New-York tribune., 1908-08-23
COMMITTEE
Hitchcock Names Men Who VII
Raise Cam paign Funds.

Frank III Hitchcock chairman OF the RepubH.
can National Committee announced yesterday tsa
names of the members OF the advisory committee
Upon this committee Will >ai much OF the u
financing the national campaign Chairman Hitch
cock is chairman ex oficio Of the committee. and
Elmer Dover former secretary of the national con-
nittee is its secretary The committees Qzartess
will on the eighth floor OF the Metropolitan Liss
Building. Mr. Dover will probably do considerable
travelling as he has wide acquaintance and has
had much experience in gathering camp aign funds
The members of the advisory committee and ths
states from which they come are: Richard A. Bal-
Iinger Washington; Cornelius y. Bliss. New YORK:
Powell Clayton, Arkansas; ". Murray Crana
Massachusetts; William Nelson Cromwell Nsz
York: John Hays Hammond. Massachusetts;
Franklin Murphy. New Jersey; Charles p Tzsr
Ohio. and Arthur l. VOrys, Ohio
Judge BalIinger lives In Seattle and VIII repre-
sent the Far West He is lawyer. has been
Judge and since 1907 has been Commissioners OF s
General Land Office
Cornelius " Bliss was treasurer OF the national
committee in the Mckinley and Roosevelt can
paigns and has wide acquaintance among men
of affairs all over the country.
Powell CLAYTON is the member of the national
committee from Arkansas He is an exGovsrnOr
of that state and also former United states Sen
ator He has large business interests He viii rep
resent the South
Senator Crane Of Massachusetts. is large paper
manufacturer He is a member OF the national
committee
Mr Cromwell Is well known New York lawyer.
and IS expected to act as the legal adviser OF the
committee.
John HAYS Hammond is the mining engineer Vho
had a boom for the Presidential nomination
at the Chicago convention Ex-Governor Narphy
OF New Jersey IS a member of the national COM
n1ittee and is also chairman Of the state committee
He is a manufacturer Of varnish- Mr.. Taft IS he
brother Of the Presidential candidate Mr. VOrys
has charge of the national campaign in Ohio
Chairman Hitchcock had a busy morning ,ysstar-
day TRYING TO get through a mass OF business BE-
fore starting for New England During The day
he was called out Of headquarters for half an
hour and took a taxicab back He told The driver
of the cab to wait for him The chairman rushed
upstairs and saw half dozen callers who were
waiting for him. II was then i:15 O'Clock He had
not packed his grip. and his train left the Grand
Central Station at 10 When he started leave
the building he discovered that the taxiczb had
disappeared 1t was raining in torrents and the
nearest taxicab stand at Broadway and 8lh
street boy was hurried into a hanson CAB AZ
the curb and told 70 drive the stand and set
back with a taxi quickly he could Ths
chairman got 10 his hotel packed his grip and got
to the station but he had sprint down the plat
form at a rate which showed that he must have
been a good runner IN his day He Just climbed o1
the last car as the train pulled OUT
The chairman will spend Sunday with Senator
Crane ar Dalton They go 70 Boston tomorrow
morning and there will be a conference Of the Re
publican leaders Of New England AT the Tourains
Hotel that afternoon. In the evening MT. Hitch
cock goes TO Portland Me. where ne viii confer
with the leaders Of that state Tuesday. He vii
be back at headquarters Wednesday afternoon