Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
GIVES UP HIS SEAT
Hitchcock Retires From Ma
tionaI Committee Meeting.
ALLIES HIGHLY JUBILANT
Messrs. Phelps and Statter Still Sit
With Proxies.
CLOSE CALL FOR THE MEMBERS
CLOSE CALL FOR THE MEMBERS
Narrowly Escape From Being Buried
Under Falling Partition-Five
Districts Given to Taft.

committee. solomon Luna OF New Mexico
whose proxy Mr.. Hitchcock has held dur
ing the previous session Of the committee
having arrived. After a conference with
number of his friends Hitchcock 6e-
cided to withdraw. despite the fact that
he had received telegram from Alex
ander Mckenzie. the national committee
man from North Dakota. asking that
Hitchcock represent him.
Mr.. Hitchcock al9 received d telegram
from Charles \. Caey of Oregon sending
his proxy to the Taft manager Mr.
Hitchcock made tower to Representative
James McLachlan of California
THE allies" wee highly jubilant over
the withdrawal ofHitchcock, and claimed
that they had fored him from the com
mittee Hitchcock said. however. that
his retirement vas in no way connected
with the protestsa gainst him which have
been filed by the''allies.' He further de-
clared that if q occasion should arise
making such aGon desirable and neces-
sary. he would tssume another proxy.
When asked that occasion could arise
to make it imperative for him TO again
act as a membC of the committee he re-
piled:
THE necesSay absence of Taft men
from the meettgs of the committee and
their inability to obtain representatives
who would coTinue TO look after the in
terests of Secrtary Taft"
The queStionpf compromise. particularly
in relation to contests in kentucky and
Tennessee, VIZ revived today. but the
Taft manager were not apparently i'll d
melting mood and declared that they
would contine to seat their instructed
delegations.
Charles G. Phelps and Arthur Statter
against whor protests similar TO those
against Hitchcock We're made. continued
to sit today q members of the committee.
Taft CTS Florida District.
The committee met shortly after 10
o'clock toda, to coptinue it's hearing of
contests for seats on the temporary roll
call The fir.t case taken UP was that of
the third Fhrida district, the only con-
test from tha state, which was unfinished
when the cOHentiOn adjourned Saturday.
The hearing listed bui short time. when
the committe decided it in favor of the
Tsft people.
Following this the three distncts from
TIN state of Georgia which wee passed
on Saturday are to be taken up and next
on the list are four districts from Ken
tuciy. 1t is possible this will compre-
hent all the work the committee will be
able 10 handle today. but there We're some
memiers OF the committee who believed
that \ would be possible to take tiD the
confess from.LOuisiana. which inclade the
delegates at large and seten districts.
All oi the contests which are yet 20 be
structed for Senator Foraker, with the
exceptio, Of the four districts in Ken
lucky which are claimed for Vice Presi-
dent fairbanks and two in Missouri which
are for CIV. Hughes
The representatives of the "allies-. were
present tOcay in full force when the COM
mittee began its deliberations. and there
was no mere talk heard of bolting the
national committee.
Narrow Escape of Committee.
Before noon the committee was forced
TO take a temporary adjournment in
order to AVOID an accident which might
have seriously injured numbe. of its
members.
Tie room I'm which the committee meet
ings have so far been held is in the
Coliseum Annex and was made by the
erection of several temporary partitions
A higl wind blowing from the south
building and weakened one of these pieces
OF framework. 1T was tottering and just
about to fall upon the heads OF the COM
mitteemen when the impending accident
was noticed by rgeant-at-Arms vii
liam +. Stone. He at once asked Chair
man New 10 order an adjournment OF
the meeting and tho members hastily left
tn, room.
Carpenters We're summoned and tho
partition was IN q short time properly
took recess until the work was finished
Arthur ]. NoINs. another OF the Taf
managers arrived today and was in con
ference with his colleagues He arrive.
al tic Coliseum carly today in an auto
mobile acconpa MED by Myron T. Her
rick OF ONO and Frank Il. Kellogg oi
Minnesota
The Foraker interests will be represent
cd for the next few days by r. II. Ste
venson of Columbus. Ohio. who arrived 10
day. r J.. kurtZ. chief of the F'orake,
lit utenanfs X expected Wednesday.
A proposition to compromise the Louis
lana contests was strongly talked Of earl!
today. Four wears ago in all contests
from that state where the Lily White
proposition entered into the contest botf
nounced today. hut not confirmed tina
Booker T. Washington favored this con
cession Tor tine state of Louisiana. but no
III any other state
Compromise Rejected.
When the committee reassembled til,
contests in The first Georgia district were
taken up When the vote was Gale,
Committeeman Scott OF Alabama moved
10 seat the anti-Taft people. Mr.. LyoI
Of Georgia moved substitute that th.
Tart delegates be seated. George b. Nc
tlellan, who holds the proxy for Hawaii
declared that IL was evident that som,
misrepresentation bad been made to tn,
committee. the statements of both fac
tons being diametrically opposed. FL,
moved therefore compromise tina
the first named man on each cOntesiins
delegation be seated. This propositio,
was voted down. and Mr.. Lyons substi
tute seating the Taft people was adopted
Tn" Taft delegates in the second Geor-
gia district We're seated by the commit
tee after evidence on both sides had beel
heard.
Tho anti-Taft delegation did not arpea
when IN. third Georgia district was called
and the Taft delegates We're seated by de
ia ult.
Taft Gets Kentucky District.
The contests from four districts of Ken
tucky We're then called. Senator -ele c
Bradley OF Kentucky made the chief ar
gument for the anti-Taft faction In III,
first district the BOYD, or Taft delegation
was seated The arguments for this fac
tion were made by Mr. Speight,
Senator-elect Bradley in making hi
argument merely followed the brief tina
had been given him. He stated to th
committee that he was repeating "Nide!.c
whic, had been given him. and of which
he had no personal knowledge.
The fifth Kentucky district was mex
called.