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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
2
A May to June power play unfolds as Cummins signals from Iowa with Taft's tentative support. Dolliver and Fairbanks factions maneuver, while Cortelyou and Hitchcock booms surge. Hammond, Murphy, and Coruspid join the field as the convention crowd debates nominees and strategy.
The Marion Club hosts Fairbanks supporters who plan to travel to Chicago to back his presidential nomination. He praises the club for neighborly greeting and urges Republicans nationwide to see stout Indiana Republicanism, favoring a fair field and united effort. He warns against unkindness and stresses calm, strong judgment to win on merit.
Chicago dispatch reports Credentials Committee backs Taft in contested seats from Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Mississippi and Florida. Allies see hearings limited but gains include 62 delegates and rulings on at large versus district contests while Louisiana suspends action to allow National Committee decision to stand.
The Republican Rules Committee in Chicago debated reducing Southern delegates for two hours without settlement. Rep Burke proposed four at large delegates plus one per 10 000 votes and two per territory, sparking strong Southern opposition and claims it would weaken the region’s party build-up. Delegates from 18 states and territories were unrepresented at the session.
Chicago June 16 ex Gov John F Hill National Committeeman and Maine delegate to the National Republican Convention, left for Augusta due to heart issues. Physicians advised rest after weeks of contested committee cases. His alternate Judge George will vote with the Maine delegation.
Special to The New York Times June 16 reports ex senator Stewart of Nevada says a final stampede could place Roosevelt’s nomination at risk. He cites fear along party lines, notes the President could win again if nominated, and questions how a stampede or opposition would alter the outcome. He sees Dolliver Cummins as possible beneficiaries.
Special to The New York Times reports the Republican platform draft, published in the New York Times, sparked widespread debate in Washington. Loeb issued a statement clarifying it as a tentative draft for Taft’s views, not a finalized or approved document. The White House seeks to shield the President and Secretary of War from responsibility.
A Senate committee hearing opens a heated platform fight among Republicans over labor injunctions. Senators and union leaders press for protections including jury trials and notice before injunctions, while industry representatives resist eroding judicial power. Subcommittee will draft lines aligned with Roosevelt Taft while avoiding extremist positions.
The Times published the draft Republican platform drawing mixed reactions. Horace White criticizes length and tone, while J. E. H. Harriman calls it a remarkable piece of work. Columbia’s Nicholas Murray Butler notes a made-to-order platform awaiting committee work and anti-injunction debate. James M. Beck defends injunctions as humane, limiting harm to rights and property.
Henry R Towne president of the Merchants Association sent a telegram to Senator Lodge permanent chairman of the Republican National Convention voicing strong protest against inserting any anti injunction plank in the Republican platform Copies of the message were sent to Congressmen Parsons Olcott and Bennet The Merchants Association has actively opposed the labor measure
Lincoln Neb June 16 William J Bryan declines to discuss the Republican platform draft before its adoption by the convention. He stated he would not comment on the document in advance.
A report circulating in Washington claims Secretary Taft is an atheist, though friends dispute it. He reportedly hails from a Unitarian family and attends the Unitarian Church of Cincinnati with a pew there. Taft also visits Episcopal services with Mrs Taft at St Johns and has a daughter confirmed in that church.
Herman Robinson of the American Federation of Labor says Taft earned labor’s distrust for his bench decisions, earning the label Father of Injunctions. Unions worry Taft may oppose injunctive policy. industry groups push to oppose anti injunction planks at the Republican Convention.
Chicago June 16 The sole regular woman delegate on the Republican floor is Mrs Lucy A Clark of Brigham City Utah She arrived as an alternate but when Utah’s C E Loose failed to attend the caucus the vacant seat was given to her She is the daughter of an early Mormon pioneer and an ardent Republican supporter
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