Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-01
CUMMINS BOOM
REACHES CHICAGO
Chairman Rawson and Party Of
Iowans Reach Convention City
Political Leaders Arriving on Every

Chicago, June t. Campaign head
quarters were opened in Chicago today
for two more "favorite SON. candidates
for the republican nomination for
president.
= State Chairman c.. A. Rawson, of
Iowa, brought the boom of Senator A.
B. Cummins to this city. He was ac-
cornpanied by party of Iowa republic
cans.
Paul NJ. Furman, of Harrisburg, ap-
reaced as custodian of the candidacy
OF Governor NJ. G. Brumbaugh, of
Pennsylvania.
Governor Brumbaughs name will
be presented to the convention and
will not be withdrawn until his friends
are convinced there is no chance for
his nomination" said Mr.. F'urman.
John w. McGrath. private secretary
to Theodore Roosevelt, arrived from
st Louis today to remain until after
the convention.
He said Colonel Roosevelt had made
no plans to come to the convention as
far as he knew.
s Senator Reed Smoot, Of Utah, and
republican national committeeman
from that state, expressed the belief
that Hughes will be the nominee.
National Committeeman William
Barnes, Jr., Of New York, arrived to-
day, but he declined to make a4state-
ment. i,
Congressman William B. Mckinley,
Of Illinois, has Joined the forces BOOM
ing. Senator Lawrence Y Sherman.
: l,.E ofl 4 IL,
Theodore e. Burton would be the Sec
.ond' choice Of a number of delegates
from western states.
AIN Of the contests, covering sixty
two delegates to the convention, will be
heard by the full committee. This was
decided today after a discussion on
recommendation by Chairman Hilles to
have sub committee pay special at
tention to each contest, all being heard
in the presence of the whole committee.
Senator Smoot, declaring that every
contest should receive the undivided
attention of every committeeman.
moved that after each case was decided
a subcommittee should formulate the
opinion of the committee for submis-
sion to the committee on credentials.
His motion prevailed.
After disposition of the Virginia and
Texas double delegations the committee
decided to enter on the temporary roll
of delegates all states where no con-
tests had been presented. The commit
tie decided that when contests were
reached the national committeeman
from the state presenting the contest
shall refrain from voting.
The following proxies we're seated
with the committees:
George W. Norton, for Maine; Fred
W. Upham, for New Jersey: Charles H.
Innes, for Massachusetts; CID. Hilles,
for Ohio, and w. B. Mckinley, for
Hawaii
In the case Of Tennessess, which
elected double the number of delegates
at large provided in the call, it was de-
cided to seat the four delegates at large
who received the highest number of
votes, the other four delegates at large
being seated as alternates. .-
1t was decided that delegates unop-
posed in West Virginia he accepted
and that the committee
meet on the morning of June to re-
ceive the official ratification of the
states.
The committee voted to place on the
roll of the convention the names of two
delegates each from Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines with the recon-
that they be permitted to
vote.