The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-13
SEVERAL MEN GIVEN FURTHER
CONSIDERATION BY DELEGATES
WHO ARE RAPIDLY ASSEMB-
LING IN CHICAGO.
THREE MEN IN STRONG.
Fairbanks, Clarke and Sherman Given
More Consideration for the Position
Than Any Others.-Live Convention
News.
Especial to the Palladiun.)


Chicago, June 13.-Headed by
Frank H. Hitchcock and Arthur |.
Norys, Taft boomers in Chicago today
formed themselves into a flying
wedge, preparatory to carrying Viii
liam r. Taft into the convention from
the credentials committee as the re
publican nominee for the president by
acclamation. While the Taft men
were preparing for the next fight, be-
fore the credentials committee, the
six allies were forming their lines to
fight him to the last. The fight be-
fore the credentials committee, which
will pass on steam rOller' victims,
left by the way side by national COM
mittee will be spectacular. On the
finding of this committee. will rest
the results of the convention. it is
now believed. While these two arm
les were getting ready for the battle,
vice-presidential booms began pop
ping.
This city has became a center of in
terest is being taken in the platform
proposition.
The state delegation. as soon as
they find headquarters, will make ar
rangements for choosing from their
members new national committee
resolutions committee and creden-
tials committee. Most of these meet
ings will be held Monday
The Taft leaders today declare it
is all over but the shouting. They
laugh at the idea Of Roosevelt stam-
pede or chance of any one else beat
ing Taft on the floor of the conven-
ton. He claims now as the result of
the national committees finding. 7O5
votes on the first ballot. At least
229 of these will again be contested
before the credentials committee.
Interest of those who are in Chi
cago to attend the republican national
convention, today became centered
about the work of getting up a plat
form upon which. William H. Taft or
any candidate who may be nominated
will run for the office from this time
until November
IdOOF IN session.
One of the most important features
to this big political question today,
was the meeting of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor at the Kaiser HOf
hotel. with President Samuel Gompers
at the head. The meeting was really
the quarterly meeting of the fedora
tion and is usually held east, but
~; -
good stroke when he transferred il to
Chicago at this time.
He wants republicans to adopt his
anti-injunction plank. There are
plenty of others too. who want planks.
Many Panks Proposed.
The National immigration League
has plank providing for the distribu-
t'on of aliens throughout the country
When the matter of the insertion of
the postal savings bank plank comes
up before the resolutions committee
real fight is looked for. 1t will
probably be a duplicate on smaller
scale of the struggle against the meas
ure In Washington when the president
attempted TO carry out his plan in that
regard. The w. c. T. L. will have a
plank to present and Utah women suf-
fragists also have something to say.
Sees Brother BILL"
Henry w. Taft. brother of the sec
retary with his wife and daughter
Louise. reached Chicago today and
took up headquarters at the annex.
Like his Brother Charley" he sees
Brother Bill in the first place on
the first ballot.
There is no other way out Of it."
said Mr.. Taft as a barber scraped the
whiskers off his chin in the Taft rooms
at the Annex.
Il have watched the situation pret-
ty close and am convinced that all
this talk by the allies will mean moth