The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-16
Planks Touching Railroads,
Trusts, Tariff, Currency and
Iljunctions Made Public.
.VICE-PRESIDENCY
STILL IN DOUBT.
Hughes Declines to Withdraw
His Name, and New York Del.
egation Is in Quandary.
Taft Will Be in Con-
troll OF Organi-
zation.
- HICAGO. June 15.-With final
preparations well matured for
candidates and platform, ex-
cent the eyer.dntihtft,l yfCa.

/. ~ HlIA1O, June 1o,-W1tn llnal
IN preparations well matured for
candidates and platform, ex-
~ cept the ever-doubtful vice.
presidency, the eve OF the
Republican National Convention finds
Chicago astir with those tumultuous
scenes which usher in great party
gathering.
Tonight the streets are ablaze Win
! lights: flag day has distributed a.
wealth Of color over the tail buildings:
bands vie with glee clubs in the packed
headquarters Of candidates and in the
open air: marching clubs In fantastic
regalfa parade the thoroughtares sing
ing Taft, Taft or "Knox, Knox" and
there is that universal pandemonlum
which BELTS the night before a ma
tional convention. The full force OF
the invading army is now here-leaA-
ers and followers, delegates and rank
and file, marching clubs and glee
clubs, bands and drum corps. The
last Of the State delegations from the
far South came in tonight yS
Plus,s Well Laid.
While the din proceeds without the
final preparations of the leaders pro-
ceed within. Their plans are we'll
laid-probably with greater precision
than has ever yet been known before
Ia national convention has met-and
i
spectre OF a stampede rises from Its
grave. the convention of 1908 will es-
| ltablish 4 record for the methodicaI
j leXecution OF well-established schedules.
i Tomorrow will see the body assein-
4 bled within the vast Caliseum with
the first flow OF convention eloquence
4 from the veteran senatorial orator,
julius Caesar Burrows, and the first
opportunity to greet the name Of
Roosevelt, Taft, Knox or some other
tfavorite with an ear-splitting and
j Isight bewildering demonstration
breaking all records fcs volume and
!, duration
4 In view of the reports that Senator
J Burrows's speech omts tribute to
4 president Roosevelt. 1t is being conjec-
ltured tonight that the Senator Will
depart from the prepared text but
whether he does or not. the pent-up
enth usiasm Is sure to find expression
tomorrow in q vociferous demonstra-
tion.
4 With Senator Burrows, when he arr
rived to-day, was Asher C. Kinds. the
|expert parliamentarian OF Congress,
4 who will stand at Burrows's elbow to
i weather any storm that may nreak.
i Kinds was with Speaker Reed during
the turbulent days OF his iron rule:
1 then with Henderson, and now with
i Cannon. Should the unexpected stam-
i pede show It's head tomorrow. Hinds
4 will be relied upon to throw against It
the full force of precedent and estab-
|lished procedure.
j After the preliminary gathering OF
lIto-morrow. there Will be period OF
suspense for practically two days, dur
ling which the committees will meet
and the organization will be perfected.5
so that the actual nomination OF q
candidate for the presidency is not
likely to occur before Thursday.
state Caucuses Held
\ The business of to-day has been
Iehiefly the canvassing of States for
4 selection of officers and representa-
i tives on the various commtttees-plat-
i FORM credentials, national. etc. The
! select ions by the States have decisive
Influence In determining the complex
ion OF the various controlling commit
tees OF the convention.
i The caucuses to-day left little room
i for doubt that the Taft forces will be-
lin substantial control of the orsani-
cation when the full committees are
assem- bled.
i Among the more important State
II caucuses of the day were those OF
i Ohio, New York Indiana and Iowa, and
each had some hearing on the psrplex-
ling question of the vice-presidency.
Each brought forth The odd negative
i, conclusion Of declaring not to be In
favor OF any candidate for the vice.
!, lpresid dency-oho. because the Taft
leaders do not wish to be in the atti-@
tude of debating; New York, because
advocacy of sherman or Low or any
4 other New Yorker might mpugn the
loyalty to Governor Hughes, Iowa, be
cause the State wants polliYer 10 re-
main where he is. in the Senate, and
| ..t.- IT,, - ( e-.f fasY YNl L..
tics; Indiana, because long distance
persuasion has not induced Mr Fair
Z hanks to change his attitude toward
the first and second places on the
ticket.
Other State caucusses We're equally
! fruitless In solving the vice pres den-3
. tial mystery. which deepens as the tims
. for the ballot approaches until ~
7 really seems that the prize may he
thro throw wn In the arena of the convention
for a nerve -racking struggle,
nolllyer Movement
, The pollver movement experienced
VARYING fortunes ~day, EARLY III tha
day it was reported that the White
House favored an Iowan--either pol-
liver or Governor Cummns--and this
: sent the DolliverS stock up with q
bound But the report was offset by.
! tho action Of the Ohio managers, Who
are supposed to reflect Secretary raft.sl
!, wishes. and who declared that the
t Taft forces are scrupulously avoiding
Ithe support of any vice presidential
: candidates. Moreover, Chairman Perk-S
'Irtns of the Iowa delegation, and Cons
gressman Hepburn. of Iowa. called OH
exc Governor Herrick chairman OF the
I Ohio forces, and told him positively
! that Dolliyer could not and would not
! he candidate, This brought the
4 ttn n o.