Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-09
Adjournment PREVENTS 1 VOTE
There VIII be a Sharp Counting OF
Noses Before Any Chance is Taken,
and as the War Secretary People
PROPOSE to Submit, to No Com.
promise.
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, June 3. - n lew Hahus
full OF sand were thrown into the
cylinders of the Taft political ma
chine today From the Tuft's men
membership came proposition To
divide the Louisiana delegation with
the exposition. seating both Taft
and an;iTaf, delegations with half
vote each. The number OF mem =
bcrs of the national committee who
favored the movement created some
CONSERVATION in the Taft camp.
Taft's friends on the committee
brought about an adjournment rather
than permit vote to b. taken to-
day.
Before the Louisiana contest, which
involves four delegates-at-large and
fourteen district delegates, Is brought
TO a vote tomorrow, noses will he
sharply counted.
Members OF the committee who
have been ardent Taft supporters.
but who have shown disposition to
yield to the appeals of the allied
forces to compromise In the hter0af
Of harmony. sill he snhjectad 70 pras,
sure from Washington.
There Will be No compromise.
Manager Frank II. Hitchcock. OF
the Taft campaign committee, an
nouncsd today that there would be
no compromise. He preferred to fight
for the seating of delegates In favor
of Taft and declared tat he would
insis. that the committee pass on all
contests.
To settle them in any other way he
said would be unfair to the delega-
tions themselves. He expressed the
: opinion that the committee has not
shirked the responsibility Of sitting
in Judgment on every contest. and in
this view he is sustained by nearly
, every committeeman from the West
, and the South and many from the
North.
Thus far contests have been set
tied from the states OF Alabama. Ar
kansas. Florida. Georgia and Ken
lucky. and there has been no divis-
ion OF the committee in dispOsing Of
any OF them. =
The reason for this has been the
rules which denies a roll call on
any question unless Il Is demanded
by the 90 members. and the anti
Taft people have not that number on
the committee.
The suggestion for q division of
con;esting delegations has become
mere frequent from day 10 day. The
plan for division in Louisiana sug.
gested today was favored by Senax
tor Ledge. of Massachusetts, aI<
General Powell Clayton. Of ArkanSas.
Hasty conferences were held by the
+. Taft TT mbers Of tho committee dur
ing the hearing of the Louisiana con.
test and the decision was reached
that II would be wise 30 adjourn until
they ascrrtaincd exactly wh-re they
stood
Conferred With Taft.
Mr.. Hnchrock called up Secretary
Taft IN Washington. Charles ". Taft.
brother Of the secretary OF STATE. did
some tclephoning and i"l'graphiag on
his own account.
F. c. Duncan. OF North Carolina.
and a. c. Lyon. Of Texas. and some
Others grew on 'rgrtic.
I What tho cfcc: Of the many mos
.agcs will 10 cannot bc accurately
told until after IN" vni, Tomorrow.
Manager Hitchcock fe"Is that there
, is far more NJ stake in tho NOV
mont for n comPromis" in louisiana
than appears on IN surface.
Similar contests ar" coming from
Mississippi. Missouri. North Caro-
, lima. Oklahoma. sou'h Carolina and
|. Virginia. The plan for compromise
In Louisiana - hascI On the argument
that the negro question H. involved
and that som, recognition that would
appcase the negro yo' RI 'hc south
should ne given Tho Foraker d"lcca-
tiyu.
Race Quest on Involved.
n all o: n, contests mentioned the
issue. are inyolycI With tho raoc
question. Manager Hitchcock taxes
thc position. however,. that al OF
the Tai, delegation are "mircd. there