Show I TAfT IS STILL WINNER AT IT CHICAGO National Committee Continues Continues Con Con- s to Decide Contests Contests Contests Con Con- tests in His Favor HUGHES' HUGHES SUPPORT IS SADLY DEPLETED Secretary Has No Particular lar Choice for Running Mate Says Manager CHICAGO Juno June 10 The The decisions of the Republican national committee today today today to to- day were uniformly in favor or of tho the Taft delegations Tho The Eleventh and Twelfth Missouri districts went that way and that meant that Go Governor erncr lIu Hughes hes loses Joses tho the greater reater part of h his instructed instructed in in- dele delegates ates outside New York sla state slate te The Taft anti-Taft people announced before before be be- fore foro tho the hearing began beJan that they were not over hopeful of success Tho They said Baid that sinco since tho the commission decided yes yes- yesterday in favor or of the Taft dele delegates ates in the tho Tenth district there was small mall chance in their opinion of winning winnin out in tho the remaining contests The contests concerning the Nor North h Carolina dele delegates ats at's at lar largo large e followed the decision a again ain bein being for tor Taft Afterward Afterward Af Af- Af the various districts in that state were taken up with similar results results re re- re- re suits in most cases casos Draft Platform Arrives Amon Among the arr arrivals als carl early today were former Representative 1 J W. W V. V Babco Babcock of Wi Wisconsin Representative James A. A of ot l. Minnesota and aid Attorney General W. W H. H Ellis of Ohio who came camo from Washington ton where ho he has be been u consulting tho the secretary of ot war and President Roosevelt re regarding ardin the platform plat pInt form which is to tobe be submitted to the convention General Ellis brought brou ht with him urn a draft of the document as approved approved ap ap- ap proved pro by President Roosevelt and Secretary Sec See rotary Taft It was announced today that the tho headquarters of Senator Knox will bo be opened on Saturday or Sunday They will be in charge 0 of Col William R. R Andrews Andrews An An- drews of ot Meadville Pa chairman of the Pennsylvania dele delegation ahon After calling the tho eleventh Missouri district it was nas decided to consolidate I this case with that of tho the twelfth district district dis dis- dis from the same sarno state Twenty- Twenty five fi minutes were vere given hen to each side f for forthe forthe r the presentation of evidence A. A B. B Humphreys manager er for Governor Gov Gov- Hughes appeared at the tho committee commit commit- tee room for the tho first time since since tho the hearing of contests be began an The general gen gou- ou eral attendance however was much smaller and tho the apparent interest much less than at any preceding session of ot the committee Governor Warmoth of Louisiana was WR present and still It ill to the compromise which was as reached yesterday yester day in tho the contest from his state Hu Ha expressed himself today in much the tho saute amo manner a as on yesterday and ap- ap Continued on P Page i 9 TAFT Continued From Page L felt feU exceedingly ly bitter over the decision made yesterday by tho the national committee cc Several conferences were held last ni night ht and today between Governor Warmoth War War- moth and Waiter Cohon Cobon tho the leader of ot the tho Black and earl Tan faction but PO so far nothing definite has come of them Missouri for tor Taft Ta The decision in the consolidated case of the eleventh and twelfth Missouri districts was wag in favor of the Taft deleat delegations dele dele- at ons and they vero ordered seated Committeeman Scott of West Vest Virginia offered a motion providing pro that both delegations from each district be seated with half a Vote each This was wa defeated b by a standing voto vote 31 to 11 ii Committeeman Aiken of Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- louri then offered a n. motion seating both Taft delegations and this was c carried without division After the decision in these cases had been declared Chairman New said No UNo Rough Hough Riding Biding I know it it has been charged ed that the Taft people on tho the committee have been riding roughshod over everything I want to say sar however that all the contests contests con con- tests that have bave been settled by the national national na na- na committee have bavo been strictly on their merits and on the evidence evi dence presented There has been boon no no rough riding over anybody After the Missouri contests contest had Dad been settled North Carolina W was va 8 called In Inthis Inthis Inthis this state there are contests over o d delegates dele le gates at lar large e. e arid and from the tho First to Sixth districts distracts inclusive arid and in the Eighth district Tho The contests in North Nor Carolina were not consolidated the delegates at large bein being first taken up with thirty minutes min rain utes allowed to each s sIde de Manager er Frank H. H Hitchcock of the Taft forces today made an important declaration in in relation to the vice pre i. i situation Mr Hitchcock said Not Choosing Running Mate On the tho question of the nomination of a 8 vice president Secretary tary Taft and hi his mana managers ers have made no comments or deals They will not hereafter make any combinations or ot d deals and will not push the candidacy of any particular man Wo We aro are simply working S to secure the nomination of oC Secretary S Taft on the first ballot and when we wo have bave achieved that wo we wiH wil be hi highly satisfied satisfied- The question of tho the selection of oC a vice presidential candidate is a a. question for lor the tho convention to decide dedde and there is no thought of attempting to in influence lu on once ence e these theRe selections Taft has no intention intention intention in in- of ot binding the delegates who cast their votes for him for Cor president to vote for lor an any particular person for vice Th The Tho Taft Toft people aro are not backing any candidate for lor vice dent and they thoy will not do so hero here aft after or Louisiana Still Waiting Governor Warmoth of Louisiana today to day ds declared What That action will be taken b by tho the Louisiana delegation concerning the tho decision de de- de han handed ed down j 3 by tho the national committee has bas not yet vet been determined The Tho question will wih not be settled definitely until after tho the arrival of ot the full delegation S Will Bunch Contests Consolidation of ot contests contest I will with probably probably abl ably be the tho future futuro order of business of the Republican national committee After Af AC Af- Af ter tho the committee bad had completed its labors yesterday it issued a n statement showing that only two fifths of the contests contests con con- tests filed he before foro it had boon been EI settled white while four out of the nine days at nt the tho disposal of the tho committee ha have e elapsed As a consequence the plan that has bas been adopted for the tho Texas contests may become become become be be- come general The Tho disputes from that state involving four delegates at large largo and sixteen districts are arc to be bo considered considered consid consid- ered in a body the issues in each of the seventeen cases sea being almost exactly exactly exact exact- I ly similar As an earnest result of their intention to rush their work to completion completion comple comple- tion the tho members of the national committee com corn be began an today's proceedings by ly hearing the cases from tho the eleventh and twelfth Missouri districts at tho same samo time More Compromises Improbable It is not COD considered side red likely that more compromises of a nature similar to that reached in the tho Louisiana cases eases yester yesterday yesterday day will bo be reached Conditions in n that st state te were vre more moro or less unique and the Taft TaCt leaders who vho voted for the compromise compro mise measure in the committee say that they did so 50 merely for the tho purpose of clearing up a tangled situation It is thought bt that tho the measures adopted yesterday yes yes- by which the party part V is to be reorganized reorganized re reo re- re or organized in tho the state will result in in abolishing the recurring contests between between be be- tween the tho black and tans tang and the lily whites of the state with which the national committee has bas been compelled com corn pelted to wrestle with each returning convention time That at least is the object of the adopted p plan as explained by larry Harry S. S New chairman of tho national national na na- na committee who proposed its adoption and is willing to take tako full responsibility responsibility re re- re l ty for It it Taft Wins Again It was the fear of ot the tho Taft managers ers that if it they yielded to the tho demands for fora a split delegation from Louisiana they would thereby establish a precedent which might prove troublesome when the contests from following southern states were wore reached They believed that the race question upon which the Louisiana Louisiana Lou Lou- cases calles hinged binged would bob up in every other southern delegation lele That their fears in this respect were we-ro unfounded was wag proved when the Mississippi Mississippi sippi contests were taken up after niter the tho Louisiana eases cases had hail been s settled No mention of split plit delc delegation from the state filtered past the doors of tho the committee committee com corn room and the tho sixteen contesting contestins Taft delegates Iele ates were cero all seated A similar simS sim ilar result followed the tho hearin hearing of the struggle Jo for control of the tenth district of Missouri and the tho committee then ad For Vice President The men who are arc preparing to advance ad advance vance tho the causes of nf aspirants for the vice presidential nomination will increase increase in in- crease their efforts to marshal supporters support support- ers era today tolay Thus far there has been a lethargy y regarding nJ the this second place on the ticket but out indications aro are not lacking lacking lacking lack lack- ing that this condition of affairs is to tobe tobe tobe be modified from now on Tho The contest for the place is likely ly to resolve itself into a n struggle between the past east and the west vest and some Bore of the southern leaders aro are reported ready read to tako take advant advantage go goot of ot this phase of the thA situation to gain Jain possible recognition for their section on the ht ticket The present consensus of opinion however er looks toward New NewYork York ork and wb when n the delegates from frol that state arrive they ther will wi be he exp expected to announce a candidate upon whom the they can eRn unite Additional headquarters wore were opened today toda- The ThA La Ja a Follette roms rome in the Gr Grand nd Pacific hotel were thrown open I and efforts to line lino lne up support for lor him himbe be began an Tho The decision of the committee in the contest for dele delegates ates at largo of North Carolina was in favor of the Taft fac faction tion ton The Tho TIl voto vote for delegate at lar large e efrom from North Carolina followed a motion b by R Robert bert Reyburn of the District of Columbia to seat seal the tho Taft anti delea- delea tion This was voted down by a viva voce OCO vote Tho motion moton to seat tho the Taft aft dele delegates tes then prevailed ailed ro The Tho contests in tho the First Fist and Second North C Carolina districts were decided decide in favor of Taft A motion was made in each case caso of contest to seat Beat both delegations with half balf a vote ote each Mch They were lost and the tho decisions wore then given gica en to tho the Taft people |