Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-06
without Even RoIlcall Repub-
lican National Committee
Decided in Their Favor.
MUCH ILL FEELING RESULTS.
representatives OF Knox. Fairbanks
And Cannon Prepare strong
Statement,

chicago. juno 5.--Without roll calls
! ne Republican national COMMITTEES to-
aay decided the contests from Alabama
and Arkansas, involving "a seats in the
pspublican national convention. in fa-
yor Of The delegates instructed for Secy.
TAFT. The victory for the Taft forces
was sweeping, not even a division being
required to determine the will OF the
committee. Contests from Florida,
Georgia and kentucky win be heard
tomorrow. the total number Of seats at
tscted being "a.
The proceedings today would have
tssn devoid of interest had 1t not been
hs an effort to prevent Frank II,
btchcock the Taft manager Arthur f.
ihatter, former assistant secretary OF
The treasury and Charles g, Phelps
o. Washinton, both assistants to Mr..
Hitchcock, from sitting in Judgment on
the contests, These men held proxies
of the members of the national con-,
inittee from New Mexico Alaska ana
North Dakota, respectively,
Their entrance into the executive ses-
sion of the national committee pro-
voked Joseph Il. Healing. United states
attorney for the district Of Indiana,
manager for Vice President Fairbanks
and Representative James Francis
Burke. of Pennsylvania, who acts for
Senator Knox, to make vehement pro-
tests from the outside.
ANT1-TAFT PROTEST.
After a hurried conference between
representatives of all the anti-Taf
forces, II was decided TO reduce the pro-
test to writing and have 1t presented
to the committee before the contests
we're taken UP. When this had been
done, the protest was sent TO w. F.
Aldrich, formerly member of Congress
from Alabama. and one of the contest
ing delegates-at large from the Scott
Davidson anti-Taft delegation from
that state 1t recited the fact that
Mr. Hitchcock is directly interested in
the management of one of the candi-
dates directly involved in the case, and
therefore disqualified to sit in judg-
nent" upon it, 1t also declares that
Mr. Hitchcock did not reside and Is
not qualified voter in the territory he
1 claims TO represent. and is not a regu-
i larly or properly chosen national COM
mitteeman from the territory. The same
4 representations were MAIDS in regard u
4 Messrs. Slater and Phelps. except tina,
4 they were termed employees" instead
A Of a manager" for one of the candi-
a dates,
Mr.. Aldrich presented the protest to
Il the committee, and in connection states
Il hat he did not regard II proper that
4 hey should be compelled To presen,
y @lr arguments TO members who had
= interest" in the outcome. and he
u aed attention to the preamble of the
sotest, which was as follows:
DON'T BIKE COMMITTEE.
I'VE formally protest against being
compelled To submit the merits of oui
II contest to the Republican national com.
8n,ittee as at present constituted In this
Hmeeting"
Then followed the argument against
Messrs. Hitchcock, Slater and Phelps
being permitted to retain their seats In
d the committee.
IAN ! care to say in reply" said
o. y. Street, United States attorney
for the Northern district of Alabama
4 and the chief local counsel for the
Thompson faction, instructed for Taft
IFS that Charles II. Scott, the member
| Of the committee from Alabama. is sit
| ting as a judge in this case, and II
appears to me that he is interested in
4 the outcome"
MIR Scott is one of the delegates-at-
large elected by the Scott Davidson
faction, which was supposed to be anti
Taft.
NO DEBATE ALLOWED.
Debate on the question was shut on