The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1908-06-05
TAFT MANAGERS
VERY CONFIDENT
Different Candidates For Presidential Honors
Opened Headquarters in Chicago Yesterday
-Iaft Confident Of Nomina ton On First
Ballot. t...Republican Committee Will
Meet at Noon Today

pooled the issues in most of the cas-
es and as allies will urge their
claims before the national commit
tee. The proceedings therefore, will
largely be resolved into Taft and
anti-Taft controversy. So far as
the south is concerned, and most of
the contests are in states from that
section, the interests of the allies
are being looked after by Major E.
g. Brayn of Washington, D. c., who
arrived ir Chicago yesterday and
announced that he would base his
arguments chiefly on the contention
that in most of the southern states
Taft forces had disqualified the ne
gro voters from participating in the
state and district conventions and
that the allies delegates had been
selected at conventions from which
no class or race had been barred.
II the program mapped out by
National Chairman Harry S. New to
govern proceedings of the committee
in hearing the contests is carried out
little opportunity for fine arguments
or oratorical effort will be present.
ed. This program will be submit
ted to the committee for action inn
mediately upon the session being
called to order today. 1t will pro-
vide for daily meetings to begin at
10 am. and continue until pm.
without recess for luncheon.
Thirty minutes for each side will
he allowed in state contests, involv-
ing four delegates at large and their
a1ternates in each case. There are
eleven such contests, the states be-
ing Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Lou
isiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennes-
see, Texas and Virginia. The re-
naming delegates in the contest are
from scattering districts in the
states named and Arkansas, Ken
ucky, Missouri, Ohio, Alaska, Ari-
zona and Pennsylvania. Fifteen min
utes on each side are to be allowed
in argument of each of the district
contests. Chairman New estimated
yesterday that if this schedule is fol-
lowed and no delays result, it will
require la hours to dispose OF the
contests without taking into consid-
eration the time required for the
deliberations of the committee. OF
course, there are some states where
the issues in some of the districts
are Identical with contentious over
delegates at large and some time,
therefore, may be saved in dispos-
ing of such cases,
It is not likely that the committee
will be able to dispose Of more than
the Alabama contests today. These
are regarded as pivotal cases in the
entire controversy and the exhibi-
[tion Of bitterness is anticipated by
the committee over their settlement.
All nine districts in the state are
contested as well as four delegates
at large.
The disputes are complicated by
|all sorts Of angles and factional diff
ferences and their Importance is fur
ther increased by the fact that Ala
bama comes first in the roll OF the
state. The Issue in the. state and
| that Of the various districts are iden.
,,7tical.
There are two factions in Alabama
Republican politics and both have
sent complete sets Of delegates In.
Ivolying twenty-five seats in the con.
lvention. One Of those is advocated
by Julius w. Davidson and Nationa,
Committeeman Charles II. Scott and
the other by State Chairman j.. o
Thompson The claim Of The
Thompson faction is based upon the
argument that the organization ol
(which he Is state chairman Is the
same organization that was recog.
lnized by the national convention
four years ago and that It has beer
since continued to be the regular
Organization Of Alabama. Z Two
years ago. Thompson called q meet
ling Of the state executive COMMITTEES
to decide whether a republican state
ticket should be put In the field
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