Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-13
Of Party Will be
Theme Of Republicans at
Executive Committee Meet

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fought the battles OF the parry are not
willing TO be thrust asice.
Boss" Barnes lost his state OF New
York. "Eoss' Penrose lost Pennsyl-
vania. The old guard and the stand
patters in every state were turned
down. The republican sentiment in
the middle west is strongly in favor
OF turning 10 new e and to moditi-
cation OF high tariff views.
Charles D. Warren, republican ma
rional committeeman from Michigan,
is in town and has held a number OF
conferences with republicans in con
eress over the coming meeting OF the
executive committee. Michigan is
leading in the movement for reorgan
!zatiOn.
Mr. Warren impressed upon the
leaders of the party at the confer
ences the Importance Of a general
housekeeping before the republican
party enters upon the next campaign.
In the support of his contention Mr..
Warren presented the Michigan state
platform OF the republican party. He
called attention to the fact that the
republicans OF Michigan in the recent
state campaign had won a victory on
a platform which provides for a re-
ducciOl OF the representation Of the
south and insisted that the national
committee should recognize this ex
preston OF the sentiments Of progres.
Sive reDuDlicanisn
Impressed BY Argument.
While the republicans in the con.
terences were noC ready to commit
the committee TO any policy, they rec
ognized the fo"ce OF Mr.. Warren's
argument and favored holding a meet
ing for the purpose OF taking the sug-
gestions under consideration.
The republican members of the
Michigan delegation have already TAX
en- steps in this direction. As soon
as 1t can be arranged the delegation
will hold a meeting and elect it's
members OF the national congression-
campaign committee.
Representative Z. l.. Hamilton, who
is in sympathy with a plan for the
reorganization of the party. will prob
ably be reelected member of the con-
gressional committee.
Before the national congressional
campaign is organized a conference
between the republicans of the senate
and house will take place.
1t is altogether probable that a ma
tional congressional committee repre-
senting the republican members of the
senate, as we'll as those of the house,
will be created. The republican men,
bers of the senate, owing to the cleo
ton OF members of the upper house
by direct vote, will be interested as
much in the next congressional cam
paign as the members of the house,
1t is clainefl, 1t will be necessary for
the candidates for the sente mex year
to conduct a popular campaign as we'll
as those who seek seats in the lower
house.
Senators Before People.
1T appears to me. owing to the
election of senators by popular vote.
that members Of the senate should
unite with the candidates for the
house in conducting a campaign"
said Senator Townsend in discussing
the campaign OF 1914. 81 do not wish
to appear to be debating as to what
republican members of the house
should do. but it seems that as a nat
ural result of the election of sena-
tors by popular vote the members Of
the senate and the house should take
steps for the organization Of a joint
committee. Otherwise there will be
a duplication Of the work to be done
ny candidates for the senate and
l0use."
1T is only one o: the natural re-
suits of the provision for the election
of senators by popular vote" said
Representative Samuel w. Smith OF
Michigan, that there should be a
joint senatorial and representative
campaign committee in the next con-
gressional election The members
of the upper and lower houses are
now on the same basis and should
work together in the next campaign.
The same issues will be at stake in
the senatorial and congressional cleo
tions."
Secretary Moore Resigns.
Representative J. Hampton Moore,
secretary of the national congression-
al campaign committee, has rendered
his resignation as secretary of the
committee and also as the Pennsyl-
vania member.