Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-15
PLATFORM FIGHT
TO BE VIGOROUS
HOTELS THREATEN SUITS FOR
CANCELLATION
MULTITUDE NOT AS GREAT AS
FORMERLY
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California Delegation Fails to Take
Along Fruit and Wine as Is Usual
Custom and Disappoint-
ment Is Felt
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their colleague, until he was removed
to the senate, Senator Hopkins. This
strong tariff element in the platform
committee will probably bring about
some consideration of the details of
when the work of tariff revision will be
taken up by congress, but it is not
likely to vary the plans already ma
tured for conservative revision
The financial plank is also considered
outside the bounds of serious contro-
versy, and the main provisions subject
to revision are those relating to the
anti-injunction plank urged by Mr..
Gompers and that relating to railroad
regulation.
Hopkins on Platform
1t is now generally conceded that
Senator Hopkins of Illinois will be
chairman of the platform committee,
the only doubt being as to whether the
Illinois delegation will select him as a
member Of that committee, but the sem
timent in the delegation tonight was
that the choice which will be made to-
morrow will fall upon Mr.. Hopkins.
The vice presidential contest con-
tinues to be the most enlivening fea-
ture of the preliminary work and the
delegates are as much in doubt tonight
as at any time since the contest began.
The Dolliver element appears to be
making the greatest advance, and this
gave rise to the reports that the Dolli-
ver movement was now assured of sue
cess. The friends of other candidates
were far from admitting this and be-
gan maturing plans for decisive action.
A call for a caucus of the New York
delegation was issued for IL o'clock to-
morrow. This is expected to develop
the strength of the various New York
names, Sherman, Woodruff, Cortelyou
and possibly Low.
Inf oil od m
Woodruff the favorite numerically in
his own delegation. But the outside in
Guence, including that of the con-
gressional element from many parts of
the country, is strong upon the New
Workers to make Sherman their choice.
The availability of Seth Lowe appeals
to the New York delegates at large,
owing to his position as trustee of the
Tuskegee Negro institute and his re-
cent work at the head of the Civic
federation in seeking to reconcile the
issues between labor and capital. But
outside of the delegates at large, Mr..
Lowe has not developed any noticeable
strength.
The various other vice presidential
candidates continue to be urged with
varying degrees of enthusiasm and the
uncertainty brings forth a list of new
names, which is constantly growing.
To Make Vote Unanimous
General Stewart L. Woodford head
of the New York state delegation-at-
large is said to be prepared to move
that the nomination of Taft be made
unanimous in the event Of his selection
by the convention, and provided the
uninstructed men in the New York
state delegation, all of them regarded
as Taft men, shall have voted for
Hughes Oh the first ballot.
That being done, there would appar-
emily be no obstacle, they claim to the
casting of New Yorks seventy eight
votes for a New York man for vice
president. 1t is upon this man that
the various interests are trying tonight
TO agree.
Hughes name will be presented to
the convention. 1t will not be with
drawn, according to General NVoodford.
who said today; "The New York state
convention unanimously instructed our
delegates-at-large to present the gov
ernor's name to the national Republi-
can convention as the candidate of
New York for the presidency, and
directed us to use all honorable means
to secure his nomination. We have
accepted the trust and shall present
his name"
Strong efforts are being made to
harmonize the New York state situa-
tion SO as to secure a united vote of
the state first, for Governor Hughes for
president, and after that for candi-
cate for the vice presidency from New
York state.
Work continued until far into the
night in the effort to get the New York
delegation into harmony on the vice
presidential question. EX Representa-
tive Littauer, who is regarded as lead
er of the Sherman advocates confirmed
the belief that they would not present
the matter in any formal way until the
Hughes candidacy for the presidency
had been disposed of.