The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-07
BOLT LIKELY
IF TAFT GETS
NOMINATION
AdherentS of Other Candidates
Ready to Don Their
War Paint.
WILL TAKE TROUBLES
TO THE CONVENTION
FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDERS RID
ING ROUGH SHoD OVER RE-
PUBLICAN WAR HORSES.

Chicago. June 6.-No more evidence
in contested cases will be put before
the Republican national committee by
the allied candidates. according to
decision reached tonight at a confer
ence between managers representing
the interests of Senator Knox. Vice
President Fairbanks and Governor
Hughes. The managers for Speaker
Cannon did not participate There
were present at the conference Rep
resentative James Francis Burke of
Pennsylvania. Senator Hemenway and
Joseph b. Healing of Indiana, Senator
Crane OF Massachusetts, a. b. Hum
phreys of New York and Governor
Bradley of Kentucky.
Their Cause Pejudged.
Convinced that the national COM
hlttee, as at present constituted, has
pretudged all contests in favor of
Secretary Taft, and that all of the
delegations instructed to vote for him
viii be seated by the committee, the
managers of the three candidate.
named decided upon a radical course.
They talked the matter over informal
~ and then called a meeting for a late
hohr tonight. They expect also to
nave several sessions tomorrow and
map out definite program, and when
that has been done to issue a state
ment, addressed TO the public. setting
forth their reasons for refusing to con-
ttnue their cases before the court of
first instance, for such is the national
committee.
Not a Hasty Step.
In reaching a decision tonight the
gentlemen in the conference came TO
the conclusion that if they continued
TO present their claims TO the national
committee and received nothing but
succession of defeats on which to ap-
peal TO the credentials committee of
the convention, they would receive
black eye" from that body and prob
ably from the convention, which is the
court of last resort. They admitted
also that if they decline to present
their evidence to the national commit
tee they may have a poor case to pre-
sent 10 the superior court The de-
termination to take the steps outlined
therefore, was not a hasty action, and
the conferees stated that they realized
full we'll what the step means.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky has
been selected as the man best fitted to
conduct the appeal to the national
convention. which explains his pres
ence at the conference. He was in
terested also in the campaign for Mr..
Fairbanks, In his state, and he had
been retained to conduct the Fair
banks case before the committee i'm
the four contested districts from Ken
lucky.
Cannon Men Cunning.
The allies cOncede that they are
weakened by the Inconvenience of
the Cannon managers. The headduar-
ters Of the speaker are now under the
direction Of Representative Frank o.
Lowden. Mr.. Cannon has nothing to
gain by the contests, however they
may be settled, as he would not be the
beneficiary in any case Mr. Lowden
is Of the opinion that it is not good
party politics to precipitate a row in
the Republican ranks just prior to the
election, and for that reason is not in
sympathy with the movement to bolt
the committee. Representative Nc
Kinley. the chief adviser in the Can
non camp. is not I'm the city. but is
expected here Monday. What his po-
sitiOn will be is not known
The effect Of the nOn-prosecution of
the anti-Taft contests would be TO
cause the committee to seat the Taft
delegates in each instance. These del
egates would go on the temporary roll
and each one of the state delegations
so seated would name a member of the |
credentials committee.
More Taft Men Seated.
Sixteen more Taft delegates were
added 10 the temporary roll call of the /
national convention today as the re-
suit of the determination of contests
from Florida and Georgia. The oppo- |
sition TO Taft failed TO score and the !
slate was wiped clean in favor of the |
delegates instructed for the secretary. !
One Florida district, the Third, and |
three Georgia districts, the First Sec
Ond and Third, were passed over until |
Monday, because representatives of |
the anti-Taft delegations were not |
ready to proceed. Counsel for the del |
egations instructed for Secretary Taft |
moved the postpOnement. and an |
nounced they did not desire to take |
snap judgment"
Forged Tickets in Florida.
Vigorous use of the gavel by Chair |
man New, and the interference of /
friends was all that prevented a per- |
sOnal encounter between principals in |
the Florida state contests. The pro-
ceedings were enlivened also by the /
assertion that Representative Butler |
Ames of Massachusetts, who is said /
to have engineered the anti-Taft fight /
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