The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-11
TAFT MACHINE GRINDS AWAY Committee Seats His
 Delegates. SEVERAL CONTESTS HEARD Chief Interest in the Cases from
 Ohio. Fornker Is made . small conces- .ios--south Carolina Cases
 Are Up When Meet
 ing Ends.

Chicago, June 10.--rhe Republican National Committee. by its work. to- day decided contests in two States at large and fourteen districts the result being that thirty-three full and two half votes were added to the number already possessed by William H. Taft. and two half votes were given to Sem ator Joseph B. Foraker.
 Contests from Missouri. North Caro- lima, Ohio and Pennsylvania were dis posed of today and the South Carolina cases were being considered when the Committee adjourned
 The Committee has yet to consider contests at large In four States and total of thirty eight districts contests and two from the territories involving a total of nInety-four votes.
 Previous to the meeting of the Com mIttee. the number of Taft instructed delegates was ss7. The work of the Committee as far as 1t has progressed, has given him IF additional votes or a total of 504 on the temporary roll call.
 The chief interest of the day cen- tered in the Ohio contests of which there were four, in the Third, Sixth, Tenth and Thirteenth Districts. Taft was given the delegates in the Third, Tenth and Thirteenth Districts and in the sixth District. both delegations were rated at half vote each.
 The Foraker men made a strong light In the District because 1t was the old home of the Senator and they were anxious to secure It's votes for him.
 It is the hope of the National Com m4ttee that 1t will be able to finish It's work by Friday night. To this end. the members are making every possi- ble effort to induce the warning fac- tions to consent to the consolidation of their cases,
 Much important work Is slated for the Committee on Saturday and Mon day and 1t IS earnestly desired that the hearings be over In ample time to ai- low sufficient attention to be paid to these matters
 CredentiaIu Committee,
 With the end of the labors of the Ma tional Committee fairly in sight. dis cussion turned today to the possible make up of the Credentials Committee of the convention, to which many of The talk centered largely around Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus, O.. who ar rived in the city today. Mir. Daughter ty is slated for the Credentials Com mittee from his State and 1t was gem eral gossip today that he may be chos- en Chairman of the Committee when it is made up next Tuesday.
 MT. Daugherty did not deny that such sequence of events was possible and freely discussed the probable work of the committese.
 T don't believe that the Credentials Committee will be ready to report to the covention before Thursday. June 1s," saidMr. Daugherty. eff am chos- an a member of the body, I shall op- pose any proposition for an all night session of the committee on Tuesday, as from present indications 1t would be impossible to dispose of all the cases that will be brought before the committee even if this expedient were to be adopted. l cannot see how the committee will be able to prepare its report for presentation to the Wednes- day session of the convention and 1t will probably have to work all that day and part of that night In order to be ready for Thursday"
 Vice Presidential Gossip.
 There was a sudden cessation of aet- ivity today regarding the Vice Presi- dentlal situation. This was largely due to the announcement made by Frank H. Hitchcock that the Taft forces would not take part in any cam- paign for the second place on the tick
 The leader of the "alIiesp adopted the attitude that 1t had not been custom ary for the party to consider the Vice President until after the first place on the ticket has been filled and there was no present reason to depart from this precedent.
 What discussion was heard centered largely about Senator Deliver of Iowa, and Secretary Cortelyou. =.
 Lafayette Young one of the dele gates-at-large from Iowa. said today that the friends Of Senator Deliver in his own State, were not anxious to hl fkn nh rsf hA tors for the purpose of presiding over the Senate. He said further that he had received promises from some of the energetic friends of the Sena- tor outside of Iowa to cease agltating his name as a candidate.
 The friends of Governor Guild seem ed today satisfied with the results of their work thus far. and there was no announcement forthcoming from the headquarters established yesterday for John Hays Hammond.
 An indefinite rumor. which could not be confirmed in any direction, but which was none the less persistent. prevailed today to the effect that Gov ernor Hughes would not permit his name to go before the convention.
 This rumor, coupled with an Asso- ciated Press dispatch from New York. In which Timothy L. Woodruff. Chair man of the New York State Central Committee. expressed himself as be- lieving that his State is entitled to the second place on the ticket if Gov ernor Hughes was not given the first place, led to much discussion as to whether or not the Governor of New York could not be induced to accept the Vice Presidential nomination.
 The entire story, however was in- definite. and could not be substantiated in any quarter.
 THREE HIJNNRED