The Washington times., 1912-07-08
BIG FIVE SEEK
VICTIM TO LEAD
FORCES OF TAFT
Slaughter of Innocent Con-
sidered in Effort to Save
l. Party for 1916.
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rate impression Of what is going on in
the country's mind. was not avid for
the honor. He told some Of his friends
that he had made all plans for n trip 20
Europe, and didn't believe there was
pressing necessity for his services.
His converse indicated, none the less,
that IL drafted he would serve; and the
disposition among the committeeman
was to acquiesce IL 1t should prove that
the President was strongly In favor OF
With reference to Secretary Hilles,
the impression Is that he Is out of the
consideration. Some Of the politicians
doubt II he is quite the real political
manager that the occasion needs: others
opine-and this is the argument they
urge most effectively-that 1t would be
Secretary at such a critical time as the
beginning OF campaign.
Hilles In Right Niche.
Mr.. Hilles best services, they insist,
can be given right where he is now; he
Will have plenty of chance to CO.
operate with the campaign management.
william Hayward. now Of New York,
who became secretary OF the COM
mittee when he was resident of Ne
braska, is likely to remain in that
post He is popular with the members
OF the committee, and has the advan
toge of long experience in the actu
al details of organization and man
agement. He represents the old
Hitchcock school of organization, for
gentlemen who are just now giving
themselves concern about putting the
present campaign on its feet:
at There rev, was good, deal Of talk TO-
the chairmanship over to some veter
an of old-time politics, like former
Senator Jim" Hemenway of Indiana.
like real politician and performs
like one; there Is none of the ANA
teur to him. He understands the good
OLD practical stunts Of highly practi-
cal management, as they are devolp-
ed In Indiana.
Barnes Scares West.
The development of Mr.. Barnes
Willingness to act as chairman, caus-
ed some complications Following the
first conference this morning, a few
Of the thoroughly practical workers
got together, and Barnes displayed
rather an insistent opinion that he
was the logical chairman, and had
earned the place.
they didn't think Mr.. Barnes was at
all the sort OF chairman who would
look good out in their country. They
tried to mollify him, and to convince
he had his hands full in New York
Finally Senator Crane was sent for
to assist in the argument. and no settle
m4nt had been reached when the con-
ferences adjourned to the White House.
The explanation of Mr.. Barnes sud-
den insistence that the leadership ought
to go to him. Is found in the fact that
q chairman elected now will be the head
OF the. Organization till after the ma
tonal convenon Of 1916.
Powers Looking Ahead.
The political powers that handled the
inh o. HI ~
certain that the management will be in
safe hands four years hence. in case
It is necessary to put over another such
operation as the Chicago nomination
grab. Mr.. Barnes, in short, In his am
bition to be chairman, represents the
belief of the bosses that the thing to
fight for this year is not a victory,
which they don't believe is possible, but
the control of the organization with a
view to the future.
That was the thing they had in mind
in making the Chicago fight, and they
gained by dint of the desperate struggle
before and during the recent convention.
Big Five In Control.
The real management of the Repub-
lican campaign for the election Of Taft
will be vested in five men representing.
respectively, the New England States,
New York, the middle West, the Rocky
mountain and Pacific coast States, and
the South.
Headquarters for these divisions will
probably be Boston, New York city,
Chicago, Denver. and either Atlanta or
Washington.
In event a practical politician. a vet
eran in the game, Is chosen national
chairman. this committee OF five will be
called an advisory committee and will
act in that capacity. with the national
headquarters at Chicago.
In event some man Is selected who
is not considered of national size po-
called advisory, but II will be given au-
thority to go as far as 1t likes and its
accountability to the chairman will be
purely perfunctory
New. England Debatable.
The placing of a division man
ager over New England Is an ad-
mission that that rock-ribbed Repub-
lican section of the country is consid-
cred debatable territory by the Taft
managers. while the fact that New
York state is to constitute a division
within itself Is proof that the fight there
is to be close enough to occupy all one
mans attention.
Without New York Taft has no
chance whatever of winning even a de-
William Barnes. jr., will be given charge
OF New York State, and his time will
be thoroughly occupied in fighting the
Democratic machine on one hand and
the third party. headed by Roosevelt,
On the other.
While Senator Murray Crane may not
be the man actually nominated for the
management in New England, there is
no doubt that his will be the master
hand which shall control the organiza-
tion there, as well as having his counsel
sought in regard to the contest else
where In the country.
Indiana Man Probable.
For the middle West, an Indiana
politician is more than likely to be
named, although T. X. Niedringhaus,
st. Louis, is mentioned. The odds,
however, are with Indiana, for that
State is the home of the Democratic
candidate for Vice President, Gov
ernor Marshall. and is the center of
middle West insurgency, headed by
former Senator Albert J. Beveridge,
and is also the habitat of some of the
chief engineers of the "steam roller"
former Senator James A. Hemen-
way, Joseph B. Healing, who man
aged Taft's pre-convention campaign
for Southern delegates; Col. Harry s.
New, former national chairman, and