The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-16

ters," will object to that. Two years
ago Secretary Taft, addressing an audi.
ence at Bath, Me-, declared himself
in favor of tariff revision, and he
has never swerved from that position,
having reiterated his conviction on
several occasions. The party leaders
are too wise to stultify themselves by
nominating Taft and then asking him
to stand on platform not in harmony
with his we'll known convictions on
this subject.
Taft boomers are more confident
than ever of the nomination of their
candidate, now that the convention is
in session, and declare that only one
ballot will be required. 1t is believed
that there will be no Withdrawals OF
rival candidates now actively in the
running before the first ballot in the
convention tomorrow, although it Is
entirely likely that several "favolite
SON. delegations will change their
votes before the result is announced.
William H. Taft will be the first man
placed in nomination before the na.
tional convention. When the roll call
of the states for nominations begins
Alabama will yield her place to Ohio
AMI Representative rYiton will nom
mate Taft in speech which those who
know Mr.. Burton's ability expect 10
fire the convention with enthusiasm.
Then will follow the seconding speech.
es of George A. Knight, Senator Dolli-
yer and other speakers of except Ial
power and ability, and pace will
have been set which other orators will
find it hard to maintain.
1t is announced that Representative
Burton will consume about twenty
minutes in his nominating speech. This
is more time than his been taken by
the orators who have delivered nom-
mating addresses which have become
classic. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll,
whose speech nominating Blaine as the
"plumed knight" is considered the
most notable in Republican history
used but ten minutes, and Roscoe
Conkhng's famous nomination of Grant
for third term consumed but twelve
minutes.
With Taft's nomination now GER
tainty interest is conferred in the con-
test for the vice presidential nomina-
the Taft and Fairbanks forces, which
will result in the selection of the Hoo
sier statesman as the tail of the Taft
ticket, are still in the air
Thousands of visitors, in addition to
the throngs which arrived yesterday,
poured into the city this morning and
the hotels are crowded as never be-
fore. Rooms at all the big hotels are
at premium and at the hostelries
near the Coliseum it is impossible TO
secure accommodations at any price,
unless they have been reserved long
in advance. Marching clubs and bands
from all over the country paraded the
streets this morning, but those of the
Taft clubs outnumbered and over
whelmed all the rest.
. The convention period will not be
without its social features, as many
notable women are here. Foremost
, among these is Mrs. Taft, who, since
her arrival, has been vertically show
cred with invitations to all sorts of
social affairs by the society leaders of
Chicago. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is
also center of feminine interest, and
Miss Helen Cannon has host of devo.
tees. Among other women here are
Mrs. Beveridge, Mrs. Depew and Mrs.
Foraker
Arrangements. made by the local
committee for the convention are de-
clared to be more nearly perfect than
at any previous national convention.
BY the system of bookkeeping, every
one of the 1000 seats is accounted for
and In this way delegate or visitor
may be found on an instant's notice,
! wholly without confusion. Every pre-