The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-05
REPUBLICANS WHO MAY
Be TEMPORARY OFFICERS
At CHICAGO CONVENTION
Elihu Root Is Choice Of Subcom-
mittee on Arrangements for
Chairman.
TWO HOOSIERS CHOSEN
Rome c. Stephenson for Assistant
Secretary and Gurley Brewer
for Messenger.
QUEER MISTAKE MADE
Man Who Has Been Dead for
Months Named for One of the
Reading Clerks.
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WASHINGTON. May 1.-Two Indianians
will fill minor positions at the Republican
national convention, which meets in Chi
cago next month. Rome G. Stephenson, of
Rochester. will be an assistant secretary.
and Gurley Brewer. a coiored orator of In
dianapolis, will be messenger to the chair
man. 1t also Is probable Indiana will cap
ture a score or more of the other minor
places at the convention.
The subcommittee of the Republican ma
tional committee. appointed to make ar
rangements for the coming convention. met
here to-day for the purpose of completing
preliminary organization of the conven-
tion. The subcommittee consists of SEN
ator n. b scott. Postmaster General Hen
ry c. Payr Harry S. New. of Indiana. r.
b. Schneider. of Nebraska. and Elmer Do
yer. secretary of the committee.
After agreeing that former Secretary OF
War Elihu Root will be recommended for
temporary chairman the subcommittee, in
looking up the presidents. found that it
had been the custom of the full committee
TO select the temporary chairman, and this
will be done at meeting which Chairman
Payne will call for Chicago June 15 The
committee at that time will also make up
the temporary roll of delegates. Other
officers who will be recommended are:
General Secretary-Charles w. Johnson.
OF Minnesota. assistant secretaries, Chief
Assistant John r. Malloy, Ohio; James G..
Canton. New York; Lucien Grey, Illinois;
Willett NJ. Spooner, Wisconsin; T. Larry
Frye. Pennsylvania; Rome c. Stephenson,
Indiana; John Ii. King. South Dakota;
Walter s. Melck. California.
Reading Clerks-W. d. Harrison. Ne
braska: Dennis E. Award, Michigan; E. L.
l<1m
Virginia: James II. Stone Michigan.
Clerk at Presidents Desk-Ashur c.
Hinds. Maine.
Oficial Representation W. Blumenberg
Illinois
Tally CIerks-Fred B. Whitney, Illinois:
George r. Butlin. Nebraska.
Messenger TO Chairman-Gurley Brewer
sergeant-at-arms-w William F. Stone.
Maryland.
First Assistant Sergeant-at-arms-Da
Meryiand
convention would be apportioned one gall
lery ticket in addition to the ticket Of ad-
mission to the floor.
"A report was received from the Central
Irafnc Association saying that a rate equal
to the fare one way for rcund-trip tickets
would be made 20 and from Chicago, the
tickets to be good going from the 18th
OF June until the 10Th. and returning good
until the 18th.
The secretary and sergeant-at-arms will
open headquarters at the Coliseum on June
] to attend to all further preliminaries of
the convention.
The local committee in Chicago was des-
ignated to select the chaplains to offer
prayer, 1t being expected that the conven-
ton would be in session three times and
three different ministers would be chosen.
There are some vacancies among the mi
nor temporary officers which will be filled
at some future time before the committee
meets In Chicago.
Harry s. New was much in evidence at
the subcommittee meeting to-day. He ac-
cOmpanied the members to the White
House. where some time was spent with
the President in discussing convention ar
rangements. Captain New also was in con-
ference with Postmaster General PAYNE
who believes the Indiana man should be
named as secretary of the national COM
mitree.
The preliminary steps towards the hold
Ing or the convention, coupled with the re-
ports or the conferences held at the White
House over platform details, causes much
interest among the politicians here 1t is
known that the various difficult planks of
the platform have been gone over by a
number of leading Senators and Representa-
tives IN order that draft may be ready
FOR the committee on resolutions to work
upon and save time. But the experience
OF the statesmen is that resolutions
proposed in advance are not always greeted
with delight and thanksgiving by the con-
vention committee resolutions Ii will
BE- recalled that President Mckinley and
MS later postmaster general. Charles
Emory Smith, were said to have prepared
platform for the Philadelphia conven-
tfon. and that when the convention COM
mittee on resolutions got through with il
neither Mr.. Mckinley nor Mr.. Smith were
able TO recognize the document
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