Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-06
NAs TAFT aEtl|tG ALL TaRo0G1
Of Fairbanks and
Knox Make Vigorous Protests to
Certain Procedures, but No Atten-
ton Was Paid to Them-Decision
in Alabama Case Very important.
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, ILL. June 5.-WithOut
roll call the Republican national COM
mittce today decided the contests from
AIamaba and Arkansas. involving
twenty.four seats in The Republican
national convention in. favor OF The
tlelcgat $ instructed for Taft. The
victory fer the Taft forces was sweep
ing. net even Il division being required
to determine the will of the commits;
tee.
Contests from Florida, Georgia and
Kentucky will b heard tomurrCw
Thirty -fnur seats are affirmed.
Thu proceo din2s today would have
been devoid of interest had il no.
been for an effort to prevent Frank
II. Hitchcock. the Taft manager and
Arthur F. Slater. former assistant sec
rotary, of the trs asury and Charles G.
PHI bps of Washington. both sSist-
ants to Mr.. Hitchcock frCm sitting in
Judgment on the contests. These
men held proxies from the members
of the national committee from New
Mexico, Alaska and North Dakota re s.
pec;iyely.
Their entrance into the executive
session Of the national committee pro-
vok,d Joseph b. Healing. United
States attorney for the district O!
Indiana. manager for Vice President
Fairbanks and Representative James
| Burke. of Pennsylvania. who acts in
similar capacity for Senator Knox
TO make vchem' mt protests from the
outside
Aft.r a hurried conference between
representatives CT all the anti-Taft
forces it was Gerided to reduce the
protests to wiring and have them pr
| scented to the committee before the
| contests were taken up. The pro
| tests were sent to W. r Aldrich. for
| merlv a members Of Congress from
Alabama and one of the contcstinc
delegates at large from the Scott
! Davidson antiTaft delegation from
| that state.
Why They Objected.
, II rccited the fact that Mr.. Hitch
cock is directly interested in the
" involved in TIL case and there.
fore disqualified TO 81; in judgment"
| uDon 1t. II also declares that Mr..
Hitchcock did not reside ard is not
a qualified voter in the city he claims
to represent and was not regularly
or properly chosen national commi.
tccman from that territory. Similar
| representations were made in regard
!, to Mcssrs Slater and Phelps. Mr.,
! aklrich pres ntcd the protest to the
| committee and in. connect ion stated
| that h- did not regard II proper that
| they should he compelled 10 present
| their arguments TO members who had
an ''interP St in the outcome.
| AN ! care to say in reply" said
20. ~ Street. Caiicd States attorney
4 for the Mort n m District of Alabama
! ard the chief local counsel for the
| THOMPSON faction. in 'truCtcd for Taft
is that Charles II. Scott. the mctnbsr4
Of the committee from Alabama is
| sitting .is n jndyc in the case and II
appears to me that he is interested
in The outcome"
Mr. Scott H. o1C Cf IN. delegates al
iar-7 elected nv the Scott Davidcn
faction which was imposed to be anti
Taft.
Protest Cast Aside.
Debate On the question was shut
rrf by a. w. Stevenson. the rrrini,c,
from Colorado. who prrmrtiv moved
tn lay the pr6frsi on the table. Th'
m~'jon carried Mr. Scu:t of Aisb1ma
b ing the Cniy memi~r who Opposed
Il ru viva voc" vote.
| The AIaban,a cDrtcS; affirming III,
frur dclcgatcs n: Isryr ari IN" iw'
dcIrratrg FROM Zach "f the ~"ngrr :
v'CuaI districts. twenty Ia all. wa
th~n taken M
| tn" AIahsra cas & by Egrc"mrn
" all pariicS concerned w~r" runSn'i
dated and therefore two hrurs r
iIyiyou To zach sid " vas r"g1r'ic'
rs the nrnSi important "i all ihr rcr'
J~zis i.~caps" II - fryt T.
tn U.s. 81 states that wil
~ caIIrd IN Tho crpvcr'ion wh"i
| upupiuaiicrs are being MADE TIL
candidate srr-riug On" DEDICATION
from sIsiama - rurc o. 30 the frs
20 plasc IN roruirsIi' LrcarSc IN
e-si. hsvinr no eardidai' &c Hs cwr
aivsvs yi~ITs 10 thai state Hr"T"ntin
tn caudidaio favored bv Alabama
The Scc'i-tesidS"n facii"r. rcin
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