Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-13
COMMITTEE ENLARGED TO SEVEN
Victor Rosewater and E. G. Duncan
Added to Original Slate.
CHICAGO eETs THE CONVENTION
St. Louis Withdraws When it is Seen
Case is Hopeless.
JOHN F. HILL IS CHAIRMAN
Former Governor of Maine VIII
serve Until After Convention,
when Committee VIII he
ReOrgRnised.
CFrom a stnff corresnondent.N

U'rom Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-(Speclal Tel
egram.l--lf there was any doubt as to
the place which the national republican
committeeman from Nebraska occupied In
the hearts OF members OF the republican
national committee Il was dissipated to-
day when Victor Rosewatcr, editor oi
The Bee. received the two most important
committee assignments within the power
of the committee to glvo-plaoes on the
subcommittee, on call for national con.
vention and on the subcommittee on ar
rangements for the republican national
convention. which will be held In Chicago
on June is next year.
Early I'm the morning session OF the re.
publican national committee. Mr.. Rose.
water moved to accept the resignation OF
Postmaster General Frank a. Hitchcock
as chairman of the national committee,
with the thanks OF the committee for the
untiring and devoted work which MIR.
Hitchcock had given to the organization.
With the time and place of the next
republican national convention settled,
the question OF the call for the convention
came up, a divishion in the committee as
TO the optional primaries becoming appar.
ent following discussion.
Messrs. Ward of New York, Capers of
South Carolina, Rosewater OF Nebraska,
Borah OF Idaho and Lowden of Illinois
were named as a committee to draft the
call and thrash out the question whether
there should be state primaries to select
delegates to the convention in states
where primaries are not recognized by
state laws.
Two Reports Submitted.
AS a result of long conference two
reports were submitted to the convention,
the majority report signed by Messrs.
Ward. CRpers, Lowden and Rosewater,
the latter reserving his vote In favor OF
optional primaries. Senator Borah of
Idaho presented minority report. but
eventually eliminated one cause of dis
agreement leaving The sole difference
between members OF the committee as to
whether state committees should be
enabled to call primaries for selection OF
delegates IL they desired.
With certain Objectionable features re-
moved from the Borah report, Mr.. Rose
water voted with the Idaho senator, as
did representatives from Colorado. Idaho.
Delaware. Oregon. South Dakota and
Wisconsin.
Inc bpIbu SAdNG VI
ganlzations to imrpovise primaries to
elect national convention delegates in the
absence OF any state law, while the report
as overwhelmingly adopted authorizes
primary election OF national convention
delegates only in states that have such
primary laws.
While the convention call provides that
delegates to the republican national con-
vention must be elected thirty days be-
fore the meeting OF the national ocn-
vention on June IS OF next year an ex-
ception was made IN favor OF South
Dakota. which, by law, will hold state
wide primary on June 4.
Compromises Secured.
Yesterday, last night and today q
vigorous fight was maintained by south
ern and western members OF the commit
tee for larger representation on the
committee OF arrangements for the nexi
convention and for a time 1t appeared
probable the controversy would be carried
into the committee meeting, but COM
promise finally was reached. TO the
original slate prepared the names Of
Victor Rosewater OF Nebraska and r. G.
: Duncan OF North Carolina were added
the other members of the COMMITTEES
{ being Colonel Harry S. New OF Indiana
Chairman; Arthur l. Vorys OF Ohio
Franklin Murphy of New Jersey, DaviC
{ w. Mulvane of Kansas and Ralph w
i williams OF oregon.