The Washington herald., 1908-06-27
MEYERS SELECTION
BELIEVED CERTAIN
Opinion Prevails He VIII Be
Named as Chairman.
PARTY LEADERS MEET TODAY
Postmaster General Looked Upon by
Many rs the One who Can Heal All
Dinerences-A Good Business Man
and a PoIiticIan-Vorys Not in the
Running for Coveted Honor.

When President Roosevelt. Secretary
Taft, Frank kellogg. Frank II. Hitch.
cock. and other Republican leaders get
through with their canvass and confer.
ence to-day at Oyster Bay on the selec.
ton OF a chairman Of the Republican
National Committee. Postmaster General
George Won l.. Meyer will probably be the
man selected. This is the opinion OF
those high In the party councils.
Several reasons are given why this
selection viii be made. and the principal
one comes from the big men In the East.
1t is pointed out that Mr.. Meyer is a
clever business man, a diplomat. and a
man who understands conditions in the
country. and has administered his duties
as Postmaster General with sagacity. and
above all. he is friendly TO all concerned.
He is believed to be the one man who
can hold the several factions together.
and make no sacrifices or moves that
will be detrimental to the party here
after; that he is the one man in all
the country who can keep the many
aspiring leaders in harness and on friend
ly terms is conceded.
Dover Makes n stand.
The report is rife that Elmer Dover.
who was reelected secretary of the COM
mittee, refused positively 10 serve If
Frank Hitchcock was selected as man
ager. This pressure. added TO that Of the
friends of Arthur I. vorys, puts Mr.
Hitchcock out of the race altogether. It is
said.
Senator Crane. OF Massachusetts, would
be acceptable TO the President, but ii is
said he made no overtures to the Taft
people and at times expressed himself as
not being in sympathy with them. The
fact that he once refused the position is
not taken seriously by many Of the lead
ers.
Vorys it is hinted, never was consid-
cred seriously as a possible head Of the
committee. The manner in which he be-
haved in the early stages Of the cam
paign for the nomination has not settled
comfortably on the shoulders of the big
men," and ii is said that IL was only
Hitchcock's foresight and diplomacy that
saved the Taft people many delegates
that would have been lost had they been
left to the mcrcies OF Vorys That Hitch
cock gave all and received nothing from
the Vorys people has been the talk Of
Republicans for some time.
Mr.. Dover yesterday opened I'D his
headquarters in the Metropolitan Bank
Building. and is getting down to real
work. His first duty, he said. was TO
look over some 800 letters from applicants
for jobs with the committees. When
asked if It were true he had said he
would not serve on the committee IL
Hitchcock was named chairman, he de-
clined to answer
No Comment to Make.
Il have no comment to make on the sub
ject,' said Mr.. Dover last night. when
his attention was directed 20 a report that
he would resign the secretaryship in the
event Of Frank H. Hitchcocks selection
as chairman by Secretary Taft.
Sidney Bieber, the representative OF the
District Of Columbia on the national COM
mittee. said yesterday that he expected TO
see Mr.. Hitchcock named manager Of the