The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
TALL FOR HUGHES"
MANNING SAYS TATE FoRCEs LosE
 IN kLABAMA.
sR~pahsicnp sf Alexander City says That scott win Wtn Over fnome
 ~an for New York's Governor.

sAlabama's celegatcg to the Repnph- ca Convention have already been se- ircted and if Taft is favored by -four Of them 1t win surprise me. was sne statement of J. c. Manning oiSaiyzan- dpr City: one of the best known Repup- ''~ .syvhat Is more to the point this fact is but now known to the Taft heuten- ants" d few hours yesterday. Before his ae- parture to Alexander City at 1'io o'clock in the afternoon he rave an m. ferview an the situation of Republican noliffcs. Tn was in substance that n fhe greater part of the South Taft was not nearly so strong as GovefnOss Charles E. Hughes. of New forks anu that in Alabama the strength or Jo- seph 0. Thompson measured assins. fhat Of Charles H. Scott had been greatly over estimated
 The statement that in the recent Republican convention In the srtn District the Thompson faction voted Scott down by overwhelming major fly is misleading" MT. Manning saia vesterday. The indications that m that district and in the Third where a Convention was held Mir. Thompson had ft all his own way and Mr. Scott was kept so far in the background of inactivity are not fndisputable in the least In fact I believe that Mir. scott has the better of the present coptest for supremacy.
 sAnd for this reason. if for none other; Mir. Scott is member Of the National Committee and will naturally have an opportunity to utilize the in- nuence he possesses as committee man. as we'll as man who has had the confidence of many of the Party 8 national leaders. And think 1t may a- r. k<sA Zraff c last say to the Committee will have a more lasting effect than the present dictugn of Mr. Thompson. Be 1t grant cd that Mir. Thompson wieids such IT. resistibIe influence in Alabama as bis friends claim he can not be assured that the influence will be extended so far as to command the attention an5 secure the acquiescence of the National Committee"
 In Georgia. Florida. Mississippi and other Southern States. Mr. Manning said, in reviewing the general field. the anti-Taft instinct was strong, to the advantage of the prospects of Gov- efHpr Hughes Of 1s. Nsw :.,,ss York. :, ..rk,ns with Republicans representing alaNparts of the South" Mir. Manning remarked, s=and their remarks upon the subject strongly indicated Hughes. Nearly every Southern Republican you meet and ask who Will win Tor the RepuDlt- can Party. will answer that Charles E. Hughes is the man. It is possible that Taft may have four delegates from Alabama; doubt 1t. From other southern states there win be the same lack of numerousness and enthusiasm Co go to Chicago Convention and vote for Taft"
 Mr. Manning expressed the belief that in the North and East Taft had --. AL At.. bAen claimed for him. On a recent visit to Massachusetts and New York and other Eastern States. Mr. --an- ning said. he found that strong men sof the Party were looking @ .skance ai Taft and with most friendly eyes upon HuRhes. He believes that Hughes strength, in thes South will be a con siderable. though not perhaps a very potent, factor In the convention to be held in Chicago.