The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-16
GA MPAIGN OPENS IN THE FAR WEST Hitchcock Calls Conference of Leaders of All States
 West of Missouri
 River. TO MEET NEXT MONDAY National Committeeman Get Together to Formulate Scheme of Op-
 eratlon and Cooper atlon.
TO MEET NEXT MONDAY

Washington, July 15-Chairman national committee will open the cam palgn of 1908 in the far west
 Practically the first movement in the campaign for the election of w. II. Taft and James S. sherman, will be made at Colorado Springs, Col, next Monday and Tuesday, July 20 and 2l Chairman Hitchcock will hold a con ference with the republican leaders of all the states and territories west of the Missouri river The republican chairman and the republican national committeeman of those states and ter Hitchcock. to attend the conference and all of them have notified him of their intention to be present.
 It is the purpose of Mir. Hitchcock, in the bringing thus together of the republican leaders of the west, to con- territory. It is his desire that the leaders should become acquainted with one another; that each should feel that he has part to perform not only in the conduct of the campaign, but in the formulation of plans for lt; and that there should be co-opera- tive effort among all of them to bring about a general result.
 In the near future, similar confer ence will be held by Chairman Hitch- cock with republican leaders in the middle west and in the east. The place of the middle west conference will be Chicago and 1t probably will be held about ten days after the Col orado Springs conference. Some time subsequently, a conference of ths eastern leaders will be held in New York city. Chairman Hitchcock will leave Washington tomorrow for Col orado Springs. On the way, he will stop in Chicago on Fridly to make arrangements for western republican headquarters in that city.
 In this connection 1t can be said to be not unlikely that Mir. Hitchcock may make his permanent headquarters dur 1 Ing the campaign in Chicago instead of | consideration, but has reached no def nlte conclusion Final decision of the matter may depend to some extent, up- on the selection of a e-chairman oi the national committee. It has not de- termined yet who that may be, and il
 is not the purpose of Mir. Hitchcock tc name the vice-chairman until he is i prepared to announce the national ex- i ecutive committee. He may not make this announcement until early in | August.
 At the conclusion of the Colorado Springs conference Chairman Hitch cock will return to Chicago for brief stay fin that city and will so thence to Cincinnati to attend the ceremonies incident to the notification of Judge Taft of his nomination for the pres | idency. The notification will take place on July 2S. From Cincinnati Mir. Hitchcock intends to go to New York in order to open formally the national headquarters in that city about the first of August The head quarters in Chicago will be opened a week or ten days later.
 I When Mir, Hitchcock visited Repre-. sentative sherman at the latter's homo l in Utica, plans were practically perfect. ed by which there will be intimate co 1 operation between the republican ma. tlonal and congressional committees. r | already has bee ndeclded that the lit 1 erary bureaus of the two committee. 1 shall be merged Into one and that tho work shall be directed from nationa i headquarters, Francis Curtis, who ha, 1 had extended experience in campaign 1 editorial work with the congressiona
 committee will have charge of tn, I editorial department.
 Chairman Hitchcock expressed grati ncation to-day at the condition of Rep l resentative sherman's health. He ha, gained strength rapidly in the last few days, and MT. Hitchcock expressed tn, belief that he had quite recovered from hls recent serious illness.