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1 report - eurrent II Washing
] .oa that a special meeting CO TIE
Republican National Committee vii
! be held In that city this nonth -
which tine : new chairman wiEl Re
elected and plans set On foot 10 be-
1919. Il seems 10 be tie general
( belief that Congressmen John ".
! Weeks, Of Massachusetts, wiil be So
/ lected rs the standard bearer Of the
/ party.
special from Washington TO the
] Baltimore Sun says:
/ Leaders Of the Republican party.
/ with the hearty approval OF President
Taft. are planning TO have q special
meeting OF the Republican National
/ Committee In January In Washing
/ ton, when In all probability Repre-
sentative John W. Weeks, OF New
! ton. Mass. will be elected chairman.
Postmaster General Frank Fl.
Hitchcock, who tentatively resigned
ss chairman In favor OF J. F. Hill.
of Maine. who Is now acting chair
man, will relinquish his connection
with the committee altogether and
devote all his time TO the Postofiice
Department, where he has work
enough to consume all his time.
This action In making Mr..
Weeks chairman Is the first decis-
| i've Republican move in the battle
for Presidency In 1912. President
| Taft Is the leader. His friends be-
lieve he will be renominated. He is
now engaged in inspiring other
members Of the party with hope
Mr.. Taft has had a hard task, but
| 1t Is believed he has won. Those
who came here SO depressed at the
| opening of Congress now see light
ahead and are prepared to go down
| fighting, IL go down they must. The
President very quietly has assumed
the full management of policies. He
| has also brought together many ele-
ments of the party that were wide
apart. He believes he can so i'm
press the Republicans in Congress
that they will unite and pass the
| legislation he urges.
| ''Mr. Weeks may not have unan-
imous election. There Is All element
| in the committee inclined to favor
| James A. Hemenway, of Indiana,
who was succeeded in the United
States Senate by Benjamin F. Shive-
| ley. Mr.. Hemenway represents the
conservatives as against the radicals,
and is one of the closest friends of
| Speaker Cannon. 1t is altogether
probable that the weight of control
Weeks, however.
'tMr. Weeks is one of the most
substantial members of Congress
and a man of affairs. The Republi-
cans believe he will be elected Sem
ator from Massachusetts to succeed
Senator Lodge, If Mr.. Lodge should
fail to win the election on the first
two or three ballots. He Impressed
the President with his ability when,
although he did not heartily sup
port the idea of postal savings
banks, he threw his influence for
the bill as one favored by the Re-
publican national platform and put
it through the House.
'tMr. Weeks is a banker, being a
member of the firm of Hornblower
& Weeks, of Boston; is president OF
the Newtonville Trust Company and
vice-president of the First National
Bank of Boston. He is a graduate
of the Naval Academy and served as
midshipman. He served in the
Massachusetts, Naval Brigade for 10
years and was lieutenant in the vol
unteer navy during the war with
Spain. He is so years old.
''The work ahead of the n=w
chairman of the National Committee
will keep him busy until the meet
ing of the next National Convention,
First, he will exert considerable in
fluence in pressing to vote the meas
ures the President insists upon hav-
ing considered by Congress at this
session. Then he will have much to
do to bring about order in the party
in various sections. There is scarce
ly State where strong and tactful
work will not be needed. This Is
especially true of Mr. Weeks own
State, as it is also of Connecticut
New Jersey, Maine, New York, Mary.
land, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsyl.
vania, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and
Indiana.
"The Republicans are watching
closely the result of the Democratic
contests over the Scholarships In
New Jersey, New York, West Vir
ginia and Ohio. It is particularly
necessary that thoroughly discuss
ed policy be decided on with refer
ence to the tariff before the Demo
Gratis begin their work on revision
: in December, 1911"