Show 0 CORTELYOU L U MAY MAYBE M Y BEC BE CHAIRMAN C IRM Secretary of Commerce May Ia bi be Selected to Republican Campaign Ca iii HAD TO FIND Firm THE RIGHT MAN MAlt President I and ant Party Canvassed for Cor Months to Discover Them Chern WashinGton May Mn In IB George B U Cor Car Cartelyou secretary of ot the department ol or commerce labor It seems sCentS very Ilk like likely likely ly now may mil be bo selected ns IS of or the republican national committee commItte While In no settee penile endeavoring to an all anticipate anticipate the action of or the tho Chicago o con COli convention or that of oC tho the com cant committee i to be chosen nt at that convention President and lenders of tho the Republican party larty generally have can cnn for tor months the tho subject of ot tho the national chairmanship From time to time limo the names of various lous prominent have been published In iii connection With tho the chairmanship but tho the gossip about the matter mattor had bad no firmer Ormer basis titan than conjecture To tint tIn th late Into Senator henna Hanna tho the president had tho the desire that Mr henna lIanna might see nee his hili way clear again to as all Hume nume the responsibility of national chairman That expression met mot the ap alJ approval provat proal of ot Republicans generally To Tono Tono i no one ono else olse however line has anything so 80 nearly approximating a proffer of th the chairmanship been made Several widely known and Influential Republican lend lenders era have been consid considered ered crell for tor or the tho Important position Some Sent Sometime time ago ngo the name of Secy was as aUS It mot Instant In stunt favor favorIt It 11 Is 18 known that Mr Cortelyou sustain Yen very close clo o relations not only emily with the tho president hilt but also With party leaders throughout the country He lie Is U regard d I as OS being admirably for thus the position possessing pO tine hum executive abil abU ability abUIt abIlity ity It and a ti thorough Knowledge Ho of or men For several years he ItO has hay brett been Intimately identified with political management sea scarcely any man sums sus sustaining taming more relations with President McKinley Senator anti and President than titan ho If It Ithe he should hould ho bo elected national chairman he hI th would resign his position In the cold cab ca hi anti his hi entire tOne time to 10 tho the work worl of oC tho the campaign In n a measure this lila would Involve u II persona lice lee U It Is Its I asserted with emphasis that no absolute yet ct haM hall boen reached but ut prominent lIen nen In tho the councils of tit Iho he Republican party part have hlo on in the president tho tue desirability of oC Sec ecy selection It 11 Is ui rca rea reasonably certain cerium that J W tV n of at Iowa will iI I be lie pi eminently fl Im t ly Identified idea ti with wit hi the I Ite Republican hen ii campaign put Ign In itt till t Ii west went awl anil It II Is likely tint that I he rutty may ho bo the Ico chairman of ot the national COin com or n a 1 a In iii charge chit rge ur of the western nd of hr the thi campaign For Kor Kora ForI a II I time he sm urged by hI h Alli Alti Allison son eon for the chairmanship but It U Is ho im wl will vili occupy tho the position holl trio N Bliss Biles of or Now York tar for tt r many years tr of ot ho he rational committee probably will again lilt the tho position i IrV |