The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-04


while chairman to cease reiterating
the interviews along this line. He
thought a resolution repudiating any
future interviews he might give out
was unnecessary.
By vote of ten to two the COM
mittee decided to leave out this
provision. Andrew /. Hickey, of
the Tenth district, was the only
member not present in person or by
proxy. The members who voted to
retain it were Mr.. Bassett and Geo,
w. Cromer, of Muncie, who held the
proxy Of James s. gilbert, chair
man of the Eighth district.
The anti-Lee men said J after the
committee meeting that Mr.. Lee had
been forced to promise to cease CIV
ing out interviews of the nature in
question on the consideration that
the cracker would be left off Of
the resolution adopted.
Mr.. New said today that every
thing done by the state committee
was favorable to the contentious of
the Taft Republicans, who had their
way In the meeting. The important
contention of Mr.. New and other
anti-Lee men, he explained, was that
the election of delegates to the dis
trict conventions should take place
in January, and that was agreed on.
Agreement in Caucus.
It has developed that probably
what should be regarded as the real
meeting of the state committee where
the program was fixed was at
caucus held before the official ses-
sion of the committee. Mr.. New was
at the caucus, which was held on
the fourth floor of the Claypool
hotel, just above the state head
quarters, and the following COM
mitteemen attended the conference:
Will H. Hayes, of the Second dis
trict; Jacob M. Bauer, of the Fourth
district; Charles 7. Peck, of the
Fifth district; Elmer Bassett, of the
Sixth district; George Cromer, who
held the proxy of James S. Culbert,
of the Eighth district; George H.
Palmer, of the Ninth district; G.. A.
H. Shideler, who held the proxy of
Francis /. Stults. of the Eleventh
district, and James III. Henry of the
Twelfth district
While Edgar Durre, of the First
district, was not present, it is said
that he was agreeable to the action
of the caucus. DR.. Bodine Stalker,
of the Third district; Henry w.
Bennett, of the Seventh district, and
Samuel r. Thomas, actinN chairman
of the Thirteenth district, were not
at the caucus, and they were the men
who. in the committee meeting sided
with Mr.. Lee in favoring the selee-
ton of state chairman not earlier
than March /. p. o. Small, who
held the proxy of Andrew ]. Hickey
of the Tenth district, did not show
up at either meeting, but the pro
Taft men felt that he would have
been with them had he been present.
The January dates for the elec-
ton of delegates to the district con-
vention, and February 2, the date
for the election of state chairman,
were agreed on at the conference,
Mr.. New says, and there was no
deviation from this program when
the committee met officially. The
resolutions disclaiming Mr.. Lees in
terviews were also agreed at the
preliminary meeting. Mr.. New and
the other pro-Taft men say that the
only deviation from the program was
leaving off the part of the resolution
which disclaimed responsibility for
future interviews by Mr.. Lee, and
that was done because Mr.. Lee
promised to refrain from future In
terviews of the kind to which objec-
lions were made. Mr.. New says he
did not prepare the resolution, but
that it was in line with his ideas as
to what should be done.
Continued from yesterday