Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-05
are CONTESTS II ELEVEN STATES
Result Of Them Will Perhaps Deter
mine Whether Taft Will Receive
the Nomination or Not-Vice-Pres
identia' Blooms sprinsing Up-To
Hear the Alabama Case Today.
(By Associated Press.)


CHICAGO. June 4. Political &C
uvlty commenced in earnest today
around the Auditorium and the Audi
torium Annex and the Coliseum. where
the Republican national convention is
soon to be held. The Cannon head.
quarters were permanently opened in
the Auditorium and the announce
ment was made by a number OF poll
ticians friendly to candidates other
than William H. Taft that Foraker's
headquarters would be opened soon
in the Great Northern hotel.
Charles N. Kurtz, OF Columbus, O..
Is to have charge OF the senator's
interests.
Charles p Taft. of Cincinnati,
brother of the secretary OF war. came
to Chicago today and promptly an
nounced that he expected the secre-
tary to be nominated on the first
ballot. He smiled as he cautioned lis
teners to remember that he was
preiudiced witness, hut asserted that
there wax, iIo uOup1 IA. ---~-..''"" '
only one ballot would be cast.
Vice presidential gossip was prom
inent today for the first time, the
names OF Senator J. P. DOlliver. OF
Iowa, and James s. Sherman, OF Ne"
York, being mentioned.
John Hayes Hammond, the well
known mining engineer, was ais"
talked Of.
At the headquarters of Joseph c.
Cannon it was declared that tine es-
Inmates of strength made by the Talt
neople were largely Overdrawn ana
John Eversman. the confidential man
of Congressman Mckinley of Cham
naisn. who is now in charge OF the
beadouarters, asserted that the ILL.,
nois candidate would not only nave
more strength than has generally
heen credited to him. but that 'he
Taft people would not be abie ~
show more than $50 votes on the hrst
ballot
Committee Will Meet Today.
The full Republican national com
= mitee will meet tomorrow at
o'clock and begin the hearings on
vhicb will be determined the contests
involving 22s seats in the con'eh
ton.
Tho number OF contests filed is Sc
large that their settlement has easily
become the mos. important OF th'
preeouyention proceedings.
The nomination Of the Repubiicaf
candidate for President hinges abso'
,,,e,v upou the decision Of the mem
hers OF the national committee am
the subsequent approval Of that dc
c;sion by ths credentials commi"e'
OF the convention.
Half Of the contests decided IN Va
xor Of Secretary Taft would res",
IN his winning on the first oai'''
while failure to capture this hnh'o.
~ou,d nut the nomination IN "ouo'
Rkal,ziug the necessity o! keep'"
n.ior;tv of the contested deiesa"'
from the Taft column the rep'e'e''S
,ives NJ other candidates have 20"
"A ,ssues in most Of the cases a"
nil, urge their claims before ire 10
t,ooal committee.
The proceedings. Therefore 49,
~;u no resolved into Tan ana AMI
Taft controversy. ~
No, Of the contests are IN u
sou,h. and are being looked a.fer :
ua,os r. c. Bryan, Of NaSh'"s''
vbo arrived today. ,
u.i.r prvan announced I'VE"
,,s mas. his arguments ch''n! n.y.
4. coo,.o.ioa that IN most ~ W
southern s;=ir- tn T"h '"'.''S "S
,,..,.,i,,-d the perr" '""rs '
Negotiating ia the STATE aud "'S'',
sonvxn,,on. and that the allies ae'
80 had bren selected at conve
.,ons from which no class OF 'a'
hsd ben barred.
Eleven STATE Contests. =,
Their. are eleven state contests. y
u..,.. h.,ns Alabama, FLORIDA u"
-. I1u,siapa. Mississippi. Nor
c.,o,iua. Oklahoma. North caro. -,
tennessee. Texas and Nus'nA. :.
remaining delegates In contest !.
from scattering districts IN