Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-13
RACE QUESTION CAUSED CONTESTS
In the First District the Taft People
Were Seated-Oespite the Fact That
Taft has Big Majority Allies Ex-
press Confidence That They viii
Beat the Secretary.
(Ry Associated Press.)

WIN AVN, J"itS law ~
day tn" Republican National Commit
tee completed the hearing of all con-
tests submitted. The committee has
been in session for seven days of &c
tual work and has decided contests i'll
volving 2l9 seats on the temporary
roll call.
These contests heve been decided
as follows: For Taft-Alabama 90:
Arkansas ?: Florida s; Georgia 16:
Kentucky s; Louisiana IS: Mississippi
i6: Missouri 6: North Carolina Is:
Ohio I: Oklahoma 10; Pennsylvania
J.: South Carolina 8: Tennessee IS;
Texas Sc: Virginia IS; Alaska g: Ari-
IONA 9 Total ZIG.
For Foraker-Virginia .; Ohio I.
Total 3
AS Taft had 3S7 instructed delegates
before the National Committee began
the bearing of contests he will now
have total Of Coz delegates instruct
ed for him on the temporary roll call
without taking into onSideration any
that have endorsed him or declared
for. him in any other manner.
The only complete defeat sustained
BY the Taft delegates in the contests
was in the Fifth Virginia district which
includes Danville. where a Foraker
delegation was seated by vote of 10
to Is. because a man was allowed to
act as secretary OF the district con-
vention who had issued call for a
convention in his own county for
white men only" 1t was believed
bv the members of the committee that
if they allowed the delegates from thu
ION, yxhirh this- acted
as secretary. to be seated in the Ma
tional Convention. that il would place
the party in the light of approving ::
call issued to a portion of the voters.
sEOr this reason ii was decided to seat
The tontesting Wilson Russell dele
gates.
Race Question Caused Contests.
The race question was the under
lying cause in all of the Virginia con-
tests DIR. Lawrence GrOncr. Of Nor
folk. who made the opening argument
for the Taft people said that the rep
rcsentation of the negroes in Virginia
on the Taft delegation is fully proport
ionatetO the number of negro voters
in the state. He asserted that only
about 1900 negroes were entitled 70
vote under the laws Of Virginia ann
that Of these. only between 1000 ana
900 have properly Qualified. Major
G F Bryan of Ohio. announced that
he would withdray the contests against
tho Taft deb gates at large In Virginia.
there being no evidence. and none OF
the protesting delegates having put IN
an appearance.
The Taft delegates I'm the First. Sec
ond. Third. Fourth. Sixth and Eighth
districts were seated.
Evidence submitted to the cSmmif-
toe showed that at the last ell ction
in the Fifth district the r. publ'cans
cast 5000 or within 1000 of the mum
tcr secured by the Democratic canhi-
date. " was declared that In the
entire district The negro votes nun
hor los than 500 and reside princ'
naJIv in DanviIlc The call for WINE
voters ONLY" was issued by Chairman
I.un,ckin. of PittSvlvania COUNTY. who
-vas later made secretary Of the dis
tric,. convention During his arrH
mon, Groncr was asked IL brmpkin
had been made secretary and he saia
,ha, he had. bu, nc had been given the
rositiop before " was known thaf NJ
had issued a cal IN his own county
for white voters onls.
n, Cropcr wa then asked " aft"r
this fact was known. LUmpkin was
suoxr5 ,o c~niinro ~ secretary.
Mr.. Grrnrr replied that nc acted NJ
~, ,hc c,ozr ~ tho convention. 'Ph
this admission the Taft dcl"sa'" was
then thrown out
Contests ia Other ssstes.
In louisiana. Ohio and Tcnn"SS'"
hos,,,c Allegation were seated. The
action e the committee in divid'nS
tho entIr. Louisiana delegation arnar
s,;,v made no difference IN III" TAR
strength inasmuch rs both factions
vrro for Tsf.
Tho TrnncSsc6 division was mao w
tho Eighth district in rrEr"rsc ?" w"
,rscp, ANNALS Of National CoHnf
,.e,,ar grovniny who rskrh fha'
=, s~re for tho purpose ~ h"ahnS v"
,.r Jia,cr,iics and giving the nar'y
h-,,cr chance cf clcciing R"pubh
can congressman.
tn. dsIcga;ion from the sixth ohi"
sistric, vas divided.
AIt;es sin Nave Hon..
Outside OF the ccrcIHz'on 81 the con
,.s,s before the National Committee
tho most important deveiopcment OF