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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
2
Report from the convention city details private platform talks shaping the draft aligned with President and Taft. Hopkins likely to chair the Platform Committee. Dolliver gains ground for Vice President, with New York and New Jersey delegations heading to Taft and murphy boosts.
Pressure for platform modification rose as Taft forces threaten a prolonged contest on the Resolutions Committee. Wade Ellis, Ohio Attorney General, oversees the platform draft, with labor injunction, banking, and postal savings bank planks debated by Ellis, Gompers, Carter, and Roosevelt aides.
Chicago reports on expected Republican National ticket as Dolliver of Iowa gains momentum for second place. Fairbanks rises with Indiana support while Cortelyou’s chances fade. Sherman gains from New York influence and pressure from Iowa allies persists.
Iowa delegates discuss a Taft talk regarding the presidential ticket and a possible withdrawal of Dolliver from consideration. National Committeeman Hart says finding a successor would be easy, and Taft’s strength in the West is noted. Iowa may back Sherman if New York supports him.
Chicago June 14 Immense photographs of Secretary Taft in varied poses form the feature of the Taft headquarters at the Auditorium Annex opened today under Ohio manager Mr Vorys The parlor floor location near the Ohio State headquarters hall promises more preconvention activity at the Taft reception rooms as morning pressure builds.
General Stewart F. Woodford signals that New York delegates may back a unanimous Taft nomination if Hughes is not voted for on the first ballot. Hughes’ name will be presented, with efforts to unite New York for Hughes for President and a New York Vice President candidate. Rich detail on Odell, Payne, Parson, and Littauer showing NY factional efforts into tonight and tomorrow.
Chicago readers report a split over Taft campaign management with Frank H Hitchcock and Arthur I Vorys as leading contenders. The national committee chairmanship debate stirs among Taft allies as letters urging Hitchcock circulate and Ohio influence mounts.
In Chicago on June 14 Taft forces announced selections for key convention posts. William Warner of Missouri would chair the Notification Committee, John F. Hill of Maine would head the Permanent Organization Committee, and Charles W. Fulton would be considered for the Credentials Committee. The moves aim to bolster Taft’s organizational strength and reassure allies after Memorial Day remarks.
In Chicago speakers and leaders discuss the Republican platform with Speaker Cannon arriving from Danville to review anti injunction language. He aims to reconcile conflicting party views and delay talks with Illinois leaders while stressing unity and restraint.
Critics urge avoiding embedding statute law in a national program to prevent controversy and judicial discredit. The Speaker, unaware of an objectionable plank, finds the taft platform text held by Taft leaders and not shared publicly outside their circle.
In Chicago a small meeting laid plans to present Theodore Roosevelt as a presidential candidate with a larger rally expected tomorrow. Delegates Teter Curtin still bound to Taft may resist, while Georgia delegates bring a petition of 60 000 to 70 000 signatures urging a second term. Boomer talks center on a letter from Roosevelt, possibly from Senator Lodge, to sway convention outcome.
Amusing dispatches from Chicago describe Thomas W. Phillips of Newcastle PA declaring support for Roosevelt on the first ballot, defying Knox. Senator Beveridge and others mingle with New York leaders as debates and banter echo through the Annex and hotel lobbies.
The Kentucky delegation led by Governor A. E. Willson departed Otisville for Chicago to attend the Republican National Convention. A few additional politicians joined the group as unseated supporters.
The Republican Glee Club of Columbus seventy five members plans a special train trip to Chicago via the Pennsylvania Line, arriving about 5 p.m. tomorrow. A repertoire of twenty three songs, some written in response to the current political scene, will be performed in Chicago. Carl Hoenig directs the group.
Governor George L. Sheldon, a Nebraska delegate at large, left Lincoln for the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He says he does not take seriously any talk of his name for the vice presidential nomination despite discussions by friends.
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