Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
CONTEST OVER POSITION
ON NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Vanguard of the Republican Politi-
cal Hosts Arriving in Chicago.
LYON OF TEXAS CONFIDENT
Processes Belief That Claims of the
Roosevelt Delegates for Seats
in Convention Will Be
Upheld.

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| CHICAGO. June 3.-The vanguard Of
the political hosts who are To make
chicago their camping ground until the
nomination OF a republican candidate for
PRESIDENT arrived today and hotel corri
dors and republican national committee
headquarters We're thronged. Joseph r.
| Healing of Indiana opened Taft bsaa
! quarters i'm readiness for the arrival of
Representative William b. Mckinley.
head of the Taft forces. who is expected
before tonight. Mr.. Healing announced
| that the Taft headquarters staff would
include William Barnes. jr, OF New
| York: Senator Newell Sanders OF Ten
| nessee. Senator Murray Crane of Massa-
| chusetts, Senator Penrose OF Pennsyl-
vania, former Senator Hemenway of
Indiana. j. 7. Adams Of Iowa and G. J.
Diekema Of Michigan.
Charles d. Hlles. secretary to the
| President, is expected, although the time
| Of his arrival is not now known.
Ormsby McHarg, who is to represent
1 the Roosevelt men I'm the contested dele
| cations also arrived with a batch of
briefs to be submitted to the committee
| in the hearings.
Roosevelt Men Not Aiding Howell.
/ The claim OF r b. Howell, elected re-
publican national committeeman from
| Nebraska, that he should be seated In
place OF Victor Rosewater. the present
| committeeman from Nebraska, continues
| to be the main topic Of conversation
| among the politicians.
/ Mr.. McHarg and other Roosevelt lead
| ers said that they We're taking no part in
the Howell controversy. Members ef the
! national committee who are allied with
the Taft forces intimated that the claim
of the Nebraska man would be quickly
settled by the committee when IL was
| formally presented Thursday. They took
i the view that as the national committee
is not organized by statute the election
of a committeeman by state primary
by other means would not necessitate the
| setting aside of the precedents and
change the membership before the COM
pletion of the convention.
Harry 8. New, chairman OF the sub
! committee on arrangements, intimated
! that he believed the national COMMITTEES
! would not seat Mr.. Howell or any other
! committeeman-elect until after the ad-
| Journment of the convention. He also ex-
pressed the opinion that the national
| committee would approve of the selec-
| tion of Senator Root as temporary chair
| man. and indorse the plan adopted for
| the distribution of convention tickets
Statement of Howell's Claim.
| Mr.. Howell arrived yesterday armed
| with a certificate signed by Gov. Aldrich
| OF Nebraska and the secretary OF state,
| auditor. treasurer and attorney general
of the state setting forth that he was
| regularly elected to the office April 10,
| 1912
| Mr.. Howell, after comforting with Sec
retary Sims Of the national Roosevelt
committee. issued the following state
ment:
Il have heretofore made ps public
statement to my intentions n the mat
ter OF claiming a seat in tie republican
national committee when that body meets
next Thursday to consider the claims Of
contesting delegations However. some
time ago ! did communicate my views 10
the managers Of the Roosevelt campaign
respecting INV rights to immediate recog-
milton as the national committeeman from
my state.
| There is no doubt that / am, under the
laws Of my state, the only person ent1-
tied to act as national committeeman. l
| have q certificate of election issued by
Nebraska's secretary of state, and 1
| have qualified to assume my duties AZ
| national committeeman as provided by
| law.
..As to whether will be allowed 10 per-
| form the functions OF the Office will de-
pend solely upon whether the national
committee, when L present my creden-
| tials. will recognize the primary laws OF
the state of Nebraska
| "As L understand IL. the national COM
mittee has already adopted rule recos-
nizing such laws of the various states.
Roosevelt's Success the Only Aim.
| Alexander II. Revell. head of the
Illinois Roosevelt League, arrived from
the oyster Bay conference He said
that the general Roosevelt COMMITTEES
was appointed to watch the progress
of affairs. and declined to discuss the
question of the temporary chairman
ship. which has been proffered to Sen
ator Elihu Root by the subcommittee
| on arrangements.
THE great thing which we are work
| ing for" said Mr.. Revell. lis the
nomination of Theodore Roosevelt. We
shall stick to that great idea and pay
little attention to non-essentiais
Lyon Expresses Confidence.
Col Cecil Lyon. national committee
man from Texas, arrived with the
claim of the Texas Roosevelt delega-
tions for seats in the convention. and
confidently asserted that the national
committee would uphold his conten-
tions.
Contests Number $50.
Secretary William Hayward of the
national committee received one new
contest yesterday. 1t was another list
of delegates at large from Florida.
which makes three sets chosen at
large from that state. two Taft delega-
tions and one Roosevelt
The following list of 230 contests has
been prepared by the clerks Yin the Of
ice OF the aecretary OF the national