Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1920 — REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS IN CHICAGO

On Monday, March Bth, at 10 o’clock, A. M., at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee, Congress Hotel, Chicago, there will be held one of the monthly informal meetings of the National Committee, and many of the members of the Committee will be there. There will also be held at that time and place a meeting of the Convention Committee of the National Committee to complete the arrangements for the convention, all of whom have advised that they will be present. It is in connection with this occasion that the Chairman will make the statement given below. This Convention Committee consists of the following: A. T. Hert, Kentucky, Chairman. John T. Adams, lowa. v Jacob L. Babler, Missouri. Willis C. Cook, South Dakota. James A. Hemenway, Indiana. V. L. Highland, West Virginia. Earl S. Kinsley, Vermont.' — James J. McGraw, Oklahoma. T. A. Marlow, Montana. H. L. Remmel, Arkansas. Fred Stanley, Kansas. Patrick Sullivan, Wyoming. William Hale Thompson, Illinois. Charles B. Warren, Michigan. Ralph E. Williams, Oregon. I have repeatedly stated my belief that the duty of the Chairman of the National Committee is to elect the candidate and not select him. I shall square my performance with my proVnise. There shall be no word nor act of mine which will directly or indirectly influence in any way the result of any contest in any state for delegates to the Republican National -Convention nor the choice by the delegates in the convention. It makes no difference What may be said by any person for “any reason at any time in any place in the country indicating any other wish of mine. It simply is not true. ,1 am sure that any who would suggest another course will on reflection approve my irrevocable position in this regard.