New Britain herald., 1916-05-22
REPUBLICANS BAND
 TO NAME TEDDY
Committee of About 200 0rganiz-
 CTS to Nominate the Colonel

New York, May 22.-A committee of republicans representing about thirty states, has been organized to work for the nomination and election of Colonel Roosevelt for president, it was announced yesterday at the head quarters of the new organization, Room 12O, Biltmore Hotel. The con- mittee consists of between 175 and POO members and will be enlarged from time to time. Every member 1t was said supported William H. Taft in 1912, but all were now working tooth and nail for Colonel Roosevelt.
 George Won L. Meyer who was Sec retary of the Navy under Colonel Roosevelt is chairman of the organi- zation, which is to be known as the Roosevelt Republican committee. John H. Iselin former Assistant District Attorney, is Treasurer, and Captain Arthur F. Cosby, who was Rough Rider under the Colonel, Is Secretary. A committee of ten or fifteen will go to Oyster Bay this aft ernoon to confer with the colonel and tell him what they propose to do.
 The formation of the organization
  however, for it is understood that he has already passed judgment on 1t and given it his sanction. In fact, 1t was said that the movement was 2rac- ticolly started by the Colonel and his friends as the Hast stand" before the Republican convention to get him the nomination and head off the Hughes boom. Recognizing that the ColonePs % these friends conceived the idea of coalescing all the Roosevelt sentiment among republicans throughout the country and getting it into working shape for the coloneFs cause. The committee expects to start 8 sort of e-convention landslide for the colonel.
 The Committees Statement.
 This statement of the committees purposes was given out at the head quarters yesterday:
 This committee of republicans has been formed to crystalize the demands among Republican voters for the non- ination of Theodore Roosevelt by reunited republican party for the presidency The sentiment for his nomination is widespread in every state of the union. The purpose of this committee is to organize this sentiment and make it effective and to aid the republican party in going before the country reunited and in full strength with a candidate who better than any other man represents the spirit of Americanism awakened by the present crisis in the nations his tory. The Hon. George V. L. Meyer, who was a member of the Cabinet of both president Roosevelt and presi- dent Taft, has consented to act as chairman of the committee.
 The committee will be enlarged and will extend it's activities to every state in order to bring together all elements in the party for united action and will welcome the cooperation of vot- CTS in all parts of the country
 In order to notify Colonel Roose- welt of it's organization and inform him they intend to do all they can to bring about his nomination, the committee will wait upon Colonel Roosevelt at the earliest opportunity
 The committee has opened head quarters at the Hotel Biltmore, New York City where representatives of the committee will at all times be available. It requests all republicans who are interested in the support of it's work to communicate with it at once. Telegraph, write or call, ad- dressing the Secretary, Captain Ar thur F. Cosby, Suite 120, Hotel Bilt- m ore, New York City. The shortness of the time between now and the con- vention demands immediate action.