
The second paragraph tells the com.
mittee that the league knows Just
what Is being done in Mr.. Taft's be-
half
OF the sixteen delegates gained bv
Mr., Taft today. six came from Florida
and ten from Georgia. Taft delegates
at large from Florida and those from
the Second district were seated over
the colored contestants who were for
Foraker In the Georgia contests
neither set of delegates was instruct.
ed, but those seated are known to be
for Taft. For four delegates at large
and those of Eleventh district con
tests went to Tafters by default. but
Fifth and Eighth districts bitterly
contested.
Taft Men Confident.
Tafters are so certain of the nomi
nation of their candidate that thev
are casting about for vice-presiden.
tial candidate and the officers of ma.
tional committee. 1t is quietly an.
nounced from an inspired source this
evening that Senator Murray Crane
might be asked to be treasurer Of the
national committee. The post will be
vacant by the retirement of Cornelius
\. Bliss. The appointment of Sena
tor Crane to that post would insure
the hearty support of the allies for the
Taft ticket. Also Cranes selection as
treasurer would leave the Tafters free