Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-11
MORE CONTESTS MANUFACTURED
Small Disposition to Propose Compro-
mises is Significant,
OPPOSITION MAY BE WITHDRAWN
Possibility that Taft's Name Will Be
Only One Presented.
INTEREST IN OHIO CONTESTS
Two Foraker Men from sixth
District Are seated with Half
Vote Each-Preconven-
tiOn Gossip.

tiOn Gossip.
CHICAGO. June lO-(special Teiegram.)-
AS the contests are sfted down and tie
convention approaches nearer. the pros
pect Of differences in convention becomes
steadily smaller. The national committee
has been proceeding as Il started out to
hear patiently the contending claimants
for seats. II develops in almost every I'M
stance that agencies have been busy manu-
featuring the contest cases. The unanimity
Of the vote and the small disposition to
propose compromises even by the known
representatives Of the allies indicates the
strength Of the Taft sentiment which con.
trolled in the various hall and district
conventions. Notwithstanding the brave
talk put up for the other candidates, no
one need be surprised II Tafts is the only
name presented to the convention.
The platform, the vice presidential can
didate, the chairman Of the new national
committee are being discussed with variety
Of opinions, but not with sufficient au-
thority to insure anything except that
they will all be in harmony with the head
of the ticket and the distinctive Roose-
welt policies
Thirty-Four More for Taft.
The republican national committee by its
work today decided contests in two states
at-lsrge and fourteen districts. the net re-
suits being that thirty-three full and two.
half-one votes were added to the number
already possessed by william II. Taft and
two one-half votes were given to Senator
Joseph b. Foraker
The committee has yet to consider con-
tests-at-large in four states and a total
of thirtyeight district contests and two
from the territories. involving a total of
Sc votes.
Previous to the meeting of the committee
the number of Taft-instructed 5elcgates
was 3S7. The work OF the committee as
far as it has progressed has given him III
additional votes, or a total of 504 in the
temporary roll call
Interest In Ohio Contests.
The chief interest of the day centered IN
the Ohio contests of which there we're
four. in the third. sixth. tenth and thir-
teenth districts Taft was given the dele
gates in the third. tenth and thirteenth
districts and in the sixth district both
delegations were seated with half a vote
each
The Foraker men made a strong fight
in this district because II was the old
home Of the senator and they were anxious
delegates are Mark shoup OF Xenia and
r. L. Gilerist OF Lebanon. the Taft men
are H. NJ. Brown of Hnlsboro and Charles
Q. Hildebrandt OF Wilmington. The latter
faction has been recognized for the last
four years as regular.
The Ohio contests have been in charge of
Arthur I. Vorys and Myron 7. Herrick.
both of whom are delegates-at-large Gov
ernor Herrick being in addition a member
of the national committee. All contests
outside of Ohio have been under the super
vision Of Frank X. Hitchcock When the
arguments had been concluded in the sixth
district hearing today several Taft men,
bers Of the national committee appealed to
Mr. Hitchcock for further information. He
referred all questions to Myron T Her
rick and Mr.. Herrick simply announced
that he intended to vote FOR the seating Of
Taft delegates. The motion TO divide the
question between the Taft and the Foraker
men came from Senator Lodge OF Massa-
chusetts and was carried without strenu-
Gus opposition.
The contests in the third and tenth dis
triets were based on factional fights both
sides to the disputes being instructed for
Taft. In the thirteenth district the action
of the Taft delegates in holding a conven-
tion OF their own was sustained and they
were seated on the temporary roll call
Missouri and North Carolina.
The days proceedings opened with the
hearing Of contests from the eleventh ami
twelfth Missouri districts. after these com
ing the North Carolina contests which wers
over the delegates-stlarge, and seven dis
tricts. These were not consolidated and
were heard separately. Ohio followed North
| Carolina and then came South Carolina
where only one contest, that Of the dele
gates-at-large was heard This went to
! Taft by default and the hearing OF ths
cases from the first and fifth South Caro-
lima districts were passed until tomorrow.
II is the hope Of the national committee
that 1t win be able TO finish its work by
/ Friday night. To this end the memb ~ are
/ making every possible effort to induce the
warning factions to consent to the c9nstt-
/ datlon OF their cases. Much important work
/ IS slated for the committee on Saturday and
/ Monday and II is earnestly desired that
/ the hearings be given ample time to allow
/ sufficient attention to be paid TO these
matters.
Committee ON Credentials.
With the end OF the labor Of the national
| committee fairly well in sight. discussion
/ turned today TO the possible makeup Of the
/ credentials committee OF the convention.
/ to which many contests will probably be
appealed The talk certered largely around
/ Harry NJ. Daugherty of Columbus, O.. who
( arrived in the city today. Mr.. Daugherty
I is slated for the credentials committee
| from his state and It was general gossip
/ today that he may be chosen chairman OF
/ the committee when II is made up next
I Tuesday.
/ Mr.. Dsugherty did not deny that sch a
( sequence OF events was possible and freely
discussed the probable work Of the COM
/ mittee.
II don't believe that the credentials COM
mittee viii be ready 10 report 10 the con-
] vention before Thursday. June IS" said
/ Mr.. Daugherty. III I am chosen as a
/ member OF the body ] shapp oppose any
/ proposition for an an night session OF the
4 committee on Tuesday. a. from present
/ indications Il would be Impossible 20 dis
/ pose of all the cases that will be brought
before the committee even u this ex-