Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 36 | Hitchcock May be Made Chairman of G. O. P.

HITCHCOCK MAY OE BE MADE CHAIRMAN OF G. G 0 O. P. P Man Who Put Over Nomination Nomination Nomination Nomina Nomina- tion of Hughes Pos Possible ible I He Head d of Committee CHICAGO June 10 j- j Steps were being taken tonight to have Frank Hitchcock the man man- w to put over the nomination f Hughes made chairman of the ro Republican national committee When hen It meets in the near future to select its officers Friends of ot Hitch Hitchcock ock were on hand when the national committee met and andas andas andas as a result a number of telegrams from different committeemen were sent sent to Hughes urging Hitchcock's choice as s campaign manager manager The national committee appointed a subcommittee to call on Hughes in the near future to notify him of ot his nomination nomination nomination nomi nomi- nation and to discuss with him a choice for campaign manager W W. Murray Crane will head the com com- The other members of the committee are Ralph E. E Williams of at Oregon A. A H. H Martin of Virginia Charles B B. B Warren of Michigan John JohnT T T. T Adams of f Iowa Reed Smoot of at Utah Boies Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania I and James A. A Indiana I A resolution was adopted providing that the subcommittee appointed to notify Hughes shall have full authority authority authority author author- ity to select an executive committee The latter committee shall havo full authority in selecting the officers of ot the national committee The contests for national committeemen commit commit- were disposed before adjourn adjourn- ment T. T Coleman Du Pont was named to fill the vacancy from Delaware A. A T. T Hart of Louisville Ky was named when J. J W. W McCulloch of ot Chattanooga withdrew his contest and the Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky contest between J. J J. J Gore and J. J M. M Littleton was referred to the executive committee which shall be named soon