The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-14
ALLIES ARE STILL WORKING
ing on the Incoming Delegations at
Chicago, But They Have as Yet
Nothing to Say.
Especial to the Palladiunn.)

Chicago, June 13.-If the republican
national convention is good and swings
to the right man, it will be allowed
next Friday or Saturday to pick its
own man for the vice presidency. But
If it is not good and threatens to name
some man other than Taft. then the
Taft machine will be set in motion
and Jonathan Dolliver of Iowa will be
named whether he wants the place or
not. 1t was agreed this afternoon aft
er a series of conferences between
Hitchcock, Charles and Henry Taft,
Lodge and others, also after much long
distance telephoning to Washington,
that the Taft managers would be per-
fectly willing to let the opponents of
the war secretary go along and
frame up proposition for second
place They are even willing to &C
cept the allies candidate, if the latter
agree upon a man with the Roosevelt
O. X. The Tafters will do this for
harmony. They will not, however.
permit the allies to run a man who is
absolutely anti-Rooseveltian or anti
taft.
corteIyou Would Do.
Just who this satisfactory man
would be has not been ELECTED. Cor
telyou would probably do, but the
question remains, can he get the del
egation from New York state? An
other objection is that he is a member
of the Roosevelt cabinet. Fairbanks
might possibly be unobjectionable to
the Tafters. Ex-Governor Franklin
Murphy of New Jersey, also might be
acceptable to the Taft people.
There are two other possibilities
either of whom are said to be satisfac.
tory Deneen of Illinois and Governor
Sheldon of Nebraska. 1t is understood
that Taft and Roosevelt desire Dolli.
ver above all the rank and file. How.
ever they feel that a New York man
should be chosen. They think New
York man is necessary to carry the
Empire state. The Tafters. however
feel that New York state is certain
They are more concerned about the
Western states and a man who can
meet Bryan on the platform Therefore
they want Dolliver.
No Progress Made.
With delegates arriving by scores or
every train, the allies have made alb
solutely no progress against the Taft
landslide. Boomers for Hughes
been busy as beavers all day. If they
had weakened a single delegation
they would have advertised it for eff
feet. They have nothing to say, how
ever.
Fight Over Championship.
The fight over the national commit
tee craftsmanship is under way. Hitch
cock seems to think the national chair
manship would be more desirable thar
postmaster general This aspiration
has alarmed the supporters of Arthur
Vor5s of Ohio, who thought his CLAIM
to the Craftsmanship unquestioned
Wise men from Washington declar,
the national craftsmanship will go tt
neither. They intimate that Postmas
ter-General George Won Meyer will ge
the plum. while the other two will b,
made sub-campaign managers.
Another OF the programs that ar,
proposed by the Taft people should no
be forgotten. They proposed strict
ly among themselves. that all opposi
tion to Taft be withdrew if he woult
agree to the denomination of Vic,
President Fairbanks and pledge him
self to the reelection of Speaker Can
non as czar of the house. That in
formation has seeped from Taft head
quarters. 1t was denied there off
cially and was also denied by the al
iies Both denials lacked convi<tion
ss did further denials that there Nat