Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-10
Both Factions Seated with Equal
Division Of Votes.
TwENTY.sEvEN FOR SECRETARY
Nine Contestants Who We're Seated
Getting Into Line.
GOSSIP ABOUT SECOND PLACE
Talk of CorteIyou, DOIiiver. sherman.
Fassett, Guild and murphy
Hammond Opens Head
quarters.

/ CHICAGO. June s--After working for
four DAYS and with five days vet TO come
before the meeting OF the convention, the
republican national committee adjourned
late to-day with two-fifths Of its contests
decided This is based on the actual num-
Der Of contests filed. sixty having vet to be
heard. while forty-one have been settled
Z II Is probable. however. that the commit
tee has finished about one-half OF the total
amount OF work imposed on II by the ntl-
merous contesting delegations from the
southern states. There are IN Texas con-
/ tests on delegates-at-larEe In each OF the
I sixteen districts These viii be con-
solidated reducing the aggregate number
Of cases yet to be heard To four. There
J is a possibility also that other consolida-
/ tions may be made in Virginia and other
states
! The. committee today decided sixteen con-
| tests. affecting thirty-six delegates. OF
these. twenty-seven are Taft men and the
remaining nine, all of whom are Black
and Tans" from Louisiana. have practically
agreed that they viii cast their vote for
/ Taft. There is. however, no binding agree
I ment to that effect
Compromise I'm Louisiana.
The contests decided today comprised the
/ deegates-at-large in Louisiana and Mis-
i! sissippi seven districts in Louisiana six
( districts in Mississippi and one IN Missouri
/ The Louisiana contest, which was the most
I important OF the day. resulted IN a split
delegation. the committee deciding on a
/ division OF twenty 70 thirty to seat both
/ the Lily White or Taft delegation. and the
/ BLACK and Tans." with half a vote for
1 each. This agreement was not reached
Z until after repeated conferences and much
anxious telegraphag and telephoning be-
tween Chicago and Washington. The de-
/ cision finally reached by the committee was
1 carried out with the full consent and ap-
proval OF both Secretary Taft and President
/ Roosevelt. II provides that the republican
4 party in Louisiana shall be reorganized un-
( der the direction of a committee Of three,
/ composed OF the chairman, the secretary
J and one member OF the incoming naticnal
/ committee. The committee today passed a
resolution. instructing the next national
committee TO name az It's member Pearl
/ Wight the present national committeeman
from louisiana
/ Lily whites DispIeased.
! The agreement as reached between the
Taft and anti-Taft elements on the commit
tee and as later carried into effect by tha.
body, was highly displeasing to the
I Lily Whites" headed by Ex-Governor
Vormoth. The governor declared with
I great emphasis that he would not accept
the compromise. but would carry the fight
before the credentials committee and Il
defeated there he would go home. other
i members Of the Lilly White" organization
were rot so emphatic in their statements
and the Taft managers are hopeful that
they bring them to the wisdom
OF todays action before the national con-
vention is called to order.
The BLACK and Tans" accepted the com
promise with entire satisfaction. 1t was
originally supposed that their votes IL
they had been seated as delegates would
be cast for Foraker. but after the commit
tee had settled the contest they announced
that they were urinstructed and entered
into a tentative arrangement. by virtue
Of which their votes will be cast for the
secretary OF war. They claim that they
were fighting especially for recognition OF
their organization and that with them. all
the other questions were comparatively
dwarfted. The arrangements 10 vote for
Taft, however, Is not binding and to all
intents and purposes the Black and Tans'
votes from Louisiana are uninstructed.
McHarg IL Called Down.
- Somewhat Of a sensation was caused
after the Louisiana contest by Ormsby Nc
Harg Of Washington, general counsel for
all the contesting Taft delegations. Nc
Harg had not been informed by the politi-
/ cal managers Of the impending settlement.
and during his argument the committee
declared that there would be no compro-
mise, stating that he had visited the south
"at the request OF the next president OF the
United States" his words plainly referring
TO the secretary Of war.
Senator w. d. Hepburn Of Idaho was on
his feet the instant McHarg had concluded
his argument The senator was Nvid with
wrath and protested vehmenty against the
language used by the attorney. declaring
that It was nothing less than threat. in
tended to compel the committee to act as
he desired. The Taft men on the com
mittee attempted to smooth II over, but
Senator Scott Of West Virginia refused TO
be reconciled and declared that he believed
that Mr.. McHarg had spoken exactly as
ne thought and that he was attempting 70
brOWbeat the committee. Later Mr.. Nc
Harg in addressing the committee on the
Mississippi contest offered a graceful
apology saying that he had spoken merely
as counsel and not for the secretary of
war. This closed the Incident entirely. ex-
cept when Mr.. McHsrg called upon the
Taft managers and expressed his opinion
the COMMITTEES to make an argument
without being possessed OF full and accur-
ate knowledge OF what the Taft people
proposed 10 do.
First Test OF strength.
The division on the Louisiana COM
promise was the first test Of strength thar
had been made since the committee met.
This was not decisive because a number
| OF anti-Taft men voted for the settlement.
Later however. a vote was taken al the
conclusion Of hearing Of the contest from
the fourth Mississippi district Commit
teeman Scott Of Alabama. called for q
division. and thirty members Of the COM
mittee rose 70 their feet In favor OF seat
ing the Taft delegation. on the call for
negative votes nobody arose. and the
I Tan managers were thereby assured that
they had al least thirty votes on the COM
mittee During the latter part OF the after