Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-15
MR., SCOTT INDIGNANT
No Attempt to Withhold Re-
publican Convention Call.
MR., HANNA DEFENDED
HAS BEEN BUSY WITH HIS OWN
AFFAIRS.
Call Will Be Practically in the Same
Terms as Four Years.
Ago.
MR.. HANNA DEFENDED

Senator Scott of West Virginia. a member
of the executive committee OF the repupl'cah
| national committee and chairman OF the
subcommittee having charge of the arrange
| men,s of the national convention. delivered
| himself in emphatic fashion to star re-
| porter today upon the publication in east
| ern papers of the delay In calling the re-
publican national convention. Senator Scot'
| is indignant at the insinuations that the
| call is being withheld for the purpose u
facilitating possible anti-Roosevelt cam
! paigns.
| "There is no studied attempt to withhold
| the call for the convention" said Senator
| Scott. land there could be no possible pollt-
| ;cal advantage to anybody in holding pacK
| the call 1t is utterly preposterous to sup
| nose that Senator Hanna is doing or Woulo
| do such a thing. Senator Hanna would not
, play a. contemplate trick upon even a demo,
| crat in a national campaign. He IS 100 sooo
a republican and too fair hgn'er eeiup 10 es1op
| to such a practice. Moreover, suppos!ns
| that he was capable of such thlng. WrlGn
| is incredible. what possible purpose couio
| he accomplish?
| Call to Be Same as Four Years Ago.
| ."rhe national committee at Its last meet
ing directed that the call for the nauonai
convention should be issued IN the exact
| terms of the call of four years ago Inc
language of that call is at hand and pro-
yides that delegates shall be chosen at least
thirty days before the holding OF the ma
| tional convention. Delegates can pe chosen
| nm to Nav 81 The call fixes the manner OF
| choosing delegates, and it is not within the
| power of any one to change the metnoo
of choosing delegates If any person wanted
| "The delay in putting out the call, which
| is not unreasonable, is easily accounted TOT
| in my mind, although l have had no COM
4 f,r
| subject. Immediately after the nat1onal
| committee meeting Senator Hanna fell SICK
| in New York. Then he went TO ONO
| where he has had his hands full OF sena-
| torial and legislative matters. His private
| secretary Mr. Dover, who is the assistant
| secretary of the committee. doubtless mas
| been equally as busy. The secretary of the
committee, Mr.. Heath, has been IN the
| west engaged upon his personal affairs,
/ and thus it seems to me that there are logl-
| cal reasons for explaining the delay.
| "An of this talk alleging unworthy mo
| tiyes to Senator Hanna is absolutely With
out foundation and is designed only to en-
| deavor to make breach between the Presl-
| dent and Senator Hanna and to embarrass
the antonal committee.
Text of Last Call.
| The call for the convention OF four years
| ago, referred to by Senator Scott, ana
| which was directed to be followed in sum-
| moning the next convention, Is as follows:
| said national convention shall consist OF
/ n number of delegates-at-large from each
| state eoual to double the number of United
| States senator's to which each state Is en-
| titled, and for each esentative-at-large
| In Congress, two delegates-at-large; from
| each congressional district and the Dis
trict of Columbia two delegates: from each
/ of the territories Of Alaska, Arizona, Indian
| territory New Mexico and Oklahoma, two
delegates. For each delegate elected 10
| said convention an alternate delegate shall
| be elected to act in case of the absence or
the delegate. said alternate delegate to be
| elected at the time and in the manner of
electing the delegate.
| ..Au delegates shall be elected not less
| than thirty days before meeting Of the ma
| tional convention. The delegates-at-large
shall be elected by popular state and terri
| torial conventions, of which at least thirty
days notice shall have been published in
| some newspaper or newspapers of general
| circulation in the respective states and ter
| ritories.
"The congressional district delegate> ehall
| be elected by conventions called by the con-
| gressional committee of each district in the
! manner of nominating the candidate for
| representative in Congress in said district.
provided that in any congressional district
where there is no republican congressional
! committee the republican state committee
shall appoint from the republican regulars
| of such district committee for the pur-
| pose of calling a district convention to elect
| delegates to represent their district"
| 1t is said that the only deviation from the
| a delegate from the territory of Porto
| Rico and Hawaii Senator Penrose, chair
| man of the Pennsylvania state central COM
| mittee has not called the state convention
] yet, although he has fixed upon April 9 AS
! the date of that convention. Senator Pen
| rose Is In Philadelphia comforting with re-
| publicans upon the calling of the conven-
| ton. 1t was said at the Capitol today that
| Kentucky will probably hold Its convention
early in April. Senator Lodge thinks that
/ the New England states will elect their
| delegates about the same time.
| Representative BrownlOw, national COM
| mitteeman from Tennessee, has written the
state chairman in his state to call an early
| convention.
| Senator Hanna's Return.
| Senator Hanna is expected to return to
| the city tonight or tomorrow morning, and
the general feeling among republicans at
the Capitol today was that he would soon
! issue the call for the national convention
| prescribing the method for the election OF
delegates, and that thereafter the different
states could go ahead as rapidly as possi-
| BILE or as they should see At, holding their
state conventions and electing delegates
| from the district conventions in the man
ner prescribed by the form.