Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-08
ALLIES TO
 FIGHT ON
Anti=Taft Forces Will Con=
 tinue Contest.
CONVENTION TO DECIDE.

N9STicVcO OPPCHcHtS or secretary or
 Wars Nomination Will Carry Com
 pIaints First to Credentials Commit
 tee and Finally to General Body of Delegates = Story That They Have Decided to Bolt Unauthorzied-Issue Statement Outlining Dissatisfaction With National Committees Decision. Chicago, June S.-The Taft support CTS having turned down all overtures for compromise looking to division of the delegates involved in the south ern contests, the "allies,'' as the sup porters of the other Republican candi- dates are known, soon thereafter re- treated from their former decision to bolt the Republican national committee, present no evidence before that body and make their case first and last be- fore the credentials committee of the convention.
 A statement made by Senator Crane of Massachusetts, who has been active
 
 considered significant of the trend of affairs. Senator Crane said that the contests brought by the anti-Taft dele gations had been turned down by the , national committee; they would be submitted to the credentials commit tee of the convention and later to the convention itself, but that he did not doubt that the result would be the sustaining of the national committee.
 "Allies" Issue Statement. After series of conferences the "allies" issued this formal statement:
 Upon the authority of the represent atives of all of the presidential candi- dates other than Secretary of War Taft it was announced that they would continue to present their side of the contested delegate cases to the national committee. The decision of the na- tional committee will not be taken as final by the candidates known as the allies but an appeal will be taken in cases where it is believed injustice has been done first to the committee on credentials and later to the convention itself.
 "The determination of the represent atives of the allies to continue the presentation of their side of the con- tests to the national committee is not to be taken as an indication that they approved of the manner in which these contests have been decided. but in order to be in position to present all of the cases in proper form to the committee on credentials it is deemed advisable to comply with the form of procedure laid down by the national committee
 Tt is the firm determination of the representatives of the allies first to give the national committee an oppor- tunity to consider all the contests on their merits"
 It Is generally believed that the an- nouncement was designed to test public sentiment and to influence the Taft forces to compromise proposition. That the effect was not what the ''al- lies" expected was admitted by num- Der of men who had knowledge of the entire proceeding. Senator Crane of Massachusetts. who has been recog- nized as one of the chief advisers of the anti-Taft movement. said that the announcement should not have been made. Senator Hemenway character ized the story that the allies" had de- cided to bolt as unauthorized" Mir. Healing was not so emphatic, but he intimated that somebody had been dreaming" 4. B. Humphreys, the Hughes manager, said that he had not attended the conference. but that he had agreed to abide by any decision reached.
 Contests Still to Be Settled.
 All of the contests still 10 he settled are brought by negro voters instructed for Senator FOraker. excepting four districts in Kentucky. which are claim ed for Vice President Fairbanks. and two in Missouri. which are claimed for Governor Hughes. It was rumOred here, but not confirmed. that Senator Dick will order that many of the For aker contests be defaulted in the in- terest of Secretary Taft.
 The committee began It's work again. taking up first the contests Of the Third Florida district. The contests not yet settled are as follows;
 Florida. one district; Georgia. three districts: Kentucky. four districts: Lou isisna. delegates at large and seven districts: Mississippi. delerates at large and six districts: Missouri. two districts: North Carolina. delegates at large and seven districts: Ohio. four districts: Oklahoma. delegates at large and three districts: Pennsylvania. one delegate from the Tweuty-arst district: South Carolina. delegates at large and two districts: Tennessee. delegates al large and eight districts. Texas. dele gates st large and sixteen districts: Virginia. delegates nt large and eight districts: West Virginia. one district.
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