Show l T fOR OR CUMMINS P President States Preference and AwaKens Protest From Iowa t t i i 1 1 i. i v WASHINGTON W. June 15 It It 0 I- I Iwas was stated at tho the white house 4 0 today that the administration 45 4 i 5 prefers either cither Senator Dolliver Z Zor 7 or Governor Cummins of Iowa 4 to i r for the nomination for the tho vice- vice 4 J. i t f presidency v I H i H-i- Hir r CHICAGO Juno 15 A A now new turn was given hen to the tho vice presidential speculation spec shortly after noon to today ay when a 1 i communication was received ve from Washington ton that tho the president wanted tho the nomination of either Senator Dolliver Dolliver Dolli Dolli- ver or Governor Cummins Tho The Iowa friends of tho the senator wore greatly surprised but unmoved by hy it and Chairman Perkins of the lo Iowa a delegation expressed tho the opinion that Iowa would oppose Mr r. r Dolliver's selection tion oven even in face of tho presidents president's preference for him Wo V 0 cannot consent to such a man he ho said and he be added that this p position sit on was ns lS much in the tho interest of Senator Dolliver as of the state California's Favorite A A. motion W was sprung among among mon th the California Cal delegates this morning moaning for the thc nomination of Geor George Georgo o A. A Kni Knight ht of San Francisco for vice ico Several So leading Ip-adin Ip Republicans of the tho state have been beon ur urging Mr Kni Knight bt to enter tho the race but the latter has not yet vet given iven consent to the uso use of his nat name c. c His Hig hackers backers however say sav tho they thoy will not nt wait upon this bu but wi will go ahead and launch bunc his hi boom The They claim tb they will be able ablo to toline line lino up practically all of tho the western stern dele delegations behind Knight and to present present pre pre- sent a formidable orD front to the conven conven- tion that p Tho Californians are arc urging their candidate would be tho the choice of no faction and would do much toward healin healing some somo of the tho wounds that have havo already been caused Message to Taft In addition to jo nin in the Ion long distance dig dis tance telephone representations to Secretary Sec See Secretary rotary Taft in opposition to the selection selection tion of Senator Dolliver Jolliver as 38 the vice- vice presidential candidate National Committeeman Com Com- Hart today sent to tho the secretary secretary secre secre- tary tan the following te telegram e ram Please u discourage talk of Dolliver Cr It moans practically anarchy in Iowa an and almost certainly a Democratic legis I lature laturo You cant can't afford to a strong trong Republican state Signed ERNEST E E. HART I LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF ROOSEVELT STAMPEDE CHICAGO Juno 25 After 25 After caucuses had been beon held today by several so dele delegations dolega- dolega a- a which have been charged ed with ith harboring harboring har bar boring sentiment for the tho of Roosevelt Roose re regardless ardless of their instructions instructions for Taft the possibility of a stampede starn stam pede in the tho convention does docs not seem scein so 80 stron strong as it did last ni night ht The Tho West Vir Virginia nia delegation met at nt atthe tho the Lexington hotel and no sug suggestion eStion of violation of Taft instructions was made Gen George W. W Curtin of Sutton W. W Va who has lias declared Roosevelt to tobe tobo tobo bo be his choice for tho the presidency stated after the caucus that ho believed d evE evE-d that every man on the tho delegation would be loyal to his instructions unless a general gen gen- en- en oral eral movement WAS begun in the con con- He IIo reiterated that ho would like liko to eo eo the tho president Will Support Scott The Tho delegation decided to have ha badges printed bearing the tho words Scott for Vi Vive dent I Tho The delc delegation w will 11 meet toni tonight bt to elect their members of tho the convention committees The Tho Georgia delegation held a conference con eon ference at tho the Grand Pacific hotel and later tho the members threw cold coM water on the stor that the delegation which is in instructed for Taft would join loin other delegations in in order to stampede the convention for Roosevelt Roose Members of the Alabama ann and Texas delegations denied do de nied they would do Ic anything to start a n stampede for Roosevelt against a his expressed wish that nothing of ot the kind kindI kindbe kindbe I be done HUGHES DOES NOT WANT THE PRESIDENCY WOE ALDA ALBANY ory N. N Y Juno 15 Governor Governor Hughes refused today to discuss for quotation quotation quo quo- tation the delegations delegation's ons on's action at tho Republican convention nt at Chicago He made it clear however that he would not request that his namo bo be withdrawn from tho the presidential race and that he will not in any way interfere with the deliberations of the tho New York state dele delegates ates Tho The governor stilted stated his poI position po po- po- po towar towards tho the vice presidency is I thoroughly hb understood I I |