The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-06-11

ALLIES Put TO ROUTE
WILL MAKE FINAL EFFORT TO
WIN OUT IN CREDENTIALS
COMMITTEE.

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, from pledged Taft delegates to insure
his nomination on the lirst ballot were
placed Oh the temporary roll of the
convention today when the national
| committee ended the contests in the
| first and fifth districts of South Caro-
lima by seating Taft. men.
The Taft leaders, are iubilant over
the final assurance of Victory, and it
is generally believed that Taft will
capture the entire state delegations
from Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
! When the Taft men were sent from
the first district of South Carolina the
| TAFT boomers announced that they
| aad positively pledged 4S9 delegates
with their names on the temporary
roll The contest in the Fifth district of
South Carolina followed. and was
/ disposed of in quick order, giving the
| desired two more, making total of 491,
which number is necessary for NOM
| inatiOn.
The "all:es" still inclined to discredit
claims Of the Taftites. and assert that
they have some surprises to spring. The
! center of the fight from now on will be
in the credentials committee, where
permanent roll will be made up. as far
as ultimate results are concerned.
The "alies" intend to fight hard in
| that committee. but Hitchcock today
| said. there was absolutely no question
| of any possible contingency arising
| that might prevent the nomination of
Taft on the first ballot. 1t appears that
| the Taftites will win the rest of the
contests.
| Charles L. Kurtz. Foraker's manager.
| today declared that the action Of the
| republican national committee regard
| ing the contests was outrageous.
| The conduct of Hitchcock was the
| most reprehensible of ALL" he said.
His sense of fairness or the commit
| tees sense of decency if Hitchcock does
not possess that virtue, should have
prevented him from sitting while the
contests We're being taken up Kurtz
said he would appeal to the convention
from the decision Of the national COM
mittee on the Ohio contests.
! Former Governor Benjamin B. Odell
| day as a new candidate for the vice
presidential nomination and Calvin j.
mcknight. Odelrs confidential secretary
| have arrived here 10 test the enthusi-
asm. Hitchcock said that the Taft
| forces positively had no preference
| regarding the second place candidate.
| Attorney General Ellis. of Ohio, ar
| rived here today with the platform
prepared under Tafts direction.
The demand for tickets to the repub-
| lican convention Is SO great that one
! hundred dollars is the smallest Egure
at which one can be obtained. Men
! who subscribed towards the expenses
| of the convention are receiving tick
| cts at that rate, not one received over
! one
| 1t was announced today that Cover
| nor Guild will form no alliance, either
! offensive or defensive, with john Hays
Hammond in his race for the republl-
can vice presidential nomination. Guild
saws he expects the endorsement OF
Michigan and all New England.
The committee flied an objection 10
| the incorporation in the platform OF
plank protesting against the free use
| of injunctiOns by courts in labor dis
putes. Ellis listened but made no re-
| ply. Objections in full will be wired
| to Taft The delegates who were re-
/, fused places on the temporary roll re-
| ceived literature and buttons from the
second elective term Roosevelt
| bOomora