The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-21
NO DECISION IS REACHED
 ----e---- ub-Committee Adjourns
 Until July. The Position of Campaign AansgeE For Mr. Taft Yet unailed,--Frank H. Hitchcock withdraws Ersm
 the Raee.

Cincinnati, June 20-SecretaEy Tafts visit to his home city, so far as com cerned the selection of Republican National Chairman, was fruitless mis- sion.
 Frank H. Hitchcock. who managed the preliminary campaigning of the War Secretary at Washington. might have had the chairmanship, but at the last moment, he declined to permit the use of his name because of the condi- tion of his health. A telegram was re- ceived by Secretary Taft from MT Hitchcock today requesting that ne pc
 not considered in connection with the chairmanshtp. He said that his phy- sical condition was such as to render it substantially impossible for him to undertake the onerous duties Of cam paIgn manager at the present time. It is significant that after confer ence lasting about two hours, between Secretary Taft, Representative Sherman and the members of the subcommittee of the National Committee. decided to postpone action on the chairmanship and treasurership of the National Com mittee until July 1. On that date a meeting of the candidates and the members of the subcommittee will be held in Washington, finally to deter mine the matters which could not be resolved today.
 . The announcement of the action of the conference was made in the official statement issued by direction of Secre- tary Taft shortly before ? o'clock this
 afternoon.
 The events leading up to the issuance of this statement were interesting and
 in a degree significant. The members Il nf the National Committee were requested to assemble
 at the residence of Charles P. Taft al | n o'clock this morning. It was not expected that the conference would con
 sume more than an hour and a half
 That at least was the idea of the commit teemen when they left their hotel. Conference Was Delayed.
 l As a matter of fact, the real confer
 ence did not begin until 12:30. The
 delay was caused by some interviews
 which Secretary Taft had with members | of the ohio state Central Committee
 and with some friends from other
 States. who had come to Cincinnati tC | see him. These interviews, 1t Is under | stood, had a more or less direct bearing | on the selection of a national chairman
 The War Secretary was put in posses | sion of information concerning the mat
 ter which 1t was thought he ought tc | have before reaching SohSAuSAOi U
 so welghty a questin.
 At these preliminary conferences, tho
 whole Ohio situation was discussed | carefully. It's bearing upon the ap proaching national contest was con | sidered and the Secretary was urged
 not to be hasty in announcing hii
 choice of a campaign manager.
 | Finally. when Secretary Taft, Mir. | Sherman and the members of the sub
 committee came together. they were in | position to consider the subject in the l fight of information from all sources | Those present at the meeting. in ad- | dition to the Republican candidates
 were General Powell Clayton of Ar kansas. Frank B. Kellogg Of Mime | sota. Charles Nagel of Missouri. E. E..
 Hart of Iowa. Senator w. F. Borah of
 Idaho. F. c. Duncan of North Carolina
 Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. and Myron | T. Herrick of Ohio. W. l.. Ward of | New York was named as a member ot l the sub -cmmmittee, but as he was
 obliged to return home to meet press
 ing business engagements. his place
 was taken by Mir. Hart. The confer
 ence was entirely executive. Despite | however. the agreement reached that
 it should not be discussed by those
 parties to it. it is known that a con siderable difference of opinion arose