The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15

parts of the country is strong upon l the New Workers to make sherman | their choice. The availability of Seth | Low appeals to the New York dele gates-at-large owing to his position
 as trustee of the Tuskegee Normal l Institute and his recent work at the. | head of the civic organization in seek l ing to reconcile the issues between la-
 Dor and capital. But outside of the l delegates-at-large. Mir Low has not de. 1 veloped any noticeable strength. The various other Vice Presidential | candidates continue to be urged with l varying degrees of enthusiasm and the uncertainty brings forth list of new | names which is constantly growing,
 Taft of Ohio. Deliver of Iowa." There are many politicians in chIca- | go tonight predicting that these names l VIII constitute the next Republican. national ticket and some believe that the Iowa man is as sure of second I prize as Is the Ohio man the first. The
 situation does not justify so strong a | characterization, but the Deliver boom ] is manifesting such positive vitality. I and has grown so rapidly during the. ] last twenty-four hours as to justify I giving Mir. Deliver the center of the 1 stage in placing the characters who are | taking part In the vice. presidential I drama now being staged. The other 1 presidential developments of the day are: The increased prominence l given to Vice President Fairbanks as l a candidate to succeed himself, the | falling off in the Cortelyou boom and a pronounced Improvement in Sher- mans chances. The present indica- | tons are that Secretary -CorteIyeu'h
 name will not be presented to the con- yention. He has from the first been ! largely dependent upon the New York { al 4af
 practically impossible for him to ss-
 cure the endorsemsnt 6f that delega- | tion it Is possible that his candidacy
 may not be further pressed. The growth of the Fairbanks sentiment has
 been due to the fact that for the first time, some of the Indiana delegates
 and other prominent men of that State
 have today discussed the chances of
 winning second place when the fight for first place is over.
 A Compromise Candidate.
 The situation in Indiana Is the re- verse of the situation In Iowa, while in the latter State, the Republican Senator Delivers selection for the vice presidency. In the former, they desire the re-nomination of Mir. Fair banks to maintain the political equiilb-
 erium now existing in the State They also urge the retention of Mir. Fair- UaukH as a souICE OI AtEcnS WlLn Lne voters. It is the opinion of many that if the nomination of vice-presidential candidate should be long delayed, MT. Fairbanks would prove. the most avail able compromise candidate who has ben mentioned If New York was considered doubtful that State would command the nomination for the vice. presidency and It's claim would receive most respectful considerations. Cohse-' quently much attention has been 8lvon to the report that has gained current today that the delegates of the Empire State will declare for Congressman sherman for second place in case of the failure of Governor Hughes for first place. The Iowa friends of Sena- tor Deliver who want him to remain In the Senate and not to enter the vice. presidential race. have been busy all day in their efforts to devise means of preventing hts nomination still basing their opposition upon the ground that hls selection would work lncalcuIabie harm to the party in tliat State by causing a renewal of the factional light. They have made many appeals k to the Senator himself by mall and by letter to all of which he has made reply that he is not candidate. On the other hand, 1t is declared that Sec retary Taft has expressed a decided preference for Deliver and this decla- ration Is the most potent factor oper- ating in the Senator's behalf.
 Counting confidently as having Mir. Bryan as his contestant the Secretary Is believed to have taken the position that he would need as running mate A Western man of reform ideas Father than an Eastern man with reactlonary tendencies and that he has found in Af. Dolliver the best embodiment of this requirement. Summed up, the vice. presidential situation may be said not to have been simpli1ed by the efforts of the past twenty-four hours and un- less the President or Secretary Taft in- terferes the convention will not be al- lowed to adjourn without witnessing a pretty flgnt over the second place Oh the presidential ticket.
 State Delegations Arrive.
 Chicago, June 1.-The New Jersey delegation, numbering, with the friends of members, about sixty peo- ple arrived late today and headed by a band. made a showy parade through the streets to the auditorium annex.
 It was announced immediately after the arrival of tho delegation that a solid vote would be cast for Taft! New England delegates became feat ure of the crowd late today. Massa- chusetts came In with only e4-Govern- or John D. Long. one of the four dele gates-at-large. and three alternates missing of a full delegation. The ah- sence of ex-Governor Long was attrib- uted to his fear of the Chicago climate and was the subject of a good deal of comment. owing to the hard fRht pre- vious to the State convention. In which he was strongly opposed. hls selection as a delegate being made possiblesonly by the withdrawal of ex- Governor Bates The entire Massachu- setts delegation will vote on the first ballot for the nomination of Governor Curtis B. Guild, Jr., of that State. for Vice President.
 Maine came in with a party of twen- ty-three, only two delegates mIssing. They held their caucus on the train and reelected ex-Governor John F Hill. of Anugusta, as a member of the