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Show CLAYTON 18 CHAIRMAN 1 i New Republican National Nation-al Committee Appoints Ap-points Him Chicago, Juno 24. Powell Clayton, Republican national committeeman from Arkansas, was made temporary chairman of the new Republican national na-tional commltteo, when that body met In oxecutlvo session today In tho Coliseum. Alvah. H. Martin, of Virginia, Vir-ginia, was made temporary socretary. A surprlBo waa the absence of William Wil-liam Allen White of Kansas, at tho meeting, and tho proBcnco of F. S. Stanley, of Kansas, In his place It was explained that Committeeman i White had told the Kansas delegation 1 that he waB undecided whether ho i ' . ' could support tho nominee of the con- j , vontlon, President Taft, and Mr. Stan- ley waa accordingly chosen aa atato j ' - committeeman. ' F. B. Stanley, through the procon- vetition campaign, was an ardobt j . Roosevelt man. Today he sold ho was ' . willing to act with the national com- ". mittee. j William F. Brown, of Ohio, also , took his seat. Bciore he entered he said no plan had been decldod upon by the Roosevelt members and that he would sit with the commltteo and see what was done. The meeting was brief and adjourned adjourn-ed after the appointment of a committee com-mittee ot nlno to confer with President Presi-dent Taft and ascertain his -wishes ., regarding a chairman and the cam- j palgn. I" The committee to wait upon the president Is composed of: Powell Clayton, Arkansas; Roy 0. West, Illinois; John J. Adams, Iowa; Charles B Warren, Michigan; Thomas Thom-as K. "NeldrlnghouB, Missouri; F. W. Estabrook, New Hampshire; Newell Sanders, Tennessee; Alvah H. Martin, Virginia; S. A. Perkins, Washington. As soon as tho committee has conferred con-ferred with President Taft, It is ex- I pected that another meeting will be j called and the organization of the committee completed with tho election elec-tion of a permanent chairman, secretary sec-retary and other officers. Victor Rosewater, acting chairman of the old national commltteo, attend-ert attend-ert the meeting, holding .the proxy of ir" L. B. Mosely of Mississippi. The committee of nine decided to meet in Washington next Thursday and will proceed to tho White House for a conference with President TafL The commltteo v.ill take up the selec- "3 I tlon of the national committeeman H who will havo charge of the campaign 8 and to name he national scorctary 3 after a conference with tho presl- dent. Y Sergeant-at-Arms Stono was unanimously unani-mously elected California, Minnesota, New Jersey, ; North Carolina, South Dakota and Massachusetts were not represented at tho meeting. ' The representatives of the other states who were missing were Roosovelt Rooso-velt men It was not stated whether they intend to withdraw from the committee Roosevelt men from Oklahoma, Ok-lahoma, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Maine and West Virginia wore present. pres-ent. It had been expected that some move would bo made to commit the cntiie body to the support of President Presi-dent Taft but nothing developed. |