The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-07

 IN SESSION
REPUBLICAN, NATIONAL COMMIT TEE DECIDES TO MAKE ALL
 MEETINGS PUBLIC.
First Meeting of Important and Lengthy Session Passes of With out Serious Clash-Rose
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 Chicago, June Publicity will govern the Republican national com mittee in it's deliberations upon the contest for seats in the national con vention.
 This was decided without op1osi- tion at the opening session of the committee today, in accordance with the expressed wishes of President Taft and Colonel Theodore Roose- welt.
 The public and the newspapers will be represented by the five press as- sociations recognized by admission of their reporters to the floor of the na tional house of representative at Washington. Two men from each such press association will be per- mitted to be present during all de- Alterations and decisions of the com mittee. There will be no executive sessions.
 The committee also elected Victor Rosewater of Omaha, permanent chairman
 Opinions differ tonight as to the significance of the only vote taken during the meeting, which might be construed as q test of strength in the committee as between the Taft and Roosevelt adherents in the commit tee. That vote of 39 to 13, was on the question of confirming the rep resentation of the newspapers to the press associations.
 The Roosevelt people contended for a complete removal of the lid by admitting also at least one repre- sentative of "every' newspaper hav- ing a recognition in the press gal leries of congress. This was urged by Committeeman Kellogg, of Min nesota.
 The 13 who supported Mir. Kellogg's s substitute were T. Coleman Dupont. DelawareS William E Norah, Idaho, | (wbo also voted the proxy of Geo. gc A. Knight of California;; A. R. Bur nam, Kentucky Pearl Wright, Louis jana; Frank E. Kellogg, Minnesota : William l.. Ward, New York; John Capers, South Carolina Thomas l Thorson South Dakota; Cecil A. Ly- on.N Texas C. E. Loose. Utah Alfred T. Rogers. Wisconsin, and J. Callan OLaughlin, who held the proxy of Sidney Bieber, of the District of Co., umbia
 The only other vote of a significant character was on the proposal of Senator Borah that eight members should be sufficient to order roll call. This was defeated, and the old rule, providing for 20 was re-enaeted The Taft adherents did not object to the widest publicity, but argued that the committee did not have fla ciIities for admitting all It was pointed out by Secretary William Hayward there was not in today's session a suggestion from any one that any part of the future proceed ings should be kept secret and that the committee would assist in giv- ing the widest publicity to it's work
 A plan to give out daily a steno- graphic report of the proceedings came up through the adoption of a motion by Committeeman Shackle ford of iasis:a aid i this iii be tiuue One subject which was generally expected to cause friction was scarce v effort to seat the new national com mitteemen recently chosen by various stat primaries and conventions. It was expected to come up, especially in the case of R. B. Howell, of Ne braska, who will succeed Victor Rosewater. The latter was elected
 without opposition to be chairman. in place of the late John F. Hill, of Maine, and to serve Gntil the close of the national convention No con
 test was taken up.
 The committee adjourned at 4 4:55
 D. m. until 10 a. m. tomorrow. when | the contests will be taken mp in al ] phabetical order. The old rule, giv- | ing 30 minutes to each side in con- tests over state delegations at large and 15 minutes per side in district contests were re-adopted without op- l position.
 With 23S contests pending, it is plain that the committee will need
 every available hour from now until | the convention meets at noon Tues | day June IS.
 The committee met for it's first
 session soon after ? o'clock this aft | ernoon Tn the coliseum Annex. The
 rules which governed the contests
 four years ago were adopted and the report of the special committee, ap-
 pointed at Washington last Decem-
 Der, proposing general rules to gov ern ,the committee, was received but
 action was deferred
 On resolution of Harry S. New, of
 Indiana, the basis of representation in
 the convention was continued as at | present
 The roll call of the committee
 showed that the proxies of absent
 members were held as follows:
 Senator William E. Borah, Idaho,
 for George A. Knight. of California.
 Senator Borah thus held two votes
 in the committee)
 Thomas Il Devine. of Denver, for lCharles Cavender, of Colorado.