Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-12
Oliver and Hale Factions in Eighth
Are Given One Vote Each.
ELLIS BRINGS THE PLATFORM
Pennsylvania Delegates Say Knox
Will Not Withdraw.
FIGHT OVER INJUNCTION PLANK
Labor Leaders and Manufacturer
VIII Make Representations to
the Committee on
Resolutions,

CHICAGO June 1.-THE republican ma.
tonal committee today reached Texas in
the alphabetical list of states while dccid-
ing contests on the temporary call OF the
convention. The work today settled cases
involving two delegations at large and
twenty-one districts, a total OF fifty dele
gates. OF these Taft is certain to have
forty-nine and may possibly have fifty.
| The uncertain delegate halls from the
Eighth district OF Tennessee and It is not
positively known how he will vote He
! belonged. however, to the oliver faction
in that state, the majority OF whom were
instructed for Taft.
The work of the committee today excited
much less interest than that OF previous
sessions The visitors who were numerous
on former occasions were for the most part
absent today and rule only such people
visited the Coliseum where teh committee
is sitting had business to transact. The
South Carolina contests were the first
called. they being from the First and Fifth
districts. Both Of these were given to
Taft after short hearings.
Tennessee District Divided.
The hearing of the contests from Ten
nessee occupied by far the greater part of
the day. each side being allowed two hours
for presentation of evidence and arguments
The fight here grew out of a factionai
struggle over local issues in Tennessee, all
of the Hale element being instructed for
Taft and the majority of their opponents
who were dubbed the oliver delegates be-
ing also for the secretary Of war The re-
suit was that the Taft men were seated In
all but the Eighth district, where the dele
cation was divided at the earnest request
OF National Committeeman Brownlow. who
asked that it be done in order to give the
republicans of that district an improved
chance Of defeating the present democratic
congressman. The splitting of the delega-
ton. however. is not likely to make any
difference to Taft. inssmuch as none Of the
Oliver delegates was instructed for anybody
else and the greater number Of them had
been directed to vote for him.
The hearing Of these cases produced the
only picturesque scenes Of the day. Messe
NJ Ltttieton, counsel for the Oliver men,
| came into the hall armed and displayed a
huge hatchet. with which he said the lives
OF the Oliver men had been threatened.
Newell Sanders, chairman of the state
central committee supplied a counter irri-
tant to the Littleton hatchet exhibition by
telling, in his argument. of the desperate
fight which the Hale men were compelled
10 make before they were allowed in the
hall. and of how a big colored man ives
| about to stop him with an Oliver hatchet.
before some of the Hale men put the negro
suddenly into a state of coma. His ac-
count of the struggle in the convention hall
was received by the committee with much
interest.
Texas Delegation Seated.
The hearing Of the Texas case was next.
and in these, the contests over the seats
of the deegates-at-large and from the
third, fourth. fifth, sixth, seventh, NINTH
thirteenth, fourteenth. fifteenth and six
! teenth districts were consolidated, and
after a brief hearing, the delegates from
the faction headed by Cecil A. Lyon the
: present national committeeman from that
state were seated
The reorganized republicans, who con-
! tested in every one OF these districts were
! completely defeated not receiving a single
delegate. After this decision. the commit
tee adjourned until tomorrow.
! 1t is understood though that no official
| announcement TO that effect was made.
that the contests in the second and
twelfth districts will be withdrawn and
| that the arguments only will concern the
! first. fifth, eighth, tenth and eleventh
! districts.
The delegates seated today from Texas
are not instructed. but Committeeman
| Lyon, who dorects affairs generally, as
/ serted that there is no doubt that their
votes will be cast for Taft.
! It is the earnest desire Of the committee
| to finish its work by tomorrow night and
! in order to facilitate this 1t has been de.
cided that the remaining contests from
Texas are TO be consolidated. as will also
1 be those from Virginia
Ellis Brings Platform.
The situation around the hotels was
/
entire delegation being as yet upon the
ground The most important arriseai to-
day was Wade Ellis attorney general Of
Ohio, who brought with him a draft of
the platform. He refused to discuss its
/ provisions, but asserted that in his opinion
| it would without question be the best
| platform that any political party has
sanctioned in recent years
A number OF Pennsylvania delegates ar
| rived during the day and announced that
| Senator Knox was in the fight to the
finish and the bigger the fight, the
brighter they believed his chances would
be. r. "A. Stevenson OF Ohio. who opened
the Foraker headquarters today made a
similar announcement I'm behalf OF the
Ohio senator, asserting that he would not
under any circumstances withdraw before
the voting ended.
right over Injunction Plank.
It is possible that a hard fight viii re-
suit from the meeting Of the resolutions
committee. over the opposing planks which
will be presented by representatives OF
the American Federation Of Labor and the
! National Association OF Manufacturers. II
has already been announced that a con-
! ference OF labor leaders is to be held for
| the purpose OF demanding that the plat
| form contain a plank declaring against
or at least greatly modifying the use OF
| the Injunction In labor disputes. James
W. VanCleave Of ST. Louis, president OF
the National Association OF Manufacturer,
| today anticipated the labor conference by
issuing a formal statement, in which -
| bitterly attacked the position which Tn
union labor men are expected 70 assume
He declared that anything approaching an
advocacy OF class legislation should he
avoided By the republican party and a.