The Washington times., 1908-06-29
Refuses TO Say a Word
About the Chairman
ship Problem.
JULY 8 DATE SET
FOR THE NAMING
Taft Prepares to Take Up Resi-
ydence in Hot Springs, and
lnStructs Successor.

Some Of the big noises and a Io- Of
Dlg mystery are IN this mans town to
day. It's all about The chairnnanshID
OF the Republican national committee.
Who viii be the lucky, or Unluclzy,
man, no one seems to know az present
frank H Hitchcock. the famous Taft
/ booster, arrived al 1870 O'Clock tins
morning from Chicago, where he took
e rest after the convention. OF course,
he handn't q wcrd TO say about who
would be chairman. This was a diSaD-
pointment 10 the seekers Of news. be-
cause there Is q general impression
that Hitchcock eventually will land the
Job.
NJ Hitchcock viii hold a conference
late this afternoon or tomorrow with
Secretary Taft and Charles P. TAFT. the
Secretary's brother.
Secretary OF War Taft put in rnosr Of
the forenoon showing Luke E wrighc
the intricacies Of how 70 run the De-
parUment oF War. Wright was al the
War Department al day But, when IL
came 20 handing out tips on who would
be national chairman. there was nothing
doing from the Secretary.
Brother Charlie Mum.
Charles P Taft, the see-etary's
brother. also IS in town but he. too.
was shy on information about the chair
manship- The most that could be got
out OF any Of these gentlemen was that
the selection wiz - ..s>6e July s. al Hot
Springs. Va. whittier the Secretary VIII
90 this week
There. according 10 present plans. he
viii meet the national commit1ee's sub
committee. which has been empowered
10 select the chairman OF the commit
tee
At the Taft headquarters today IL was
stated in the most positive manner thar
the cnairmanship Job has not been de-
c1ded, and that a decision z7lu not be
reached until July s Hitchcock viii
ltose Up Als week The Offices in the
inion trust building. from which he
e--t-lelFe1 tl6 Taft nomination boom
IA such q successful manner
Hitchcock the Choice
Although Secretary TAFT refused 10
make any statement today regarding
the probable choice for the Chairman
snip OF the Republican national commit
tee. and both Hitchcock and Brother
Charlie" would not 60 on record. save
70 say that no selection had been made.
the general impression is that Hitch
cock VIII be the man. provided the Sec
retary decides he can make the ap-
lHo-l--l--e--l NllLOlL creating a party row
in Ohio The Ohio Republicans are
rampant IN their declarations that Ar
thur L Vorys should have the chair
manship-
The result OF this dispute NAY. be that
neither Hitchcock nor NOTys will get the
pace and that Il may 90 70 Postmaster
General Meyer or Senator Crane II IS
regarded as Unquestionable. however.
that Secretary Taft wants Hitchcock on
the JOB II was stated with authority
today that, even II an outsider is made
chairman. Taft viii do all ne can 10
persuade Hitchcock 70 work for the
campaign
Taft and his friends nave come 70 re-
Sard Hitchcock as their political mas
COT for they remember that as soon
a. he took hold Of the nomination boom
last spring. the tide began 70 turn TO-
ward Taft with a rush
One great factor in HitChcOck's IA
vOr. in addition TO the political abil-
ity he has exhibited. is that many
Republicans believe Ohio is doing
wrong IN trying 10 pull Of dog-fn-
the-manger act by saying she should
have not only the Presidential uorni-
nee. but also the Chairmanshio OF
the national committee This com
bination would be here II Vorys were
given the place.