The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-18
Michigan Senator Selected for
Temporary Chairman
VI the National Republican Con-
vention at Chicago.
1T WAS A SURPRISE.
Action Taken After 1t Was
Known Taft Had Won.
he Is Not Mixed Up With ANY.
bOdy's Boom.

chicago. May 1S.-Julius Caesar
Burrows, United States senator from
Mlchlgan, was selected as Temporary
chairman OF the Republican national
convention which will meet at the Co-
liseum on June 16. t--....-
his selection was coincident with
the closing of the polls" for the cleo
.ion OF delegates to that gathering.
ana with the final declaration of the
laIt leaders that their candidate has
ms nomination assured on the first
ballot. -
Inc naming of the "Old Roman"
as the septuagenarian senator from.
the wolverine state is picturesouelv
Anown' came as considera BILE sur
PRISE 10 the men who have been
Hng con'in tne advance plans for the
made by the national committee's
subcommittee on arrangements but was
not given out by Chairman New until
a1ter he had long distance CONVERSE
ton with Senator Burrows. who is at
Washington, D. c.
senator Burrows was picked for this
important place, it is announced, be-
| cause he has not been affiliated with
any OF the bOoms that are expected to
put IN their appearance at the conven-
ton. He has always been classed with
the conservatives. His age has NOT
interfered with his oratorical powers.
| and ne is expected to deliver an OPEN
ing speech that will be worth coming
a long distance to Chicago to hear.
May Mean Conservative Policy.
Whether his conservatism can be
construed as indicating promise that
radical policies will be entirely dis
| countenanced Is not known For
decades he has been one of the great
stump speakers in the Republican
campangns. and his speech on the first
day of the convention will be caIcu-
lated to outline the feeling that the
good old standards of the Republican
party must be upheld.
AS to the make up of the perma-
nent convention Organization or the
committees which will guide it's des-
TIMES Senator Burrows will not have
/ much to say. Beyond his Opening
speech he will not be given great op-
portunities to lead tha convention any
where. The committees which will be
selected to pass on credentials and
resolutions and permanent organiza-
ton Will be the result of state delegate .
caucuses and will not be selected by
him. n
Beveridge and DolIfver Lose.
The chief opponents of Senator Bur-
rows for this position were Senators
Beveridge of Indiana and Dolliver OF
Iowa. In fact. Mr.. Burrows never
even got mention in the advance
announcements that had filtered
through the press. Senator Beveridge,
however, comes from Fairbanks home
| state. and it was considered. that a man
tied up with favorite son boom
| might cause trouble among the other
| candidates should he be given the tenn
| porary Craftsmanship. Senator Dol
liver has been more or less closely as
| sociated with the men behind Secre-
| tary Taft's candidacy, and this barred
| him from final consideration
| nf hor Of
tee have left for their homes. They
| will not be called together again before
the full committee meets.
Temporary Officers.
| Temporary officers for the Repubii-
can national convention selected by the
| subcommittee on arrangements of the
| national committee are as follows:
Temporary chairman - Julius c.
Burrows Of Michigan.
General secretary-John r. Mallory.
| Columbus, Ohio.
Chief assistant secretary-Lafayette
| B. Gleason, New York.
| Assistant secretaries-Chas. Brooks
Smith, Parkersburg. w. Va; Ernest
Walker Smith. Hartford, Conn; Philip
4 M. Hoefele. ST. Louis; M. J. Tobin.
| Vinton, Iowa; Charles NJ. Harger. Abb
lene, Kan; Allen Hollis. Concord,
N. H.
Reading clerks-Thomas w. Will
hanson, Edwardsville, ILL.,; George A.
Wilson, Des Moines. Ia.
! Parliamentarian-Ash C. Kinds.
| Washington. .......
] Official reporter-M. w. Blumen-
| berg, Washington.
| Messenger to chairman-Empsirdel
| Stone Indianapolis.
Messenger to the secretary-John H.
Jackson, Cincinnati.
| Sergeant-at-arms-W F.. Stone.
| Baltimore, Md.
First assistant sergeant-at-arms-
| Edward P. Thayer, Greenfield. Ind
! Chief of doorkepeers-Stephe r.
| Mason, Baltimore, Nd.