The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-18
.CL|NCH[S MAJORITY VOTE
TAFT WINS SOUTH CAROLINA
CONTEST AND NOW HAS 4e1
ON TEMPORARY ROLL.
ALLIES NOW ADMIT DEFEAT
Uncle Joe Endorses Big Mans Tariff
Plank With Personal o. k.-
Secretary Of Treasury Cor
telyou a Favorite.

Chicago, June 1.-THE Republican
national committee seated the Taft
delegates from the First and Fifth
districts of South Carolina Thursday.
This places on the temporary roll of
the convention enough pledged Taft
men to assure the nomination OF the
secretary of war on the first ballot
exactly 491 votes
Taft is also expected to capture the
entire state delegations in Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia, which will consid-
erably increase his total.
Following the disposition of the
South Carolina contests, the national
committee took up the Tennessee
cases. 1t was decided to allow each
side two hours.
The allies will carry out perfunctor-
lily their program of fighting in the
committee on contested states, but
they admit privately that Taft will be
nominated on the first ballot and that
he will have the votes right from the
start
But One Ballot at Most.
This has revived the talk of a nomi-
nation by reclamation. Some of the
leaders are said to be looking with
favor on the proposition to nominate
their "favorite sons" cast their votes
for them. and then, before the result
OF the initial ballot is announced,
change their votes to Taft.
And this is very likely to be the
program. With the nomination Of the
secretary Of war a certainty, there Is
expected to be general scramble for
the band wagon.
Calvin J. Mcknight of New York,
personal representative of former
Gov. Benjamin B. Odell, arrived here
Thursday and will feel out the senti-
ment among politicians here regarding
New York's available candidates for
vice-president
Mcknight said he had talked to
great many of Hughes friends and
had tried to get Hughes to withdraw
from the race. The governor refused,
he said, insisting that he did not put
himself in the race in the first place.
This makes 1t certain that Hughes
name will be placed in nomination.
The national committee will COM
plete its work Friday and will recess
at once until just before the conven-
ton opens next Tuesday. Everything
will be ready at that time for the
session, and the intervening time will
be utilized by the leaders in discuss
ing the platform and the vice-presi-
dental situation.
With their candidate landed, the
Taft managers began looking over
the available timber for second place
on the ticket. All the favorite sons
booms have again been unwrapped
and placed on exhibition Secretary
of the Treasury Cortelyou and Repre-
sentative James s. Sherman are the
men most mentioned. 1t appears TO be
to be the consensus of opinion that
New York state should be represented
on the ticket and National Commit
teeman William L. Ward of that state
has been quietly informed that if his
organization will pick the man. he
will be named. The Taft men them
selves simply say all they will do will
be to indicate whom they will not
stand for leaving the delegates to do
as they please with all other candi-
dates.
II is not believed that there will be
much of struggle on the platform
question. In making the rough draft
of the document the Taft leaders con
suited with the allies" Speaker Can
non spent several hours looking over
the measure and 20. K.d' it before he
went back home.