The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-12-14
CHICAGO, JUNE rs,
TIME IND PLACE
FOR CONVENTION

Senator La Toilette did not OK
poet to make any showing before thu
national committee" said Col. Johl
Hanna, senator La Tollette's politi
cal secretary. This committee. 4,
part of the old standpat organization
II anyone would select forty me,
most likely to support tho admins,
lration, these would DO the men. O
, course they are not for LaFollette
/ They are the very nucleus OF the ole
machine. ~ significant thing /;
that they arc not for Taft. More sIe.
niticant is the demand for primaries
which is our fight. The fact that L.
FOllette's primary demand has gont
into the commute and has been the
very means OF breaking Taft support
is sufficient satisfaction for us at an.
time"
With the New 1anl on between
Postmaster General Hitchcock and
Secretary Hilles. in the face of gen.
|eral situation in the committee. the
Taft men were confronted with the
most serious crisis of the presidents
nn:raign for reelection. Both Taft
and La Toilette men sought to dis
!aonNl the Roosevelt boom but those
who stood for the colonel succeed in
making a great deal OF noise and
%trousing much enthusiasm.
Bad Split in Ohio.
Washington, ID. Ca national
convention in p~l!niatus'e, with all
the leaders present, and only the
brass bands, excursion rate crowds
and gallery claquers lacking to make
it the real thing, is what the situa-
tion suggests here on account of tho
meeting of the Republican national
committe to fix the time and place
OF nominating the presidential ticket.
The battle over candidates began
Saturday in the corridors OF the no.
has its headquarters.
The threatened Roosevelt STAN
pede has been showing itself in en-
bryo among members of the nation
al committees.
Walter Brown OF Toledo, chairman
of the Ohio state central COMMITTEES;
dan IL. Hanna, son of the late Mark
Hanna and owner Of the Cleveland
Leader, and, Nat Wright, editorial
: managed of the ame paper, have
iopenca headquarters inone OF the
most expensive suites in the Willard
Hotel, from which, they are conduct
ing a campaign for a convention call
that will permit Of a primary to Sc
lect the six delegates ut arge from
ohio 10 the national convention.
incidentally they are interviewing
members Of the committees on the
nomination question, declaring that
Taft cannot carry his own state and
.proclaiming that the only man who
can is the party leader OF 1904.
1. In. anticipation of and to, counter
act the possible effect OF the activi-
tics Of the Drown-hanna contingent
the administration put out. a state
merit authorized by Lewis c.. Laylin,
chairman. of the executive. committee
that conducted the campaign for
Warren c. Harding against Harmon
in. 1910. In this statement Mr. Lay
I'm declared "it is the duty of a Re-
publican organization. TO hold up the
hands of an honest. patriotic RepIb-
lican ndmiIistratbon." Uni conclu-
sion. after praise for the acts Of the
administration, the statement an
nounces. that Wien President Taftsi
name againlis presented to the party
and the people Of Ohio. on sober, |
serious consideration their, cordial
approval again will be accorded
him" ..
Marry New OF Indiana. former :.
chairman Of the national committee,
is slated to be chairman OF The sub
committee OF five which will have
charge Of the arrangeents for the Ma
tional convention. In his eX-oficio
capacity Nj. New directed THE pre-
iimiraries at Chicago in 1903. His
:se1ecticn for the same task nex year
;yives rise to gossip that he may be
in the running for campaign maHag"
after the ticket is nominated. i
Fight on ftalry New, Fails.
Washington. n. C.-Hostilities of
unexpected Characterization an un-
for quarter developed last !
evening a,napg members of the re-
publican national committee and 9th
or pronsinentg party leaders who are
!nere in connection With tho mssting
10 Gx the time nMd place. for .ihc.fe-
publican nominating convention next
summer. Opposition totCol Harry S.
New OF Indiana. tho administration
candidate for the nomination as
chairman Of the powerful s%ub-coln-
on convention, arrangements. /;
,,asponsih!e for the III feeling e,-
gen3ered. The situation. however
ilcared considerably late in the ev-
ming At the presidents dinner to
the committeeman there was no dis
cussion of politics but 1t. became
known Immediately after the diners ). 4;
had adjourned That Secretary Hilles
and other supporters OF TAFT had won !
. complete victory and that Col. New (.
uuJoubtedly would head the sub
on arrangements. +
Taft Mcn Control Committee. (
II Mas evident af,at the Teft fore
IS would control the entire member
ship of The sub committed and that
.he ylatc for tho subcommittee of :
I'VE included in addition to Col New.
National, Committeeman Mulvsnc OF
Kansas, vorys Of Ohio, Murphy ct
New Jersey and Williams Of Oregon.
All of these men are known to be
friendly TO President Taft. Commit.