Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-09
Only One Effort so Far Made to Sc.
cure Roll Call.
THIS WAS DISMAL FAILURE
Only Two of Necessary Twenty Mem.
bers Arose.
SECOND PLACE STILL IN All
Tendency ia Marked 60 Give consid-
GRAFTON 20 weuern Men,
sheldon May BE
Available.

CHICAGO, June s.--(special TeleEram)
From the cases so far heard by the re-
publican national committee Il is fully
established that the great majority of the
contests for seats In the convention have
been simply trumped up either by the
pulling of wires from representatives OF
the so-called allies or by local insurgents
expecting 20 find their reward when they
should present themselves at Chicago.
There may be few bona fide contests.
but not one came up In which the allies.
who have plenty OF members In The COM
mittee. have felt warranted In even call
Ing for division roll call Until the
Fifth Kentucky case was reached when
but two members rose In response 70 an
appeal for division. The rules require
call Of twenty members for a roll call.
In spite Of increasing talk Of the vice
presidency, the second place on the ticket
with Taft is still entirely up In the air
The tendency is marked to give considera-
tion to names of western men II is
possible the availability of Governor Shell
don may be seriously eanvassed.
sixteen More for Taft.
Sixteen more votes were gained for Taft
| today by the settlement OF contests. Two
of these came from Florida. six from Geor-
gia and eight from Kentucky. These were
all the contests heard by the committee.
The settlement OF the Kentucky cases en-
gendered more III feeling than has been
manifested since the committee began its
work. Senator-elect w. l. Bradley, OF Kes-
lucky appeared as counsel for the Fair
banks delegation. The First district was
| quietly settled, as Mr.. Bradley had no
knowledge of the conditions involved other
than those presented IN the brief Of the
case he Taft delegates were seated The
| Fifth district was then taken up This ia
the Louisville district. the home OF Mr..
Bradley. He spoke at length. the time OF
each side having been extended to twenty
five minutes. During his speech he made
the suggestion that II Taft Is nominated n
| would be doubtful whether he could carry
the state Of Kentucky, whereupon CLAYTON
Blakey attorney for the Taft delegation.
charged that Mr.. Bradley had stumped the
state for FairbankA, making just that sort
/ OF argument Mr.. Bradley denied the
! charge and Mr. Blakey replied that he had
seen letters written by Mr. Bradley making
such claims, and that he had personally
received one of the letters Mr. Bradley
was defeated in his case and declined to
continue with the two remaining Kentucky
contests He said that he would carry them
to the credentials committee OF the CON
/ seated
the Taft delegation
The effort to secure a division OF the
committee occurred in the hearing OF the
contest from the fifth Kentucky district
John w. McCulloch. wHo holds the proxv
! OF John w. Yerkes, the committeeman
from Kentucky, demanded a division on
the question OF whether the Taft or the
Fairbanks delegation should be seated
Charles H. Scott of Alabama responded
by rising and the two appealed in vain for
twenty lmembers to rise and be counted.
They then sat down. Mr.. Bradley on en-
tertng the committee room accosted Mr..
Hitchcock with the following:
Tn tired Of this brace game you are
running. / won't bolt the ticket myself
but can't speak for Kentucky"
He expressed himself with great hitter.
ness Mr.. Hitchcock smiled as he replied:
I I'm sorry, governor, but don't see how
we could both be pleased"
Representative William B. McKinlev
manager Of the presidential boom Of Joseph
O. Cannon arrived today to take charge OF
! the Cannon forces. Late today be issued a
brief statement in which he said.
"The action OF the Taft people on the
national committee simply demonstrates
the weakness OF their statements that they
had enough votes to nominate Mr.. TAFT
without the southern delegates or those In
volved in the contests, Our figures given
out the other day are correct, and as the
situation now stands we have every rea-
son to believe that no candidate will have
enough to nominate him on the first bal.
lot"
Committee Begins Work.
The committee met shortly after 10
o'clock today to continue it's hearing Of
contests for seats in the national conven-
tion on the temporary roll call
The first case taken up was that OF the
third Florida district the only contest from
that state which was unfinished when tho
convention adjourned on Saturday. Fol-
lowing this the three district contests from
Georgia which were passed on Saturday
were to be taken up and next on the list
were four districts from Kentucky. II is
possible that this will comprehend all the
work the committee VIII be able to handle
today, but there were some members Of
the committee who believed that It would
be possible to take up the contests from
Louisiana which include the delegates at
large and seven districts
All Of the contests which are yet TO b
settled are brought by negro voters in
structed for Senator Foraker. with the ex-
ception OF the four districts in Kentucky
which are claimed for Vice President Fair
banks. and two in Missouri which are
claimed for Governor Hughes
The representatives OF the allies" were
present today IN fun force when the COM
mittee began It's deliberations ana there
was no more talk heard Of bolting the ma
tional committee.
HiteheOek Leaves Committee.
Frank II. Hitchcock. the Taft manager.
did not sit today as a member OF the com
mittee, Solomon Luna OF New Mexico,
whose proxy Mr.. Hitchcock had held hav-
ing arrived. After a conference with a
number Of his friends Hitchcock decided
20 withdraw despite the fact that he had
: received a telegram from Alexander NC
Kenzie. the national committeeman from
North Dakota, asking that Hitchcock rep
I resent him.
Mr.. Hitchcock also received q telegram
from Charles A. Carey Of Oregon. sending
his proxy 10 the Taft manager. Ar, Hitch