The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-17
FACTIONS
 WILL BE DROPPED
Collector Tebbetts Says Ala
 bana Will Fall In Line
DELEGATES ALL FOR TAFT
Early Adjournment of Congress May Be Knocked Out By Refusal of Congress To Pass Bill For
 Four Battleships.

Washington, April 16.-(Special)- liam F. Tebbetts, collector of customs at Mobile and prominently identified with the republican party of Alabama, declared today that all the factions in his party, in spite of their private rows, were strongly in favor of the Roosevelt policies and the Roosevelt ideas. In discussing the stu- ation in Alabama MT. Tebbetts admitted that the party was badly split up, but declared that everybody was willing to stand by the Presidents wing of the na- tional party and do what he could for it.
 While there are dual organizations in the republican party in Alabama" said MT. Tebbetts, "and in both factions there are those who are friends of the various candidates for president, the latest ad- vices show that in each organization there is big majority who stand for President Roosevelt's policies and who are favorable to the nomination of the big man from Ohio, Secretary Taft, and each faction will undoubtedly elect delegation committed to Taft.
 National Committeeman Charles Scott of Alabama, one of the first to declare for the nomination of Taft, is now busily engaged in getting up contests for a third delegation to the national convention in the interest of the so-called allies These delegates, however, it Is safe to say, will not be seated, as there is no ground for their claims for regularity. On the other hand it is pretty certain that if the dele gations from the Thompson and Davidson organizations are not both thrown out of the convention altogether they will both be seated with a half vote each, as was the case at the last national republican convention at Chicago with similar dual delegations from Louisiana, Delaware, Wisconsin and other states from which there were contested delegations
 Tn alabama, as in most southern states, the fight seems to be between one set of republicans who stand for naming candidates for state offices and the oppo- sition, dominated almost entirely by fed eral officeholders contented in their poli- tical efforts with securing delegations to national conventions"
 The contempt with which the House treated the Presidents recommendations for four battleships may upset the early adjournment plan, according to a story going the rounds of the Capitol today. The President intends staying in Wash ington until after the Chicago conven- tion anyway and in view of the manner in which the House receives his recom- mendations he might not De averse to having Congress on his hands that long. It would be mighty hard on the members. Among them there Is great anxiety to get away.
 According to Secretary Dover of the re- publican national committee, this was the last day under the official call for the committee for calling and advertising the state and district conventions which are to elect delegates to the Chicago con vention Under the terms of the call ''all conventions must be called on or before April 16. and all delegates must be chosen by May 16'' MT. Dover says the com mittee has failed to hear from 104 dis tricts and two states w..ose quota when summed up would be 216 votes. Among the district conventions not heard from by Mir Dover are the following Ala bama, First and Fifth; Arkansas, First.