Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-12
CONFER WITH TAFT MEN
Dissatisfaction Generally Expressed
With Result of Talk.
rRoUBLE AHEAD FOR LEADERS
Bitter Controversy Expected Over
Plank Demanded by Labor-Dis-
content of the Negroes.

The demands of labor for an
anti-injunction plank in the plat
:orm and the discomfort of the
.olored vote are causing disquiet
among the republican leaders at
Chicago. A quietus was put ON
The incipient boom of Hughes for
the second place by the announce
nent that he wouldn't accept it.
Special From STAFF Correspondent.
CHICAGO. June 1.-THE allies. at the
lose of a conference today, gave out the
following statement:
"A conference was held this morning
between the representatives of all the
,andidates for the presidency except Sec
.etary Taft. 1t was unanimously decided
10 continue the fight all along the line un-
II the convention shall have made its
nomination.
From reports received from all the del
agates already on the ground. as we'll as
those on their way from all parts of the
country. We are convinced that no nomi-
aation will be made on the first ballot.
The statement was given out as a result
Of dissatisfaction of the allies with the
action of men who went into conference
last night with the Taft men. They said
that the announcement Of last nights
conference gave the impression that the
allies had surrendered. On the contrary,
hey declare that although Mr.. Taffs
nomination, when assured, will be con-
cured In by the allies. they will not quit
On the first ballot.
.'Win Senator Foraker's name be pre-
sented to the convention as a candidate
Tor President" i asked Senator Dick.
1T will be- he replied.
''WithNonly two votes in sight?
oh. he will have more than that.
How are the plans for the Roosevelt
stampede coming along?'
"Wen. ] hear a good deal of talk about
a second elective term"
You still intend to be the bad boy of
the convention then? i thought Sena-
Tors Aldrich, Crane and Lodge had pound
ed you into being good
1t is not that" replied Senator Dick,
but still insist upon doing as / please. u
However, the leaders are breathing
easier today about the third term ghost
and think they have it laid
Demands of Labor.
On the fair horizon of this day of glo-
rious victory for the administration and
Secretary Taft there are rising two
clouds no bigger than a mans hand, but
which all admit are possible of spreading
between now and November until they
may overcast republican prospects. The
dissatisfaction of the labor and the negro
vote constitutes this menace. Speedy eff
forts are afoot to dissipate the first and
the latter will be taken care of hereafter
The bitterest fight in the committee or
resolutions and in the convention Will be
made over the plank in the platform re-
lating to the anti-inJunction law demand
ed by. organized labor. Mr.. Gompers ar
rived here today with his executive com
mittee. Mr.. Van Cleave. president of the
National Association OF Manufacturers
comprising in its membership more than
40 per cent of the larger manufacture ing
concerns of the country. is here to oppose
him. 1t is now we'll understood that the
administration desires to placate Mr.
Gompers. That fact will be made clear
to every Taft delegate in the convention IL
due season.
The congressional influence is opposed
10 the Roosevelt -Gompers program. Tha
suggested policy was fought in confer
ence at Washington before Congress ad
journed. and decided in the negative b,
ma jOrity of the republican legislators
who are charged with the duty of enact
ing the laws. But a most cogent ar
gument is being used with this stubborn
congressional element.
DO you want the next House of Rep
resent atives to be republican, and do yol
want 20 elect a republican PRESIDENT" i
asked.
the menace to those projects which tn
opposition of the labor vote constitutes
To the manufacturers the republican
leaders are turning stern and repellan
face. You shall not endanger republican
victory with your demand for non-action
We must and We will do something TO
labor
The next four days will decide what cal
be done.
There is q very interesting story cur
rent today. 1t comes from a high sourc
but i will not vouch for it, 1t is to tn
effect that President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft are not in harmony o.
the anti-injunction plank; that Secretar
Iaft considers the proposition from tn
judicial view point, and that the Presi
dent is moved by the political exigency
The divergence In viewpoint. if it exists a
reported. would naturally lead to a differ
ehce In the phraseology of the plank.
Discomfort Of the Negroes.
Now. as to plans to keep the negro vot.
1t might as we'll be stated in plain word.
brutal II sounds. that the practical
politicians here say that the negro vot
will be taken care of in a practical
way on election day. Is that clear? Bu
the question is being raised here Ca
that be done this time?' Is the chara,
ter of the dissatisfaction of the negr
vote so ephemeral that il can be di
PEELED by methods that politicians some
times use TO swing a faction? 1t is d,
clared that the bitterness of the negroe
goes further than the mere casting O,
OF the black-and-tan delegations Ths
would be bagatelle in itself. But adde
to the resentment over the Brownsyil
AFFAIR IL swells the Volume. At a NEE
ing last night at 34th and State stree,
there were about go negroes in the hal
excited. enthusiastic. swaying with emt
tion as at a camp-meeting revival. The,
arose a slender mulatto girl from Louis
lana. Rebecca Brown. gifted OF tongr
and with an abundance Of impassioned,
rude. fervor. In ten minutes she mad h.
audience wild They shodfed and cheere
standing upon chairs, and almost hyste
ical, as she attacked Roosevelt and Tat
''The government cares for us n
longer" she cried Though we earnt
the title Of hero in battles with Wasirin,
ton and Lincoln. with Mckinley an
Roosevelt. we now are left TO strugg
alone against the ;siy-whites. Thout