The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-07

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control when the Coombs.Chubb dele.
yates arrived The latter were com
SeiIed to go elsewhere to hold thcii
Convention. They said they were out.
s@itted by Yankee trickery.s Wha'
they meant by that term was shown
by tho disclosure to-day.
Called 1t FalEclioOd.
Tho alteration between representa-
tlves OF rival factions In the Florida
pontest threatened for time to be
the most serious incident of the day.
II occurred while Mr.. STRIPPING was
undressing the committee. He was de-
nouncing rs machine politics the
methods which he declared had been
employed by j. n. Coornbs, the ma
tional committeeman, and Mr.. Chubb,
the State chairman. He said that
when he was appointed United States
District Attorney in Florida few
years ago he went to Chubb, who was
one of the administrations referees
on Federal patronage, and told him he
did not want his Endorsement.
He said that he told Chubb he would
repudiate such an Endorsement at the
Department OF Justice in Washington
IL 1t was made. Mr.. Chubb was in the
room when this statement was made
and he promptly denied it. Facing MI.
STRIPPING, he said. This is an absolute
faischood."
81 reanirm on my honor as man
that what j said is true" replied Mr..
stripping. Both men were standing.
They glared Mt each other and stimuli
taneously began to advance. Chairman
News gavel was digging dents in the
table and his voice could be heard
above tho confusion, declaring Both
gentlemen are out OF ORDER In the
meantime friends of the two men had
interposed. and the trouble was over.
Taft Delegates Seated.
The Coombs- Chubb delegates at
large and the delegates of the same
faction from the Second Congressional
District We're ordered seated. Before
the motion to seat these delegates.
who were instructed for Secretary
Taft. was put to the committee. Mr..
Scott, of Alabama, moved to substi-
tute the STRIPPING delegates.
The motion was seconded by Sena-
tor Crane. of Massachusetts. but was
nal motion then carried After pass
Ing over the Third District, which WAS
the only remaining contest from Flor
Ida, the Georgia cases were taken up.
Another situation was created by
these contests. The State case, In
yolving the delegates at large, was
called. and it developed that the fac
tion opposing Secretary Taft had not
put in an appearance The Taft big
Four" from Georgia was then ordered
seated. The opponents of Taft, the
First Second and Third Districts. were
not ready to proceed, and at the sug-
gestion of counsel for the other side.
these cases were passed until Monday.
The Fifth District was then called.
1t was a case of Blodgett VS.. Blodgett.
two brothers being ION the opposing
delegations. Thomas Blodgett, of At
lanta, was against the nomination of
Taft, and E. F. Blodgett. the post
master at Atlanta, was for the Secra-
tary Of War.
Denounced His Brother.
The former charged his brother with
being a subservient Federal office
holder. whose every act was con-
trolled from Washington, but he did
not give expression to his opinion in
such polite language as is here used
AS Thomas became more and more
denunciatory of his brother the latter's
smile became broader and broader. He
made no reply of personal character.
"A few minutes later the committee de-
cided the case in his favor. and he
was ordered seated, with Ananias
Brown as his colleague from the Fifth
District. The Eighth and Eleventh
districts. We're then taken up and the
Iaft delegates in both cases We're VIC
torious. The Eleventh went by de-
fault, the opposition to the Taft dele
gates failing to put in an appearance.
An adjournment was then taken until
~ O'Clock Monday morning. and many
members of the committee went TO the
ball game between the Chicago and
washington teams OF the American
League
Division of Delegations.
movement was started early 10 dav
looking TO the division of some of the
southern delegations. giving one half
vote each to the opposing factions.
rms suggestion came from members Of
the committee who have not been keen
IN their support of the Taft candidacy.
1t was prefaced by the concession by
Senator Crane that the nomination of
Secretary Taft on the first ballot is
practically assured, and that, there
fore, In the settlement of the remain-
ing contests, an effort should be made
to recognize the negro voter as a oues-
ton of party eXpedency."
The out and out Taft members of
the COMMITTEES roilbated this idea on
the ground that All the Taft delegations
from the South are MIXED" the men,
bership being about equally divided be-
tween the whites and the negroes
They construed the movement as ar
effort to break down their organiza-
ton. and some members went so ia,
rs to say that 1t was an attempt to
get administration men named on
the resolutions committee. The plan
was sl2t only presented to the COM
mittet. but 1t was preached in infor-
nal conferences.
Tbs early adjournment to-day with
an intervening Sunday before the next
session is expected to bring this plan
to head on Monday. 1t is not i'm.
probable that there will be a SHARP
contest between the Taft and the anti
Taft members of the committee un.
less some amlcable arrangements OF
the differences of opinion is reaches
before Monday.
Another Protest,
Before any cases We're taken up b,
the committee to-day another protes
was received against allowing Franz
Fl. Hitchcock. Arthur c. Slater anc
Charles G. Phelps. of the Taft cam
paign management, to sit as member!
Sf the committee. 1t was filed by Mr.
Stripling. Of the Florida faction op
0ose6 IN ,,,ot;a,