New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
This Fact Demonstrated at
Meeting OF Republican
Committee at Chicago
He Never Stops Working
Governor Iowden's Friends
Start Boom for President;
Other Timber is Discussed
Sta6' Correspondence

Republican National Committee at the
Congress Hotel nothing is palmer than
the fact that Will H. Hays for the
present, now that Colonel Roosevelt
is rone is the leader of the party.
This is partly due to the mechanics
of the situation and partly to the sue
cess which has attended the young
Statesman from Indiana since last Feb
rusry II at St. Louis, when he became
chairman.
Will H. Hays is modest but not
retiring. Study of retiring" has no
place in the curriculum OF the Indiana
school of politics, as conducted by
Hays, Governor Goodrich, Senators
Watson and New and the rank and
file.
The Republican organization there
has been remarkably successful in re-
firing the Democrats. but they do not
themselves retire. Chairman Hays has
driven the national committee ma
chine literally almost day and night
for the last eleven months When
Rudolph X. Hynicka, of Ohio, on Friday
moved that the chairman have full au-
thority to appoint the ten members
of the executive committee and "such
other committees as he may deem nee
essary," it meant that Chairman Hays
was not to be interfered with in the
control OF the mechanics of the ma
tional committee.
He Likes to Consult
1t probably is a fact that no chair
man ever went to the pains that is
daily exercised by Chairman Hays to
consult with his colleagues IN the com
mlttee. Chairman Hays would have
much preferred that Hynicka's resolu-
ton should not have been offered, but
it was offered, and adopted without a
dissenting voice.
Another significant feature of the
meeting was the "movins in" OF the
women members of the Woman's Ma
tional Executive Committee 1t is one
thing to act in an advisory capacity.
hut it is another thing to have a vote.
As stated in The Tribune yesterday,
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, of New York,
held the proxy of Gunder Olson, of
North Dakota, and Miss Josephine
Preston. of Washington, that of S. A.
Perkins, Of Tacoma. They voted and
talked.
Governor Burnquist OF Minnesota
tlS OuiF cuc OIL i TludN VINO made
set speech, made u hit when he cffec-
lively used quotations from Lincoln
and Roosevelt bearing on labor ard
compensation. The staiwart Young
Governor from the wheat state had
hard battle with the Townlev men
and the Democrats last fall, but he
beat them by appealing to the rca-
son and sense OF fairness Of the voters
He said Yesterday that he probably
WOulN n blv 10
vclt. an - N0'0''' N0ose-
The Republicans Of the Northwest
say that If the national convention
next year selects an Eastern man for
the head Of the ticket, Governor Burn
gust Will be urged for second place
re has tue voice and presence and
Is strong in his own state.
Presidential Timber
he only Presidential boom at al
notIceable is that OF Governor Franz.
y. Lowden Of Illinois. The sentiment
N the national committee is a dis
'inct dampcr 70 booms just at this
time. The session of the committee
passed without any serious discussion
OF candidates.
Apart from the Jurisdiction. or at
mosphere, OF the national committee,
Governor Lowdcn's friends arc busy
eetelng ms boom under way for next
year. State Chairman Frank L. Smith
Is IN charge Of the Lowden columns,
ana MI Smith IS q hustler The Low
den men held an informal conference
yesterday, and afterward Chairman
Smith said:
Illinois Republicans. representative
o. the active Republicans Of all sec
'ions of the state, were in the Con-
gfess Hotel to-day, interested in thc
proceedings Of the Republican Ma
tlonal Committee. Their sentiment, as
clearly indicated individually, was
unanimously for the nomination for
the Presidency by the national con
yyention of 1920, Of Governor Frank J..
Lowden. Of Illinois.
inc suggestion Of the Informal con-
insienee vas that at a suitable time the
HspuDllcau State Committee should be
i. sshsed By ne TO take such steps as rnav
ne necessary 10 give TO the Republi-
ssns Of Illinois the opportunity to
demonstrate to Goyerno Lowdcn that
ne .s the states choice for the Prcs;-
GENITAL nomination.
Others Who Are Discussed
.:li,. IN quiet manner all the other "pos-
1y'p,ii'ies~ ys, were discussed. Harold l..
acxez' former Progressive. thinks Gov
ssfhor Henry l.. Allen. Of Kansas, would
a. tHGJfn@tc- iEen there
sne onlo mon, who promptly come for
ssafo with William Howard Taft and
..IIehator Warren &. Harding. Some Of
,se ~, others discussed were General
af afsfsning, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
massachusetts,; former Governor
I1pdf!es y Whitman, Of New York:
@@naries Evans Hughes Of New York:
.,epator PhilaDder G. Knox, of Pcnnsyl-
sGania, and Senator Hiram johnson, Of
California.
Inc Republicans are frankly appre-
.pnsiyc OF trouble next year, but they
,nsoie Themselves with the conviction
.ps, .'ss, snc Democrats also will have their
There's Henry Ford, and there's
20 syssniey and his Non Partisan League,
~''o tnere Is William H. Hearst and his
~ spa9ers, End there ig Gordperg and
y .n.s ~ TABOR people" said enc of the COM
a@rrsEenen az he was leaving for home.
vasy vasnnhIey'z crowd polled about 600 900
NJ ~ last fall in North Dakota, South
asI IIpsa. Minncsota, Idaho, Nebraska
~ ~ 1oiofado. He has raised q purely
sg.th geh c'ags isgre. His organization
,rs'.sr owns or controls 300 newspapers.
pv~niey would back Henry Ford for
u.nioest IN minute, and probably
$3.50 @set would get on the Ford band
ss'h at the same time.
Hearst Politically Dead