Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
ssEARINo OF coNTEsTs BY RE
PUBLICAN NATIONAL COM
MITTEE 10 ENDED.
IlH MAS 500 VOTES ON FIRST BALLOT
OF the 21s Seats Contested Secretary
Taft Was Given 216 and Foraker 3
TAFT Lost But One Dlstrict--Alliss
Issue tement--Active Work Now
on Regular Convention.

Chicago, June 14.--Late Friday al.
ternoon the Republican national com
mittee completed the hearing Of all
contests submitted and turned It's at
tention to other matters. II has been
IN session for seven days Of actual
work, and has decided contests In.
volvinR 219 seats on the temporary
roll call These contests have been
decided as follows: For Taft, ZIG;
for Foraker, 3.
Az Taft had 3S7 instructed dele
gates before the national committee
began hearing the contests, he Will
have now a total Of 60S delegates on
the temporary roll call without taking
into consideration any that have either
Endorsed him or declared for him In
any other manner.
The only complete defeat sustained
by the Taft delegates in the contests
was In the Fifth Virginia district
where Foraker delegation was seat
ed because man was allowed to act
ms secretary Of the district conven'
ton who had issued call for q con-
yention in his own county for white
men only" 1t was believed by the
members Of the committee that II they
allowed the delegates from the con-
vention at which this man had acted
rs secretary, to be seated in the ma
tional convention that 1t would place
the party in the light Of approving a
call issued to a portion OF the voters.
For this reason 1t was decided to seat
the contrasting Foraker delegates.
Outside Of the conclusion Of the
contests before the national commit
tee the most important development
Of the day was the issuance by the
~allies' of statement in which they
declared their intention of Sticking
70 the finish" and In which they as
serted that It was certain that there
win be no nomination on the first
ballot"
The active work on the convention
preliminaries will not be under full
Roadway before Saturday night or
some time on Sunday. Although
delegates were constantly arriving
throughout the day no state is as yet
represented by It's full strength. New
York, Massachusetts, and Maine are
expected to be here by noon, and Mis-
souri, will arrive some time during the
latter part of the day. On Sunday
the California delegation will arrive
and numerous other states from the
west will have their complete quota
ON hand.
Speculation was busy Friday with |
the vice presidential question. No
one was able to arrive at definite
conclusion or to form confident idea
as to the possible outcome. The only
vice presidential candidate as yet on
the ground is John Hays Hammond,
who admitted that he was not exactly
in the lead but added that he was
satisfied with existing conditions and
prospects,
Senator Hopkins of Illinois, who
will be chairman Of the committee on
resolutions, arrived during the day
with a, boom for Fairbanks.
II am for Fairbanks II he will &C
cept," said Senator Hopkins. He
has made one of the best vice presi.
dents the country has ever had, and
he has earned denomination"
There is doubt whether the vice
president will permit the use Of his
name, but 1t is strongly asserted that
n he il nominated he will not decline. |