The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-18
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CON-
VENTION WILL BE HELD IN
CHICAGO ON JUNE EIGHTH
Committee Meeting Held In Wash
ington Recently Was Enthusiastic

mgtOn Recently was Enthusiastic
The Republican National Committee
in a meeting held in Washington on
last Thursday was characterized by
deepest earnestness and unbounded en-
thusiasm, at which time Chicago was
selected as the place for the 1920 Ma
tional Convention and Tuesday, June
Sth, as the date for openeing it.
No such meeting has ever before
been held blythe National Committee
1t brough together 500 prominent
Republicans, men and women, from
all parts of the United States. State
chairman were present from practi-
call every State and the Women's
Division of the Republican organiza-
ton was strongly represented by
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Wo-
mems Division of the Republican
National Committee and a corps of
others of prominence in the Women's
Division.
The spirit that characterized the
entire proceedings was one of har-
mony and confidence coupled with a
determined purpose to leave nothing
undone to carry the party to sweep
ing victory next November.
Departing from the usual custome,
the initial gathering of the commit
tee in the red room of the Willard
at II o'clock Wednesday, was open
to the public. Eloquent speeches
were made by Governor Sproul of
Pennsylvania, Governor McKelvie, of
Nebraska, and Mrs. Medilk McCor-
mick, These speeches evoked en-
thusiastic appreciation. In the open
meeting, also, the speeches We're
made in behalf of the various cities
seeking the convention, Chicago, st.
Louis, Cheyenne and Asbury Park.
Following the opening meeting, after
a brief recess, the committee went to
executive session chose the time and
place for the convention, selected COM
mittees and completed the transaction
Of other business.
Dominant notes throughout she pro-
ceedings were Americanism and in
sistence on a forward looking, con-
structive program of legislation and
administration. Unsparing condemna-
ton of the present administration
course was coupled with expression
of feeling that the Republican party
must in a constructive way fully meet
its great responsibilities
Cur ideal, gentlemen" said Mrs.
Medill Mccormick, in her speech be-
fore the committee, sis that of an
American America, where indus
trious and country-loving men and
women all may win a happy compe-
tence and grow old secure from want
and blessed in the promise of the
growing generation.
1t was made plain taat it is the
purpose of the National Committee
and the entire Republican organiza-
ton to work theoretically from this
forth until Election day next Novem-
Der, for Republican success. And in
order to meet the demand of the ma
ton for a great legislative and ad-
program of construction,
it is the feeling that the platform of
the party in the coming campaign
must measure up to the situation.
The committee at its executive meet
ing considered this and following the
meeting Chairman Hays announced
a plan for obtaining platform sug-
gestions from the representative ell
ements Of the party and the country
and coordinating them in order that
the resolutions committee of the con-
vention may consider them In other
words, there is to be departure from
the old plan of hurriedly considering
all phases of the platform question in
two or three all night meetings of the
resolutions committee at the conven-
ton. The committee also decided to
name a council to consider matters
of party welfare.