Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-24
Chairman HilIes Calls Executive
Committee to Consider
Plans for Next Years Con-
greSslonaI Fight,
PR0GRESSIVES MAKE
0VERTURES TO PARTY
Senators GaIIinger and Smoot
Think Time Should Be Given
for Things 10 Work Them
selves Out,

isY HoRsHs JOURNAL SPECIAL trAscn wlsri
WASHINGTON, May 23.-rnc repuh-
lican national executive committee
which will meet here tomorrow at the
call OF Charles y. Hilles chairman Of
the national committee. will consider
primarily the advisahfity of calling
an early meeting of the national com-
mittee 10 consider plans for strength
enlng the party lines preparatory TO
the next congressional campaigns.
Before determining 20 cali the COM
mittee together. it will be decided
whether the time is ripe for the be.
ginning OF organization for the future.
or whether IT might be better to wait
until the present democratic admins
rauon has proceeded further on its
way; until after the tariff law has
been written into the statutes and ia
effect on the country analyzod.
Some of the party leaders arc Of
the mind that the agitation for "a re-
organization meeting Of the national
convention this fail is premature. 1t
would be chiefly to consider the adj
Visibility of such a convention that
the national committee would meet.
The progressive wing viii urge the
executive committee to issue a cali 10
the national committee. The concill-
alton committee named as result of
the recent Chicago conference met
today in Senator Cummins office and
decided 10 send letter 20 the com
mittee asking that the national cnm-
mittec be assembled and setting forth
the progressive lepublicans' views as
to the reorganization OF the party,
changes in delegate representation.
methods Of handling contests and
other matters. The letter will be sent
10 the executive committee and the
members Of the eonciliation commit
tee expect that they may be called
upon to appear before the committee
further to explain theirNiews.
Senator Gallingcr. of New Hamp-
shire, who smilingy admitted today
that he belonged to the "so-called
reaetionares in discussing the urg-
ent demand Of the pregressives for
rational convention. declared that
when the time came for reoreanza-
ton. the republican party would re-
organize itself Senator sm0ot was
of the same mind and there are other
party leaders in and out of congress
who will oppose national conyen-
tion this year
There is no law to prevent the sug-
gestion Of such foolish thing as
Senator Cummins and his friends pro-
pose, said Senator Gallinger The
smoke Of the last defeat has not
cleared away; but It is clearing away
and conditions in the party are rap
fdly improving without any conven-
tion. There is nothing to be gained
ty so unusual a proceeding as a ses-
sion Of the national convention this
year"
None of the members of the ma
tional executive committee in Wash
ington would indicate today what
might be done with respect to calling
the national committee Some favor
the proposal believing that all qles-
tions now agitating the party had bet
ter be discussed at this time. Sen
ator Cummins expressed the belief to-
night that the national committee
would be called. He was unwilling
to predict its action. however, regard
ing a party convention.
Among the members Of the execu-
tive committee who reached here to-
night. We're John r. Adams. Iowa
Fred w Estabrook. New Hampshirey
G. II. Goodrich, Indiana; Alva O,
Martin. Virginia: Thomas *. Neid-
Missouri and Roy Q. West
Illinois.
William y. Mckinley, former cnalr-
man Of the republican congressional
committee and manager OF the Taft
also is on the scene. He
said tonight he was in thorough SYM
pathy with the plan of the republi- /
can senators for joint caucus of sem /
ate and house republicans to reorgan-
ize the congressional committee and
to include senators in its member
ship since they are to be elected by
the people in the future.
Mr. Mckinley issued a formal state
ment declaring that he considered
the readjustment Of representation /
from the solid democratic south in
the republican national convention a I
matter Of greatest importance to the I
future of the party. He said If the 4
national committee decided il lacked /
the power to adjust this question, he /
favored holding II convention for the
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