The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-11
FORAKER IS GIVEN
THIRD OHIO VOTE
SENATOR IS GRANTED DELE
GATES BECAUSE OF RIVALRY
or TWO MANAGERS.
TAFT HAS TOTAL OF 504 VOTES
Arthur !. vorys and Myron T. Herriel
Have Charge Of Ohio Contests
pousherty May be Chairman
Of Credentials Committee.


Chicago, June 1.-THE Republican
national committee Wednesday de
cided contests in two states at large
and in II districts. the net result be
ing that 33 full votes and two hall
votes were added to the number al
ready accredited to Taft and that two
half votes were given to Senator
Joseph B. Foraker.
The committee has yet to conside,
contests at large in three states, In
volying a total OF SO votes The com
mittee has given Taft III additional
votes. or total Of 504 on the TEN
porary roll call.
The chief interest OF the day cen
tered In the Ohio contests OF which
there were four, namely, In the third
The sixth, the tenth, and the 18th dis
tricts. Taft got the delegates in the
third, the tenth and the 18th, and ir
the sixth district both delegations
were seated with half vote to each
man.
The Foraker men made a strons
night In the district because II was the
old home OF the senator and they
were anxious to procure its votes fol
him. The Foraker delegates are
Mark Shoup of Xenia and T. l.. GIL
christ OF Lebanon, while the Taft mer
are II. NJ. Brown OF Hillsboro and
Charles Q. Hildebrandt of Whining
ton. The latter faction has been rec
ognized for the last four years as reg
ular.
The Ohio contests have been in |
charge OF Arthur l. Vorys and Myrop
T. Herrick. When the arguments
had been concluded in the sixth dis |
trict hearing Wednesday several Taf,l
members applied to Mr.. Hitchcock TO,
further Information. He referred al
questions to Myron T. Herrick. TIL.
motion to divide the delegation be
tween the Taft and Foraker mer
came from Senator Lodge of Massa |
chusetts and was carried without
strenuous opposition. The contests IN |
the third and the tenth districts were
based on factional fights, both sides
10 the disputes being instructed for
Taft. In the 18th district the action
OF the Taft delegates in holding
convention Of their own was sus
tanned and they were placed on the
temporary roll call.
The national committee expects tc
be able to finish its work by FRIDAY
night, To this end the members are
making every possible effort to induce
the warning factions to consent to the
consolidation OF cases.
Harry NJ. Daugherty OF Columbus
Ohio, who arrived Wednesday. is
slated for the credentials committee
from his state and It was generally
gossipped Wednesday that he may be
chosen chairman of the committee
when II is made up next Tuesday
Mr.. Daugherty did not deny that such
a sequence OF events was possible.
The Ohio delegation, II was an
pounced, will reach Chicago on Sun
day and will be called into caucus
Monday afternoon. At that time Mr.
Dangherty will be proposed as a mem
Der OF the credentials committee and
n Is also on the slate that Wade FL
lis, attorney general OF Ohio, will be
named as a member of the resolutions
committee. II had been expected that
Mr.. Ellis would reach Chicago Wed
nesday bringing with him rough draft
OF the tentative platform. He left
Washington Tuesday night hut stoppedl
et Columbus, where, according TO re
ports, he met Senator Hopkins OF MIL
nois, who discussed the platform ques
tion with Speaker Cannon II was said
Wednesday that Mr.. Ellis and Sena
tor Hopkins have been in communica
tion regarding the platform for severa
days
There was sudden cessation OF nc
tiyity Wednesday regarding the vice
presidential situation. This was large
~ due TO theq announcement made by
Frank II. Hitchcock that the Tah
forces would not take part in any cam
paign for the second place on the
ticket
The leaders OF the allies adopted the
attitude that Il had not been customl
sry for the party TO consider the vice
presidency until after the first plac,
ON the ticket had been filled and that
there was no present reason TO depart
from this precedent. What discussiouI
was heard centered largely about Sen
ator Dolliver Of Iowa and Secretary
coftelyou.