Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-16
Missteps of the
Performing Elephant

Chicago, June 16-FTank H. Hitch
cock, manager of the Taft boom, has
committed another blunder, according
TO the 'allies," which may have con-
sequences upon the floor of the con-
vention. The Alaska delegation of
two held a meeting yesterday and APP
pointed Hitchcock an alternate from
the territory, with the privilege of oc-
cupying a seat in the convention. They
talso designated him as the Alaskan
representative upon the committee
which will notify Secretary Taft of
| his nomination. Should Hitchcock
present credentials in accordance
with the appointment he received
| there will be precipitated row such
az the present republican gathering
has not seen. There is great deal
of bad blood against the Taft man
ager on account of his action in sit
| ting, under a proxy, in the national
committee when consideration was
first given in contests.
The hereditary chief of the Della
| ware Indian tribe will occupy a sea-
in the convention as delegate from
| Oklahoma. He is Richard C. Adams
q close friend of President Roosevelt
ard the voice" of the Delawares in
Washington. He is regarded as one
OF the most influential men among
| the Indians of Oklahoma, which is
now a matter of great political i'm
portance. inasmuch as the tribes OF
the old Indian Territory now form 9
big share of the voting strength OF
the new state Of Oklahoma.
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A silver mounted gourd, closely re
F.; sembling the generally accepted form
of the big stick is to be presented
to Secretary Taft after the conven
| ton. The donor is ID. NJ. Rush OF
Buffalo, No. who exhibited it yester
day at the Grand Pacific hotel. 1t is
more than four feet in length, silver
tipped at both ends, and in the center
| is a silver plate with the inscription:
Presented to Hon. William T. Taft
1908, by D. NJ Rush, Buffalo, Mo-
The gourd was grown on the Niangua
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The only woman who will have
seat on the floor of the republican
convention as a regular delegate came
to Chicago yesterday. She is Mrs
Lucy A. Clark of Brigham City, Utah
and it is declared that she also will
be the only woman who ever had
1 IN,
Clark is in hopes that the republican
party will go on record in favor o
woman suffrage at this convention
George Sutherland of Salt Lake City
one of the resolutions committee
will, on the request of Mrs. Clark
introduce a resolution in the commit
itee in favor of the enfranchisemen
lof women.
| Many of the state delegations il
caucus yesterday fixed up their re
lspective states, selecting members TO
the various committees. Arthur i
Vorys, the candidate of large mum
Der of Taft delegates, was chosen as
national committeeman of Ohio Harr!
.. view VI luuldildpOHS WAS TeelecteC
from Indiana. The caucus of tn,
Michigan delegation was marked b.
la lively struggle as to who SHOULD
represent the state in the convention
| committee on credentials. AS tn
Taft representative DIR. Dallas Boude
man of Kalamazoo was named.
: The. railroad interests began to as
a., semble their armies of lawyers las
: night and big attorneys from man!
: of the largest of the trunk lines go
! together in consultation over the al
guments to be presented to the plat
, form committee when the section re
: lating to railroads comes up.
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Senator Burrows keynote speech a!
D originally drafted was not regarded
! by the president as sufficiently lauda
t tory of the administration. So h
: was obliged to make it more fulsome
of ot al