The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-10
ALLIES TAKE new
BACK THREAT OF
MAKING A BOLT

tiyes of the allies" tonight recalled
their statement that they will bolt
the Republican national committee so
/ far as the presentation OF evidence
[ to support the claims of anti-Taft
delegations from southern states Is
concerned. There is evidence that
the announcement made last night
upon the authority of Representative
James Francis Burke, manager for
! Senator Knox, after he had been In
conference with Senator Hemenway
/ of Indiana, ]. B. Healing Of Indiana
and others identified with the cam
paign being made by the allies,
created dissension. Some of the other
/ Spokesman for the allies declared
/ the announcement to be III advised.
and they busted themselves today to
counteract its effect After numer-
Gus conferences the following, which
was headed Statement from the Al
I lies" was issued:
Upon the authority of the repre-
I sentatiYes of all of the political cam
didates other than Secretary Taft. II
was announced today that they would
continue to present their side of the
contested delegate cases to the ma
tjonal committee The decision of
the national committee will not be
taken as final by the candidates
known as the allies, but an appeal
will be taken in cases where 1t is be-
lieved injustice has been done, first
to the committee on credentials and
later to the convention Itself.
The determination or the repre-
sentatives of the allies to continue
the presentation of their side of the
contests to the national committee is
not to be taken as an indication that
they approved of the manner in which
these contests have been decided.
But in order TO be in a position to
present all of the cases in proper
form 10 the committee on credentials
it is deemed advisable to comply with
the form of procedure laid down by
the national committee.
1T is the firm determination of
the representatives of the allies to
first give the national committee an
opportunity 10 consider all the con-
tests on their merits"
1t is generally believed that the
announcement made last was design
ed TO test public sentiment and to
influence the Taft forces TO COM
promise proposition submitted TO the
committee yesterday just prior TO
the adjournment. That the effect
was not what the allies" expected
was admitted today by number of
men who had knowledge of the en-
tire proceeding. Senator Crane of
Massachusetts. who has been recog- /
nized as one of the chief advisers of
the anti-Taft movement, said today
that the announcement should not
have been made. Senator Hemenway
characterized the story that the al /
lies" had decided to bolt as "unau-
thorized"
Mr.. Healing was moi so emphatic.
but he intima = hal somebody had
been dreamir A. p. Humphreys, /
the Hnughes manager. said that he
had not attended the conference, but |
that he had agreed TO abide by any /
decision reached. Managers for |
Speaker Cannon and Senator's La Fol- |
lette and Foraker We're not parties to /
the announcement.
II became known today that the |
ad jouTnment of the national commit /
tee yesterday was largely in the ma |
ture of diplomatic proceeding. 1t |
had been suggested to Senator Lodge, I
an ardent supporter of Taft, that, in |
asmuch as the nomination of Taft on |
the first ballot seemed probable, the |
remainder of the contests should be |
settled on a harmony basis. Among |
fha| Il
Chairman New, Secretary Dover, Com |
mittee men Mulvane of Kansas, Hart |
of Iowa, Crane of Massachusetts,, |
Scott Of West Virginia, Ward of New
York, Hepburn of Idaho. Brownlow
of Tennessee and Scott of Alabama.
The plan was not received with favor
by many members OF the committee,
who have dominated the proceedings
from the start. At the suggestion of
Frank H. Hitchcock, manager for
Taft and holder of the proxy of the
New Mexico member of the commit
tee, an adjournment was taken until
Monday.
The Taft managers at once COM
meneed series of telegraph and tel
ephone communications between this
tiiS anu w dsnllSlOHs .NtiiutI MT.
Hitchcock nor Charles p. Taft,
brother of the secretary of war, was
inclined TO yield to the overtures
made. Both were embarrassed, how
ever, by the appeals made by certain
members of what is known as the
"old guard" in the Republican ranks.
Before noon today Mr.. Hitchcock had
received from Washington official en-
dorsement of the stand pat posi-
tion he had taken, and the statement
was made that if the allies de-
clined to continue treir contests be-
fore the national committee, the tenn
porary roll of the convention would
be filled by the Taft delegates from
the contested districts.
1t is nothing but bluff. and am
not going to be scared by it," said
Mr.. Hitchcock late last night, when
told of the move of the ''allies. >"
This expression was not made for
prhlira finn hut II was rarrfaJ IN tho