The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-07
NATIONAL
COMMITTEE IS
NOW IN SESSION
REPUBLICANS MEET AT CHICAGO
AND HAVE MANY CONTESTS
TO DECIDE.
Undecided Whether Newspaper Men
Be Admitted to Sessions of Com
mttee, But Detailed Vote May Be
Made Public.

Chicago, June 6.-Victor Rosewater
of Nebraska, was elected chairman
of the republican national committee
to serve through convention.
Although the representation was
not complete, majority of the mem
bers of the republican national com
mittee assembled at the Coliseum to-
day, prepared to enter the first day
of ten-day series of meetings which
will determine what men shall fill 254
contested seats of a total of 1,078
seats on the floor of the convention,
when it is called to order on June
18th.
The meeting today was expected to
develop a skirmish between the Taft
and Roosevelt forces which might be-
come highly important as fOreshad-
owing the line of fighting that will
be carried into the convention.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
and several other Taft leaders ex-
pressed eagerness to get down to ac-
tual work of hearing contests late
today. 1t is possible that the first
contests the list, those from Ala
bama, will be the first called.
open or Closed Session.
On the question of open or closed
sessions, members of the committee
tentatively had agreed to admit two
representatives of each press associ-
alton recognized on the floors of the
congress. This arrangement it was
urged by the committee, would assure
publicity of the deliberations OF that
body without unnecessary complica-
tions
A conference between members of
the national committee from south
ern states, presided over by United
States Senator Newell Sanders of
Tennessee, was held just previous to
the opening of the committee meet
ing After the meeting Senator San
ders said that the southern members
had agreed to stand solidly together
for President Taft
Congressman Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri carrying the proxy of Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor Chas.
Nagel, was among those who con-
ferred with the southern. committee
men
upho!ds Root.
Director William B Mckinley OF
the national Taft bureau, issued
statement upholding the selection of
Senator Elihu Root of New York, as
temporary chairman.
Nathan b. Scott OF West Virginia,
committeeman, has sent his proxy to
Col. Harry S. New, chairman Of the
sub committee on arrangements, who
will determine who shall hold it,
Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, loader of
the Roosevelt forces, said he was Of
fered proxy by a member Of the
republican national committee, whose
name he declined to divulge.
Organization at Once.
In an effort to expedite decisions
in the cases of contested delegates
to the republican national cOnVen-
ton, members of the national COM
mittee determined to urge that the
contests be taken up Immediately al
ter the preliminaries of organization
are disposed Of
This change from the original plan,
which limited today's opening session
to matters of organization, was the
result of an informal conference, al
which it became apparent that the
work of organization Of the national
committee would be but an hour or
two
The mass of contest cases con
fronting the committee, involving tAe
rights of more than % delegates 70
seats, has CONVINCED members tha'
unusual measures VIII be nece5sa'5
TO DISPOSE of them all before the na'
tional convention meets June IS.
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