Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-12
CHICAGO GETS CONVENTION
Little Question Over Choice of Mid
West City by Republicans.
DATE LAST WEEK IN JUNE
Presidential Primaries Bring ID
New Questions-So Contest
Over the Southern
Delegations.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1i.--wlth the arr
rival in Washington today Of practically
all the members OF tho republican ma
tional committee. reinforced BY party
leaders from nearly every state, II be-
came possible TO forecast just what will
be done by the committee at its meeting
Tuesday. As a result Of the many con-
ferences held today the following program
seems TO have been agreed upon:
Chicago will get the national conven-
tlon apparently beyond all question OF
doubt and It probably will be held the
last week IN June.
There will be no fight for the chair
manship Of the committee at this time.
Former Governor John L. Hin Of Maine,
the vice chairman. will be elected to
serve until the presidential nomination Is
made. william Hayward, formerly OF
Nebraska, but now OF New York, will
continue as secretary. After the conven-
ton chairman and other officers agree
able TO the candidate will be elected by
the new committee.
The question OF selecting delegates at
presidential primaries instead of by the
customary delegate conventions will be
left entirely TO the various states to de-
termine for themselves. President Taft
is said to have favored this disposition
Of the matter.
No Fight on Representation.
The committee will not act on the
resolution for a reduction Of southern
representation, declaring this to he a
question for the determination OF the
convention itself
Colonel Harry e. New Of Indiana prob
ably viii head the all-powerful sub
committee Of five to make arrangements
for the convention.
Postmaster General Iitchcock's resig-
nation as chairman viii be accepted
formally II was rendered Immediately
after he entered the cabinet and is de-
clared TO have had mo strings whatever
attached" to It. 1t follows the precedent
established when Chairan Cortelyou sur
rendered the office 70 Vice Chairman New
upon becoming postmaster general in
RooseveIts second administration.
President Taft will entertain the com
mitteemen at dinner tomorrow night This
dinner probably will be the most inn
portant politically given at the White
House during the present administration.
The committee will not bar federal
offlceholders as delegates to the national
convention, taking the ground that this
question. like that of southern represent
alton, IL one for the convention to decide,
The representatives OF the, southern states
are expected to discourage officeholders
from seeking election as delegates, and
President Taft. II is said. viii approve
this program.
tPreaidential Primaries.
The question Of presidential primaries
had promised TO be- the most Interesting
and far-resohing in its political effect
of any 70 be brought before the commit-
tee. Its apparent aTniosbIe adjustment
out OF court" was attended by unusual
circumstances. the most significant OF
which was the fear Of friends Of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt that the primary sys-
tenn. II adopted at this time. might cut
Off the possibility OF nominating the for
mer president for second elective term
At presidential primaries the voters
would be called upon TO elect delegates
to support certain announced candidates.
This would mean, as the situation now
appears, a choice between President Taft
and Senator La Toilette OF Wisconsin.
No attempt Is being made here to
NseHeAoN AAAo AaNN AhuA AiNit - wei AN-
fined movement In favor OF the nomina-
ton OF Colonel Roosevelt. The men be-
hind this movement feel that their hope
Of success lies in working up the proper
amount OF sentiment between now and
the time of the convention. They do not
believe the situation. as they would like
II. will have time to crystalline prior to
the holding OF primary elections by GER
tain OF the western states. Thus states
where they would look for the strongest
Roosevelt sentiment might be compelled
to record their preference for some other
candidate. Neither do they believe that
Colonel Roosevelt could be induced to
announce himself as a candidate and thus
permit votes to be cast for him. His
nomination, they say. must come through
an outburst OF enthusiasm at the conven-
ton itself
Behind the Roosevelt phase OF the
situation, however, there seems to be a
very general sentiment among the mem
bers OF the national committee that they
have no right. or at least that It would
be decidedly impolitic, as a central body.
to dictate to the states what they should
or should not do. Each state, Il was