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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1908.
TAFT MAY REFUSE TO RUN IF INJUNCTIONS NOT CONDEMNED
TUFT. MEN HAVE
DODGED
DISASTER
Reduction of Southern Vote Is
Defeated by Small
Majority.
TEMPTING BAIT TO NORTH
Wrangle About Injunction Plank
May Lose Taft Votes Tart Man
agers Make Fulton Floor
Manager in Convention.
(Continued From First Page.)
ence in bringing about the expected nom
ination of Secretary Taft. It might, and
probably would, be. however, that the
Ohio man would win after a struggle if
the contest were to be left to the Re
publican and doubtful states alone, for
he Is undoubtedly the second choice of
many delegates from these states. But
all the same 11 Southern states which
now-a-days never cast a Republican elec
toral vote, and from the present outlook
never will, have been the chief factor in
Kiving Taft his control of the convention
by supplying fuel for his irresistible
steam roller.
f Great Vote Against South.
lt is no wonder that the attitude of
the delegations from these 11 states la
mightily resented by the allies, and it
is no wonder that they had the more
or less effective sympathy of many del
egations that cannot he counted on to
vote for any of their several candi
dates for President. Jf the vote on
this important and growing question
had been left to the untrammeled and
uninfluenced Judgment of the dele
gates, the alllea would undoubtedly
have scored a victory. As it was, they
rolled up a great vote against over
whelming odds, and were beaten by the
narrow margin of 471 ayes to 506 noes.
If a single state like California,
which is third on the rollcall, and
which follows two black-belt states,
Alabama and Arkansas, and which
served as a bell-wether to the North
ern Taft states, had voted for
the Burke resolution, 1 would have
carried. It may be supposed that Cali
fornia, which would have gained five
delegates under the proposed appor
tionment, acted advisedly In lining up
solidly with the alarmed Taft forces.
It is significant that the great States
of Illinois, Indiana, New Tork, Penn
sylvania and Wisconsin, all of which
have favorite-son candidates for Presi
dent, in every instance lined up united
ly for the scheme to deprive the South
of its undeserved, unearned power;
while Ohio alone of such states stood
with the "lily white" and "black and
tan" delegations. Even then Ohio was
not able to restrain eight of its dele
gates from going with the allies.
What Might Have Happened?
, What would have happened to Taft If
Ohio had not "delivered the goods?" One
shudders to contemplate. But nothing
will happen, for Ohio and the Taft man-
agement successfully Showed that they
were willing to do as they hope to be
done by. The vote of some of the
small Northern States would be inexpli
cable except for the log-rolling of the
Taft machine, for they would in almost
every instance have benefited greatly by
the change.
Oregon, for example, split, pasting three
ayes and five nays, and so did Wash
ington, which gave 4 ayes and 6 nays.
Oregon under the Burke plan would
have had ten- delegates instead of eight
on the basis of its present vote. Wash
ington would have had 14 delegates In
stead of 10 and Idaho would have had
nine instead of six, yet Idaho voted its
entire six against the Innovation. That
is what comes of having a Senator who
stands well at the White House.
Will Be Old Story Again.
The eleven victorious Democratic states,
with, their heavy Republican delegations
and small Republican vote, will go away
from this convention with no further
thought about any kind of Republican
activity until the time comes around to
elect delegates to the next National con
vention, and then they will roll the pork
.barrel out into the patronage arena and
fight for its possession, and the defeated
faction will, as usual, bring its soiled'
hands and dirty linen before the next
convention for washing, to the great
scandal of the party and disgust of the
Nation.
Anti-Injunction Rock.
Another rock that threatens to split
the Taft forces is the anti-injunction
plank. Unquestionably the sober sense
of the convention is against any rad
ical expression on this tender subject.
It is hard to see why the conservatives
view the proposed resolution with
such evident alarm, for it is laughed at
by the labor advocates as weak, un
satisfactory and even foolish. A great
portion of the convention, indeed per
haps a majority, desires that the ques
tion of injunctions be not mentioned
at all. Any expression on injunctions,
however mild, will, of course, be in
tended and construed as an attack on
the Judiciary, or at least as a criticism,
and this, these delegates think, ought
to be avoided.
Besides. Labor Leader Gompers will
not be satisfied with any utterance not
positive and drastic. What is the use,
ask the conservatives, who are for the
most part the allies, of the conven
tion's making a fool of itself by any
half-way measure, since It will not get
the Gompers votes and may lose other
support. This argument Is having a
powerful effect and it is certain that
nothing but the most herculean efforts
on the part of the Taft management
will be able to withstand it.
The gravity of the situation has so Im
pressed the Taft people that they have
determined to force the issue tomorrow
and bring about an early vote for Presi
dent at all hazards. They say they do
not regard the Injunction issue as vital,
so far as their candidate's chances are
concerned, but they greatly fear a slip,
and they are going to take no needless
chances.
Tonight, at a meeting of the Taft man
agers, it was decided to make Senator
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Samnrt P. Gompers, President American Federa
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Fulton the floor manager for tomorrow's
fight, an honor and a responsibility that
have been placed upon the shoulders of
the Oregon man because of the expedi
tious manner in which he, as chairman
of the credentials committee, crowded
through the Southern contests and adroit;
ly secured the speedy and practically
unanimous adoption of the committee's
report later by the convention.
Senator Fulton has demonstrated, that
he is one of the most resourceful and ef
fective men in the convention and the
Taft people think they have found in him
a pilot who will steer their ship safely
through the parliamentary dangers that It
will, unquestionably encounter tomorrow.
Today, when the strategy of the allies
in pressing the representation question
became apparent, the services of Fulton
were called into requisition to show the
Taft delegates just what passage of the
Burke resolution meant to Taft. It is a
fact that the Oregon delegation had once
tentatively decided to vote for the reso
lution, or at least its inclinations were
that way. But the majority changed be
cause of the necessity of supporting Taft.
Behlbrede. Gilbert and Coe are the three
who voted with Burke.,
Txrriers Booming "Teddy."
Tonight about 40 "Terriers." headed
by a brass band, are parading the streets
of Chicago, demanding "Roosevelt once
more" and "Four years more for
Teddy." Tne Oregon delegates say that
the angel of this noisy procession Is our
own Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
If I was disappointed yesterday by the
lack of life and excitement in the conven
tion, I had no reason to complain today.
The Roosevelt outbreak was genuine and
in all respects remarkable. The battle
over the Southern representation ques
tion was intense, bitter and very stirring,
and there were many incidents and
events to make a picturesque and mem
orable day.
BATTLE "OVER INJUNCTION
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and it Is doubtful whether he would
want to make the race under sucH" con
ditions. It should also be borne in mind
that the question of Injunctions touches
the labor cause, an element which Mr.
Taft has been accused of antagonizing,
and it is very much the opposite of fair
dealing to undertake to compel him to" go
before the country on a platform which
affords no assurance to this class of his
friendly feeling toward them."
Labor Men Play for Time.
Beginning at lo' o'clock today, the
sub-committee resumed its -work in
the hope of completing it by 4 o'clock,
the time set for the meeting of the full
committee, but when that time came
the sub-committee was compelled to
report that It was unprepared to pre
sent its report and the full committee
took an adjournment until 9 o'clock.
At that time the sub-committee was
found to be still undecided, and an
other adjournment was taken.
While the sub-committee was in ses
'sion the greater part of the day, there
were two or three rather prolonged in
termissions, and before the day closed
it became evident that the injunction
clause advocates "were playing for
time. There was no period of the day
when a vote could not. have been taken
in the sub-committee and the injunc
tion plank inserted, but, appreciating
the fact that a favorable result was
not so certain in the full committee,
the supporters of the provision sought
for and easily obtained the delay which
they seemed to consider necessary be
fore bringing the matter jaefore the at
tention of the 'complete organization.
Administration Fights Hard.
The time during the recesses, as well
as the time in which the committee was
engaged, was devoted to strenuous ef
forts by both sides to increase- their
strength in the full committee. For the
first time since the flght began the friends
of the administration apparently became
fully awakened to the seriousness of the
situation, but, being aroused, they were
quite as zealous as their opponents in
presenting the situation to their fellow
committeemen. During the day they re
ceived telegrams from Washington ex
pressing the views of both the President
and the Secretary of War as to the neces
sity of the anti-Injunction plank and these
telegrams were read to all doubtful mem
bers of the committee.
In one of these telegrams the President
is represented to have urged the wisdom
of the injunction resolution and to have
said that the convention should "hot yield
any more to the extremists aril on g the
manufacturers than to the extremists
among the laboring lnen.
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LABOR'S DEMANDS
GompersTropose to Limit Injunc
tions Argues With Manufacturers.
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committee of 13 of the resolution com
mittee began business at 10 o'clock, it
granted a 20-mlnute hearing to repre
sentatives of the American Federation of
Labor and to those of the Illinois Manu
facturers' Association. President Samuel
Gompers and Vice-Presidents Keefe and
Duncan appeared for the Federation,' and
at the beginning of the hearing Mr. Gom
pers suggested the following as a plank
in the platform, saying that it contained
the embodiment of- the Federation's
views:
Gompers Offers Planks.
"The Republican party is in accord
with the great emancipator, Abraham
Lincoln, when he declared that labor Is
prior to and independent of capital. Cap
ital Is only the fruit of labor, and would
have never existed if labor had not ex
isted first- Labor Is the superior of capi
tal and deserves much more considera
tion Through his wise and humane pol
icy, the shackles were stricken from the
limbs of four million chattel slaves. The
Republican party has been the stanch de
fender of property and property rights,
yet holds and declares that personal
rights and human liberty must of neces
sity be entitled to the first and highest
consideration. Recognizing the new con
ditions arising from our marvelous indus
trial development, our people and our Na
tion realize that the fact that the wheels
of industry and commerce of our time
require that new laws and new concepts
of law must be enacted to conform to
modern industry and commerce and ad
vance freedom in line therewith.
"We therefore pledge the Republican
party to the enactment of a law by Con-,
gress, guaranteeing to the wage-earners,
agriculturists and horticulturists of our
country the right of organized effort, to
the end that such association or their
members shall not be regarded as illegal
combinations In restraint of trade.
Restrict Use of Injunctions.
"We pledge ourselves to the enactment
of a law to prohibit the issuance of in
junctions in cases arising out of labor
disputes, when such injunctions would not
apply 1 when no labor disputes existed;
and, that In no case shall an Injunction be
issued when there exists a remedy by the
ordinary process of law, and which act
shall provide that in the procedure for
the punishment of contempt of court, the
party cited for contempt shall, when such
contempt was not committed in the actual
presence of the court, be entitled to a
trial by jury.
"We pledge the Republican party to the
enactment of an act extending the exist
ing eight-hour day to all Government em
ployes and to all workers, whether era
ployed by contractors or sub-contractors
doing work for or on behalf of the Fed
eral Government.
"We pledge the Republican party to the
enactment of a law by Congress as far as
the Federal Jurisdiction extends, for a
general employers' liability act, for in
jury to body or yjss of life of employes.
Grant Woman Suffrage.
"We pledge the Republican party to the
enactment of a law to the extent of Fed
eral Jurisdiction granting women's suf
frage and to submit a constitutional
amendment for ratification to the states
for the absolute suffrage of women, co
equal with men.
"We pledge the Republican party to the
enactment of a law creating a depart
ment of labor, separate from any existing
department, with a Secretary at ita head
having a seat In the President's Cabinet.
"We pledge the Republican party to the
enactment of a law for the creation of a
Federal Bureau of Mines and Mining,
preferably under the proposed Depart
ment of Labor, and the appropriation of
sufficient funds thoroughly to investigate
the cause of mine disasters so that laws
and regulations may be enacted which
will prevent the terrible maiming and
loss of life In the mines.
"We pledge the "Republican party to
the enactment of a law for the establish
ment of United States Government postal
aavings banks."
Mr. Gompers followed the reading of
the planks he presented with an argu
ment which was extended from time to
time by the committee, ten and five min
utes at a time, until half an hour had
been consumed. He described the labor
movement. Its high Ideals and patriotism
and the true American spirit held by
men of labor organizations. He said:
Wranlng to Opponents,
We don't want to eat an employer as an
appetizer for breakfast or as dessert for
dinner, but we want fair treatment and we
are going to have it. We are not anarch
ists or destroyers of property. I do not
believe there Is in existence in this coun
try a 'force and power that Is such a con
servatoc of peace as the American labor
movement, but you might just as well de
stroy onranix&tiong of labor as to prevent
their normal activities. I ask. you to com
pare the influences which, this movement
Is exerting In the United States with the
revolutionary movements that are going on
In foreign countries. If you outlaw our
movement and make It Impossible and de
stroy the incentive for men to belong to
labor organizations, you will have to deal
with that.
Spat With Manufacturers.
A lively colloquy resulted when Mr.
Gompers took up the record of injunc
tions. He disputed the statement made
yesterday to the ful committee by Mr.
Emory, representing the National Manu
facturers' Association, to the effect that
18 injunctions on labor was the Federal
record for 16 years. Mr. Gompers
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J. AV. Van Cleave, President Xatlonal Ansocla
tlon of Manufacturers.
charged that Mr. Emory knew this to
be a misrepresentation. Mr. Emory,
who was present, strenuously objected
and took occasion to repeat his points
of yesterday.
J. W. Van Cleave, who heads the Na
tional Manufacturers' Association, and
Mr.' Smith, of the Illinois Association,
called attention to previous failures of
labor to accomplish results on election
day and urged the committee to look at
the question without fear.
The formal proceedings of the sub
committee during the day consisted of
consideration of the various planks of
the platform as presented to the com
mittee. All these were carefully gone
over and many changes in phraseology
were made. There were also some al
terations of an essential character in
some of the more important declarations,
so that, if the sub-committee draft Is ac
cepted, the platform will be found to be
in some particulars, though in no essen
tials, different from the draft of the
document which was prepared In Wash
ington. All the proceedings except a few
hearings were conducted behind closed
doors and none of the details was given
to the public.
CUT BUT HURT SPEECHES
CANDIDATES AGREE OX CUR
TAILMENT OF ORATORY.
Only Two Speeches for Each Candi
date Williams Among Who Re
nounce the Honor.
CHICAGO, June 17. An agreement was
reached tonight by representatives of all
the candidates by which the nominating
and seconding speeches for President will
be materially curtailed. This agreement
is that only the nominating speeches
shall be made for each candidate and
that the long list of seconding speeches
which have been hitherto announced
have been abandoned.
The speeches for Secretary Taft will
be made by Theodore E. Burton, of
Cleveland, placing the Secretary in nomi
nation, and George A. Knight, of Cali
fornia, seconding the nomination. The
speakers who have relinquished the
honor of seconding the nomination are
Senators Dolliver, of Iowa; Burkett, of
Nebraska; Borah, of Idaho; George H.
Williams, of Oregon, who was Attorney
General" In the Grant Cabinet, and Henry
Lincoln Johnson, the negro orator of
Georgia. A similar curtailment occurs
in the long list of seconding speeches of
the other candidates, but the exact list
of those who retire from the oratorical
arena Is not definitely arranged tonight.
This determination was reached be
cause the proceedings were promising to
be greatly prolonged by the large num
ber of speeches.
Senator v Foraker will be placed in
nomination for President by C. D. Mc
Coy, of Cochocton, Ohio, and the nomi
nation will be seconded by W. O. Emory,
of Macon, Mr. Stevenson declined
to give any estimate of the number of
votes It was expected Mr. Foraker would
receive, but contented himself with the
statement that he would receive the
support of "a good number of delegates."
CITY DADS ACCEPT SNUB
Fall to Resent Action of Republican
National Convention.
CHICAGO, June 17. (Special.) Fifteen
Aldermen, some embarrassed and some
assured, filed out of the Council chamber
this morning, the trailing, inglorious fin
ish of the special meeting called to pro
test against the failure of the Republican
National committee to furnish the city
dads with tickets to the convention. It
takes 26 to make a quorum; hence, the
sad exit of the 15 who had mustered up
courage to brave ridicule and attend the
meeting. i
Alderman. Winfield P. Dunn, of the
Twenty-fifth Ward, was especially cha
grined, for of the six men who signed
the call with him yesterday, four were
missing at the crucial moment Beilfuss,
Jones, Downey and Lawley.
"No quorum, no meeting," said Dunn.
"I think the Aldermen would have been
Justified in protesting against this studied
neglect, but if they don't think so" He
shrugged his shoulders significantly and
turned away.
Death in the Wires..
SEATTLE, June 17. Harry L. McKins
try, an employe of the city light plant,
was electrocuted tonight at 9 o'clock.
McKinstry was employed as a switchman
and, when found was leaning full weight
against the wires of the arc circuit of
the city. Death must have been instan
taneous, although physicians worked for
two hours to resuscitate the man. He
was only ZL years of age and resided
with bis parents.
STORM OF CHEERS
FOR ROOSEVELT
Convention Almost Swept Off
Feet When Lodge Presses
the Button.
BURKE LOSES HIS FIGHT
First Ballot Decides Against Reduc-
ing Southern Representation.
Allies Abandon Contests and
All Taft Delegates Seated.
(Continued From F1nt Page.)
the day and the one having greatest
significance on the final result of the
convention was the adoption of the re
port of the' committee on credentials,
seating the Taft delegations practical
ly in toto. If there had been any lin
gering doubt of the Taft strength, it
disappeared before this decisive action,
which in effect placed more than 700
delegates in the Taft column. Equally
Important and even more remarkable
was the final acceptance of this result
by the "allies" without the formality
of a dissenting minority report and
without carrying the question to the
floor of .the convention for the open
fight which has been long threatened.
Instead of this, all further opposi
tion seemed to crumble; those who had
promised it quietly accepted the in
evitable, and thus the path was cleared
for fulfillment of plans already well
matured for the nomination of the
head of the ticket. The favorite sons
still have, however, their bands of
steadfast supporters, who will show
their loyalty when the first ballot is
taken.
Parade Enlivens Opening.
The scene within the Coliseum today
repeated that of yesterday in the mag
nitude and brilliancy of its- spectacular
features. Again every seat was occu
pied and 14,000 people, packing floors and
aisles and galleries and platforms, Joined
in the ebb and flow of agitation and en
thusiasm. Temporary Chairman Burrows
called the convention to order promptly
at 12:20, but the delay of committees in
reporting gave an hour for diversion be
fore the serious work of the day was
begun. This time was given over to the
visiting clubs, with bands and vocal cho
ruses, bearing banners and strange de
vices of G. O. P. elephants. In front of
the delegates paraded this motley throng,
eliciting laughter and applause. The hit
of the parade was a glee club, which
halted before the Ohio delegation and
varied the enlivening strains of "Billy
Taft, yep, that's me," with a melancholy
dirge for Bryan.
Fulton's Report Adopted.
This diversion over, the convention
turned to committee reports first of that
on credentials, the very foundation on
which delegates had their seats and vot
ed. It was presented by Senator Fulton,
of Oregon, in a three-minute speech stat
ing that the action of the National com
mittee had been fully Justified and up
held. For a moment delegates looked
about for the fire-breathing Bookwalter
of Indiana, who had led the minority
forces and had promised a lively fight on
the floor. But Mr. Bookwalter sat 'with
the Indiana delegation, shaking his head
in answer to inquiries and announcing
that the fight had been abandoned, as
only three delegates would undertake to
bear the brunt of a contest on the floor.
The report was quickly approved, with
only a few scattered votes in opposition.
The presentation of the report on
permanent organization was the signal
for Senator Burrows to yield his place
as temporary chairman and escort to
the platform the permanent chairman
of the convention. Senator Lodge, ofl
Massachusetts. Mr. Lodge, trim and
business-like, leoked as from a later
generation than the white-haired re
tiring chairman. His voice, too, had
that resonant New England twang,
which made it ring out to the farthest
corners of the galleries, carrying meta
phor and sarcasm, which startled the
listeners to attention and applause.
Starts Cyclone of Cheers.
"The fevered fancy of an uneasy
decade," was hia indictment burled
against the visionary policies of oppo
sition parties. The applause hardly
died away when Mr. Lodge launched
his sentence which electrified the as-1
semblage into its first real demonstra
tion of wild enthusiasm.
"The President," exclaimed Mr.
Lodge, "is the best abused and most
popular man in the United States to
day." ' This was the long-awaited signal.
Instantly a shout broke from the gal
leries, and was echoed back from the
floor after a tempest of detached yells
and catcalls and shouts of "Teddy!"
but gradually the whole gathering
joined in the outbreak. Some had
mounted chairs Texas, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and were gesticulating madly.
One delegate far to the left had torn
off his coat, and was wlMpping it wild
ly above his head. Texas and Ken
tucky appeared to be the center of the
agitation on the floor. New .York
viewed the storm with calm, and so did
Ohio, except, strangely, one of the
lonesome Foraker delegates Judge
Marcus Shoup who, mounted on a
chair, kept both arms In motion with
flags and a newspaper, and his voice
joining in the general pandemonium.
Will Be for Taft Tomorrow.
Thirty minutes 0 minutes 45 minutes,
a full three-quarters of an hour, had
passed in this bewildering confusion of
Bight and sound. For a time some fear
was felt by some that a stampede was
imminent. But the political generals
were glad to give the pent-up enthusiasm
of the multitude this outlet of expres
sion, and at no time was there the
slightest apprehension among them that
the well-devised plans would miscarry
by some overpowering movement. Frank
H. Hitchcock, the Taft manager, moved
about the floor, smiling as the tumult
was at Its height.
. "The cheers for Roosevelt today will
be ,for Taft tomorrow," said he with
confidence.
J'lth the subsidence of the Roosevelt
storm Mr. Lodge completed his stirring
speech, and then the convention turned
to the reports of the oiner committees.
That on rules and order of business
brought a majority report against the
resolution offered by James Francie
Burke, of Pennsylvania, reducing the
representation of states to a basis of Re
publican votes cast -by those states. Mr.
Burke presented a minority report in
which 17 states concurred. A sharp con
test occurred on this question, bringing
for the first time before the convention
some of its best-known orators, includ
ing Mr. Burke, of Pennslyvania; Gov
ernor Willeon. of Kentucky: the veteran
Kiefer, of Ohio; ex-Governor Herrlck. of
Ohio; Remmel, of Arkansas: Bucking
ham, of Illinois: Wadsworth. of New
York: Mudd, of Maryland: ex-Governor
Warmouth. of Louisiana, and the negro
orator from Georgia, Henry Lincoln
Johnson.
The resolution was finally defeated by
the close vote HS506 to 471. a margin of
35 votes in a total of 977. three delegates
being absent. The' change of a single
state might have altered the entire re
sult. Although defeated, Mr. Burke said
the reeult had shown a tremendous
growth of sentiment In favor of restrict
ed representation, and that in his opin
ion the. future success of the plan ap
peared beyond doubt.
Nominate President Today.
The final details of the platform are
being arranged by the platform com
mittee tonight, and. If accomplished, the
convention will be equipped tomorrow to
make Its declaration of policy and pro
ceed to the selection of candidates. To
morrow's session will open at 10 o'clock
in the morning. Instead of noon, as here
tofore, so that a full day may be had
for the discussion of principles and men.
The platform is expected to go beforo
the convention early In the day, and its
adoption A'Hl be followed by the
speeches placing in nomination the can
didates for President.
DOLLIVER T0BE DRAFTED
(Continued From First page
the more confirmed In the wisdom of my
conclusion because of the fact that there
is no party or public exigency which would
seem to suggest a contrary course.
Accept for yourself and other friends my
grateful appreciation of your generous, un
failing and loyal support.
Letter to Hemenway.
A similar letter was writte- by the
Vice-President to Senator Hemenway.
The Vice-President's letter is not dif
ferent from various expressions made in
a less formal manner by him in the past
few days, and, while It was accepted
seriously and he was given full credit
for sincerity, the letter did not have any
effect in changing the determination of
his adfnlrers to press his nomination in
the event of the naming of Secretary
Taft for the first place. Accordingly,
there were as many prophecies after the
promulgation of the letter as before, that
the Vice-President would in the end be
called to succeed himself. It was con
fidently asserted that he would not de
cline a unanimous nomination.
While this Is the sentiment of those
who have been supporting the Vice
President, largely outside of Indiana, it
remains a fact that his close friends who
have beeen managing his candidacy for
the Presidency, openly deny that the let
ter must be accepted as final and definite
in relieving him from consideration for
second place.
Roosevelt Has No Choice.
Lafe Young, delegate at large from
Iowa, received a telegram today (Tom
Secretary Loeb which stated that presi
dent Roosevelt had not expressed a de
sire to see Governor Cummins named on
the ticket or any other person. The
Secretary's telegram was in response to
a message from Mr. Young in which the
latter asked for an explanation of the
President's attitude. Following is the text
of Mr. Loeb's message:
"The President has not expressed- any
opinion for or against any candidate for
the Vice-Presidency and will no more
express an opinion against Mr. Cummins
than he would against Senator Dolliver."
Mr. Young, who has heretofore been
classed among the opponents of Mr. Cum
mins, said tonight that he would do noth
ing to prevent the latter's nomination.
New York Out of Race.
The developments of the day did not
materially alter the Vice-Presidential sit
uation and the opinion tonight is as it
was this morning that the nomination
will go either to Mr. Fairbanks or to
Mr. Cummins.
The failure by New York to caucus
on the Vice-Presidential situation is re
garded as practically eliminating that
state from the contest. New York was
in a position where, if her delegation
could get together on the proposition. It
might have named the candidate, but
it could not get together. Friends of
Representative James S. Sherman ap
pear to have a strong majority In the
delegation, but they seem to be unable
to make It unanimous. Some of the dele
gates were still for Secretary Cortelyou;
others talked of State Chairman Wood
ruff, and there was mention In the strict
ly Hughes portion of the delegation of
the name of General Stewart L. Wood
ford, who Is expected to place the name
of Governor Hughes before the conven
tion. The only possibility of New York's
getting the second place on the ticket
lay in a unanimous move for some man.
The last possibility of such unanimity
apparently vanished today and Chairman
Woodruff announced that the delegation
would not caucus at all. .
Guild Stays Till Last Gun.
It was said today that a telegram to
Edward G. Lines, who is regarded as
Governor Guild's personal representative
in the Massachusetts delegation, ex
pressed the Governor's intention to stand
by his Vice-Presidential boom until the
last gun was fired.
Lines were drawn between the East
and the West, New York being out of
the contest, it became an interesting ques
tion whether the East can marshal
enough strength. In this connection the
names of Mr. Guild and ex-Governor
Murphy, of New Jersey, were frequently
mentioned. The tendency of the day,
however, was plainly toward the selec
tion of a Western man, and the names
In the forefront tonight are those of Mr.
Fairbanks, of Indiana, and Mr. Cummins,
of Iowa, with Mr. Fairbanks apparently
in the lead.
The California delegation In executive
session decided by unanimous vote to
cast its "vote for George A. Knight of
San Francisco, for Vice-President. Other
Western states are expected to get in
line for Mr. Knight. The Californiaus also
count upon the support of a number of
Southern delegations for Mr. Knight in
return for the vote of that state today
in opposition to the Burke resolution.
There were rumors late tonight of a
further effort to get the New York State
delegation together behind the candidacy
of Mr. Sherman, and it was reported that
Mr. Woodruff might, after all, present Mr.
Sherman's name to the convention. There
was no formal decision on the matter and
tomorrow's developments may radically
change the whole situation.
As the night waxed older there grew a
disposition to attach more importance to
Mr. Fairbanks' letter and a feeling that
his position might prove so truly irre
vocable that not even a unanimous choice
could dislodge him.
This consideration encouraged the Cum
mins talk, as well as that of the various
other candidates, East and West
TUFT MAY STATE
HIS 01 POSITION
If Injunction Piank, Killed, May
Speak in Letter of Ac
ceptance. MESSAGES TO MANAGERS
Secretary and President Keep In
Touch With Convention by Wire
and Are Greatly Interested In
Kooscvelt Demonstration.
WASHINGTON'. D. C. June 17. With
every incident In the gathering at Chi
cago flashed to them on direct wires.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
kept in constant touch today with the
Republican National Convention, had a
brief conference and each wound up
the afternoon by driving Into the sub
urbs while the convention was still in
session.
All day long the wires brought news
of what- was transpiring in the con
vention. There were direct telegraph
circuits from the convention hall to the
executive office of the White House
and the private office of Mr. Taft. and
a long-distance telephone in Mr. Taft's
office as well. The Secretary main
tained continuous communication with
the convention leaders. Telephone and
telegraph operators were in charge at
the Chicago end of the wire and no
move was made on the floor of the Im
mense hall that was not almost simul
taneously reported to Washington.
Keen for Injunction Plank.
One sentence in the President's bulletin
about the demonstration Impressed him
very forcibly as indicating that the dele
gates were not all in fact carried away
by the excitement. That was a state
ment that two-thirds of the delegates had
retained their seats.
There were important exchanges be
tween Secretary Taft and his Chicago
friends as to the platform, and especially
as to the anti-injunction plank. The view
here Is that the plank will be retained in
the platform as It was agreed upon tenta
tively. A rumor was in circulation today that.
If the plank should be eliminated, Mr.
Taft, in the event of his nomination,
might find later a way, probably In his
speech of acceptance, to announce author
itatively his own views on the subject.
The report could not be traced to an
authoritative source and it was not pos
sible either at the White House or at the
War Department to confirm It In any
degree.
Roosevelt and Taft Take Rest.
Apparently disinterested in the closing
hours of the day's proceedings. Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt drove from the
White House late In the afternoon to the
vicinity of Rock Creek, northwest of the
city, where they mounted horses and
cantered over the smooth bridle-paths
amid the wild scenery that characterizes
the park. They left just after the great
ovation to Mr. Roosevelt had exhausted
Itself, after 45 minutes of continued
cheering. The President had received
bulletins from the convention while
dressing for his ride, and after Mr.
Taft, who had come to see him while
the excitement In the Coliseum was at
its height, had gone back to the War
Department. Mr. Taft also went driving
without waiting for the convention to
adjourn.
Mrs. Taft manifested her keen inter
est in the Republican convention pro
ceedings at Chicago today by Joining the
Secretary in- his private office and get
ting at first hand the reports from Chi
cago. She remained throughout the ses
sion of the convention and scanned all
the dispatches received.
I
ELECTRICITY CARRIED THEM
FROM CHICAGO TO HIM.
Combined Telephone and Phono
graph Leads Direct From Conven
tion Hall to White House.
CHICAGO. June 17. It is said conlght
that President Roosevelt was an actual
listener to the wild demonstration of
enthusiasm which greeted his name in
the convention today. Remarkable as
this may seem, ic is accounted for by
the following circumstances:
Hinging ten feet above the heads of
the delegates, and immediately in front
of the platform are four black discs,
looped by wires and Joined by a small
central cable leading from the hall.
Many have wondered at these discs and
believed them to be a part of the sys
tem for electrical display.
As a matter of fact, they are a com
bination of telephone and phonograph,
taking up the proceedings as they oc
cur and transmitting each swell of ora
tory and each throb of enthusiastic
applause.
According to the reports tonight, one
of these wires was cut into the White
House early this afternoon and the
President in person, with the receiver
to his ear, caught the words of Senator
Lodge as he electrified the vast assom-
hlv nnfl hnurd the fihniitH which tirtari
land flowed for 45 minutes. It Is said
that the President, pleased with the
demonstration, made his feelings known
to some of the leaders here and then,
contented with the outcome, went out
to drive.
Test Cae Is Submitted.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., June 17. After
a brilliant address hy Attorney-General
Bonaparte on behalf of the Government,
and John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia,
representing the seven railroads named
as defendants in the suit instituted to re
strain them from transporting anthracite
coal from mines In Pennsylvania in which
they have an Interest, both sides rested
today and the case was submitted to
Judge Dallas, Gray and Bufflngton of
the United States Circuit .Court for de
termination.
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