The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-12
ELLIS ARRIVES
WITH PLATFORM
"THE BEST PLATFORM sANcTloNs
IN YEARS" DECLARES ATToR.
NEY GENERAL OF OHIO.
HUGE HATCHET is DISPLAYED
Committee Reaches T In Alphabetical
List Of statss--Taft Certain Of ~
Out Of 5o--Forsker Refuses
to Withdraw.

Chicago, June 12.-The Republican
national committee Thursday reached
Texas in the alphabetical list Of states
in deciding contests for seats on the
temporary roll call of the national
convention. The work Thursday set
tied cases involving two delegations
at-large and 21 district delegations,
total of so delegates. OF these, Taft is
almost certain of 40 and may have 90
The uncertain delegate halls from the
eighth district Of Tennessee and II is
not known how he will vote. He be.
longed, however. to the Oliver faction
the majority Of whom were instructed
for Taft
South Carolina contests we're the
FIRST called, they being from the FIRST
and fifth districts. Both OF these were
given to Taft. The hearing of the con-
tests from Tennessee occupied by far
the greater part of the day. The fight
here grew out OF factional struggle
over local issues in Tennessee, all OF
the Hale element, being instructed for
Taft and the majority OF their op-
ponents who were dubbed the Oliver
delegates, being also for the secre-
tary Of war. The result was that the
Taft men were seated in all but the
eighth district, where the delegation
was divided at the earnest request OF
National Committeeman Brownlow,
who asked that II be done in order TO
give the Republicans OF that district
an improved chance of defeating the
present Democratic congressman. The
splitting of the delegation, however. is
not likely to make any difference to
Taft. inasmuch as none OF the oliver
delegates were instructed for any
body else and the greater number OF
them had been directed to vote for
him.
Jesse M. Littleton, counsel for the
Oliver delegates, asserted that the
Hale men came into the hall and dis.
played huge hatchets with which he
said the oliver men had been threat
ened.
Newell Sanders. chairman OF the
state central committee, supplied a
counter irritant to the I.ittleton
hatchet exhibition by telling In his ar.
gument of the desperate fight which
the Hale men were compelled to make
before they were allowed in the hall
and OF how big colored man was
about to chop him with an Oliver
hatchet before some Of the Hale men
put the negro suddenly into a state of
coma His account of the struggle
In the convention hall was received
by the committee with much interest
The most important arrival of the
day was that of Wade III. Ellis, attor-
ney general of Ohio, who brought with
him a draft OF the platform. He re
fused to discuss its provisions. but as
serted that In his opinion It would be
"the best platform that any political
party has sanctioned in recent years
A number of Pennsylvania delegates
arrived during the day and announced
that Senator Knox was In the fight tc
the finish, and the bigger the fight tbs
brighter they believed his chances
would be.
X. II. Stevenson OF Ohio. who opened
the Foraker headquarters Thursday
made similar announcement In be
half OF the Ohio senator, asserting thai
he would not under any circumstances
! withdraw before the end Of the vot
Ing.
Secretary Dover Thursday sent 9
letter to Gen. j. IT, Baker at Mankato
MINI, inviting that gentleman to oc
cupy seat on the platform through
out the convention. Gen Baker wal
a delegate with Senator William p
Allison of Iowa to the Republican con
vention OF 1856 from the ninth Ohio
district. II was at this convention
that John Fremont was nominated
for the presidency. This courtesy hat
been extended to Gen. Baker for tn,
last eight years.
A special train will leave New Yorl
for Chicago at noon Friday carrying
State Chairman Woodruff. Representa-
live Parsons, Representative Bennett
Speaker Wadsworth and other dele
gates from this end OF the state to tn,
Republican national convention. Tn,
train is due at Chicago at noon Satur
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