Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-12
ALLIES DECIDE TO FIGHT IT OUT
TO THE BITTER END AT CHICAGO;
NO NOMINATION ON FIRST BALLOT

To-Day, hughes relterateS MS reIuSa.
to accept the nomination for vice pres
ident under any circumstances
To Keep 1t Away Frcm Dolliver.
, Chicago June 12.-Iowa politicians
are making a strong effort to discour-
age all mention of the name of Sena-
tor Dolliver for vice president. Early
today Lafayette Young, George d..
Roberts, former director of the mint,
and Judge Maurice ID. OConnel called
at the headquarters of the national
committee to see Earnest E. Hart.
The national committeeman from
Iowa and the four gentlemen decided
the political situation in their state
was such it would be highly inadvisa>
BILE in their opinion for the senator
to be asked to resign his present of
fee.
Reaches Texas In List.
Chicago, June 12.-The republican
national committee yesterday reached
Texas in the alphabetical list of states,
while deciding contests for seats on
temporary roll.
The work settled cases involving
two delegations at large and % dis
| tricts, total of so delegates. OF these
, Taft is certain to have 40 and may pos
sibly have so. The uncertain delegate
halls from the Eighth district Ven
nessee and it is not positively wn
how he will vote. He belonged, how
ever, to the Oliver faction of that state,
the majority of whom were instructed
| for Taft. The contests decided yester-
day came from South Carolina, Tennes,
see and Texas.
| Knox In Race to Stay.
/ A number of Pennsylvania delegates
arrived during the day and announced
Senator Knox was in the fight to a fin
| ish. and the bigger the fight the bigger
! they believed his chances would be
r. H. Stevenson of Ohio, who opened
the Foraker headquarters yesterday
made a similar announcement in be
half of the Ohio senator, asserting thai
he did not under any circumstances
| intend to withdraw before the end o1
| the voting.
May he Hard Fight.
1t is possible hard fight will result
in the meeting of the resolutions com
mittee over opposing planks which will
be presented by representatives of the
Federation of Labor and the Nationa
Assoeiation OF Manufacturers. Boil
sides will be represented dsand will make
strenuous efforts to win
CIninls Differ.
When the committee adjourned TO
the day counting the number of dele
gates secured by Taft yesterday a
&C. his managers claimed the tota
delegates on the temporary roll cal
actually instructed and not includin:
delegates for Taft either by endorse
ment or declaration to be 554. Ae
cording to estimates made by allies
the number is $50, this estimate bein:
based on the latest figures issued b.
the allies
A statement was issued during th'
day from Congressman William E
Mckinley, manager of the Cannon
campaign, who was moved to speal
by results of the contests before tn
national committee.
He advocated a new reappointmen
OF delegates to the national convention
which in effect would be a ,restrictio,
of representation from the south.
Criticizes Hitchcocl's Conduct.
Columbus, OhN, June 12.-Charle
L Kurtz manager for Foraker, ye:
terday declared that the action of tn
committee regarding the contests wa
outrageous. He said:
1.-The conduct of Hitchcock is tn
most reprehensible of all. His sens
| of fairness, and the committees sens
of party decency, if Hitchcock didn
possess that virtue. should have pr,
vented him from sitting on the col
l tests" He declared an appeal woul
be taken to the convention on th
Ohio contests.
Leaves LOwden Clear Field.
A speedy end was put TO the figf
over the national committeeship frol
Illinois yesterday, Fred w. Uphal
withdrawing his name and leavin
Colonel Frank o. Lowden in undi
y puted possession of the field