The Washington times., 1907-12-06
Harry New wElected Chair
manof RepublicanCom-
mittee-BoomerS
Work Overtime.
DenveriteS and Kansas
City Men Make as Much
Noise as Profess
SiOnal BarkerS.
kansas Citv.s the placel"

hansas city the placel
"Aw. shut upl Chleago's got an audi
torium big enough to accommodate a
bullnght, an automobile race. and a
horse show all at once. It's the cnly
convention town in the country
This is a sample OF the line OF talk
that was being handed out before. dur
ing, and after the meeting Of the Re
publican National Committee at the
Shoreham Hotel this morning, which
resulted in the election OF Harry New
as its chairman.
Tomorrow the committee will get down
to business and decide on the time and
place for the holding Of the next ma
tional convention Of the Republican
party. In the meantime, the boomers
for Kansas City, Chicago. and Denver
as convention towns are on the job with
q vengeance. They are making as much
noise as a barker" for a side show.
Woes of Indecision.
Every now and then a member OF
the committee who hasn't yet made
up his mind what city he win vote for
and who is besieged by boomers from all
three towns. yells for help. turns in
fire alarm, and asks for an ice bath.
But the boomers are without mercy.
They grab committeeman by the collar,
pump them full Of hot air. and roast
them TO turn with. fiery arguments
about the virtues of their cities. Chi
cago and Kansas City boomers were far
in the lead OF the Denver champions
today. The Denverites are out Of the
running, according TO the best authorI-
ties, and fheir enthusiasm has so far
ebbed that they stop to get drink OF
water whenever their throats hurt them
from Over-talking. But The Chicago and
thing. They are as much In earnest az
"A Washington baseball player trying 20
stretch three-bagger into a home run.
Chicago Gaining Ground.
Chicago is gaining ground in tne talk
ing contest, and its chances for becom-
ing the convention city are Frightening
right along
Manager Vorys, Of the Taft campaign
boosters, said this afternoon he didn't
care whether the convention was held
in Kansas City or Chicago, and that
some Of the Taft men would vote for
Chicago. while some Of the others would
vote for Kansas City. This put a crimp
into the Kansas City boom almost as
big as the hole that was knocked in II
by the bank failure out there yesterday.
All day long tne Chicago men have
been Dragging about the money they
can put up TO defray the expenses OF the
convention. Finally, somebody in au-
thority told them they would have to
come across with a cast-lrOn contract
to pay all the expenses of the conven-
ton and shut up about paying the 'le-
climate expenses" They came across
right away-in lOng, hard words. But
they are still considering whether they
win put it I'm writing.
How Committee Gathered.
There was so much talk about where
the convention should be pulled off that
nearly everybody forgot that the ma
tional committee had a preliminary
meeting scheduled for IL o'clock Fl
nally, however, Harry New, who had an
inkling that he was to be elected chair
man OF the body, walked into the room
set aside for the meeting. Three Kan
sis City boomers gathered around him
and talked so loudly about the advan-
tages OF going to a not city in Juns
when one OF its biggest banks has gone
up the spout that the hubbub attracted
pretty much the entire membership OF
the committee into the room.
Taking advantage Of this, Colonel
Clayton. the senior member of the COM
mittee, broke three gavels and tack
hammer TO flinders calling the assem-
blage TO order. After the boomers had
been put into the corridor. Mr.. New
read Mr.. COrtelyou's resignation as
chairman Of the committee Mr. New
read the resignation as If he considered
Il a fine piece of work. After he read
IL he retired into the corridor there to
modestly await the notification that he
had been elected to succeed Mr.. Cor
telyou. The not altogether dlstasteful
notification came 90 him after the com
mittee had voted unanimously on the
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