The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-06

atoms of the committee, the COM
plexion of the body will be consider
ably altered.
A check-up of the ffty-three men,
bers made in the Taft headquarters
today showed that the Presidents
leaders are counting on the support
Of forty members. They conceda nine
to Roosevelt and class four as doubt
full. The nine will be the leaders of
he fight for a large number of Roose-
welt contests. They are George a.
Knight of California, Sidney Richer
of the District of Columbia, Senator
Borah of Idaho, Pearl Wight of Louis
d, lana, James Kennedy of North Da-
kota, William L. Ward of New York,
Thomas Thorson of South Dakota,
Cecil A. Lyon of Texas and Alfred
T. Rogers of Wisconsin. The four
doubtful ones not claimed by the Taft
forces are the successor to John +.
Hill of Maine, Frank B. Kellogg of
Minneapolis, c. NJ. Cade of Oklahoma
b, and NJ. c. Monday of Tennessee.
The obstacle against permitting
delegates-elect to sit with the COM
mittee is that they are not formally
elected by the State delegates until
after the committee on credentials
has reported in the convention. This
is due to the fact that the delegations
are not made up until all the contests
have been settled. The hearing Of
contests is not expected by the man
ayers here to start before Monday,
June 9th.
Credentials from $50 out of 1876
delegates to the Republican National
Convention have been received by
Secretary Hayward of the National
Committee. In the list are the names
of two women delegates at large
elected in the California direct pri-
mary-Mrs. Florence Collins Porter
and Mrs. Isabella w. Blaney Of San
Francisco.
The time limit on contests expires
tomorrow, but as the call was worded
that contests should be forwarded by
May goth, it is likely that the COM
mittees will continue to receive be-
lated notices for several days,
Illinois delegates instructed for
Roosevelt were invited today to visit
Oyster Bay next Saturday. The OBJ
iect of the meeting, the Roosevelt
leaders declared, was to discuss plans
for concerted action by the Central
States delegates in advancing the can
didacy of Colonel Roosevelt.
Chicago Roosevelt supporters be-
!ieve the position of the former Pres
idnt on the proposed election of Sen
ator Root as temporary chairman of
the National Convention will be clear
~ defined at the Saturday meeting.
Reports Stir Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Rumors
that attempts will be made to seat
new National Committeeman so that
they can serve on the Republican Ma
tional Committee when it begins the
hearing of contest cases in Chicago
June 9th have stirred political lead
ers here more than any recent move
in the Presidential campaign. In sew
eral States where the Roosevelt vic
tories were pronounced, Chicago con-
vention delegates were instructed to
elect new National Committeeman,
and it is said some of these delega-
tons plan to meet soon, elect the
new committeeman and demand that
they be given seats Immediately on
the National Committee to take part
in the hearing of the contests.
If such a movement is started It
will be directed against such mem
bers of the committee as Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania, Senator
Crane of Massachusetts, Frank o.
Louden of Illinois, Arthur l. Vorys of
Ohio and f. C. Duncan of North
Carolina, all of whom are friendly TO
President Taft's candidacy.
The rules of the National Commit,
ice and the procedure of former con
ventions are opposed to such action,
1t is claimed by Taft managers and
by many Republican leaders here
that the delegates to the Chicago con
vention from any state have no legal
standing and no authority to elect
National Committeeman until their
credentials have been passed on by
the existing National Committee and
later by the credentials committee Of
the Chicago convention.
A classified Ar in the star will