New-York tribune., 1908-06-07


he followed the statement with the direct ques-
ton:
do you know where those tickets came ii'i''
and how they came to be used?'
Mr. Stripping did not reply until he was re-
minded by Mr. Streeter that his answer was
awaited.
II am under the impression that they were
obtained at the suggestion Of Butler Ames, who
was then in St Augustine" said Mr.. Stripping.
In connection with the charge that forged
tickets were used in Florida, the story or the
printing of the original tickets over which the
controversy has arisen was made public to-
day. 1t appears that the original tickets were
printed in Jacksonville at the direction of State
Chairman Chubb. After he had obtained the
tickets it is said that a representative OF the
people opposed to the Coombs- Chubb faction
visited the same printing Office and said tha1
Mr. Chubb wanted an additional 2OO tickets.
They struck off by the unsuspecuhs
printer and charged to Mr.. Chubos account
For convenience the form used by MI Chupo
was the admit bearer variety, this being for
the benefit of some of the negro delegates VINO
could not read Therefore. the alleged spurious
tickets were not different from the genuine
and the doorkeepers at the convention had no
recourse but to admit any person. possessing
one of them. The members of the anti-Taft
faction had the foresight to reach the hall first
and they were in full control when the Coomos-
Chubb delegates arrived. The latter were COM
PEELED to go elsewhere to hold their convention
They said they outwitted by yankee
trickery.'' What they meant by the term was
shown by the disclosure to-day.
NEW PREVENTS A FIGHT.
The alteration between representatives of
rival factions in the Florida contest threatened
for a time to be the most serious incident of the
day It occurred while Mr. Stripping was ad-
dressing the committee. He was denounclns
as machine politics the methods which, he
declared, had been employed by j. N Coombs,
the national committeeman. and Mr.. Chubb,
the state chairman. He said that when he was
appointed District Attorney in Florida, few
years ago. he went to Chubb. who was one of
the administrators referees on federal patron
age, and told him that he did not want his in
dorsement. He said he told Chubb he would
repudiate such Endorsement at the Depart
ment of Justice in Washington If it were made.
Mr.. Chubh was in the room when this state
ment made. and he promptly denied it.
Facing Mr. Stripping, he said:
THAT is absolute falsehood.''
"I reaffirm on my honor as a man that what
said is true" replied Mr. Stripping.
Both men were standing. They glared at
each other and simultaneously began to advance.
Chairman News gavel was making dents in the
table, and his voice could be heard above the
confusion declaring. Both gentlemen out of
order" In the mean time friends Of both
had interposed and the trouble over.
The Combs -Chubb delegates large and the
delegates of the same faction from the I'd Con-
gress District were ordered seated, Before the
motion to seat these delegates, who were in
structed for Secretary Taft, was put to the
Mr. of laha q
tute the Stripping delegates. The motion
seconded by Senator Crane of Massachusetts.
but was lost on viva voce vote. The original
motion then adopted After passing over
the Sd District which was the only remain
ing contest from Florida, the Georgia cases were
takn up.
BROTHER ATTACKS BROTHER.
Another amusing situation created by
these contests. The state case involving the
deegates-at-large was called, and it developed
that the opponents Of Secretary Taft had not
appeared. The Taft Big Four from Georgia
was then ordered seated. The opponents of Taft
in the 1st, I'd and Sd districts were not ready TO
proceed. and at the suggestion of counsel for
the other side these cases were passed until
Monday. The 5th District was then called. 1t
was a case of Blodgett against Bloodgett, two
brothers being on the opposing delegations.
nomination of Taft, and E. F Blodgett the
postmaster at Atlanta, for the Secretary of
War. The former charged his brother with be-
ing a subservient federal offcehoder whose
every act was controlled from Washington. but
he did not express his opinion in such polite
language as is here used.
AS Thomas became more and more Senuncia-
tory of his brother, the latter's smile became
broader and broader. He made no reply of a
personal character. few minutes later the
committee decided the case in his favor and he
was ordered seated with Ananas Brown as his
colleague from the 9th District The sth and
11th districts were then taken up and the Taft
delegates in both cases were victorious The
1lth went by default. the opposition to the Taft
delegates failing to appear An adjournment
was taken until 10 O'Clock Monday morning and
many members of the committee went to the
baseaall game between the Chicago and Wash
ington teams Of the American League
A HARMONY" SUGGESTION,
movement was started early to-day looking
20 the division of some Of the Southern delega-
tlons' giving half vote to each Of the opposing
factions This suggestion came from members
or the committee who have not been keen in
their support Of the Taft candidacy. It was
Pretaced by the concession by Senator Crane
Ihat the nomination of Secretary Taft on the
~iSl DeiloI Is practlcaly assured. and therefore
IN the settlement Of the remaining contests. an
effort should be made to recognize the negro
voter as q question of party expediencv" The
out-and-out Taft members of the COMMITTEES
combated this idea on the ground that all the
delegates from the South are mixed tho mann,
oershlp being about evenly divided between +bs
whites ana the negroes. They construed the
movement as an effort to break down their Or
sanlzation' and some members went SO far as
to say that it was an attempt to get anti-ad-