The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-05
BIG POW WOW
BY REPUBL| |CANS
Lowden and Wood Face Each
Other Tonight at Dinner
in Honor Of National
Chairman Hays.
PARTY LEADERS ATTEND
Convention COMMITTEES Meets to Com
plete Arrangements and Women
Members Will Take
Part.
PARTY LEADERS ATTEND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Two OF the
leading candidates for the repuD'
lican nomination for president will
face each other here tonight.
Governor Frank O. Lowden OF 1lli-
nois and Major General Leonard
Wood will both attend the republican
dinner here tonight given in honor
OF National Chairman Will H. Hays,
national women party leaders and
party managers from fourteen mid
western states.
The presence Of General Wood at
the affair, political experts here be-
lieved today, will mark the start by
the general of an active campaign
for the nomination and set at rest
reports that he would remain pas
sive contender.
The republican pow-wow was to
get under way early today.
About three men and women Will
participate in the general conference.
Tho first session of the committed
on arran gements for the convention
will be held this afternoon. Alvin !.
Hert, Of Kentucky, is chairman OF
this body. General Pershing spent
Sunday In Chicago, but was mot IN
touch with any other republican lead
ers, as far as known. He spent a
quiet day at the home OF Br1gadier
General Charles Dawes.
Chairman Hays and other early ar
rivals dined Sunday night at the
home OF Fred w. Upham. national
treasurer. !,
Considerable discussion was caused
among those attending the meeting
by the announcement that James b.
REYNOLDS had retired as secretary OF
the national committee. Reynolds
will steer the campaign OF Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, for
the republican presidential aomina-
ton.
REYNOLDS will have charge 81 the
Washington Coolidge Headquarters
Clarence B. Miller, of Minnesota,
former congressman, viii. take Key
nolds' place, it was reported TO-DAY
Campaign Plans.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Republicans OF
the middle west, men and women
made their, campaign plans at numer-
GUS conferences here today.
Will III. Hays, republican national
chairman, visited most OF the con-
ferences, which were secret, and pre-
sented his harmony" program.
Hays also conferred with members
of the national committee and other
party leaders regarding convention
and campaign plans.
Three hundred women. represent
ing fourteen mid-western states were
informed by Hays that he expects
women to play large part In the
coming elections. Hays was intro
duced by Miss Mary Garrett Hay. OF
New York, chairman Of the women's
executive committee.
immediately after attending the
women's session, Hays looked in
at the meeting of the committee on
for the national con-
yention in progress in an adjoining
room.
Following conference with
national committee leaders. Hays an
nounced he would make public the
Of the policy and plat
form committee at San Francisco
next Monday This committee will
make suggestions to the national
platform committee which will report
10 the conventions.
Plans to name an advisory commit.
Tee of twenty-four to assist the
national committee were abandoned,
Hays stated.
Men and women republican leaders
will attend harmony" banquet to-
night when the results of the days
work will be made public.