The sun., 1908-06-10
ROOSEVELT SPLITS A STATE
COMMITTEE UNDER HIS ORDERS
DIVIDES LOUTSIANA'S VOTE. y
Provision Made in Resolution for Reorsans
Izing Party In That State--Corte,you
Looming Large for vice.Presidency
George Won l.. Meyer for Chairman.

iZing Party In That State--Corte,you
Looming Large for Vice.Prosldemcy
George Won l.. Meyer for Chairman.
CHICAGO, June s.-The national committees
to-day seated thirty-four more Taft dele
gates eighteen from Louisiana and sixtoen
from Mississippi.
The situation now Is: Seats still to be do
citled. IA; now in Taft column, al; neces-
sary TO nominate, 491. sn
There was a breeze in the committees
over the Louisiana case. Early this morn
ing the President and Secretary TAFT sent
word from Washington that the Louisiana
delegation should be divided half and half
between the lily whites and the blacks.
This message came after suggestions from
Charles p. Taft Ralph w. Tyler the oolored
auditor Of the Navy Department. and
Booker T. Washington, who recalled that
the delegation from the State was similarly
divided four years ago. VI
Ormsby MoHarg Of Washington, general
counsel for all the contesting Taft delega-
tions, precipitated torrid episode In con-
compromise proposition. He declared he
had been through the South Aat the request
of the next President Of the United States.
He said the Taft faction insisted that tbs
committee vote on the seating Of the Louis
lana delegation and asserted that 1t would
not listen to any talk of compromise. Sena-
tor Lodge, Senator Hepburn, Senator Scott
and A. M. Stevenson, committeeman for
Colorado, declared McHarg's conduct inn
pertinent to the committee.
NEW PRESENTS THE RESOLUTION.
| Harry New left the chair. Senator Lodge
presided and Mr.. New offered the following
resolution, which was adopted: a..
THE proposal for the seating Of both
delegations with half vote each provides
for the following: The decision s to carry
! with it the recognition OF neither Of the
| existing State committees. 1t 10 pro-
vided that a committee, to be composed
of the chairman. secretary and one mem
Der of the incoming national committee,
| be empowered to formulate plan for the
! thorough reorganization Of the party
| throughout the State 1t is agreed that
the chairman of the incoming national
committee shall be empowered to appoint
| the member of the national committee who
is to represent the State Of Louisiana
The Republican organization Of the State
is therefore to be reorganized and great
was the wrath of Henry Clay Warmouth
over the decision. He 10 a Taft man and the
entire delegation is for Taft, but the idea
Of reorganizing anything in Louisiana does
not meet with MIR, Warmouth's approval.
Two delegates--one lily white and Che
other black-pulled "razzers' outside the
committee room when informed OF the
| decision No blood flowed.
| The decision OF the President as TO
Louisiana was made for State purpose,
only. The Mississippi contestants wer,
tumbled out just the same under the rule
Of the President and all other contestants
from the Southern States are to DO polit-
ically massacred to make Taft holiday.
THE SOUTHERN FARCE.
The farce OF this whole Southern Re-
publican disturbance is portrayed when
it is recalled that Florida cast s.sl4 votes
for Roosevelt at the Presidential election
! of 1904. Louisiana cast 5,2o5, Mississippi
/ cast $685. South Caro- ua cast 1854. These.
at least. are the figures returned by tho
election officers of those States. The
four are to have eighty-two delegates
in the Republican national convention
next week. though together they cast but
1924 votes for Roosevelt Pennsylvania
and Connecticut together are to have eighty
two delegates in the convention They
cast 952, ,03S votes for Roosevelt
Henry B. Mccoy, national committeeman
for the Philippines. arrived late this after
noon and relieved Senator Lodge Of his
proxy. Phelps and Statter still will WELD
their proxies, and Frank Hitchcock 9
pockets bulge with proxies. He does not
use them, though, and he has been dis
placed as assistant secretary OF the nationsl
committee by Chairman New, Mr.. New
substituting Arthur Fisher. an assistant
to Secretary Elmer Dover. as Mr. Hitch
cocks successor.
NEWS FINISH IN SIGHT.
This young Indianian, Harry New. son
OF John c. New. one of.the greatest Hoosisr
Republican politicians Of his day wouldn't
have any more nonsense with Mr.. Hitch
cock. He has objected from the start TO
MIR Hitchoook's course here, believing
it to be injurious to the Republican party.
and while the President has approved Of MIR.
Hitchcooks methods Mr.. New didn't. and
80 he has relieved MIR. Hitchcock from his
place as assistant secretary OF the national
committee. 1t has been said often that the
President is vindictive, so much 90 that be
would pursue even flea to the mouth Of
hell and Mr.. New is thought by his atti-
tude to Mr.. Hitchcock to have lost all chance
Of becoming chairman Of the now national
committee to be elected in this convention.
il he ever desired the place. There lis TO be
difficulty in getting the right man for chair
man for the committee. anyway. No
Republican here bankers for the job. Close
friends Of Senator Crane, who has been
mentioned as the choice OF President Roose-
welt, Senators Aldrich and Hale and others
for chairman Of the national committee.
say he will not accept the ofioe II It Is i,
rendered to him. Friends Of Mr.. Crane
are saying that he is too independent Q man
to act as chairman in the coming campaign.
The President and Secretary Taft have
strong personalities and viii lend their
influence TO the running OF the campaign
1t is also expected that Charles p. Taft
may wish to be consulted at times Senator