The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-08
National Leaders Elect
Man to Manage
Campaign.
GEORGE r. SHELDON
CHOSEN TREASURER
New York Man Named to Succeed
c. N. BliSS-Hemenway to Man.
age Western Headquarters.
By JAMES HAY, JR.

HOI SPRlNGS, Va, July Or RANK
il. Hitchcock was elected chairman and
George R. Sheldon, of Brooklyn, n Y,
was elected treasurer, of the Republi-
can national committee, at a meeting
of the subcommittee hore today. The
election Of Hitchcock was foregone
conclusion, but the selection OF Mr..
S -eldon was greeted with surprise by
all except a few of the members OF the
committee. II was generally believed
I'D to the moment Of the announce
ment that Mr.. Sheldon had been chosen,
that Representative William B. McKin-
lev Of Indiana would be the joint
treasurer of the national and Congress
sionaI committees IN pursuance OF
plan announced by the leaders today.
Mr.. Sheldon has been prominent in
banking circles for & number OF years.
He engaged in banking in 1879, soon
after graduation from Harvard. He IS
treasurer Of the North American Com
pany. chairman OF the executive COM
1nittee of the Milwaukee Railway and
Light Company, vice president OF the
City Trust Company, Of Brooklyn:
president OF the Electric Security Com
pany: director Of the American Loco
motive Company. and Of the Republic
Iron and Steel Company; treasurer and
director Of the Detroit Edison Company,
and a director OF the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, the La Clede Gas Com
pany. and of the Union Electric Light
Company Of St Louis.
Mr.. Sheldon is an Episcopalian. He
has been prominent for many years IN
the councils Of the Republican party
He was a delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1900 and a men,
her of the Republican National Commit
tee from New York in 1903-N.
Sheldon's selection means that the
coming campaign will be made public.
~ New York's publicity law will apply
IN his case to all his actions as treas
urer OF the national committee.
The plan also embraces the practi-
cal assimilation OF the funds OF the
national committee and the Con-
gressional committee and their man
agement by one joint treasurer. II
this is done it will be a precedent in
American politics. for never before has
one man held the treasurership of both
committees at the same time
Hemenway in West
The plan Is to make Senator James
a. HemenwRy manager Of the western
campaign, and to put him in charge
Of the Chicago headquarters. while
Hitchcock viii be in charge Of the main
headquarters in New York.
William Nelson Cromwell arrived this
morning as an emissary from Cornelius
n. Bliss. the old treasurer
The point in giving the title TO an
Eastern man is to have one who viii
be a tower Of strength in getting money
Cromwell refused to divulge the name
Of his candidate before the subcOmmit-
tee met.
The subcommittee consists Of Senator
William e Borah Of Idaho, Frank b.
Kellogg. OF Minnesota; Myron T Her
rick, of Ohio; Frank o. Lowden. Of
illinois; Powell Clayton, OF Arkansas;
William L. Ward, OF New York; Charles
Nagel. OF Missouri. and Z. c. Duncan.
OF North Carolina.
Others at Springs.
IN addition to these men, the follow
Ing are here today: Postmaster Cen
eral Meyer. william Nelson Cromwell.
Senator Hemenway, and Representa-
tive Watson of Indiana, Representative
Burke Of Pennsylvania, Representative
Mckinley Of Illinois. and Richard G.
Kerens. Of Missouri.
The Hemenway move may be con-
sidered as another step of William How
ard Taft toward securing the utmost
harmony and peace in the Republican
party. 1t has been known all along
that the Indiana crowd felt sore toward
Hitchcock as a result of the contested
election cases in Chicago. Soon after
Hemenway and Watson arrived yester-
day. trey began TO tell how they had
nothing against the selection of Hitch
cock for the craftsmanship, and few
minutes after that Il was nOised about
that Hemenway would be in charge Of
the Chicago headquarters II he could be
persuaded to take IL.
La Toilette Man Arrives.
The la Toilette representative, Henry
A Cooper. Of Wisconsin. arrived this
morning. and had a short talk with
Taft. He was followed in the conference
by the Postmaster General
In addition 90 selecting the officers of
the committee, the subcommittee will
discuss with Mr. Taft the various issues
nj on aIo