Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-10
Probably That the Delegation to
Chicago win Go Without
Instruction This Year.
TAFT man TO BE CHAIRMAN
OF Big STATE CONVENTION
Several Of the Prospective Delegates
Have Decided Leaning Toward
Hughes, With Cannon as Possible
Second Choice.

Boston, April 9.-Pofitlcal bees are
buzzing in lively manner in the Hub
today, scores of the representatives of
the various presidential aspirants- ar
irving in the city today to look after
the political fences of their candidates
In tomorrow's Republican State con-
vention 1t Is almost certain that no
preference will be manifested by the
convention for any candidate, Senator
Lodge, and other leaders having de-
cided that such an Endorsement would
probably lead to factional fights.
Postmaster General George Won l..
Meyer, who is close friend and ad-
mirer of his cabinet colleague, Secre-
tary Taft, will be chairman of the
convention, which will be held in Ire
mont Temple at 1920 o'clock tomor-
row morning to select four delegates
at-large to the Republican national
convention in Chicago. George e.
Smith, ex-president of the senate, a
believer in an unpledged delegation,
a warm supporter of Ex-Governor w.
Murray Crane, and now harbor and
land commissioner, appointed by Gov
ernor Crane, will be chairman of the
committee on resolutions.
Tomorrow's. convention will be the
largest in the history of Massachu-
sets, with 1850 delegates. The APP
portionment has been made from the
vote of last fall nan allotment of
one delegate for each first Is votes
for Governor and one additional dele
gate for each succeeding 159 votes or
fractional part of that number as
large as rs votes. Interest in the
State convention centres mainly in
the effort Of the Taft people to force
resolution of preference for that
candidate. They no longer ask to Sc
cure definite pledge binding the
delegates to the national convention
to VOTE for the secretary of war; The
only other matter of interest is the
selection of fourth delegate-atlarge
to accompany Lodge. Crane and
Bates.
4 The four members of the committee
on resolutions at large are Fred s..
Hall, of Tauton, William w. Nc
.Clench, of Springfield, Arthur d. Hill,
of Boston and G. Marston Within, of
Whitinsville.
OF these four men, two are under
stood to be for Taft and two for an
unpledged delegation. Fred s. Hail.
'ex-member Of the Governors council,
who a few years ago was candidate
for lieutenant governor against Eben
8. Draper, and w. w. McClench, vice
president Of the Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Springfield
and friend of Senator w. Murray
Crane, are understood to believe in an
unpIedgeds delegation.
They are considered to have lean
ings toward Hughes in the first in
stance, with. Cannon as possible sec
ond choice. The other two men, Ar
thur D. Hill, of Boston, and G. M.
Within, of Whitinsville. are supporters
of the President and understood to be
Taft men first and last
The ether members Of the commit
tee on resolutions will be chosen at
the convention. one from each con-
gressicaal dictrict, so that there will
be nineteen members in all. These
will be nominated by members OF
the state committee. each naming a
man from his congressional district.
The Eleventh Massachusetts, dis
trict convention will be held tonight.
This district comprises portion OF
the city of Boston. Four ayowed Taft
men are contrasting among themselves
Charles H. Innes. Benjamin @. Lane,
Frank Seiberlich and Representative
Mock. The opposition is represented
by I. R. Clark.