Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-06
CAMPAIGN IN VERMONT
Chnirmn Williams to Meet other CONF
mittemen of New Englnnd-Wnnts
Mig Majority in September.

Mig Majority in September.
Newport. Vt, July 31.--Chairman Will
Jams OF the Republican State Committee
Is planning to meet with the chairmen
Of the other republican committees OF
the New England States. either In Boston
or New York. where n conference will
be held with Chairman Frank II. Hitch
cock OF the National Republican Com
mittee. This gathering II Is believed will
take place within a very short time.
and Chairman Williams is holding him
self in readiness to answer the call.
Mr.. Hitchcock made known his inten-
ton of calling this meeting In Wash
ington last Wednesday, 1t is his inten-
ton 10 first turn his attention to Maine
and Vermont. In which States occur the
earliest elections. and n special effort
will be made to pile up big ma jorities
there. for the effect upon the country.
The New England campaign will be
managed from New York. No sub
headquarters will be opened in this sec
tor, and according to present plans no
particular man will be designated by
Chairman Hitchcock to manage the cam
pagn in this section. The work will ho
left to the State chairman In the several
States. but from now until election day
each State chairman will be In close
touch not only with Mr.. Hitchcock, but
with one another. and for the first time
in the history OF presidential campaign
there will he cohesion Of action in every
section, between every State.
Mr. Hitchcock has Just returned to
Washington from tour Of the West.
He Is loaded for bear. He has more ideas
and schemes than probably were ever
developed in any campaign, and It is safe
to predict that before this campaign Is
over the old timers will have witnessed
some innovations In conducting poli-
tician into the White House that will
make them open their eyes.
Mr.. Hitchcock has already put into
practice the plan of calling charmen OF
State committees together At Colorado
Springs the other day the first of these
was held. Seventeen States west of the
Missouri river were represented either by
state chairman or national committee
man. Many Of these men met each other
for the first time Each man was en-
tirely unacquainted with what the other
men were doing. Hitchcock told them to
shake hands and get busy. BY the time
the meeting was over the chairmen knew
what was what in territory other than
their own. Ideas were developed and a
scheme Of campaign conduct decided up
on.
In Chicago n similar meeting Of cam
paign managers Of eight middle western
States was held. The next will be held
In the East. Mr. Hitchcock said to-day
he had not determined upon the date.
but It will be soon. Hc also made tho
interesting statement that the most per-
feet republican organization that ne has
so far mot exists in Nebraska, the home
OF William J. Bryan. A good many
ideas were obtained from that State
1.-THE state chairman and others man
aging the local campaigns in tho West
are very enthusiastic" said Mr.. Hitch
cock "They are full Of vim and go.
was very much gratihed, These confer
ences between myself and the State chair
men of adjacent territory will be contin-
ued throughout the campaign. In this 7
will make an innovation. Heretofore the
chairman in one State worked entirely
Independent and did not know what his
fellow republicans In other States were
doing BY the now method we will de-
velop ideas. and. having free discussions
frequently can make constant improve
mcnts In the conduct of the campaign
as they are suggested
"In addition to these conferences, I
will have conferences throughout tho
campaign with individual state chairmen
In the so-callcd doubtful states"
Mr.. Hitchcock is now IN Now York,
where tomorrow he will throw open the
doors Of his headquarters and formally
inaugurate the campaign. He will then
! return to Washington for day tho