The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
SPECIAL 10 Tho Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Chicago. H., June 1.-THE allies" re-
fuse TO acknowledge themselves whipped
Although Taft has more than 4gl dele
gates cinched. the allies" headed by
senator-elect W. o. Bradley. Of Ken
tucky. to-day completed an organization
TO carry the fight into the national con-
vention.
They declare their revolt against the
political tactics employed to secure the
nomination for the Secretary of War will
be the signal for the hardest fought bat
tie in the history Of Republican conven-
tions.
Before the national convention itself the
allies viii make two demands:
Reversal by the credentials committee
Of the national committees decision in
the Southern contests.
Reorganization of the party constitution
to eliminate the rotten boroughs" Of
the Southern States by giving States one
national delegate for every 10000 Repub-
lican votes. besides their four delegates
at-large-
Arrange for IA Fight.
Detailed arrangements for the fight are
being made by Representative W. b. Nc
Kinley, representing Mr. Cannon: Repre-
sentative James +. Burke and Senator
PenrOse. representing Mr. Knox; Senator
Hemenway. representing Mr. Fairbanks:
a. b. Humphrey. representing Mr..
Hughes. and Senator Dick for Mr.. For
aler
Seuutor-elect Bradley. Of Kentucky. is
expected 10 lead the fight Of the allies be-
fore the credentials committee. II is not
likely he will make the fight for restric-
tion Of the Southern representation, as he
is from Southern State, but he will not
oppose IT,
The allies are united in advocating re-
striction of Southern representation i'm the
national convention said John c. Ever
aman. chief lieutenant to Mr.. Mckinley
in the Cannon headquarters. Senator
Dick. for Mr. Foraker, favors il as
strongly as do the Knex forces"
Drives Steam Roller.
Manager Frank H. Hitchcock continued
to drive the steam roller over the con-
testing delegates to-day. regardless Of the
cries Of anguish from the camp Of the
allies. The Taft managers declared. with
added confidence, that Taft will have al
least zoo votes
There are those who believe that some
Of the aspirants for the nomination in the
camp of the allies will withdraw before
gers Of the 'antis,' however, deny this.
insisting that the field will stay in the
race until the end.
Ii was made apparent to-day that any
attempt to put into the Republican plat
form plan committing the party TO
enacting legislation designed to restrict
the power OF the Federal courts in the IS
sue Of InjunctiOns will cause a bitter
battle. likely 10 have a marked effect on
Republican chances in the coming cam
paign- Men representing great business
interests, who have come here because of
the fear that the anti-injunCtiOn proposal
may De adopted are not letting any
grass grow under their feet in con-
Quoting organized opposition TO the
threatened attack on the integrity of the
judiciary.
With the aid Of prominent delegates.
they viii carry the fight to the floor OF
the convention II the anti-injunction
plank goes into the platform to be sub
mitted 10 the committee on resolutions.
Want No Radical Measure.
There Is going to be a mighty struggle.
too. II an attempt is made to put in the
platform an Endorsement of the radical
provisions OF the Seth Low-SamueI Com
pers bill to amend the Sherman antitrust
law.
James W. Van Cleave. Of st. Louis.
president of the National Association of
Manufacturers and chairman of the ma
tional council for industrial defense. got
here to-day with the officers Of the or
ganizatons Of which he Is the head. and
Samuel Gompers. president Of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor. and the other
members Of the executive council Of the
federation landed In Chicago this even
ing.
It was positively stated tonight that
In the rough draft of the platform
brought here from Washington by Wade
Ellis there is an anti-inJunction plank.
and that Gompers is to come here with
something like an assurance from head
quarters in Washington that the plank
is TO be embodied in the platform Of the
convention This statement Is made on
tine authority Of those who have seen the
plank and those who have discussed il
with Mr.. Ellis.
The statement that Gompers has been
practically assured that the anti-injunc-
tion plank is to be accepted by the COM
rnittee on resolutions Is equally authori-
tative
The Vice Presidential matter is dis
cUssed with more interest as the days
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