Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-10
IMPAIRS HUGHES STRENGTH.
Committee Consolidated llth
And 18th Districts and Seated
The Taft Delegations.
Manager Hitchcock Says 1hey Are
Working for Their Candidates
Nomination on First Ballot

Chicago. June 1o.-The Republican
national committee resumed its hear
ings today, taking UP first the fight
in the Eleventh Missouri district which
was postponed last night.
! The anti-Taft people announced be-
| fore the hearing began that they were
not over hopeful OF success. They said
that since the committee decided yes
terday in favor OF the Taft delegates
in the Tenth district there was small
chance in their opinion, Of winning
out In the remaining contests.
The Missouri contests are between the
Hughes and Taft delegations and II all
of them are decided in favor of Taft
Gov. Hughes win lose the greater part
of his instructed delegates outside the
state of New York.
Among the arrivals early today were
former Representative J. w. Babcock
of Wisconsin: Representative James
A. Tawney of Minnesota
1t was announced today that the
headquarters of Senator Knox Will be
| opened on Saturday or Sunday They
Will be In charge OF Col. William r..
Andrews OF Meadvile Pa, chairman
of the Pennsylvania delegation.
MISSOURI CASES.
| AIlpT tdlllllR lUC EsleNtIll 2nicSouii
district II was decided TO consolidate
this case with that of the Twelfth dis
| trict from the same state. Twenty-Five
minutes We're given to each side for
| the presentation of evidence.
| A. p, Humphreys, manager for Gov.
| Hughes, appeared at the committee
| room for the first time since the hear
| ing of the contest began. The general
| attendance. however, was much smaller
and the apparent interest much less
than at any preceding session OF the
committee. Gov. Yarmouth OF LOUIS
lana was reached yesterday In the con-
test from his state. He expressed him-
self today in much the same man
ner as on yesterday and apparently
felt exceedingly bitter over the deci-
| sion made yesterday by the natlonai
committee.
Several conferences were held last
night and today between Gov. War
mouth and Walter Cohen, the leader OF
the Black and Tan" faction. but so far
| nothing definite has come Of them
TAFT GETS THEM.
| The decision in the consolidated case
| OF the Eleventh and Twelfth Missouri
! districts was in favor OF the Taft dele
cations and thay were ordered seated.
| Committeeman Scott OF West Virginia
offered motion providing that both del
| egatIons from each district be seated
| with half vote cash.
This was defeated by a standing vote.
81 to IL. Committeeman Aiken of Mis-
souri, then offered a motion seating both
Taft delegations and this was car
ried without division.
| After the decision in these cases had
been declared, Chairman New In dis
cussng the work of the committee with
a number of newspaper men said:
II know 1t has been charged that the
Taft people on the committee have
been riding rough-shod over every
thing l want to say, however. that
| all the contests that have been settled
by the national committee have been
decided strictly on their merits and on
the evidence presented. There has
been no rough riding over anybody"
After the Missouri contests had been
| settled, North Carolina was called In
this state there are contests over dele
gates large, and from the First 10
Sixth districts inclusive. aud in the
Eighth district.
The contests In North Carolina were
not consolidated, the delegates-atslarge
being first taken up with 80 minutes
allowed to each side.
HITCHCOCK TALKS.
Manager Frank II. Hitchcock OF the
Taft forces today made an important
declaration In relation to the vice.
presidential situation. Mr.. Hitchcock
said:
| lH the QltSllOH VI iflt nomination
of vice president. Secy. Taft and his
managers have made no comments or
| deals; they viii not hereafter make
! any combinations or deals and will
! not push the candidacy OF any partic-
ular man. We are simply working TO
secure the nomination OF Secy. Taft on
the first ballot and when we have
achieved that. We will bo highly salts
| fed.
THE question OF the selection OF a
! Vice presidential candidate is a cues
| ton for the convention 20 decide and
Their ia no thought OF attempting to In
| nuence these selections Taft has no
| Intention OF binding this delegates who
| cast their votes for him for president
TO vote for any particular person for
| vice president. The Taft people are not
backing any candidate for vice -pres
dent and they win not do so hereafter.
II we succeed In nominating Secy
Taft as firmly believe We win. that
Is all that we can have a right 10 ex-
pect In the way OF nominations and
we win not attept 10 influence the vote
| for candidate for vioe-presldent The
vice presidential race In all its phases
u.s. so far as the TAFT people are CON
cerned. an entirely open question and II
win remain open so far as We are
| concerned"
COY Dartmouth OF Louisiana today de-
clarcd;
What action viii be taken by the
Louisiana delegation concerning the
decision handed down yesterday BY the
national committee has not yet been
| determined"
''rhe question will not be settled def
| nitely until AFTER the arrival of tho
| fun delegation
| The decision OF the committee In the
| contest FOR delegates .at-large Of North
| Carolina was I'm favor VI The Tart fac
! ton. The First North Carolina dis
/ trict was next called.
Tho vote Tor delegates-at- large from
| North Carolina followed a motion by
Robert Reyburn OF the District of Co
umbla To seat the anti-Taft delega-
lion. This WAS voted down by a viva
vOoe vote. The motion 70 seat the
Taft delegates then prevailed.
the contest IN the First district az
North Carolina WAS denied ~ faw'r
az the Taft delegates. A motion was
made and lost 70 seat both delegations