The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-13
TAFT FORCES CONTROL
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
PRESIDENTS PROGRAM
FOLLOWED ~ ENTIRETY
Chic1go l. Cho~en a. Place for
Holding National Con, entlon
June l. T. Date.
Ex-Goy. Hill Of Maine Named
ChairmaB-Primary for States
With Primary Laws Only.

NASHlNGTON u O. D~r r-
With little trace ui friction fhc Be
publican National tofnmIffe. met here.
Today and formulated The pr-. mI1arv
plans for the campaign 90 lfIZ The
prosram agreed uDon was carried our
efpedluouFlj .u fsp riprf sessions Ak
greEating barely NOR. than feo hour
thicagO sa1 chosen a. the cony-u.
Ton city. and fh. coil Vas issued for
the assembling ~ deirsaf-s on Tues
DAY. June a. 200 nominate candidate
Tor President ar1 Vice President
Acting Chairman John HU FOR
mer Governor OF Maine. Wa unHnI
moualy elected chairman ~ the corr
mitteo after the srceptanc" of the re-.
lSnation % Postmaster General Hitch
cock. which vent into effect on Apr.
1. 1903 William tiay aard. ~ "
brhska. vas elected ss~retary. e.
serve until the neW National Commit
tee In organized IN chicago ~ June
The committee adhered POI th, con
Nention call of 1870. and iH. primary
question. the sole disturbing topic he.
tore the committce. Aa- 'rff a. o. ~aa
Tour years ago The champions of
presidential preference primaries and
state ide primarir- for The selection
OF delegate 90 fhr convention u
Statea where primary laws ar. not
operative. were defeated They were
led by Senator Horah ~ Idaho. mo
eontented himself with &C. minority re
port from the sub.committee on call
OF which he was chairman. and with a.
brief speech 10 the committee
No Bitterness Shown.
The
epcots. There Was tumplrt.. abb
senco of bitterness and the pro,.cl
ings wcr, conducted With opeu doors.
Politically. the meeting Was pro
TAFT The president advisers c0u.
trOiled the situate Early ln the
day u became apparent that Secre-
tary flilles and Arthur Vory8. ma
tional committeeman from Ohio. Nere
In control The Il sinclinatiOn OF
Postmaster General Hitchcock 20 Ia
dorse the selection OF Colonel Harry
= New. former chairman OF the com
mittee and a member from Indiana.
as chairman OF the sub-comnittes on
arrangements was Ovprcome. and Mr.
Hitchcock took no part in the pro
ceedings of the day The southern
committeeman. said % be- opposed 70
Mr New for fear that BE- favored re-.
duction ~ southern repres 'ntAtion.
voted for the iudiAnlau.
The other member of the commit.
&c are David Mulvanr. Kansas:
Franklin Murphy Nee Jersey. Ar
thur l.. NoryS. OHIO. q r. Williams.
Oregon. = g. Duncan. North caro-.
lima. and Victor RoseVafer Nebraska.
The latter two we're added fo the com
mittee. which originally was plaun 81
to consist OF i've members Chair.
man New announced after the meet.
ing OF the fuli committee that his sub
committee would meet in chicago in
January. 20 brE'n mo work % arrang
Ing the convention plans
Taft Wishes Prevail
The wishes OF tho Taft committee.
men prevailed fhtoushout tho meet.
Ing The Ohioans and New York
'ers Who had given publicity 20 the
Roosevelt Propar5uda contentcd
themselves With tho prorreas they
have made Walter Rrown. leader of
the ohio Roosevelt hand took no part
IN thA proccFdlnrs Will. National
(coutinusd on Tenth Paeol.