The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-06-11
TAFT GAINS TEN
DELEGATES TODAY
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II was originally supposed that their
votes, IL they had been seated as dele
gates, would be cast for Senator Fora,
.ker, but after the committee had set
tied the contest they announced that
they were uninstructed and entered
into a tentative arrangement by vir-
tue of which their votes will be cast
for the secretary Of war. They claimed
that they were fighting especially for
recognition Of their organization and
that with them all other questions
were comparatively dwarfed. The
agreement to vote for Taft, however,
Is not binding and to all intents and
purposes the black and tan" votes
from Louisiana are uninstructed.
Something of sensation was ere
ated during the hearing OF the Louis
lana contest by Ormsby McHarg of
Washington, general counsel for all of
the contesting Taft delegations. Mr..
McHsrg had not been informed by the
political managers of the impending
settlement and during his argument
before the committee declared that
there would be no compromise, stating
that he had visited the south "at the
request of the next president Of the
United States" his words plainly re-
ferring to the secretary of war.
MeHarg Rouses Hepburn.
Senator w. d. Hepburn of Idaho
was on his feet the instant Mr. Nc
Harg had concluded his argument.
The senator was hvid with wrath and
protested vehemently against the Ian.
guage used by the attorney, declaring
that 1t was nothing less than a threat
intended to compel the committee to
act as he desired The Taft men on
the committee attempted to smooth 1t
over, but Senator Scott of West Vir.
ginia refused to be reconciled and de-
clared that he believed Mr.. McHarg
had spoken exactly as he thought and
that he was attempting to browbeat
the committee. Later Mr.. McHarg in
addressing the committee on the Mis-.
sissippi contests offered graceful
apology saying that he had spoken
hciciy do COuiioSi, anu NV iOi JIG SSS
rotary of war.
This closed the incident entirely
except when Mr.. McHarg called upon
the Taft managers, and expressed his
opinion of their conduct in letting him
go before the committee to make an
argument without being possessed of
full and accurate information of what
the Taft people proposed to do.
Louisiana Fight ilnconclusive.
The division on the Louisiana COM
promise was the first test of strength
that has been made since the commit
tee met. This was mot decisive be
cause number of Is anti-Taft men
voted for the settlement. Later, how
ever, vote was taken at the con
clusion of a hearing of the contest
from the Fourth Mississippi district.
Committeeman Scott of Alabama
called for a division, and 30 meSlbers
of the committee rose to their feet in
favor of seating the Taft delegation.
On the call for negative votes nobody
arose arsl tie Taft managers were
thereby assured that they had at least
30 votes on the committee.
During the latter part of the after.
noon when Chairman New was COM
PEELED by business affairs to leave the
committee, he called upon Judson w.
Lyons of Georgia, the only colored
man on the committee, to preside over
the deliberations.
Talk Of Second Place.
The opening of headquarters for
John Hays Hammond of Massachu-
sets during the day, brought the vice
presidential situation to the front He
was the first to show his candidacy
in definite form, but coincident with
his activity came the movement in
behalf of Gov. Curtis Guild of Massa-
chusetts. who will be strongly urged
when the full force of the delegation
from his state arrives late in the week.
The New York candidates, tentative
and otherwise, are numerous. They
are George B. Cortelyou, secretary of
the treasury. and Representatives
James s. Sherman and J. Sloat Fas-
sett. The east also has brought for
ward another possibility in the per-
son of Franklin Murphy, former gov
ernor of New Jersey and national
committeeman of that state.
From the west, ]. P. Deliver of
Iowa, United States senator from that
state, was most prominently men
toned. Senator j. c. Burrows of
Michigan, who is to be temporary
chairman of the convention, and Lieut..
Gov. Sherman of Illinois also found
supporters among the politicians.
There was some talk that the plac-
ing of Mr.. Cortelyou on the ticket
would be open to criticism in that two
members of the present cabinet would
be running for the chief offices of the
country, provided Taft is nominated.
Illinois Grain Dealers Meet.
SDringfield III Tune 10-The I'LL