The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-20
Chicago Convention Plans Made
on That Basis.
lpplication for Tickets Greatly
Exceed the Supply.
TAFT ON THE FIRST.
Seems No Longer Necessary TO
Open Headquarters.
Clark of o. r. C. Being Doomed
for Second Place.

Chicago, May Z0.-PlaHS loi Iio
ing Republican national convention
have been put on a i've day basis oy
National Chairman Harry b New ahu
Fred w. Upham, chairman oil the oh'-
cagu arrangements committee.
All contracts for music were put on
this basis, and the expense money was
apportioned for a five days pro-
rramm, Three chap!ains have hcen
selected-one for each of me first three
days-but the names of TWO more i'r
the last two days of tn. gathering VIII
be made public before the end Oh the
convention Those given out by CHAIR
man UDham are:
First day-The Very Rev. P. j. Null
doom. Catht lie bishop of Chicago.
Second day-The Rev. John wesley
Hill, Methodist Episcopal pastor cI
Metropolitan temple, New York:
Third day-The Rev. William .. wa
ters. rector Grace Episcopal churcn.
Chicago.
Chicago to Get $500 Seats.
Chairman New and Maurice Spalaln'
chairman of the press gallery at WASH
ington, spent all of yesterday worAius
over the apportionment OF press seats
for the convention. This work propa-
bly, will be completed today. The press
section will contain about 4oo seats;
which is twice the number reserved
four years ago.
If the present demand for seats.
both from Chairman New and Chair
man Upham, keeps up, it is probable
that the seats for the public will be
apportioned by sessions instead of for
the season. On a five day basis this
seats over 10000 applications, pro-
vided none of the applicants was to
see more than one session.
The Chicago "25 per cent" of the
public seats was estimated at 5000
but it is doubtful if Chairman Upham
gets more than $500 seats when the
final allotment is made.
Chairman New has taken exception
to press dispatches from Washing
ton which have credited Senator Bur-
rows, who is to be temporary chair
man of the convention, with power
to name the committee chairman for
the meeting. -.-.---- 81
New Points Out Burrows Duty.
''Mr. Burrows principal duty will
be to make the opening speech" said
Chairman New. That will be the
most important thing he will have to
do, beyond using his gavel once in
while. The delegates themselves
name the committees memberships,
and the members of each committee
select their chairmen.
lone of the first duties of the
various state delegations will be to
caucus on their selections for the
call on the first day Of the convention
these caucus results will be an
nounced. This will include for each
state a chairman of the delegation, a
vice president of the convention,
member for each of the committees
on resolutions, credentials. organiza-
ton, and rules, member for each
of the committees to be appointed to
notify the presidential and vice presi-
Dental nominees, and a member for
the national committee.
These various committees will
then name their own chairmen, and
the temporary chairman of the con-
vention will have nothing whatever to
do with it,
Taft Manager Arrives.
Arthur I. Vorys manager of the
Taft campaign in Ohio, was in the city
yesterday with Major Beecher B. Ray
the war secretary. Neither would dis
cuss the selection of Senator Burrows,
nor would they discuss convention
prospects except to insist that it
would be Taft on the first ballot
The Taft headquarters, which had
been promised to be opened April Is
at the Great Northern hotel, may not
be opened at all, said Chairman Vorys.
Chairman New, Secretary Dover,
Sergeant at Arms Stone Chairman
Cpham, and Messrs. Vorys and Ray
were guests of President Thomas D.
knight at the Hamilton club yester-
day noon. All were called on for
speeches with reference to the con-
vention. but none of them said more
than that he was glad the convention
came to Chicago. Other speakers in
cluded Frank D. Kellogg of Mime
sofa, Medill Mccormick, Roy o. West
Z. W. Sims, John r. Thompson, Jas
Pease, Charles w. Andrews, and Peter
NJ. Hoffman
Conductor Doomed for Tail End
E. f. Clark. member of the inter
state commerce commission, and fol
fourteen years grand conductor of the
Order of Railway Conductors, il
doomed for the vice presidential nom
ination on the Republican ticket. c. A
Pinney. chief conductor of Division
No. 1. Order of Railway Conductors
started the boom in a letter which
told of a meeting of railway employe!
who supported the movement. The
letter declared that Mr.. Clark will bt
able to carry the labor vote, which
1t says, Mr.. Taft particularly needs
Mr.. Clark's organization has no af
filiation with the American federation
of labor, and it is not known what at
titude that organization will take OF
his candidacy.