Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1912 — TAFT SELECTS M’KINLEY [ARTICLE]

TAFT SELECTS M’KINLEY

Illinois Man to Conduct President’s Pre-Convention Campaign. Washington, Feb. 9. Representative William B. McKinley of Illinois, who for the last four years has been chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee, will run President Taft’s pre-conyention campaign. Headquarters will be opened in Washington within a few days and an aggressive campaign in the interest of the president will be waged from now on. The selection of Mr. McKinley came as a surprise to most Republicans in Washington, but it is conceded that the choice is a good one. Mr. McKinley is a man of wealth, controlling a large traction system in the of Illinois, is an expchienced politician and is well liked even by the insurgents.