Show NO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE HADE BY PRESIDENT AS TO T CHAIRMANSHIP President Supposed to Favor Fa Pa vor Hilles Hiles Be Named LiKely Wll WillBe Will WillBe 4 0 W WASHINGTON June 26 26 J Leaders derr instrumental in tn P President sid sidD D Taft today talked with tho the thor r pr president in fa favor far r of tho the selection of oC Charles D D. Hi Rules hj his his' secretary as 38 chairman of tb the Republican national committee ain and s a ac active tire thc manager of the Taft Tat campaign The e president himself it is said would n not formally announce his preference fo for Mr Hilles until the tho latter had returned fro from froin Chic Chicago o and had signified hi his bis w will will- inn inn-cs in to take tako up the work ho h Talk of Representative McKinley o t Illinois the tho manager Of tho raft Taft forces has been frowned upon by Mr Mi r. r McKinley himself uIO Amon Among those who tailed aled to see BOO 80 th the tho president today were Senators Senator Gallinger er Burton Buron Clark and Crawford Crawfort Crawford and General Powell Powel Clayton of f Arkan Arkansas sa sas a member of th the tho national t tee f fI I All Mi l hee e senators 1 with the the exception of Mr Crawford a progressive o Republican can canare are believed to be aligned ed with wih President President Taft aft at Senator Crawford tie He- dined to say fay whether ho ho- would support tho the president ent or join a now party s |