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Show Utah Senauor to Draw Up G 0. P. Rules Senator Smoot Heads, Committee Which Will Submit 'Draft to National Convention Washington, Jnn 3. Senator Heed Smoot of Utah has been appointed chairman of tho rules committee of tho Republican national commltteo which will submit to tho next Republican Re-publican national "convention a set of rules for Its guldanco In conducting tho business of tho convention. Tho committee wns crented by the Republican national committee to do-tormlno do-tormlno whether tho convention should bo conducted under rules or according to precedent. Senator Smoot will begin work on tho drnft of tho rules immediately, nnd they will bo submitted to tho national na-tional convention In Chicago cither for adoption or rejection. Tho commltteo com-mltteo was appointed nt tho suggestion sugges-tion of a number 'of national committeemen commit-teemen from tho west, Including Senator Sen-ator .Smoot. Ono of tho charges mndo nt the Chicago convention of 1012 when tho Progressives broko nway from tho Republicans, wns thnt . tho convention conven-tion had refused to broak away from precedents. In ordor to o'lmlnato futuro questions ns to precedents It wns thought bost to hnvo rules to govern tho conventions so thoro could bo no nttompt either to disregard disre-gard or tako advontngo of precedents In former conventions. Senator Smoot will" Introduco a bill tomorrow to allow timber entries on coal lands reserving coal to tho government. |