New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
National Republican Convention
TO Meet in Chicago on
June 18.
MO FRICTION AT MEETING
Presidential Primary Plan De-
feated, AZ to Hill Elect
ed Chairman--No Contest
Over Convention City.

csCO. beginning June IN many - ~"
viii bc chairman Of the committo" on
arrangements. which will select the tenn
ncrarv officers Of the convention
Tb, meeting Of the national committee
,sp7o of to-day without hitch After
meeting thls morning and deciding on
the date and city for the convention and
srnointine "a subcommittee TO prepare
the can tho committee adj~Trned until
On. m N that hour it met again and
listened with patience to Senator Borah.
who submitted minority report which,
IN its final form differed from the ma
ioritv report only i'm that the former
rro,.ided that the delegates TO the ma
tiorsl convention should be elected in
accordance with the laws Of the state
rrovided such laws met with the ap-
rroysl of tho state committee. whereas
the minority report. i'm its final form
rroyided that where such laws existed
they should be mandatory.
colonel Cecil Lyon. Of Texas; General
Powell CLAYTON. OF Arkansas; Pearl
Wight. of Louisiana. and other Southern
members Of the committee pointed out
the danger of permitting state legislat-
ures 10 dictate the r,anner Of selecting
delegates TO national conventions ana
colonel Lyon told of the situation IN
Texas four years ago which made II
necessary for him 10 20 TO the courts
md secure decision that the Legislat-
IRE had no power TO dictate the method
~ rhe selection of delegates 10 the ma
-iorsl convention in order 10 secure any
delegates elected i'm accordance with the
terms If the call Of the national COM
nittoe The nomocrats Of Texas. all
poverful in the Legislature, had passed
a law which required the election or
delegates At primaries held less than
thirty DAYS before the Republican Ma
tional Convention. although the call in
VALIDATED any election held less than
thirty days before the convention.
General CLAYTON. who for twenty-eight
years has been a member Of the national
,ommittee declared that the Democrats.
who are ir control OF his state, would
never enforce lllt laws e'5''A'A''' A''--
Republican primary. although they
would not fail TO do so in Democratic
Urinary
Other members of the committee
nointed out the danger of subiecting the
method Of selecting delegates TO ma
tional convention TO the state leglsat-
,lres and when the vote was taken only
seven of the forty-eight members Of the
committee voted for the Borah minority
report Those who so voted were the
committeeman from Colorado Delaware,
idaho. Nebraska. oregon and South Da-
kota
Committeeman Will Work for Taft.
TIN, ,7eeting Of the national committee
was characterized by entire harmony
and q manifest purpose to renominate
Mr.. Taft and 20 work indefatigably for
his election.
Eady i'm the day it became apparent
that Secretary Hilles and Arthur l..
Vorys. national committeeman from
Ohio were in control. The disinclna-
tion OF Postmaster General Hitchcock 10
indorse the selection Of Harry s. New,
former chairman of the committee and
a member from Indiana, as chairman Of
the subcommittee on arrangements was
overcome. and Mr.. Hitchcock took no
part i'm the proceedings of the day. The
Southern committeeman, said TO he OPP
posed TO Mr. New for fear that he
favored a reduction Of Southern repre-
sentation, voted for him
The othee members Of the committee
are David Muyane, Of Kansas; Frank
I'm Murphy, Of New Jersey; Arthur l.
\orys, Of Ohio, r. r. Williams. Of ore
gon. r. G.. Duncan. Of North Carolina,
and Victor Rosewater. Of Nebraska.
The lost named two were added to the
committee, which originally was planned
10 consist Of FIVE members.
Chairman New announced after the
meeting Of the fun committee that his
Subcommittee would meet I'm Chicago in
January TO begin work on the convention
plans
The wishes Of The Taft committeeman
prevailed throughout the meeting rho
Ohioans and New Workers who had
given publicity 10 the Roosevelt propa-
ganda contcntcd themselves with tbe
progress they have made. Walter
Brown. leader II the Ohio Roosevelt
band. took no part in the proceedings
while National Committecmar William
J.. Ward, Of New York, who did not at
tend JLc White House dinner on Monday
night. was in accord with the pro-
gramme adopted.
a committee Of three was named to
devise rules and regulations for the ma
honal committee and it's officers. which
arc 10 be reported 20 the convention.
This committee consists Of Mr.. BroOkcr.
"i Connecticut chairman. Mr. Ward and
frank B. Kellogg committeeman from
Minnesota. Ostensibly its duty is 10
devise rules by which the treasurer and
secretary shall have places ian the COM
mi'tee ana be entitled 10 vote
Mo Fight Over Primary Question.
The expected and long heralded row
over the primary question proved a fash
In The pan The following members Of
he committee were appointed 10 draft
me caH MessrS. Borah, Of Idaho. Low
a'" ~ Illinois; Ward Of New York.
h'se"'ier of Nebraska and Capcrs. Of
south Carolina The committee was
appointed At the morning session. which
Dos'n at II 90 o'clock, and retired mn
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