Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-12
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET IN CHICAGO
ON june IS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The ma.
tional republican convention to nomi'
nate the candidates for president and
vice-president, will be held at Chica.
go beginning Tuesday, June eigh.
teen. The republican national com
mittee so decided al its session here
today by ratifying the program ar.
ranged in advance for its delibera.
ton. The vote in favor Of Chicago
was overwhelming, the ballot show.
ing: chicago, AZ; Denver Z; St.
Louis l; Absent /. St. Louis formal.
ly withdrew from the contest before
the voting began, but Colonel Cecil
Lyon, of Texas, insisted upon cast
ing his ballot for that city.
The form of call for delegates to
the national conventions, including a
disposition Of the troublesome presi'
dential preference primary question,
was still in the hands of the special
subcommittee when the national
committee recessed until 200 p. m.
Col. Harry S. New of Indiana was
appointed bead of the committee on
ARRANGEMENTS, as Charles D: Hilles,
secretary to the president and man
ager of the Taft forces. insisted last
night in conferences with Postmaster
General Hitchcock and others, VINO
we're said to be opposed to the In
diana committeeman.
The Taft forces also dictated the
entire membership of the arrange
ments committee, which was increased
from five to seven as follows:
New of Indiana, Vorys OF Ohio,
Mulvano of Kansas. Murphy of New
Jersey, Williams Of Oregon, Rose
water of Nebraska, and Duncan OF
North Carolina.
The North Dakota representative
was among the three absentees. The
committee decided to call for the Sc
lection OF delegates from the District
of Columbia at the primary election.
1t approved the action of the execu-
dive committee in appointing a sub
committee to take hand in the prep
aration of call for delegates, dndicat.
ing the method by which they are to
be chosen.
This committee consisted of Borah
Of Idaho, Ward of New York, Capers
of South Carolina, Lowden Of Illinois,
and -Rosewsater of Nebraska.
The committee assembled at 1880
a. m here and at once accepted the
resignation of Chairman Hitchcock,
dated March 5, 1909, and effective
April 1, 1909.
Former Gov. John F. Hill Of Maine
was elected chairman by exclamation. |
He said today that the fear of fight |
N the next conventions 90 curtail the |
southern representation was well |
Representative J. Francis
Burke Of Pennsylvania, who led the
eduction fight in 1908 and lost by a
narrow margin, has again been called
lpon to lead the movement and said
he plans progressed rapidly.
The southern members OF the CON-
nittee were in session again today,
tanning to resist any attempt at the
ext convention to cut down their rep
esentation. There was no cessation
oday of the talk about Theodore
Roosevelt. although with the commit
exc actually in session, supporters of
he Roosevelt boom did Aot have quite
be full sway that marked the last day
r two.
The call for delegates to the con-
ention requires they be selected not
arlier than thirty days after the call
nd not later than thirty days prior
D the date set for the convention.
This action nullifies the selection
f delegates already made by Ala
ANA and requires South Dakota to
elect a new primary date. The
outh Dakota election had been set
Or June 4 Thorsen, of South Da-
ota. protested against, the call as
nfair to his state and Senator Peu- I
ose gave: notice Of an amendmeHts stSf
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