Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-08-24
TAFT COMMITTEE
DECLARED REGULAR
IN H|LLES' MESSAGE
Republican National Chairman
Sends Dispatch to Judge E. P.
Holmes at Lincoln. !.
REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE MoosERs
Masqueraders Denied Cooperation
OF National Body.
ATTEMPT TO CONFUSE ISSUES
Campaign Manager Discusses Ne
braska Situation.
STATES THE SITUATION PLAINLY
Men who Are without the Party
VIII Not BE Allowed to Operate
from within to Defeat
the Party.
Masqueraders Denied Cooperation
Of National Body.
ATTEMPT TO CONFUSE ISSUES
Campaign Manager Discusses Ne.
braska Situation.
STATES THE SITUATION PLAINLY
fFrom d. Staff Correspondent


LINCOLN, Aug. 23-tSpecial)-As was
predicted at the time OF the split In the
republican convention and the organiza-
ton OF a republican state committee from
the Taft republicans who did not pro-
pose to be sat down upon by men who
would not recognize the nominees OF the
national convention, the Taft or regular
republican committee Is the only state
committee that will be recognized by the
national republican committee.
Last nght Judge e. p, Holmes, who
was one of the ieaders in the fight for
the national ticket, and who has been Sc
ected as one of the executive committee
OF the new committee, received a tele-
gram from Chairman Hiles Of the ma
tional rpubllcan committee stating that
the Taft organization would be the only
organization which would be recognized
as the republican state committee in Ne
braska.
The telegram reads in part as follows:
"Natlor al committee recognizes as regu-
lar republican organization In Nebraska
that which is supporting President Taft
and Vice President Sherman for re-elec-
tion.
Those who would masquerade as re-
publican will not have the cooperation
of the national committee. The attempt
to confuse the issue by men who are out
Of the party and yet seek to operate
from within is being exposed and de-
feated." (Signed)
CHARLES d. HILLES,"
This will mean that the Eppersonian
men will not receive any encouragement
from the national committee, but will
have to look to the Perkins Munsey-Mc-
Cormick political machine for what as
sstauce they may have. 1t also means
that as soon as the regular republican
Organization is completed next Monday
night Ut Its meeting at the Lincoln hotel
In this city. campaign will be made in
the interests of Mr.. Taft.
Holmes Unable TO serve.
While Judge Holmes has been spoken
Of as chairman Of the regular republic
can committee he says this morning
that he cannot take the position on ac-
count Of his private legal business, which
takes all of his time, He thinks, how
ever. that an Omaha man will be
selected and the headquarters continued
in that city.
The judge is firm In the belief that
there can be but one Republican state
committee In Nebraska and that COM
mlttee the one that suppors the Repubii-,
can naional ticket and its platform. II
any other committee Is supporting the
candidate Of any other party and work
ing for the defeat Of the Republican
national ticket, it forfe!ts Its right to
official recognition as u Republican com
mittee.
This is the stand taken by many promi-
nent former supporters Of Theodore
Roosevelt at the national Republican con-
vention and is the stand taken by the,
national committee.
Moosers Pick Headquarters.
A short statement issued by Chairman
Epperson today announces that head
quarters for the state committee have,
been secured in the basement of the
Bankers Life building In Lincoln, and
that in few days the committee will,
be ready for business. He says that the
candidates on the state committee are,
working In harmony and understand
each other perfectly. All candidates on
the state ticket will recognize the COM
mittee Of which Mr.. Epperson is chair
man, but reserve the right to recognize
any other committee II they want to-
Mr.. Epperson went to Omaha yesterday
and will return to Lincoln and take
charge of headquarters In short time
In connection with the Eppersonian
headquarters, Paul Clark will have his
congressional headquarters in one of the
rooms, while 1t may be arranged for the
bull moose committee to get in close COM
munlcatlon.
BREMERToN. Wash, Aug. 2S.-James
ayers, who formerly lived at Odell, Neb.,
died at Port Orchard. Wash, on August
16. He had been in poor health for sew
eral months Besides his aged mother
Myers is survived by sister