New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-03
Republicans Regret Selection Of
Missouri Governor Cannot
Be Made Before
Election Day.
STILL HOPE FOR WAY OUT
Hilles May Issue Statement If
He Receives Enough Replies
to Indicate Choice of Ma
tional Committee at
Coming Meeting.

From all sides yesterday came cX-
pressions of approval that the senti-
ment Of members of the Republican
National Committee and other leaders
of the party appeared TO be crystal
lizng on Governor Hadley to succeed
Vice President Sherman as candidate
for that office,
1t was generally regretted that 1t
would be impossible to get the members
of the committee together to make the
choice before election, and the hope
was expressed that somehow way
might be found to indicate in a semi
official way the man who seemed to be
the choice of the majority of the men,
bers Of the committee.
Hadey Favored by Taft.
While II was officially announced last
night after conference between Prcsi-
dent Taft and several members of his
Cabinet and Republican Senators and
Representatives that no successor u
Vice-President Sherman on the Repub-
lican ticket would be selected until
after election, Governor Hadley of Mis-
souri, is known TO be favored by Presi-
dent Taft and many Of the leaders.
Conferences yesterday on the special
~,
several party leaders back to New York
from the Sherman funeral in Utics de-
veloped opposition TO the formal nomi-
nation at this time OF man for Sec
ond place on the ticket
Although President Taft was under
stood to have approved early an
nouncement Of a presidential
choice, he was won over to the other
view, and IT was said last night that
the national committee at its meeting
on November II will make the selec-
tiOn.
Attorney General Wickersham. Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor Nagel,
Postmaster General Hitchcock, Chair
man Hilles of the Republican National
Committee and Senators Root, Crane
and Penrose were visitors on Mr.. Taft's
private car on the way down from
Utica.
The replies that have been received
by The Tribune TO its inquiry made
of every member OF the committee in
dicate that the sentiment of a large
proportion of that body favors the Sc
lection Of Governor Hadley of Mis-
souri,. The following dispatch was re-
ceived by j.. l.. Lewis, national COM
mitteeman from Vermont. yesterday;
my chocefor Vice President is Gov
ernor Hadley Of Missouri"
Harnand Behn. who is at the Majes-
tic Hotel. has the proxy OF his brother,
Sesthenes Behn, national committee
man for Porto Rico. He said yester-
day that he did not feel at liberty to
say whom he would vote for until he had
the qualifications of the various men
mentioned thrashed out by the COM
I1lS dANiNhuN "'o 'NNNs N'Ne'' -
indicated. however, when he said:
Il can only state now that when the
matter comes up | shall cast the vote
Of my brother for the most progress
sive of them ALL"
Messages are coming in to Chairman
Hilles right along indicating the choice
% tha nationaI conmitteeme along
the lines of the dispatches to The
Tribune. which have been printed. lt
may be that II definite word on that
point Is received from substantially all
of the members Of the committee.
enough to indicate the probable choice
at Chicago. when the committee meets
formally a week after election, some
statement may he issued to-day or to-
morrow.