Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-05
SEVERAL STATES TO NAME
DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS
New York is for Hughes, South Da-
kota For Taft, While Massachusetts,
is Doubtful-Other Political "Dope"
From Washington.


each of these States will select its
delegates to the national convention |
in Chicago. The Empire State, of
course will be pledged to Hughes,
while South Dakota is certain to in
struct for Taft. The Massachusetts
delegation will, in all probability, go
to Chicago uninstructed for any par
ticular candidate. The same non-com-
initial policy may be adopted by the
Delaware state convention, although
heroic efforts are being made by the
adherents of the leading candidates
to capture the delegation. The New
York State convention will be held
on next Saturday in New York City.
the Massachusetts convention ON Fri
day in Boston, and the South Dakota
and Delaware conventions on Tuesday,
the former in Huron and the latter
in Dover.
The New York convention will as
semble in Carnegie Hall on next Sat
urday morning. BY a peculiar coin
cidence. this is the birthday of Gov
ernor Hughes. According to the po-
litical wiseacres, the big fourb to
be chosen to represent the State in the
Chicago convention will be General
Stewart L. Woodfrd, President Jacob
Gould Schurman of Cornell University,
former Mayor Seth Low and ex-Gov-
ernor Frank s. Black.
George Won L. Meyer, postmaster
general and an ardent Taft man, will
be chairman of the Massachusetts Re-
publican State convention, which will
meet in fremont Temple, Boston, next
Friday morning to select four dele
gates at large to Chicago. At the
request of Senator Lodge, the Massa-
chusetts party leaders have already
definitely decided that the convention
shall manifest no preference for any
candidate. Political allegiance among
Massachusetts Republicans is divided
and it is feared that an attempt to
secure the Endorsement of any presi-
Dental aspirant would bring about a
fierce factonal fight that might result
seriously TO the party.
A national conference of colored
men will be held in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, when an attempt will be
made to puncture the Taft boom.
Roosevelt and Taft are bitterly at
tackled in the call for the meeting,
which was signed by Bishop Alexan.
der Walters. the Rev. William H. Scott
and other leaders of the negro race
1t is likely that the convention will
seek to swing the influence of the
colored voters to Foraker or Hughes
The call says, in part:
I'm view of the attempt of the pres
ent regime to perpetuate itself il
power in imperial fashion, and il
view of the open candidacy for tbs
Republican party's nomination for thu
Presidency of one who in his officia
position as a cabinet officer has IL
public speeches in the South 'condonet
the Acknowledgement OF citizens TO
color in admitted violation of thu
| Federal Constitution, and who ha
supinely Endorsed the brutal an,
| autocratic discharge of the coloret
soldier without trial. you are invites
to a national conference of coloret
men and of their avowed friends t.
counsel as to the wisest course to b.
pursued politically by the colored citi
zens of the country, especially thos'
unrobbed of the ballot, who are will
ing to use this weapon for the right.
and liberties of their race. Thii
conference will have special reference
as to what demands shall be made d
political parties as to the national
platforms for the Presidential nomi
paten most deserve the support of the
colored voters
i Republicans of the Sixth Indiana dis
trict will hold convention in Shelby
vile on Thursday to nominate a sue
cessor TO Representative James z
Watson. A half dozen prominent Re
publicans of the district are seek
ing the honor and the contest is 8
lively one The district is over
whelmingIy Republican. 50 that nomi
nation will mean election. On nexi
Friday. in Galesburg, the Fifteenth
Illinois district will select two dele.
gates to the national convention, who