Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-17
FIGHT OPENS IN FAR WEST
Chairman Hitchcock Outlines Plans
for Beginning Campaign.
HEADQUARTERS IN WINDY CITY
Chairman VIII select offices TOmOr-
row and Mn direct the Cam
paign From city By
the Lake,

WASHINGTON, d. c. July
man Frank H.. Hitchcock Of the republican
national committee, will open the campaign
Of 1905 in the FAR west. Practically the first
movement in the campaign for the election
Of William II. Taft and James S. Sherman
respectively, to the presidency ana wee
presidency. will be made at Colorado
STRINGS Colo. next Monday and Tuesday,
July 20 and q. At that time, in the Antlers
hotel, at Colorado Springs, Chairman
Hitchcock will hold a conference with the
republican leaders Of all the states ana
territories west Of the Missouri river.
Represented at the conference will be
North Dakota. South Dakota, Nebraska
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana
wyoming. Colorado. New Mexico, Idaho
Utah, Arizona, Nevada, washington, Ore
gon and California. The republican chair
men and the republican national com
mitteemen of these states and territories
have been invited by Chairman Hitchcock
to attend the conference and all of them
have notified him Of their intention to be
present.
Purpose of Conference.
II is the purpose Of Mr.. Hitchcock In
bringing together the republican leauers
Of the west to consider plans for the cam
paIRn in that territory. 1t is his desire
| that the leaders should become acquainted
with one another. that each Should reel
that he has d part 10 perform not only IN
the conduct Of the campaign, but In the
formulation OF plans for 1t. and that there
should be cooperative effort among all OF
them to bring about a general result
At the Colorado Springs conference care
full plans will be mapped out for the cam
paign in the west, methods will be dis
cussed and speakers for the various states
arranged for as far as may be possible.
In the near future similar conferences will
be held by Chairman Hitchcock with re-
publican leaders in the middle west ana III
the east. The place of the middle west
conference will be Chicago and 1t probably
will be held ten days after the Colorado
Springs conference. Some time subse'
ouently a conference OF the eastern leaders
Will be held in New York City.
offices In Chicago,
Chairman Hitchcock will leave Washing
ton tomorrow for Colorado Springs on
the way he will stop in Chicago on Friday
to make arrangements for western repub-
ucan headquarters in that city. Already
by telegraph and Ions distance telephone
he has arranged in part for the headquar-
ters he desires in Chicago and on his ar
rival there 1t will probably take him only
a few hours 20 complete his plans The
headquarters will be located in an office
building, Chairman Hitchcock preferrins
such a location to a hotel.
In this connection 1t can be said to be
not unlikely that Mr.. Hitchcock may make
his permanent headquarters during the
campaign in Chicago instead OF New YORK.
He has the question under consideration,
but has reached no definite decision. Final
action OF the matter may depend TO some
extent upon the selection of a vice chair
man Of the national committee. 1t has not
been determined yet who that may be AMI
It is the purpose OF Mr.. Hitchcock not
to name the vice chairman until he is pre-
pared to announce the national executive
committee. He may not make this an
nouncement until early in August.
At the conclusion of the Colorado Springs
conference Chairman Hitchcock will re-
turn to Chicago for a brief stay in that
city and will go thence to Cincinnati to
attend the ceremonies incident to the noti-
fication Of Judge Taft Of his nomination
for the presidency. The notification will
take place on July 2s. From Cincinnati
Mr.. hitchcock intends TO go to New York
in order to open formally the national
headquarters in that city about the first
of August. The headquarters in Chicago
will be opened a week or ten days later.
VIII Consider Literary Bureau.
Mr.. Hitchcock returned today from New
York, where he completed the arrangements
for the temporary headquarters and sup
plies. When he visited Representative
sherman at Utica plans were practically
perfected by which there will be co-opera-
lions between the national and congress
sional committees. II has been decided that
the literary bureaus OF the two shall be
merged into one and the work shall be
; directed from national headquarters.
: Francis Curtis, who has had extended
! experience in campaign editorial work with
J the congressional committee will have
charge of the editorial department, while
a some man yet to be selected will attend
= TO the executive work OF the literary
bureau. 1t is not improbable that while
the Identity OF the two committees Will bt
\ preserved the speakers bureau may also
be directed from national headquarters.
Chairman Hitchcock expressed gratifica'
tion today at the condition of Representa-
tive Sherman's health. He has gained
strength rapidly in the last few days ant
e Mr.. Hitchcock expressed the belief thai
= he had quite recovered from his recent
t serious illness.