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Show VANGUARD ENCAMPED Political Hosts Arrive in Chicago and Make Things Hum Chicago, .Tunc 3. The vanguard of the political hosts -who are to make Chicago their campaign ground until j the nomination of a Republican candidate can-didate for president, arrived today Hotel corridors and Republican national na-tional committee- headquarters were thronged with the skirmish line Joseph Jo-seph B. Keallng of Indiana opened the Taft headquarters in readiness for the arrival of Congerssman William B. McKlnley, head or the Taft forces, who is expected before night. Ormsby Mcllarg, who Is to' represent repre-sent Roosevelt men in contests, also arrived with a batch of briefs to be submitted to the committee. The claim of R B. Howell, elected Republican Repub-lican national committeeman from Nebraska, Ne-braska, that ho should be seated In place of Victor Rosewatcr, the present pres-ent committeeman from Nebraska, continued to be the main topic of conversation Cecil Lyon, natlpnnl committeeman from Texas, arrived to claim the Texas Tex-as Roosevelt delegation seats in the national convention and confidently asserted that tho national committee would uphold the contention. Mr McHarg and other Roosevelt leaders said they were taking no part In tho Howell controversy nnd members mem-bers of the national committee allied with the Taft forces Intimated ihe claim of the Nebraska man would be quickly Bettlcd when It was formally presented. They took the view that as the national committee Is not organized or-ganized by statute, the election of a committeeman by state primary or by other means would not necessitate the tcttlng aside of precedents and changing chang-ing of membership beforo tho completion comple-tion of the convention. Alexander H, Revell, head of tho Illinois Roosevelt league, arrived from the Oyster Bay conference. He said tho general Rooseelt committee wis appointed to watch the progress of affairs af-fairs and declined to discuss tbe effect ef-fect of tho temporary chairmanship which has been promised to Senator Elibu Root by the sub-committee on arrangements. Work for Roosevelt's Nomination. "The great thing for which -ne aro working." said Mr Revell. "Is the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt We shall stick to that great Idea and pay little attention to non-essentials " Joseph B Kratlng announced that the Taft headquarters staff would Include In-clude William Barnes, Jr., of New York Newell Saunders, of Tennessee, Senator Murray Crane, of Massachusetts; Massachu-setts; Senator Penroso, of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Former Senator Hemingway, of Indiana; J, T Adams, of Iowa; G J. Dlckema, of Michigan. Charles D. Hllles, secretary to the president is expected, although the time of his arrival Is not now known. Mr. Revell said there was no talk of a separate conont!on- that Colonel Colo-nel Roosevelt expected the national commltteo to be fair in Its treatment He said no arrangements whatever had been made for the personal attendance at-tendance of the colonel The defeat of the majority of the Roosevelt contects, when presented to the national committee, would not end the fight for the seating of these contesting con-testing delegations, according to Roosevelt members of the national committee, now heio. Pearl Wight, national committeeman from Louisiana Louisi-ana and a strong Roosevelt worker. 3ald the contests, if carried beyond the national committer, would come before a credentials committee In which at least twelve more men would be Roosevelt sympathizers. The Roosevelt leaders Intend to carry the fight Into the convention and before tho credentials committee, If there Is an thing that they consider "flagrant" or "unfair" in the actions of the national committee on the case. |