Evening journal., 1908-06-05
BIG TASK BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE
Making Up the Roll Of the
Republican National Con-
VentiOn at Chicago
ALLIES BUSY WITH THEIR
STATEMENTS AGAINST TAFT
ay unIted Press Leased speeIaI wIrs

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
CHICAGO, June with nearly
every committeeman present. tho Re-
publican committeeman began making
up the temporary roll for the conven-
tion which assemblies In the Coliseum
here IL days hence.
Its task Is the hardest in the his
tory Of the party In making up the
temporary roll Il must pass upon 229
contests and as It's action will estab-
lish a precedent for the committee on
contested seats when appointed. the do
cisions means much TO the candidates
Because of this the campaign mana q
gers were much in evidence prior TO
the assembling OF the committee; "The
allies are working hard 10 land the
contestants from the southern states
whose war cry Is we oppose domina.
ton by Federal ofiiceholders. and in
many cases, II Is admitted they will
be successful
Certain OF the more influential COM
mitteemen resent the allegation tina.
the committee is controlled by Taft
They insist, that while all have fav
orite sons. whose interests they would
like 20 promote. this will IN no way
influence their Judgment. The first
work OF the committee was deciding
how much time would be allowed each
side In presenting it's case. The sub
committee suggested to the full com
mittee that i5 minutes 20 each faction
was enough. But the chief revolu-
tionary suggestion was that the State
contests be Jumped with the district
ones and decided as a whole The COM
mittee took up these propositions as
soon as Il met behind closed doors.
Alabama Men There.
The Alabama contestants. who by
reason Of alphabetical preference will
be first taken up. were early on III,
ground. Every district In the State and
all the delegates at large, have beer
contested. National Committeeman
Charles II. Scott, heads the contestinE
delegation. He claims that the reg
ular delegates we're driven from tn
convention by the Federal and that thi
convention which instructed Taft wsl
irregular Delegates with the regula
brand IN their pocket claim that Scot
has not been playing fair with tn
. party but has been allied with Ger
tain Democratic leaders and refuse
two years ago 10 place a State Re
publican ticket in the field. II fnail
being gotten on the official ballot %
the men who later controlled the stat
convention by petition, labeled Repub
llcan but printed without the party eui
blem. To further their claim that the
are regular the Scott Davidson factioi
presented to the committee twenty
five afiidavits Of members of the part,
In the State claiming he committe
gave every one a fair show only whci
they agreed 70 vote for Taft instruc
tions
The so-called Lily-White and blacl
and tan issue has also been raised. an
it was admitted that the issues in dis
pute are so complex that no matte
what the decision OF the committe
! it will not establish a precedent.
Chairman New stated before open
ing the hearing that he expected tina
II would take the comittee four hour
to pass upon the Alabama matters
, with Alabama disposed Of the com
mittee will take up the one distric
contest in Arkansas.
simultaneously with the assembly, tn
various headquarters got busy. tn
ALLIES" issuing their usual daily bul
! letin, claiming they were strong enoug
to make some leaders sit up and TAX
notice
II is said the committee will hav
no trouble in raising funds for ex
penses.
% The booms Of former Governor Nun
ply. Of New Jersey and Governc
Guild Of Massachusetts for the vice
= presidency have arrived.