The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-31
177 Presented by Roosevelt Faction and 27 by Taft
 Adherents
HILLES TO LOOK OUT
 FOR TAFT INTERESTS
He Is Choice of His Chief for Chair manship of Committee and Will Probably Manage Campaign
 if Taft Is Nominated

Chicago, May so.--when the republi- can national committee meets in Chi cago on June 6, 1t will be called on to decide 2os contests. Four years ago. 219 contests were submitted to the committee.
 tary Hayward, IF were presented by the Roosevelt faction and 27 by Taft adherents
 The principal contests filed by the Taft managers are from Missouri and Texas.
 In Louisiana three sets of delegates were elected at large. and In the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth districts two sots were named by Taft supporters and one by Roosevelt supporters. | More delegates than the number spe- cified in the call for the convention were chosen at large. at large In Alabama; in the Fifth district of Ken lucky; in the Fourth district of Min nesota; in the Seventh district of Texas and in the First. Tenth and Eleventh districts of Georgia. Secretary Hay
 
 the committee will be required to de- termine what will be done with them.
 Contests in Is States There are contests from IS states, the District of Columbia as follows
 Alabama-At large and Second, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth districts, IA.
 Arkansas--At large First, Second, Third. Fourth. Fifth and Seventh districts. Total delegates contested. l6.
 District of Columbia-At large, 2.
 Forlda-At large and First, Second and Third districts, 12
 Georgia-At large and First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth. Ninth. Tenth. Eleventh and Twelfth districts, 2s.
 Indana-At large and First, Second and Thirteenth districts, 10
 Kentucky-Third and Eleventh dis- tricts, 4.
 Louisiana-At large and First. Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh districts. 20,
 Nlichisan--At large. e Minnesota-Fourth district. ?.
 Mlssssippi-At large and First. Second. Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Seventh and Eighth districts. 1S
 Mssouri-At large and First, Third, Fifth, Seventh and Fourteenth dis tricts, IA
 North carolina-Fourth district. ?.
 Okla homa-Third and Fourth districts, l. South Carolina-First district, 2.
 Tennessee-Tenth district. ?.
 Texas-First Second, Third, Fourth Seventh. Eighth. Eleventh and Eff teenth. 16
 virginia-At large and First. Second Third Fifth, Sixth. Eighth and Tenth districts, IS.
 washlngton--At large and First. Second. and Third districts. 14.
 Total delegates, 204.
 Joseph B. Healing. former United States district attorney at Indiana polls, arrived In Chicago today from Texas where he looked after President Taft's interests In the recent primaries and conventions, and reported to Chairman New of the subcommittee on arrange ments for the convention that Taft and Roosevelt each have six instructed del egates from that state, while the re- maining 2s are contested.
 Chairman New reiterated his pre- vious declaration that no presidential candidate would be recognized in the distribution of convention tickets but added that if Colonel Roosevelt came to Chicago and applied for a ticket in person he would provide him with card of admission even If he had to give him his own seat.
 Roosevelt's Claims
 Roosevelts Chicago managers in a statement this evening claim their can didate will have 581 votes on the first ballot, or more than enough to nom mate.
 They give Taft 191. Lafollette 3s, Cummins 10 and class the other dele gates as uninstructed.
 New Yorlx's 90 delegates are divided as follows in the statement Roosevelt s2 Taft 2, uninstructed 56
 The demand for tickets to the con vention is greater than ever before, ac- cording to MT. New.
 Spectators are offering $50 ticket and the convention Is nearly three weeks away. 1t is expected that the day before the gathering is called to order the coveted pasteboards will bring s10O or more apiece.
 It Is estimated that more than 1o0, 900 requests for convention tickets have been received by officials and members of the republican national committee.
 Colonel New has received 10000 let ters from all parts of the country. ask ing for tickets while Chairman Fred w. Upham of the Chicago committee has received 5000 requests. Ii is said that each of the 53 members of the national committee nave receiVeu rom 1000 to 5000 requests
 The tickets will not be given out until Monday. June IT, the day before the convention is called to order, when each national committeeman will be given his allotment for distribution to delegates, alternates and visitors.
 No committeeman will bave more than 300 visitors tickets, while many will not have more than 100
 HilIes to Manage Taft's Work
 Washington. May 3O.-The interests of President Taft. at the meeting of the re- publican national committee will be in the hands of c. D. Hilles, secretary to MT. Taft.
 This information tonight was taken as an indication that MT. Hilles will be the Presidents choice for chairman of the re- publican national committee in case he is renoniDated. MT. Hillcs would not discuss the report that the charmanship ana the conduct of the campaign were to be