Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-12

1t was also conceded that the com
mittee. while recognizing the right o
the six states that already have adopted
the primary system to choose delegate:
i'm that way would not recommend gen
eraI adoption of the system Neither
was il contemplated that the COMMITTED
would cut other states off from holding
primaries if they saw fit. In other words
il was agreed. for instance. that If the
Republican leaders in Ohio. the Presi
dents own state, could get together on
some form of primary for the selection
OF the delegates at large. the committee
The Advancement.
Atmosphere Clarified.
When the members of the committee
began to assemble today for the seized
lled meeting they found the political at
mosphere purified of many of the rumorS
which had permeated it yesterday Last
nights conference at the White House
IN connection with the dinner given them
by the President, had brought theih ihto
better understanding with each ollet'
RI. ,rouhIe-nakers or would-be trouble
makers had been busy throughout the DAY
Yesterday disseminating all klhds OF nu-
mors about friction in the committee us
affection to the head OF the Pdi'! an" "
that sort of thing. .oa
TEMPEST in q teapot had been raiseu
t,V some OF the southern deieSd'cS -
thc proposed selection oil tdrfS =
10 head the committee on 3rrdliSti'cu'
NJ News alleged former activity III De
half of Curtailmeut OF southern i'ii
sentation in national conventions ~
brought up against him. Ihen IL NdS ~
nOrtei that there was fric,fon p.'
forrer tbairmau Hitchcock and tharleS
II UiIleS who is being mentioned lot WV
Craftsmanship when the campaign 49,
Mr. Hitchcock scotched these tu T,
nv issuing formal denial OF any III
=, ha,n-ean himself and Mr.. HilleS,
which was reinforced by a similar GENIAL
from Senator PenTose-
Would Not Attend Dinner.
The fact that William l. Ward nation
al committeeman from New YORK. ue-
fIined tn attend the dinner gwen pS
President Taft to the members OF tue
republican national committee was en-
pla:ned By his friends to be due to resent
1nent on his part. growing out or tue
gubernatorial campaign in New hofh d
year ago when he and others OF the ola
GUARD; resisted the Presidents efforts IN
behalf of the candidacy of Mr. StlnSoh.
Mr. Ward has been diSaffected toWaiu
President Taft ever since. and II l. sa'u,
cros. this method of publicly announcing
his irreconcilability-
All of the talk about Roosevelt as
more acceptable candidate than Iaft Was
of the most general nature, and IL Is To
he observed that net Il single member OF
the national committee has been duoteu
either in the first person OF lnuItC.H q"
advocating "a flop to Roosevelt Nelther
has any single member of the committee
eypresSed doubt that President Taft will
he renominated-
Put Pressure on Hitchcock.
The national committeeman from the
southern states assembled this morning
to continue discussion of ways and means
TO kill the movement to curtail represent
tation of southern states in the national
convention. The attitude of the southern
republicans was explained in Gen. Powell
Clayton's interview, published in The
Star yesterday.
-, AT this mornings meeting it was deter
mined to create committee of seven
members. of which Gen. Powell Clay
ton Will be chairman, to prepare data
and arguments to be presented to the
national convention in resistance to the
effort to cut down southern representa-
tion.
The question is not expected to come
before the national committee. but is
expected to be brought before the con-
vention- The other members of the
committee have not yet been chosen.
1t was said this morning that the op-
position of the southern committeeman
10 the selection of Harry S. New as
chairman of the subcommittee ar
engagements was sienced by Frank II.
Hitchcock, when the latter was told that
unless the fight on New was dropped Mr..
New would he elected chairman of the
national cOmittee.
We have forty votes in the COM
mittee for Mr.. New" Mr.. Hitchcock IS
said to have been told. and if there is
chairman at once whereupon further
opposition to Mr.. New was abandoned.
To Formulate Call.
The executive committee held a meet
ing at 10 o'clock and selected members
of routine committees. The committee
10 draw up the call for the national
convention was named as follows:
Messrs- Kellogg of Minnesota, Borah
of Idaho. Ward of New York, Rose
water of Nebraska and Capers of
. South Carolina
The committee was called to order at
1l:15 by Acting Chairman Hill. and Sec
Sretary Hayward read the call for the
meeting. y roll call showed the follow
Ing members present:
P. D. Barker. Alabama; Powell CLAYTON
Arkansas; Charles Lavender. Colorado;
Charles r. BROKER. Connecticut: T. Cole
man du Pont, Delaware: Henry :. Chubb,
Florida; Henry Blum. jr., Georgia VIII
liam f. Borah. Idaho: Frank o. Iowden
illinois: Harry 5. New, Indiana: Ernest F.
Hart Iowa; David w. Mulyane Kansas:
A H. Burnam Kentucky. Pearl Wight
Louisiana: John +. Hill. Maine: VIII
liam p jackson, Maryland; w Murray
Crane. Massa chusetts; John w Blod-
Sett, Michigan; Frank r. Kellogg.
minnesota: l.. u. Mosely Mississippi;
It \. MARROW. Montana: Victor Rose
water. Nebraska; Patrick l.. Flanagan.
Nevada: Fred ". Estabrook New
y hampshire; Franklin Murphy New
stersey: William l.. Ward. New York:
sE. C. Duncan. North Carolina:
\. l. Norys. Ohio: Ralph =. Williams.
Oregon: Boies Penrose. Pennsylvania
William +. Sheffield. Rhode Island; John
g. 'apers, South Carolina: Thomas
Thorson. South Dakota: NJ G. Monday,
u ennesSee; pecil y Lyon, Texas; Aivah
II Martin. Virginia: S. \ Perkins. Wash
inSton, y. r. Scott. West Virginia; AL
fred T Rogers. Wisconsin: George r.
Pexton. Wyoming: Sidney Bieber District
OF Columbia: SOloman Luna. New Mexico
ana X ii. Todd, Porto Rico.
=. iToxIeS We're presented as follows:
~ California, John X knowland: Missouri
l noInas J. -hkins; Okla homa D. r Nor
gan; Utah, Reed Smoot: Vermont Car
4oH ; Page; Alaska. Wilfred Il. Hog