The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-03
FIRST TEST Of
REAL STRENGTH
Seating of Nebraslan Claim
ing of National Committee
Will Be Crux.

Chicago. June 3.-F'riends of Col
onel Roosevelt announced TODAY tha,
the hrst real test of strength between
their candidate and President Taft
Will come tomorrow when r. 8. How
ell of Omaha, national republican
committee-elcct from Nebraska. will
demand to be seated as the successor
OF Victor Rosewater, acting chair
man of the national republican COM
mlttee. prior to the hearing Of con-
tests by that body.
The Roosevelt managers are pre-
pared to make determined fight to
have MIR. Howell seated and if they
succeed they will demand that borden
-. Whiting of New jersey, Thomas
N. Diedringhaus of Missouri and 9TH
er national committee men elect.
chosen either by direct primary or
state convention be seated.
BY this means they may succeed in
controlling the national committee
and deciding whether Senator Elihu
Root Of New York shall be recom-
mended as temporary chairman of
the convention.
Harry S. New. chairman OF the sub
committee on arrangements for the
convention declined to discuss the
plans of the Roosevelt leaders but in
tlmated that he believed the national
committee would not seat Mr.. How
ell or any other of the committee men
elect until after the adjournment of
the convention.
ter said:
There can he no question but wra,
l am now. under the laws of the state,
the only person entitled to act as ma
tonal committeeman from Nebras-
ka.
I'm support of this view l will state
that Iahve d certificate of election
issued to me by Nebraska's secretary
of state and that / have qualified to
assume the duties as national COM
mittee man. as provided by law. AS
to whether l will be allowed TO per-
form the functions of the office will
depend solely upon the action of tho
national committee when l present
my credentials. Therefore the whole
question will depend upon the atti-
tude OF the committee, as to whether
it will recognize the primary laws OF
the state of Nebra ska.
AS | understand il the national
committee has already adopted a rule
recognizing such laws of the various
states. hence it would arpaar thar ,1
the committee must grant me my seat
or else it will make an exception in
the application of its rules in the
favor of its acting chairman"
Beginning tomorrow Chicago will
be the center of the fight for the
nomination for president as the head
quarters of Taft. Roosevelt. LaFol-
lette, and Cumnlins will be opened
here.
II. 3. Howell. national committee-
man elect from Nebra ska. arrived
here today with a certificate signed
by Governor Chester Fl. Aldrich. Sec
retary of State Addison Wait. Auditor
Silas r. Burton. State Treasurer Wal
ter A. George and ATTORNEY General
Grant G. Martin. setting forth that
he was regularly elected to the office.
The certificate of election is dated
April 10. 1912. and bears the official
seal of the state of Nebraska.
Mr.. Howell after comforting with
Secretary Sims of the national Roose-
Welt committee said:
II have heretofore made no public
statement as to my intentions in the
matter of claiming a seat in the re-
publican national committee when
that body meets next Tuesday to con-