Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-30
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voryS and Hitchcock Are Very Lively Aspirants for Honor of Heading the National Com mittee at Chicago.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 29.- One of the side shows of the republi. can national convention at Chicago Will be the mathematician match between Arthur Vorys of Colum bus. and Frank Hitchcock of Wash ington for the chairmanship of the republican national committee. Be fore the final round and wind-up it will probably excite more interest among politicians who love a contest then the exhibition in the big tent.
 Both men are in training, and are said to be in fine fettle. Hitchcock s friends expect him to win, because of tle form he displayed in getting dele gates for Taft. Vorys is eager for victory as a consolation prize for see ing Hitchcock elevated to the high pedestal he now occupies.
 The general impression is that if selected the duties of Vorys would be largely Of a perfunctory character, and thar the active man behind the gun would be hitchcock Vorys' friends praise his judgment and po- litical generalshIp in winning Ohio for Taft; but it Is contended on the other hand that he lacks the expert alce and the fnesse necessary to en- gineer A national campagL
 Blame Vorys for SnarI.
 The Hitchcock adherents maintain that the snarl in which the Taft in terests became entangled last year was due largely to Vorys' methods, and that Hitchcock took control just in time to save the day. The friends of Vorys reply that he proved his competency by the results and that Hitchcok did not come in as com mander until the battle had been practically decided. -.
 The main argument of the oppon- ents of Vorys is that he had a pro pensity to hook up dead ones" in some of the states where it was i'm peratiye that active soldiers should be enlisted in the Taft column. It is unquestionably a fact that the Taft movement did not gain strength, and that the question was seriously dis cussed as to whether Roosevelt would not have to run again to save the party. The weakness did not lie with Taft as a candidate, but with the mis- plays made, of which the opposition were quick to take advantage.
 Vorys spent the money, but his sue ces es were confined largely to Ohio Hitchcock was fortunate in the selec- ton of ais lieitenants, while Vorys was the reverse. One of his helpers was charged with issuing the docu- ments from Columbus which pledged Taft to stand for Wall street inter ests. That this was a tactical blum der is admitted but whether Vorys should be held responsible for 1t is a question
 Attack on Vorys Men.
 Charles P. Taft came to Washing ton a few weeks ago and sent Hitch cock to Columbus to review the sit uatiOn. The ambassador took immed- late and drastic action. The Vorys men were clubbed away from the feed trough mercilessly, and their screams echoed even to tue gates of the na- tional capital As measure of re- taliation the right-hand man of Vorys made the announcement that his CO horts would advance upon Chicago, open headquarters and make a roar
 There is a possiDrity of a further complication in the event of the friends of Vorys pressing his claim too insistently. An outsider like Gen eral G. von Lengerke Meyer may be set up for a figurehead. His election would be naming Hitchcock as the real thing and the confinement of the activities of Vorys to the state of Ohio. Taken as a whole, it Is about | as pretty a fight as the national com | mittee has had in its history.