Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-11
Preliminary Canvass of Com
mitteeme0 Gathered in
Washington for Meeting In
dicateS Its Selection,
CHAIR MANSHlP NOT
TO BE- DECIDED ON
Former Governor Hills of Maine
to Serve in This Capacity Till
Presidential Nomination Is
Made,

nv Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Washington, Dec. t0.-With tho ar
rival in Washington today of prac-
ticalN all the members OF the repuh-
lican national committee II became
possible TO forecast Just what viii he
done hV the committee at It's meeting
Tuesday.
AS result OF the many conferences
held today the following program
see"s to have been agreed upon
Chicago will get the national con-
vention and II viii he held the last
week in June,
There viii he no heht Tor the
chairmanship OF the committee at this
time, Former Governor John 4. Hills
ot Maine, the vlee-chairman viii be
elected to serve until the presidential
nomination Is made
The question Of selecting delegates
at presidential primaries or by the
customary delegate conventions. will
be left to the various states to deter
mine for themselves. President Taft
Is said 20 favor this disposition Of the
matter
The committee will not sanction the
resolution for reduction OF south
ern representation declaring this To be
question for determination by the
convention Itself
President Taft viii entertain the
committeeman at dinner tomorrow
night. This dinner probably viii be
the most important, politically. given
at the White House during the pres
ent administration.
The committee will not bar fedora
offlceholdcrs as delegates TO the ma
tional conventions taking the ground
that 49, question Is one Tor the CON
ventlon TO decide. The representa-
tlves of the southern states nrc ex-
pocted TO discourage offlceholders
from seeking election as delegates
and President Taft, II is said viii ap-
prove this.
The adjustment OF the presidential
primary question "out OF court was
attended by the fear Of friends OF
Colonel Roosevelt that the primaries
II adopted at this time might cut on
the possibility Of nominating him. AT
presidential primaries the voters
would be called upon to elect dele
gates to support certain announced
The men behind this
Roosevelt movement do not believe
the Roosevelt sentiment viii have
time to crystalizc prior to primary
elections In certain western states.
Thus, states whore they would look
for the strongest support might be
to record their preference
for some other candidate His noml-
nation, they say, must come through
an outburst of enthusiasm ut the con
Vention
Six stntes thus far have preslden-
tial primary laWs--North Dakota,
Wisconsin Nebraska, Oregon, New
Jersey and South Dakota.
While Chicago seems to have been
determined upon as the convention
city the champions of 81 Louis. Den
YER, Cincinnati, Philadelphia ana Bal
timore have not abandoned the hight.
They undoubtedly VIII put IN for
NAL bid for the convention.
81 Louis has been the most formi-
dable rival of Chicago, with the claims
Of Denver and Cincinnati being next
most prominently presented
While the last week In June seems
TO be favored as the hest time for
holding the convention, the obstacle
TO SO early a date Is the presidential
III N'hlu ifhk'Ah NH Jhllt '
There Is rale that delegates TO the
convention must be selected at least
thirty days prior To the convention
In order to give ample opportunity for
the adjndlcatlng Of any contests.
It is likely that an order win be
adopted waving this rule In the case
of any states that find II Impossible
or inconvenient to select delegates
before June /
Several changes have been made In
the national committee In the last
four years, due to deaths or resigua-
tions. r. A. NARROW succeeds Thom
as G. Marshall of Montana and S. A..
Perkins succeeds =. l., Mccormick OF
WaHhington