The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-28
Says Fairbanks Men Depend
Upon Bradley's Ability TO
Stampede Convention.
Have Majority and Control of
Committee.
LEADS ALL OVER KENTUCKY

Louisville. April 2S.-The Herald.
which has leaned slightly to the Fair
banks side, admits Taft's lead and
says:
Analysis of the situation in Re
publican politics following the county
and ward conventions Saturday seems
to indicate that the Taft forces are i'm
a position to seat the delegates elect
ed by their forces In the state and to
unseat those elected by the Fairbanks
half of Taft delegates. Most of the
contrasting is done by the Fairbanks
men, however. and this fact in itself
gives the Taft men an advantage,
since the delegates with the regularly
signed credentials get seats in the
convention until the contests are
passed upon.
"The Republican state central COM
mittee will nominate the temporary
organization from chairman down.
The state central committee is a Taft
organization. and therefore it Is safe
to assume that the temporary chair
man will be a Taft man. The i'm
portance of this lies in the privilege
,of the temporary chairman to appoint
two members from the state at large
to the committees. including that on
credentials, which Is to decide the
contests throughout the state.
Districts Meet May >.
District conventions will be held in
every district except the First, May 3.
and at that time the same fights
which will take place in the state
convention win occur, for, following
the recommendation of the state CEN
trail committee, the delegates elected
for the district conventions were
chosen along with those for the state
convention. In many instances they
were the same men. This happened
uniformly in the Louisville wards.
The Taft men are believed to be
in control in most of the district con-
vent!ons. except the few conceded TO
Fairbanks Having the regularly
elected delegations, they will doubt
less seat them at the district conven-
lions, where they have the votes, and
in probably seven districts It is likely
that two sets of delegates to the ma
tional convention will be elected, the
Taft men getting the regular delega
tons in most instances.
Following the district conventions
the contending forces will come to
Louisville May with about the fol-
lowing strength: Taft, 1914 votes:
Fairbanks, SIS; contested, 6S1; un-
instructed. 1888. of which the Fair
banks men claim a majority. This
statement shows Immediately the i'm
portance of the contests. and that
their outcome will decide the action
of the state convention.
Ernst Calls to Order.
Chairman II. p Ernst, of the state
central committee. will call the CON
vention to order, and will present the
temporary organization nominated by
the committee. This will be voted
on, and as the Taft men will be. in at
least temporary control. owing to the
fact that most OF the contests are
against their delegates. who have the
regularly signed credentials, and who
will therefore sit and vote until the
permanently organized convention
hears and passes on the report on the
credentials committee the Taft or
ganization is scheduled to be present.
when the temporary organization
is elected the Taft temporary chair
man will name two members of each
committee, including those on rules
credentials and resolutions, and they
will organize with the members Sc
lected fro meach district by the dis
ltrict conventions As indicated, these
will probably he Taft members in a
majority of districts, though in sew
eral instances the Fairbanks men will
send contesting committeeman. and
the Taft men may send them where
the Fairbanks men captured the regu-
lar delegations.
"The credentials committee will
hear the contests, and though the
Fairbanks men are depending upon
! the oratory and personal magnetism
/ of Standardized w. o. Bradley to
swing the committee and the state
convention for the contesting dele
gates. II is likely that the lines will
! be so tightly drawn in the matter of
1.-THE Taft-Fairbanks contest that ora
tory will be of little avail When
THE credentials committee reports on
1.-The contests and the permanent or
lganization is chosen, II looks as II the
report will be for the Taft delegates.
and the verdict of the convention for
Taft organization, since, as pointed