Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-04
M'HARG BRINGS THE BRIEFS
Roosevelt Man Ready to File Contest
Papers with Committee.
HOWELL'S STAND IS DISCUSSED
Roosevelt Leaders Not Taking Part
in Controversy.
TWO CONVENTIONS IN ARIZONA
Taft and Roosevelt Men Meet IL
Same Hall and Nominate SIX
Delegates Each to Chi
cago Convention.

CHICAGO, June 3-The vanguard Of
the political hosts who are to make Chi
cago their camping ground until the nom
ination Of republican candidate foi
president arrived today and hotel corri'
dors and republican national committes
headquarters were thronged with the
skirmish line. Joseph B. Healing OF IN
diana opened the Taft headquarters II
readiness for TIVE arrival of Congressman
William B. Mckinley. the head Of ths
Taft forces. who is expected before night
Ormsby McHarg, who Is to represen,
the Roosevelt men In contests, also ar
rived with batch of briefs to be sub
mitted to the committee in the hearings
The claim Of r. B. Howell, elected re
publican national committeeman from Ne
braska, that he should be seated In place
of Victor Rosewater, the present COM
mitteeman from Nebraska. continued to
be the main topic of conversation among
the politicians.
Not Interested in Howell.
Mr.. McHarg and other Roosevelt lead
ers said that they were taking no part In
the Howell controversy. and members ci
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. They took the
view that as the national committee Is
not recognized by statute the election OIL
a committeeman by state primary or by
other means would not necessitate the
setting aside of the precedents and change
the membership before the completion oi
the convention.
Alexander H. Revell, head OF the H.
linois Roosevelt league, arrived from the
Oyster Bay conference. He said that the
general Roosevelt committee was ap-
pointed to watch the progress OF affairs
and declined to discuss the question OF
the temporary Craftsmanship which has
been preferred to Senator Elihu Root by
the subcommittee on arrangements
The great thing which We are working
for" said MI. Eevell, tis the nomina'
ton Of Theodore Roosevelt. We shall
atTck.>to that great idea and pay little
attehtion.to nonessentlais."s
IA, Members OF Taft staff.
Joseph b. Healing announced that the
Taft headquarters staff would include
William Barnes, jr., Of New York: New
all Saunders of Tennessee, Senator Muir
ray Crane of Massachusetts,, Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania, former Senator
Hemingway of Indiana, J. T, Adams OF
Iowa, G. J. Diekema of Michigan.
Charles d. Hilles. secretary to the
president, is expected although the time
for his arrival is not now known.
Nfedringhaus Given Certificate.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. June 3.-Gov.
ernor Hadley, as permanent chairman OF
the republican state convention. certified
today to the election of Thomas K
Niedringhaus as national committeeman
for Missouri. If the national committee
In Chicago seats r. B. Howell of, Ne
braska, Neidringhaus will demand the
seat of Charles Nagel, secretary of Com
merce and Labor, who is the present
committeeman from Missouri
Two Delegations from Arizona.
TUCSON, Ariz, June 3.-Taft and
Roosevelt delegates held state conven-
tions in the same hall today and each
elected six delegates to the Chicago con-
vention.
An uproar developed Immediately after
]. L. Hubbel, chairman of the state cen
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