Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-06
CHICAGO ESTIMATES
GIVE TAFT BIG LEAD
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just about as much chance there as
lame June bug in wagon furrow.
Possible Causes of Friction.

just about as much chance there as
lame June bug in wagon furroW.
Possible Causes of Friction.
Two sources Of possible friction in the
convention still exist. One is the alleged
elimination by the Taft people of the
negro in southern politics, and the other
is the use of contesting delegates from
the south to swell the Taft strength. Inc
color question was not involved in the
Alabama case Yesterday, but will come
up later.
The allies are assiduously spreading
suggestion of discomfort in the statement
that the prospective nominee OF the party
Is to be selected In disregard of the pref
erence of states which will furnish large
proportion of the electoral votes necessary
to seat him. and that his strength Is
practically being cinched by drawing upon
the representation of states which VIII
not give him one electoral vote.
This talk does not disturb the Tart
people. They say that more than one
great President has used to advantage
the southern vote-the revered Mckinley.
for one. Anyhow, to cut it short, they
don't give a baubee what votes nominate
him. and they rest contented in the assur-
ance that the lukewarm northern states
will continue to furnish the requisite cleo
toral votes to regularly nominated re-
and don't get scared.
After the allies got over their mad
yesterday at Frank Hitchcock running
in the proxies on them. they began to
joke him and his fellow proxies. They
called Slater the Eskimo" Senator
Lodge the Filipino" and Hitchcock the
Aztec" Mr.. Hitchcock wasn't at all
sensitive of the criticism of his getting In
his proxies. He pointed out that the COM
mittee by vote Of "a to l had Endorsed
his proxies
Anyhow" he added sententiously. I'VE
had to have EN-" And that is an ex-
PLANTATION that ought to satisfy any good
politician.
The politicians are gossiping over
lively family row in the Taft manage
ment.
They say that Mr.. Vorys. who has
been the chief man in the Taft campaign,
is very much chagrined over the ascen-
dency and success of Mr.. Hitchcock. and
is afraid that the astute Frank ii. Will
beat him to 1t" when the selection OF
national chairman comes up. Mr.. Hitch
cock is much more widely known IN re-
publican national politics than Mr.. Vorys.
to begin with, and he certainly is max
ing hay while the sun shines" here.
To Keep Up Protests.
The policy of the allies as developed to-
day is this: To keep before the national
committee and the incoming delegates
constantly their protest against the Ia1t
manager and his assistants passing upon
contesting cases in the committee.
tn make a written protest to the ma
+ionaI convention addressed to each dele
gate against the method of the TAFT man
ayers In this protest to the convention
they will claim that states Representing
1o6 republican electoral votes have Deen
ridden over roughshod by the Taft forces
i'm curryine favor with delegates from
states that will give no republican cleo
toral votes.
The allies decided today to file a pro-
test in each of the remaining contestlng
delegations against the presence of FRANK
Hitchcock and his employees. on the ma
tional committee
ing the committees decisions when the
committee on credentials takes up the
contests.
The allies in their present state OF
anger swear they will have Illinois. New
York Indiana, Pennsylvania and WIS
consin present a written protest to the
convention itself wOrded in strong Ian
xuage. against what they term the high
handed methods of the Taft people
Protests Without Effect.
Az far as the national committee is
concerned the iteration and reteration
OF the protest against the proxies will
have no more effect than rain on a tin
roof-a clatter and nothing more. The
proxies are in and they will stay. AS to
the effect on the convention the question
ia whether in the heat Of battle and
smiling victory in the air the delegates
will nav much attention to the ethics of
ante -convention actions Of the committee.
Cool heads in the party say that the al
lies will probably abandon this intention
when they consider the possibilities of
the effect of such action upon the rank
and file of the voters and the aid and
comfort it would lend to the democrats
in the campaign.
The best judgment is that the pacifi-
Gators will get to work along about con-
vention time and that the republicans will
give another demonstration of their well
Known ability to compose their differences
in the face of the enemy and present an
undivided front. even II with something Of
wry face. All the present talk and
buster are thought to be part of the gen.
eral plan of the allies to make show OF
resistance to the prospective nominee in
hope of gaining some advantage in the
platform making and in other directions.
N. o. NJ.