The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-09
TAFT MEN AT CHICAGO
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lin whose place he had been sitting.
Luna made 1t point during tie day
to come outside the committee room
frequently and cstentatiously confer
with Hitchcock shout his vote. Judge
Carey, OF Oregon, personally re-
quested Hitchcock to take his proxy,
but HitchcG Sk turned II over TO Repre-
sentative McIauhlan, OF California, a
strong Taft man. Under these cir
cumstances the voluntary retirement
of Hitchcock failed TO soothe the
ruffled feelings of the allies.
The latter got together on another
effort to rouse theScountry to the
enormity o. TAR p54itlcal methods.
1.-THE unkindest cut to the allies has
been the failure OF the country to rise
In response to previous appeals. They
have hit upon real. rotten spot, the
lpreponderance OF power in the party
councils held by southern Republican
organizations which deliver no elector-
al votes. They propose reduction
of southern convention representation.
The southern Republican. white or
black, does not vote In election. He
Isimply nomlnates Republican presi-
dents. Southern delegates insured
the nomination OF Mckinley, as south
ern delegates are insuring the nomina-
tion &C Taft. II Ia the southern mem
bers of the national Republican COM
mdttee, who are giving the Taft men
1.-THE working majority on that body,
which permits them TO slide contest
ing delegates down the tobogan at
| will.
! Senator Bradley told the commit
tee in what manner these southern
delegat as are selected. Saturdays
session of the committee brought out
In the hearing OF the Florida cases a
graphic description of typical conven-
tion methods among southern Repub-
licans. Out OF a whirl OF forged
tickets and football rushes, of gun
play AMI knife thrusts, OF crooked
ness AMI corruption emerge rival del
legations whose title to national con-
,vention seats are equally bogus. The
national Republican committee, with
an owl like air of judicial impartial
lily, then seats the crowd which has
promised to support the side which
has a majority of the national COM
mittee. This time honored system Is
being beautifully Illustrated In Chi
lcago rignt now, There Is every rea-
son to question the good faith OF these
allies in proposing reform In these
conditions 10 this convention, but
there Is no question as to the de-
lsirabili,y OF such a reform.
The allies In their conference
agreed to advocate before the con-
vention the Quay scheme or repre-
,sentation proposed in 1900 Philadel-
phia convention, Ii shows each state
four delegates-at-large and one more
delegate for every 10000 Republican
ivctes cast. The effect would be TO
cut off 100 delegates from southern
states and to add $50 TO northern
states Massachusetts and Nevada
alone in the north would lose and
the loss would be one delegate in
,aceh. Ohio would gain seventeen and
Indiana eleven.
OF course the object OF the allies In
,reviving the Quay proposition at this
time Is 10 emphasize the methods of
the Taft management in securing his
nomination. Representative w. b.
Mckinley. manager for the Cannon
boom, for Instance, said In state
,ment issued last night:
"The action OF the Taft people on
,the national committee simply dem
onstrates the weakness OF their state
,ments that they had enough to nomi-
nate Taft without the southern dele
gates or those involved In contests. y
Unfortunately for the high moral
attitude assumed by Mckinley. Joe
Keeling anj Senator Hemenway. In
this matter, they and their political
friends at home we're all in this