The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-03
Center of Political Activity
Has Changed Its Location.
SkirmiSh Lines of the Opposing
Forces Have Arrived.
TAFT HEADQUARTERS OPEN
No Thought of Separate Con-
ventiOn, Say Roosevelt Men.
National Committee Is Expect
ed to Do the Fair Thing.

Chicago, June 3.-The vanguard OF
! the political hosts who are to make
Chicago their camping ground until
| the nomination of a Republican can
didate for president arrived today and
hotel corridors and Republican ma
tional committee headquarters were
thronged with the skirmish line. Jo-
! Seph b. Healing of Indiana opened the
/ Taft quarters in readiness for the ar
rival of Congressman VIM. B. McKin-
| ley, head of the Taft forces, who is
! expected before night.
Ormsby McHarg, who is to repre-
sent the Roosevelt men in contests al
so arrived with a batch of briefs to be
| submitted to the committee.
The claim of r. B. Howell, elected
Repu blican national committeeman
from Nebraska, that he should be
seated in place of Victor Rosewater,
the present committeeman from Ne
braska continued to be the main topic
of conversation.
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
ganized by statute the election of a
committeeman by state primary or by
other means would not necesSitate
the setting aside of the precedent and
change the mem berShIp before the
convention.
Alexander Revelle, head of the IL
linois 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 discuss the
question of temporary chairmanship
which had been preferred to Secretary
Root by the subcommittee on ar
rangementS.
'aThe great thing which We are
working for" said Mr. Revell. lis
the nomination of Theodore Roose-
velt-
~ Taft Headquarters Staff.
joseph B. Healing announced that
the Tai: headquarters staff would IN
clude William Barnes, jr.. of New
York: Newell Saunders of Tennessee;
Senator Murray Crane of Massachu-
sets; Senator PenroSe of Pennsylvania;
former Senator Hemingway OF IN
diana; J. T. Adams of Iowa; G. j.
Diekema of Michigan.
Charles D. Hilles, secretary to the
president is expected although the time
of his arrival is not now known.
Mr.. Revell said there was no talk OF
a separ1te convention; that Colonel
mttee to be fair in its treatment He
said no arrangement whatever had
been made for the personal attendance
of the colonel.
The defeat of the majority of the
Roosevelt contests when presented to
the national committee would not end
the figk' for the seating of these con-
testing delegations, according to
Roosevelt members of the national
commit zee now here. Pearl Wight
national committe eman from Louisi-
ana ana strong Roosevelt worker,
said the contests, i carried beyond the
national committee. would come be-
fore a credentials committee in which
at least twelve more men would be
Roosevelt sympathizers. The Roose-
welt lea , RS intend to carry the fight
into the convention and before the
credential committee if there is any
thing ttey consider 'thagrant or un-
fair in the actions of the national
committee on the cases.