Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-05-31
Republican National Chairman
Declares Each Candidate
will Have EminentIy Fair
Deal at Hands of Committee.
ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY
AT CONTEST HEARING
Sessions Will Be Open to All
Newspaper Correspondents
And Representatives of
Presidential Aspirants.
By =. O. PHILLIPS.

Chicago Tritune-Omaha Bee Lease, wire
Chicago, May 30.-Will Fl. Hays
chairman Of the republican national
committee, arrived today for the ma.
tional convention. His first Chi
cage move was to summon the
newspapermen and tell them that
the national committee is keeping
hands off Of the presidential nomi-
\ nation.
Il want most emphatically and
completely set at rest any reports
that the national chairman is in
terested in any way in the candi-
dacy of any individual for the presi-
dcncy." Chairman Hays said. THE
time has come when we must make
good upon repeated statements from
national committee headquarters
that it is the business of the party
organization to elect the nominee
rather than to nominate the candi-
date. Each and every candidate
knows that he is to have an emil
ncntly fair deal at the hands of the
national committee. / have been in
individual conferences. with each one
OF them. and there can be no pos
sible ground for the suggestion in
any camp that there will be any
cards played except right over the
table"
This move Chairman Hays fol-
lowed with another that demon
strated an entirely new policy on
the part of the national committee
when he announced that the ses-
sionJ of the national committee DUR
ing the hearing of the contests for
the temporary roll will be open to
the newspaper Representatives and
to recognized spokesmen for each
of the presidential candidates.
Kills Much Gossip.
The pair of declarations from
Chairman Hays tended strongly to
sprinkle down an incipient blaze of
hotel corridor gossip that the old
steafnro oller was being busted off and
creased up in readiness for the first
session 81 the national committee
tomorrow. Tonight campaign man
ayers all along presidential row were
saying that the real business of the
convention period opens under
auspicies and friendly circumstances
notwithstanding the tension OF the
fight for delegates between the
rivals for the big prize.
Practically all of the national COM
mittee members had arrived by4ate
afternoon and dozens of delegates,
contestants and contestees, argued
Throughout Sunday with the men
who will sit i'll Judgment on the
cases.
While the trend of presidential
gossip seemed to be- clearly drifting
toward Governor Lowden, so far as
the, lobbies are concerned, !. the big
fellows on the inside were nearly a
unit in saying privately that no can
didate has anything that resembles
an air-tight cinch on the domination.
Brings Hot Tip.
One OF the important tips came
from an eastern committeeman who
stopped in Philadelphia on his way
10 Chicago. Watch Knox and Low
den." he said. Either one is likely
to be the nominee. Don't be sur
prised to see the Pennsylvania dele
cation voting for Lowden II Knox
cannot win out" This was coupled
up with. new report that Senator
Penross will not be able to set to
Chicago.
John T. King of Connecticut, who
was the first manager of the Wood
campaign, was Sunday arrival
There was nothing to indicate that
he is doing anything now tor Cen
eral- Wood. General Wood is due
to reach Chicago Monday, one OF his
managers said. Col. William Cooper
Proctor, came in from New York
and was in full charge of Wood
headquarters.
Jacob L. Hamon of Oklahoma
will be a presidential candidate him.
self, it was officially announced a,
Oklahoma headquarters at the Hotel
LaSalle. He is to be placed in nom
nation, the statement said, by form,
Ter Congressman Bird S. Mcclure o1
Oklahoma. "He will have 80 votes
On the first ballot from the west and
southwest" the statement said.
Plans for the proposed caucus O.
the "uninstructed and unpledged,
delegates, totalling more> than -,
DELEGATES. will be announced to-