Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-20
co OVER CAMPAIGN
Republican Representatives
Hold Conference With HiIIes.
CONFIDENCE is EXPRESSED
Committee Chairman Wonders If
Some One Is Not kidding
LET'S PRESIDENT II
Leader of Executives Fight for Re-
Election Spends Some Time at
White House.

There was a grand gathering of re-
publican representative in Congress this
morning to meet Chairman Hilles of the
republican national committee, who had
come over from New York to give the
eiad hand to the boys, and get some
good news, if possible about the pros
poets of the congressional campaign.
Whether it was love feast or the
preliminary to a wake. had not been de-
cided up to late hour this afternoon.
BE that as 1t may. the meeting was fairly
enthusiastic. I'VE Will beat EN- TO q
fragile" and They haven't got look
in" and It's like taking candy from a
child were the expressions used, where
upon Mr.. Hilles would look nervously
over his shoulder and perhaps wondered
if they were Kidding him.
The why and wherefore of the meeting
was explained by Mr.. Hilles to be merely
that he wanted to talk over political al
ia with the faithful. and inaSmuch as
the House would soon be scattered by adj
journment he thought it more cxpedient
TO come over and seek them in group.
Meeting an Open Affair
1t was a free for all and open to the
House office building allotted to the
minority Chairman Mckinley of the re-
publican congressional CAMPAIGN commit
tee vas hos., assisted By Auditor Brown
ing and Assistant Treasurer John c.
Eversman. As the members Of Congress
dropped in they We're presented to Mr.
Hilles and after exchanging views went
over and took cigar with Uncle Joe
Cannon. the other side of the room.
According to best accounts, it was just
an informal gossip fest, everybody speak
ing his mind and giving his views straight
from the shoulder Prior to this session
there was a meeting of the republican
congressional committee. called by Chair
man Hilles. Secretary j. Hampton Moore
was present. and there was good repre-
Sentation of the committee.
Representative Curry of New Mexico.
who has gone over to the bull moose
party, rendered his resignation from the
committee. and the vacancy will be filled
later.
Chairman Hilles today announced the
appointment of George r. Sheldon. New
York. TO be treasurer of the republican
national committee. Mr.. Sheldon was
treasurer in the campaign of four years
ago.
Goes to White House.
Chairman Hilles went direct to the
ington and held a lengthy conference
with President Taft. The political situa-
tion was gone over. the President getting
the benefit Of the information received by
the national committee from different
parts of the country. The President
Cancelled his other engagements to talk
with Mr. Hilles
Mr.. Hilles declared at the White House
that there was no truth in a statement
that he had come here to force congress
sional nominees for Congress to tell how
they stand as between Taft and Roose-
Welt. He had come here on the invita-
tion of a number of congressional candi-
dates who desired to talk over the con-
gressional fight. 1t was the desire of
the national committee, he said, to CO.
operate as far as possible with the
publican congressional committee in the
election of republicans to Congress. 1t is
expected that the alliance between the
national committee and the congressional
committee will be closer this year than
ever before. The election Of protective
tariff republicans is considered almost as
important as the election of Mr.. Taft, 1t
Is said.