The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-11
TAFT COLUMN
HEIGHTENED BY
MANY VOTES
National Committee Making 1t
a CinCh for the Heir
Apparent.
OHIO REPUBLICANS
VERY MUCH ON TOP
EXPECT cHAlRMANSHIPS OF ALL
THE LEADING COMMIT
TEES AT CHICAGO.

Chicago, June 10.-The Republican
national committee by its work today
decided contests in two states at large
and fourteen districts. the net result be-
ing that thirty-three full and two one
half votes were added TO the number
already possessed by William II. Taft
and two one-half votes were given to
Senator Joseph B. Foraker
The committee has yet to consider
contests at large in four states, and a
total Of thirty-eight district contests
and two from the territories, involving
q total of ninety-fOur votes.
Previous to the meeting of the COM
mittee the number of Taft instructed
delegates was 3S7. The work of the
committee as far as il has progressed
has given him III additional votes, or a
total OF 504 on the temporary roll call
The chief interest of the day centered
in the Ohio contests, of which there
were four. in the Third, Sixth, Tenth
and Fourteenth districts. Taft was
given the delegates in the Third
Tenth and Thirteenth districts, and in
the Sixth district both delegations We're
seated with half a vote each.
Foraker Men Fought Hard.
The Foraker men made a strong
fight in this district, because il was the
old home of the senator, and they were
anxious to secure its votes for him. The
Foraker delegates are Mark ShOup OF
Xenia and r. L. Gilchrist of Lebanon
while the Taft men were II. w. Brown
of Hnsboro, and Charles H. Hide
brandt of Wilmington. The latter fac
tiOn has been recognized for the last
four years as regular.
The Ohio contests have been IN
charge of Arthur l. Vorys and MyrOn T
Herrick, both of whom are delegates
at large. Governor HerTick being in
addition a member of the national com
mittee. All contests outside of Ohio
have been under the supervision OF
Frank H. Hitchcock When the argu-
ments had been concluded in the Sixth
district hearing today, several Taft
members of the national committee APP
piled To Mr.. Hitchcock for further in
> formation.
Decided by Herrick.
He referred all questions to Myror
T. Herrick, and Mr.. HeTrick simply an
neunced that he intended TO vote fol
the seating of the Taft delegates. Tit
motion 10 divide the delegation between
Taft and Foraker came from Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts, and was car
ried without strenuous opposition.
The contests in the Third and Tentl
districts were based upon factiOna
fights, both sides TO the disputes beins
instructed for Taft In the Thirteenth
the action of the Taft delegates in hold
ing a convention Of their own was sus
tanned and they were seated on thu
temporary roll call
Missouri Contests First.
The days proceedings opened witt
the hearing of contests from the Elev
enth and Twelfth Missouri districts, at
ter those coming the North Carolin;
contests, which were over the delegates
at large and seven districts. These wer'
not complicated, and were heard sepa
rately. Ohio followed North Carolina
and then came South Carolina, wher,
only one contest, that of the delegate
at large, was heard. This went to Tai
by default, and the hearing of tn,
cases from the First and Fifth SOutl
Carolina districts were passed until to
morrow
1t is the hope Of the national com
mittee that il viii be able TO finish il
work by Friday night To this end tn
members are making every possible eff
fort TO induce the warning factions I,
consent 10 the CONSERVATION Of lnel
cases.
Much important work is slated for tn
committee on Saturday and Monday
and il is earnestly desired that tn
hearings may be over i'm ample time L
allow sufficient attention to be paid 4
these matters.
Credentials Committee.
With the end of the labor of the ma
tional committee fairly in sight. dis
cussion turned today TO the pOssibl
makeup Of the credentials cOmmitte
of .he convention, 10 which many of tn
contests will probably be appealed. Tn
talk centered largely around Harry NJ
Daugherty of Columbus, o.. who ar
rived in the city today Mr.. Daughert
If slated for the credentials committe
from his state, and it was general gos
sip today that he may be chosen chair
man OF the committee when il is mad
up next Tuesday,
Mr.. Daugherty did not deny tina
such a sequence OF events was possible
and freely discussed the probable worl
Of the committee.
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