The Detroit times., 1911-12-13
CHICAGO WINS EASILY
IN CONTEST FOR
Cop, CONVENTION
Convention Will Convene in That
City on June Is to Name
Presidential Candidate.
HILL is NEW CHAIRMAN
OF NATIONAL BODY
Former Governor of Maine Sue
ceeds Hitchcock as Chair
man of Committee.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE Re-
publican national convention will
meet In Chicago Tuesday, June is,
to nominate candidate for the
presidential election of 1912. This
was decided, and the rest OF the
routine business transacted. at the
short morning session of the national
committee today. The committee
named its convention subcommittee
and then recessed to await the re-
port of the newly-named committee
on the Call of the convention"
The exact program as forecasted
was followed. Chicago won over
whelmingly. Fred II. Kreisman pre-
sented the name OF st. Louis and
then withdrew IL from the contest.
Buffalo and Cincinnati, also named
as contenders, did not appear in the
vote. Chicago got 43 votes against
Denver's Z. Cecil Lyon, OF Texas,
cast a lone vote for st. Louis.
The selection of Harry s. New.
of-Indiana, as chairman of the i'm
portant committee on arrangements
for the convention, was In accord
ance with the wishes of President
Taft.
There was opposition to New York
frcr the southern members, and as
concession to them, e. c. Duncan,
OF North Carolina. was put on the
committee arrangements The
name OF Victor Rosewater, Of
Nebraska, close friend OF Postmas-
ter-General Hitchcock, was also
added.
This committee will name the
temporary officers for the convention
among other duties.
The Committee on the call OF the
convention" made no mention OF a
presidential primary in its majority
report. Senator Borah, chairman,
however, submitted a minority re-
port providing presidential primary.
The majority report was signed by
all members OF the committee on call
except Borah. Rosewater signed, but
reserved the right to votes on an OPP
tional primary, as proposed by Walter
L. Brown, OF Ohio.
Borah gave the minority report
verbally. He said the minority report
made II compulsory to hold primaries
in&1states having primary laws, and
opkIonal with the state committees in
ali other states.
BY q rising vote, the resignation of
Postmaster-G General Hitchcock as
chairman OF the national committee
was accepted and former Gov. Hill, OF
Maine, was elected without opposition
10 Ill the unexpired term.
The executive committee then an
n0nnced the appointment OF Harry
New as chairman of the committee on
arrangements with the personnel or
the committee which follows:
New, Indiana. chairman: Mulvane,
Kansas; Murphy, New Jersey; Dun
can. North Carolina; Williams, Ore
gon: Rosewater, Nebraska. and
vorys. Ohio.
Senator Borah objected TO the plan
ton. preferring to vote on each name
separately, but later was induced TO
withdraw his objection. In the same
way the following Sub committee"
on the call OF the convention was
named:
Senator Borah. OF Idaho: William l..
Ward. OF New York; j. G.. Capers,
South Carolina; Frank o. Lowden,
Oregon, and Victor Rosewater, Ne
braska.
A committee TO arrange for presi-
Dental primary in the District OF
Columbia was named as follows:
Jackson. Maryland; Martin, Virginia.
and Bieber,- OF District OF Columbia.
With three lively rows going on
simultaneously, the Republican ma
tional committee met at noon today
to select the convention city, set the
dates. and to name the committee
"a. arrangements.