The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-11
TAFT HAS C|hCH|
ON NOMINATION.;
5O4 VOTES
SIXTH OHIO DISTRICT SPLIT, SEN.
AToR FORAKER GETTING TWO
HALF.sEArs IN HIS OLD BALL
WICK.

CHICAGO, June 1l.-Secretary OF
War VIM. II. Taft now has a total OF
50i votes and his nomination as pres
ident Of the United States is assured.
The Republican national committee.
SO far. has given him 13 ballots more
than is necessary for his nomination.
Contests were decided yesterday In
two states-Ohio and North Carolina
at large and In IA districts, the net
result being that 33 full votes were
added 10 the number already accruing
TO the war secretary. Two half votes
were given TO Senator Joseph b. For
aker.
The committee has yet to consider
contests at large in four states and
a total OF 3S district contests and
two from the territories, involving q
total OF "a votes.
The chief interest OF the day Gen.
tered In the Ohio contests, OF which
there were four in the third. the sixth,
the tenth and the thirteenth districs.
Taft got the delegates in the third,
the tenth and the thirteenth districts,
and In the sixth district both delega-
tons were seated with a half vote to
each man.
Foraker's Hard Fight.
The Foraker men made a strong
! fight in this district because 1t was
the old home OF the senator and they
were anxious TO procure its votes for.
him. The Foraker delegates are
Mark Shoupe. of Xenia and r. l.. Gil
christ OF Lebanon. and the Taft men
are III. NJ. Brown OF Hillsboro and G.
q. Hildebrandt OF Wilmington. The
latter faction has been recognized for
the last four years as regular.
The Ohio contests have been in
charge OF Arthur l.. Vorys and Myron
IT. Herrick. both OF whom are dele
gates-at.large, Herrick being also a
member OF the national committee.
All contests outside of Ohio have been
under the supervision of Frank II.
Hitchcock
When the arguments had been con-
Guided In the sixth district hearing.
several Taft members OF the national
committee applied TO Mr.. Hitchcock
for further information. He referred
all questions TO Myron T. Herrick.
and Mr.. Herrick simply announced
that he intended to vote for the seat
| ing OF the Taft delegates. The motion
10 divide the delegation between the
Taft and Foraker men came from
Senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts,. and
was carried without strenuous OPPOSE
ton.
The contests In the third and the
tenth districts were based on factional
fights, both sides to the disputes be-
ing instructed for Taft. In the thtr.
teenth district, the action OF the Taft
delegates In holding a convention Of
their own was sustained. and they
were placed on the temporary roll call.
Start With Missouri.
The days proceedings opened with
the hearing OF contests from the elev.
enth and twelfth Missouri districts.
After these came the North Carolina
contests. which were over the dele.
gates-at-large and those OF seven dis
tricts. These contests were heard sep
arately. Ohio followed North Caro-
/ lima and then came South Carolina,
where only one contest. that OF the
delegates-at.large, WIS heard. These
went to TAFT by default. and the-hear-
ing of the cases irons the first and the
fifth South Carolina districts were
/ passed until today.