Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-11
Gets Al of the Republican Com
mittee's Votes While st. Louis
Is Only Able to Muster g.
Date June 8
WILL BE $50 DELEGATES
A Special Com mi ttcc, Carefully Select
cd, Is Chosen to Go to Work ut Once
sorting Out Subjects to he Dealt
with in Party Platform

| Washington. Dec. 1o.-The republican
national committee to-day selected
Chicago and Tuesday. June s. as the
place and for the national conven-
ton, at wllc4. the party's 1890 candidate
! for president will be nominated.
! On the roll call Chicago mustered "A
| votes to nine for St Louis, whose boost
ers had made a stubborn fight for the
honor. The choice Of the convention date
was unanimous. Asbury Park, n. j.,
and Cheyenne, Wye, made bids for the
| convention, but withdrew before the vot
| ing began.
| The committee also authorized the
| creation OF two new departments of party
| organization to deal respectively with
| policies and general party welfare. The
former, composed of selected members
| of the committee ard other men and
women representing labor, capital, the
| farmers and others. will go to work at
once sorting out subjects to be dealt
with in the 1920 platform The second
, committee comprises an equal number Of
| national committeeman and outside
| party leaders and will function as an
| advisory council in the conduct of the
! campaign.
| The plan of VIII II. Hays, the ma
| tional chairman, for limitation of in
| dividual campaign contributions to $1,000
| formally was approved and the commit
! tee announced some changes in the appor-
| tionment of delegates to the national
| convention. These changes were not of A
sweeping nature. however, and affected
only seven States.
After hearing the report of Chairman
| Hays and adopting a resolution approx
ing his efforts for party organization and
| 1, 81, ,,,,it
sion and many of the republican leaders
who had come to Washington for the
gathering left for their homes.
! OF the several hundred prominent re-
publcans who attended the meeting, how
ever. a large number remained for the
session to be held tomorrow by the
State chairmen. Only questions Of Or
ganizetion are expected to come for
! mally before this meeting, but the par
tisans of various republicans mentioned
| for the presidency will continue the
active efforts which have kept the capt.
! tai alive with gossip and conferences
since Sunday.
| Despite the committee meeting to-day
the maneuvering of the friends of vari-
GUS candidates was conspicuously In evil
dence, but the only result appearing on
the surface WAS statement by Senator
| r.
he was not seeking the nomination and
would not permit any personal ambition
to interfere with party harmony. During
the past few days a movement in his fa-
vor has been actively promoted and there
was no evidence tonight that his sup
| porters has abandoned their effort
| New York will gain one delegate in the
| re-apportionment of State representation
| in the national convention, making it's
| total $50.
| To-day's meeting of the national COM
mittee was marked by several innova-
| tions upon the usual party practice. The
| choice of a Tuesday instead Of n We'd
| nesday for opening of the convention was
| decided on, the leaders said, in order to
| obviate the customary accumulation OF
| business on Saturday afternoon and
! night, and the selection of a date so early
| In June was regarded by many as guar
| anteeing that the democratic national
| convention would be held at later time
in contradiction of the practice of years
under which the party in power has
! been first to make it's nomination and
| declarations.
1t was explained by party leaders that
the purpose of the special committee on
policies was to overturn the usual practice
al-nght sessions Of the resolutions COM
mittee at the convention The new body
| it was said, was not intended to supplant
that committee, but was calculated to
bring to it the result of six months OF
concentrated thought in which all elements
of party opinion would be represented
Chairmen of the Senate and congressional
campaign committees will take part in
the work of the policies committee. which
will include IL members Of the national
committee and probably a score or more
Of others.
The same II committeeman will sit also
on the new council, together with 12
Others four of whom will be women. The
purpose of this body, 1t was said, was to
deliberate on matters touching party well
| fare and to make recommendations to
the national committee itself.
Among the members of various commit
tees announced were the following;
| Committee on policies and platform
| Parsons New York.
| Advisory council committee composed
members of the national committee): Miss
| Mary Garret Hay. New York Herbert
Parsons New York; George w. Perkins,
New York; Elihu Root, New York; Henry
l.. Stmson, New York
| Executive committee-Herbert Parsons
New York.
| Committee on organization-Earl s.
Kinsley. Vermont.
Convention committeeman S Kinsley
| Narpnnpt