Evening star., 1918-02-14
Committee Officers Chosen.

fIcu w tIil.ifn or ChlCagO. VINO has
been western treasurer several terms. was
elected treasurer by q vote of "a to l2 over
George r. Sheldon of New York Mr.
Sheidons name was presented at the last
moment by representative of the senti-
ment that the treasurer should be an east
eIn man. Edwin F. Thayer. Indiana, was
elected sergeant-at-arms to succeed the
late William F. Stone C;uy v Howard
Minnesota and Charles H Henning West
Virginia. were elected assistants to Mr.
Thayer The election of James b. Rey-
nolds by :. committee some time ago as
secretary of the committee was ratified
apparently to make doubly sure the as
1lrance that he would remain in office
! John T. Adams. who, after long fight
Withdrew, as a candidate for chairman.
| leaving the field to MIR. Hays. was chosen
vice chairman at the same meeting which
made Reynolds secretary, but the matter
Of ratification did not come up However
It was said he would remain vice chair
man. The vice Craftsmanship probably
will be taken up at the first meeting called
by Mr.. Hays.
Mr.. Adams was the first candidate in
the held for the craftsmanship. He credited
George w. Perkins with promoting the
propaganda of pro-Germanisn against
MIN Even his enemies did not question
his present ArnericanisIn but held that at
this time no man who had at any time
showed the least friendship for Gernany's
militaristic policies could serve the party
as chairman.
The pledges for and against him were
deadlocked until within a half hour Of the
meeting. Then he verbally announced his
withdrawal in the interests of harmony"
Committeeman Seated.
The committee seated committeeman
as follows where there were contests
hill: Tennessee. Jesse NJ. Littleton;
Florida, George w. Bean; Minnesota,
Senator Frank d. Kellogg. and Porto
Rico. r. II. Todd mayor of Ponce.
Former Gov. Hooper of Tennessee
made fight to have the committee
reject the renort seating Littleton, but
was defeated. In the Mississippi case
Mul%ihill was seated by vote of %
to -; over Ferry ". Howard. The rec
ords showed that Porto Rico had with
draw from the party two years ago.
and the vote TO seat Todd resulted in
a "2-to22 tie. Patrick sullivan, holder
OF the Wyoming proxy. then changed
his vote to the affirmative and Todd
was declared member.
The committee voted that it should
hold meetings at least once a year.
Eis. Hart, Who was tield marshal Ior
Hays, left for indianapolis last night
To confer with the new chairman.
Hays Has Made No Plans.
! INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. February IA
| VIII H. Hays, elected chairman of the
| republican national committee at st.
i Louis yesterday afternoon. last night
| stated he had made no plans. but eX-
! pected several members of the national
I committee here today on their way
( east. kilograms of congratulations be-
| gan arriving late yesterday and last
| night we're stacked in heaps in Mr..
I Hays rooms at the hotel.
! Chairman Hays Sa id the same general
! plan used in the campaign in Indiana
i would he carried out on larger scale
in the next national campaign
! My telegram of acceptance" said the
! new chairman, will be my guide. espe-
i riaIly the three main points of 1t. First,
! that politics should be a plane that
! needs no suht erfuse. second, that there
/ is but one side to the question of war.
, and, third, equality in party manage
lnent; those will constitute my pro-
/, gram
| 1t is not known here who will sue
| cced Mr.. Hays as chairman of the In
| diana republican state central commit t.
| tee or as chairman of the Indiana state
| council Of defense.