The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-09

Louisiana contests was strongly talked of early today. Four years ago. In all contests from that State, where the Lily White" proposition entered into the contests, both delegations were seated. It was announced today. but not confirmed. that Booker 1T. Wash ington favored this concession for the State of Louisiana, but not in any other State.
 The contests In the First Georgia District resulted in seating the Taft delegates. When the vote was called, Committeeman Scott of Alabama moved to seat the anti-Taft people. Lyons of Georgia moved a substitute that the Taft delegates be seated.
 George B. Mcclellan, who holds the proxies for Hawaii, declared that 1t was evident that some misrepresentation had been made to the committee, the statements of both factions being dam tricauy opposed. He moved, therefore. as q compromise, that the first named man on each contesting delegation be seated. This proposition was voted down, and Lyons substituted seating the Taft people was adopted. Taft delegates in both the Second and Third Georgia Districts were seated
 Tn the First Kentucky District. the Boyd, or Taft. delegation was seated. The arguments for this faction were made Dy MT opotBhts WhtAO oShAtok 1s' l.. Bradley spoke for the Deboe. or anti-Taft.
 The Kentucky Cose. Tn view of the importance of the Fifth Kentucky District which is the City of Louisville, the time allotted each side was extended.
 The fight here was between the Fairbank and Taft delegations. Sena- tor-eIect Bradley appearing for the Nav- Al in his statement to the committee that if that body supported the claims of the Taft people and upheld the meth ods adopted by them, he could not guarantee that Kentucky would be found in the republican column in November.
 Clayton Blakey of Louisville. in re- plying to Senator Bradley declared that the latter had stumped the state of Kentucky and in the interests of Fairbanks and had made a similar statement in all of his speeches. He declared that Bradley had said in let ters that if Taft was nominated, Ken lucky could not go republican.
 That statement is untrue" broke in Senator Bradley.
 "It is not untrue" replied Br. Blakey.
 "The statement appeared in all reports
 of your speeches and 1 received one of
 
 friend. I am only sorry that I did not bring them with me, but they could easily be procured as evidence" Senator Bradley made no reply. Morris Belknap of Louisville, also | spoke for the Taft forces. When the arguments had been concluded. d. vision was called for. but as it was supported by only two members oi | the committee, 1t was not granted AanfAaA tha contest iu l favor of the Taft delegation The contests in the Sixth and Elev- enth Kentucky Districts which were | immediately called. wers settled In | short order. Senator Bradley declined
 to continue his arguments. and an nounced that he would appeal to the 1 Credentials Committee of the National | Convention. The contests in these two | districts were then dismissed. Immediately after the dismissal of the contests in the Sixth and Eleventh Distrists. the National Committee issued
 the following official bulletin:
 "Senator Bradley announced that the | contests in the Sixth and Eleventh Kentucky Districts would not be argued before the National Committee, but would be reserved for presentation to the Committee on Credentials of the convention. The committee seats as
 uncontested delegates from the Sixth
 Kentucky District, J. A. McPherson and Richard Ernst. and from the Elev- enth Qentucky District. E. s. Hell
 burn and E. P. Combes."
 Senator Bradley and his friends dis
 pute this ruling of the committee and claim that an appeal to the Credentials Committee will be in order
 From Kentucky the committee passed to the Louisiana contest, which includes
 the four delegates es-at-large and the
 seven districts of that State. It was agreed that all the cases should be con-
 soIidated and that one and a quarter hours should be allowed for arguments on each side.