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Show Cllll PUi 1 IK DISKED Republican State Chairmen Hold Important Meeting in Washington. i , i l , i WASnrXUTUN, Dee. 11 Phins far (he !):i0 ramp;;ij:n wen? disi-u.ssed ;it ;i meeting tml;iy oi the nntiounl association associa-tion of Kepubliean statu chairmen at wlii.-li many of the vurty 's nat ional leaders v.'re present to yive counsel re janlin organization ami pulieies. No formal action was taken, hut many problems common to all of the states were threshed out and plans were malo to maintain throughout the campaign a well organized connection between the various state organizations and tho national committee. The speakers included Will H. Hays, the national chairman; Prank H. Hiteh-cock. Hiteh-cock. former national chairman; yen-ntor yen-ntor Howard Sutherland of West Virginia; Vir-ginia; Mrs. Mary Garrett Hay of New York; Mrs. Margaret MeCarter oi' Kansas; Kan-sas; William B. Thompson of New Vork; H. II. Mot tor, tho Kansas state chairman, and Frank B. Hall, chairman chair-man l'or Massacliusetts. The meeting, which concluded tho sc-riys sc-riys of conferences which had brought several hundred Republiean leaders here, was Ix-Id while preliminary arrangements ar-rangements wero in progress for the HiUi) Jiationat convention, wliieh the national na-tional committee voted yesterday to hold in Chicago, June S. The formal call for the convention was issued and thow in charge of arrangements started start-ed the" big task of olloting tickets and providing facilities. One decision- calculated to further (dose relations between the state and. national organizations con t em plat es the reservation of places in the convention con-vention hall for all of the state chairmen, chair-men, l'or the heads of the women's division di-vision in each state, and for two representatives, rep-resentatives, a man and a woman, from every stato commiftoe on ways and means. The formal call sent out tonight to-night by Ghairman Hays lays down the new apportionment of state representation representa-tion as announced yesterday, and provides pro-vides that all delegates and altornaies must, be chosen "Hot earlier than thirty days after the date of this call and not later than thirty days before the dale of meeting of such Republican eo u von tin n unless otherwise provided bv the laws of Uic state in Avhieh tho election occurs." A. T. rfert of Kentucky, head of t lie arrangements eommittee, said the committee com-mittee probably would meet in Chicago early in January to consider rWails of its work. He predicted that tho convention would bn the iargest ever assembled by any party. The partisans of various presidential possibilities were active among the assembled as-sembled leaders until i ho last of thoin had left for their liomes late tonight. Each of the managers in charge of these prccon vention campaigns wound nn his canvass lore. '.with a claim that his candidate had gained by the iockev-ing iockev-ing of the last few "day a. All the Illinois Illi-nois Republicans - in congress, nt a mootinc- tonight, joined in a. statement nresent inp and endorsimr Governor Towden for the pvsidential nomination. nomina-tion. Louis L. Emmcrson. secretary of state of Illinois and chairman of the Illinois Lowden eommittee; Speaker yiianahf-n of tho Illinois house of representatives, rep-resentatives, and Roy 0. West, former national committeeman from Illinois, also -were present. The state declared Governor Lowden was Tiresented as a candidale because "of his business and nvofessional qunli-fientions qunli-fientions in private life and his record of loval and succ-sful Tnrformrien of his duties in public affair'. Briefly reviewing Governor Lowden 's :ir record rec-ord and his wok as governor, the state-i state-i merit concluded : j "We present Governor Lnwden ns in cverv relation of life worthy of Ihe nomination mid a punmntee at the head nf tho Rnnublican ticket of its vic-torv vic-torv in 1020." Friends of Chairman TTays started a movement todnv to insure his retention reten-tion a head of the national co-nmittee through the enmrtnifm regardless of who is nominated tnr president. The n-uial custom of giving mnnauement of the cnirmaiom tn pn activft preennven-tion preennven-tion fluimovter of the nominee, they n; sprted, prnbnnlv 'would lie dipgnvVd in in order to permit Mr. Hivs o carry on the organization ho has |