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Show FEW OPPONENTS OF 51 TAFT. MOT r Republican National Committee 6 I Consents to Divide Louisiana V- Delegation With "Allies." . ( ! "LILY WHITE" MEN ARE ' i THREATENING A WALKOUT I More Than Half of Contests Yet 1 to Be Heard in Short Time d5 I Before Convention. i .'V I CHICAGO, June 9. After working . f for four days, with thrco additional f days 3ct lo como before the con-If con-If vcntion, the Republican National com-"3 com-"3 ?! niittee adjourned late today with two-irl two-irl I fifths of its contests decided. This is :Ji I based upon the actual number of con-$ con-$ tests filed," fifty having yet to be heard, $ i Kbilo forty-one have been settled. It 8 is probable, however, that the commit-jr commit-jr tee has finished about oue-halC of the j lotal amount of work imposed on it ,f bv the numerous contesting delegations w'n t "om t,,e Southern States. There aro in Texas contests on delcgatcs-at-largo .A ( . and t nrh of tin sixteen districts. f These will be consolidated, reducing the t" i awcgalo "umber of cases yet. to be I ; beard to forty-oue. There is a pos-ibilitv, pos-ibilitv, also, that other arrangements "ii temav be made in Virginia and other lj"S M States. Wi '! The committee today decided sixteen J i contests, affecting thirty-six delegates. ( i Or these twenty-seven arc Taft men 1 and the remaining nine, all of whom 7Ui 1 arc "Black and Tans" from Louisiana, j j have tentatively agreed - that they will 1 east their vote for Taft. There is, 7 S I however, no binding agreement to that ' V 1 effect. 33.)i ) One Split Delegation. i)ta The contests decided today- comprised thr- dclcgates-at-large in Louisiana and a j : Mississippi, seven districts in Louisiana, six districts in Mississippi and one in :rS Missouri. The Louisiana contest, which .g, wis the most important of the day. .' 3 ' teaulterl in a split delegation, the com-Sail com-Sail i mlitee deciding on a division of twenty to thirtv to seat both the "Lily , White," or Taft delegation, and the !i "Black and Tans," with half a vote or eac''' '','s 'iC'eetnent was not i ll u"tf after repeated conferences t!.' mil much anxiety, telegraphing and jfe-Slt'.. Ultphoning- between Chicago and Wash-j' Wash-j' hgtou. The decision finally reached Lr the committee was carried out with the full consent and approval of both w Sretary Taft and President Roosevelt, jl-' It iirovided that the Republican pnrty r 1D Louisiana shall be reorganized under ? tko direction of a committee of throe, "w ; tomposcd of the chairman, the sec re-; re-; 1 ffliryand mie member of the incoming lf& f National committee. The committee to-j?" to-j?" iiy passed a resolution instructing the Jfcr fctMt Xational committee to name as ; ! this member Pearl Wight, the present ( f Xational committeeman from Louisiana. -iSf " Taft Men Angered. j ' Tbn aRreement, as reached between j the Taft aud auti-Taft elements on the -j tommittee. and as later carried into jH i; effect by that body, was highly dis-V dis-V Pk-asing to the "Lily Whites." headed nrij' bv ex-Governor Wnrmoth. The Gov-efnnr Gov-efnnr declared with great emphasis 1 1 that he would not accept tho com- Promise, but would-carry tho fight bo-ia bo-ia j credentials committee, and it jI nofeated there, lie would go home V'i Other members of the "Lily White'' Ifei faction were not so emphatic in their statements, and 1ho Taft managers am i y ('. hopeful that thoy can bring them to '- rj!e the wisdom of. today 's action before mrM fine National convention is called U I . "The Black and Tans" accepted the j,t0mProinise v.-it.h entire satisfaction. It jJK'35 originally supposed that their 4p vtes, if thoy had been sealed as dele-Mkts dele-Mkts would be cast for Senator Fora-jlflKer; Fora-jlflKer; but after the committee hod set-thn set-thn contest they announced that tf 4.Bhcy were uiunstructed and entered into " jRl5 tentative arrangement bv virtue of j S.'ft?''ich their votes will be cast for the jBa"elar-v of War- Tbt'-V 'laiTnod that Wmm v wer0 'ting especially for reeog-ViB$'n reeog-ViB$'n i.01 t,ncir orK"ni7.ation, and that 'BSt them all other questionn were com-v com-v jfflmf vp'y dwarfed. Th" agreement, to Vtl a Tail "owovcr, is not, binding, lall"nni a iutenis and puiTiosos the Jill . Ulack and Tan" votes from Louisiana Jf aro umnBtructed. sp"v 1 Bitter FeeUng Aroused. rtti-4 i ,,'?m,ct'.inU of a sensation was cre- 'i : ,,e'1 mring fno hearing of the Louisi-jn Louisi-jn i ??a , contest by Ormsby McIIarg of rii? i..,iaslunU'ton. general counsel for all of i ' contesting Taft delegations. Mr. ML :T,Mllr nnd not been informed by the v 'j V ttl '"anagcrs of Urn impending - c'i -i h;V,cmett and during his argument ( hn?rP tho conimilie declared tluit ' w0''0.111'1 compromise, nialing v nat 1m had visited the South "at tho 1 I IS u i of th" ""xl President, of tho "" I Lrl n Mes." his words plainly re-'kJI't re-'kJI't tnr wBi 10 Serrctnry of War. Sena-s.' Sena-s.' . f.t .rI1(Vlt"fn of Idalio-wna on his A- clnin i.,n8tnnl Mr- McIIarg had con-ietrf con-ietrf f I ."? C"cni. The Senator was ? tni1"1 vraUl- an(l protested veho- tho a",aKal the language userl by jij! notbiL irney' declaring that, it was T1- 2&, css il,,lu ;i il'reat intruded to r ST Si1' c,u'ftop to acf as he dc-w dc-w jfi tee'atD J10. ."I1 mon 011 ,he commit- fewfe J SJl s,Slaccrul aUolfcv, fliiyWK that ff.Wf clo0' ' fcecretary of War.' This &A vlH-n Mr AtArC1leilt,. '"tirely, -except fe i coi df 1 s?cd his opinion of W r U,c con Ut ln, lcttinrr boforo if I 'thout Sim, nt0 Tna?u an argument itfj j ucing possessed of full and ac- - Continued on Page Eight ' . FEW OPPONENTS OF TAFT TO BE SEATED Continuo.? from Fajjo Ono. curat.c information of what tho Tnft people proposed to do. First Test of Strength. The division on Uio Louisiana compromise com-promise was the first tost of strength that lias been inado since tho committee commit-tee met. This was not decisive, because a number of anti-Taft men voted for the settlement. Later, howover, a vote was lakon at tho conclusion of a hearing hear-ing of the contest from tho Fourth Mississippi Mis-sissippi district. Committeeman Scott of Alabama called for a divisiou, and thirty members of the committee rose to their feet in favor of aeatinu tho Tnft delegation. On tho cull for negative nega-tive votes nobody arose, and tho Taft managers were thereby assured that thoy had at least thirty votes on the committee. During the latter part of the afternoon, after-noon, when Chairman Now was compelled com-pelled by business to leave the committee. commit-tee. he called upon Judson W. Lyons of Georgia, the only colored man on tho committee, to preside over tho deliberations. de-liberations. Mr. Lyons presided during tho hearing of the grcaler number, of the Mississippi contests, and acquitted himself in a most creditable manner. The opening of headquarters for John TTays Hammond of Massachusetts during dur-ing tho day brought' the Vice-Presidential situation to the front. He was the first to show his candidacy in a definite form, but coincident with his activity came the movement in behalf of Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachusetts, who will be strongly urgod when the full force of the delegation from his State arrives, late in the week. Plenty of Candidates. Tho Xcw York candidates, tentative and otherwise, arc numerous. They are George R. Corlelyou, Secretary ot the Treasury, and Keprcsentativcs .lames S. Sherman and J. Sloat Fassett. The East also has brought forward another possibility pos-sibility in the person of Frauklin Murphy, former Governor of New .Jersey, .Jer-sey, and National committeeman of that State. From the West, .T. P. Dolliver of Towa, United States Senator from that State, was the most prominently mentioned. men-tioned. Senator J. C, Burrows of Michigan, Michi-gan, who is to be temporary chairman of the convention, and Lieutenant-Governor Lieutenant-Governor Sherman of Illinois, also found supporters among tho politicians. Much of ,tho discussion as to the availability of these men centered upon their campaigning abilities. On this point the friends of Senator Dolliver. Governor Guild, Sonator Eurrows and Lieutenant-Governor Sherman were especially insistent, the advocates of all four claiming that their man is particularly par-ticularly well fitted to take up the burden bur-den that will be imposed upon the Vice-Presidential candidate between the time of his nomination and tho opening of the polls in November. Thoro was somo talk that the placing of Mr. Cortolyou on the ticket would bo open to criticism in that two members mem-bers of the present Cabinet would be running for the chief offices of the country, provided that Secretary Taft is nominated for the Presidency. To this tho friends of Mr. Corlelyou replied re-plied that while tho Socretary might be popular with the Administration, he also possessed outside strength of his own with the commercial interests in the country which would render him au available candidate. Thero was a strong general feeling, however, that an Eastern man should be given tho second place on the ticket. This 8entimont was used by the friends of the Eastern candidates as a reason for, in their opinion, eliminating the Illinois. Iowa and Michigan possibilities. possibili-ties. Tn addition, it was pointed out that the political situation in Towa is unsettled because of the recent struggle between the Allison and Cummins factions, fac-tions, and it would be unwise for tho National party to take any step which might again bring that contest to the fore. Despite the generality of the talk on the Vice-Presidential situation, there was no inclination on tho part of any of the leaders to pose as authorities for or against .1113' candidate. All asserted that the situation could not bo brought to a focus as yet, and that developments develop-ments of the next few days might chango the entire aspect of affairs. |