Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-07
SIXTEEN MORE DELEGATES FOR lEI
Lie was Passed Between Two Of the
Contest ants But Friends lnterposed
and Prevented Blows from Being
struek-erothe~s Arrayed Asains.
Each Other in Georgia. Contest
FIoridans Nearly Had a Fight.
(By Associated PresS-)

(By Associated Press-)
CHICAGO, June G.-No more evf
dence in contested cases will be put
before the Republican National Com
mittee according to decision report
ed tonight at q conference between
managers representing the interests
OF Senator KnCx, Vice President Fair
banks and Governor Hughes. The
managers for Speaker Cannon did not
participate. There were present at
the conference, Representatives James
Frances Burke. of Pennsylvania;
Heminway and Joseph h. Keeling. OF
Indiana; Senator Crane of Massachus'
cts; A. B. Humphreys, OF New York
and Senator Elect Bradley. Of Ken
lucky.
CONVINCED that the National Com
mittee as at present constituted has
prejudiced all contests in favor OF
Secretary Taft and that all Of the
delegates Instructed to vote for him
: will be seated. the managers for the
three candidates named decided upon
a radical course.
They talked the matter over infor-
nally and then called a meeting for
a late hour tonight They expect
also to have several sessions tOmor-
row and map cut a definite program
and when that has been done to issue
q statement addressed to the COM
mittee setting forth their reasons for
refusing tor continue the case before
the court of first instance. for such
e the national committee.
The allies conceded that they are
weakened by the Inconvenience Of
the Cannon managers. Mr.. Cannon
has nothing TO gain personally from
the contests. however. they may be
settled as he would not he the bene-
1iciary in any case. The effort OF
the non-prosecution of the antiTaft
contests would be to cause the COM
mittee to seat the Taft delegates in
each instance.
These delegates would 60 on the
temporary roll and each one Of the
state delegations SO seated would
name a member of the credentials
committee.
Sixteen More Delegates For Taft.
Sixteen more Taft delegates were
added to the temporary roll caIl Of
the Republican National Convention
today as the determination Of con
tests Of Florida and Georgia. The op-
position failed to score and the slate
was wiped clean in favor OF the dele
gates instructed for the secretary OF
war. One Florida district, the Third
and three Georgia districts, the First,
Second and Third, were passed over
until Monday because representatives.
u the antiTaf. delegations were not
ready TO proceed.
Counsel for the delegations instruc-
ted for Taft moved the postponeHent
and announced that thSy did not de-
sire 10 take snap judgment" Wig
orous use Of the eavel by Chairman
New. and the interference Of friends
was al! that prevented a personal en-
counter between principals in the
Florida state contest. The proceed.
inss were eniivencd also by the as
sertion that Representative Butler
Ames, Of Massachuss It's. who Is said
to have engineered the anti-Taft fight
In Florida, was responsible for The
use of alleged forged tickets Of ad-
mission TO the state convention halt
InfS Cu3lKe NdS "aps ~ NV 'o'"'
OF an admission by Former United
States Distric; Attorney J. n. Strip
ing. one of The anti-Taft CONTESTANTS
Who spoke In opposition to the scat
ing Of the Tafi delegation. u Gre
stcd a distinct sensation.
The claim that forged tickets had
teen used for the purpose Of packing
the convention hall has been made
nv Henry s. Cbub5. state chairman.
and one of the delegates AZ large In.
struc.ed IN vote for the nomination ct
Tan. When Mr. Stripping. Of the %
posing del cation. which favored the
nomination ~ Senator Foraker arose
TO reply. his attention. vas directed 10
tire charge. by Frank 8. Streeter. OF
View Hampshire.
The charge has bcen made that
forged tickets we're uscd by ycar sup
porters IN gaining admission to the
ccnventicr.- said Mr.. streeter and ~
followed fse statement with The direct