The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-09

Igame Of prohting by southern delegates
sand those involved In contests
when the- rode on the Mckinley
Iband wagon in 1896. Uunfortunately
for the result of this propaganda, too,
southern delegates "and those In
Ivolved in contests" will cast just as
valid votes, cast them as often and
la third as many of them, in the COM
Iing convention as the most regularly
elected delegates from the most rock
ribbed Republican state of the north.
10 was only after another vain eff
fort to negotiate with the Taft men
for some sort OF a compromise that
would seat few of their southern
delegates that the "allies" were
seized yesterday with this pious hor-
ror OF Dixie politics. Frank II.
Hitchcock turned down this compro-
mise proposition In a fashion so alb
rupt as to be brutal. He had re-
ceived PEI sonal kilograms from Pres
ident Roo* yelt and Secretary Taft,
putting the "well-done-good- and
faithful-servant" stamp on his SAT-
urdays refusal to make concessions.
The White House attitude is that the
CONTESTANTS before the committee rep
resent opposition to "my policies"
| in any eNeIt, and 80 are entitled TO
lno consideration. Secretary Tafts
Telegram indicates a disposition on
1.-THE part of this reform candidate TO
stand Dy his political friends at any
and all lizards.
Ohio came to its own yesterday.
Arthur Vorys arrived with that
lgenial veteran Col. J. ID. Ellison, who
says nothing and turns more tricks
lin the political game than most Ohio
cock met formally, very formally.
|They Saij, "Howdy do" exchanged
comments on the Chicago weather
Just now en- tap and separated.
Smith Bennett, Mayor w. j. Geer, Of
ICalion, A. r. Johnson, Taft dele
gates from the contested tenth Ohio
Idistrict, anu Daniel A. Allaman,
ditto from the third, appeared to rally
AROUND vorys and Ellison.
Col. Myron T. Herrick and
Charles p. Taft rallied a bit them
selves, in dignified sort of way In
short, Ohio tried TO show 1t had a
TAFT manager on the job even II
Frank H. Hitchcock was getting mes
,sages of commendation from Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft. On the other
hand r. II. Stephenson, head of the
Foraker press bureau in Columbus, and
Ed Scohey, former clerk of the Ohio
senate, headed counter demonstra-
ton They had rally OF two in the
,thirty-two or more rooms reserved for
Foraker headquarters. Senator Maj
or General Dick was expected to re-
port md make 1t three, but he did
mot appear.
This imposing organization to which
Charles Kurtz will be added on
Wednesday will have charge of just
two Foraker delegates those from
the seventeenth Ohio district. To be
sure there was large reception COM
,mittee OF coiored brethren to welcome
iStephenson and the opening OF For
,aker ea1quarters, but they had moth
ing to contribute except talk about
how hard the times are with the ma
,tional committee refusing to seat more
of them every day and the Taft ma
jority growing so fast that votes In
the convention have no market value
ANYWAY. Stephenson sldestepped the
L.. 4 Al a.. tgl.
and nurrie6 out TO see that his
name was regularly proposed for
active membership in the allies. At
a late hour last night he had been
voted in. Membership carries with Il
"a joint shars in an overworked stem
ograpny and the right to issue bnlIe-
tins every fifteen minutes.