Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-06-03
THEY ARRIVE IN CHICAGO
WORKERS FOR THE COLONEL ARE
IN CONVENTION CITY READY
TO BEGIN WORK
UP TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE
THAT BODY is ASSURED 1T MUST
PLAY FAIR ON ALL THE
CONTESTS

Chicago, June S.-The vanguard oil
the political hosts who are to make
Chicago their camping ground until
the nomination of republican candi
date for president arrived today and
hotel corridors and republican national
committee headquarters were throng-
ed with the skirmish line. Joseph
B. Healing. Of Indiana, opened the
Taft headquarters in readiness for
the arrival Of Congressman William
B. Mckinley, head of the Taft forces
who is expected before night.
Ormsby McHarg, who is to repres-
ent the Roosevelt men in contests. al
SO arrived with batch Of briefs to
be submitted to the committee. The
claim of R. B. Howell, elected repub-
lican national committeeman from
Nebraska, that he should be seated
in place of Victor Rosewater, the
present committeeman from Nebasla,
continued to be the main topic of con
versation.
Cecil Lyon. national committeeman
from Texas, arrived with the claim
Of the Texas Roosevelt delegation for
seats in the convention 9~~ coil1@'s n. e
ly asserted that the 'ationai conlili's-
tee would uphold BIZ contention.
Mr.. McHarg and other Roosevelt
leaders said they were taking no part
in the Howell controversy and mem
bers Of the national committee, allied
with the Taft forces, intimated the
claim of the Nebraska man would be
quickly settled when it was formally
presented. They took the view that
"a the national committee is not or
ganized by statute the election of a
committeeman by state primary or by
other means would not necessitate
setting aside precedents and change
the membership before the completion
of the convention.
Alexander H. Revell, head Of the Il
lonis Roosevelt league, arrived from
the oyster Bay conference. He said
the general Roosevelt committee was
appointed to watch the progress OF
affairs and declined to disclss the
question of the temporary chairman
ship which had been preferred to Sen
ator Elihu Root by the subcommittee
on arrangement.
"The great thing which we are
working for" said Mr.. Revell, lis the
nomination of Theodore Roosevelt.
we shall stick to that great idea and
pay little attention to non-essentials
Joseph B. Healing announced that
the TAFT headquarters staff would in
clude William Barnes, Jr., Of New
york. Newall Saunders of Tennessee;
senator Murray Crane Of Massachu-
setts; Senator Penrose Of Pennsylva-
MIA: former Senator Hemingway Of
Indiana; J. T. Adams Of Iowa; g. j
Diekman of Michigan. Charles p
Hilles, secretary to the president, is
expected also. The time of his arriv
al is not known.
Mr.. Reyell said there was talk Of
a separate convention; that Colonel
Roosevelt expected the national COM
mite to be fair in its treatment. He
said no arrangements whatever had
been made for the personal attend
awe Of the colonel
The defeat of the majority OF the
Roosevelt contests when presented to
the national committee would not end
the fight for the seating of these con-
testing delegations, according to
Roosevelt members of the national
committee now here. Pearl Wright
national committeeman from I.ouisia-
ma. and strong Roosevelt worker,
said the contest, If carried beyond the
national committee. would come before
credentials committee. in which at