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4 nallas. Texas. August 30. CONGRESSMAN
-. 3. Hawley Of Galveston has entered
j. yather weak denial Of the statement
snade BY The Posts Dallas correspondent
{tbat Ia and tho element Of his party rep
RESENTED by state Chairman =. II. K. Green
'were at outs" Congressman Hawiey Is
|huoted In tho Galveston News as saying
Rthat. II there was any strained relations
|betwccn hin felf and Chairman Green no
|xas not aware Of It, Congressman law
Gley may not feel cool towards tho friends
Eof Chairman Green; nor does Harry har-
4 iris OF Oatpsyilic. member Of the republican
state executive committee and OF Green's
advisory board. feel cool towards Mr. Haw-
Sley.
In foct. II the Galveston congressman
knew how committeeman Harris aetu.niy
feels towards him he would very likely
be ~ chcleric TOWARDS Harris as Halls rs
warm towards him. Harris Is not IN love
with Mr.. Hawley Just at this time and
the spirit Of dissatisfaction towards Iiaw-
ley's alleged course In demanding TOO
many offices for his own personal friends,
whether they live in the Tenth congies-
sional district or not, Is rapidly spreading
through the Green camp.
II all comes about over an office 1.-The
mafxhalship OF the Dallas district Ae-
cording 10 the terms OF the agreement
mado In Washington, relative TO Texas
share OF the Mckinley pie. Green believed
he was TO have an indisputable right TO
name the personnel OF the pie counter bril-
gade In the sixth congressional district
provided lie could induce the president 10
bclieye that DR.. John Grant had no busl-
ness interfering In things around Dallaa.
He felt that he would have an ally rather
than an opponent In Congressman Haw-
ley.
The maikhalsbip OF tho Dallas district
Is one OF the latest piums ,ba; COME 10
Texas and Green had set his heart on
having IL go TO his close political aud
personal friend. Colonel Harry Harris. OF
Gatcsyille. He has never indorsed Hnr-
is application for the appointmcni. but as
tho term OF tho democratic incumbent, r..
NJ Love does not expire TIL next year,
bo Imagined there was no usA In making
haste in the matter OF sticking his sigma
ture to Harris recommendations but he
fully intended to and confidently expected
that tho rame OF X. u. Hawley would be
placed underneath his own.
II Was accordingly With considerable
chagrin that he discovered that Iiawl,y
had endoratd G. c. Drake OF Fort Worth
for tho place for which Green and hi,
henchncn had slated Harris.
Right there began the rub; 1t Is still
rubbing. There has not been drop o
oil poured on 10 allay the friction, Haw
ley sqnt a request TO Harris TO Withdraw
from the race for iDarBhalsbip ana appl.
for something else. Harris "a plain
blunt man who ia candid enough to b.
n good democrat. He immediately In
formed Congressman Hawley that he wa
not running for all the offices In the Stat
and that he would get the marshnlship q
nothing. Huwiey inclnel to the bolt,
thai. he would get nothing and continue
to- press the claims OF Drake. Tho ro
grow merricr and tho fight went on.
At this juncture the Green forces adm
that they are whipped. They bcliey
Drake will get the appointment but sn
frankly that every United States senate
whom they can Influence viii cast h
vote against brakes confirmation The
are not only at "outs" with Hawley b,
they are angry with him. II he pcrsis
In hls present policy they Will soon lear
10 regard him as they do National Con
mittecman Grant--ten times worse than
democratic office holder. Chairman Gree
may never have written Hawioy that
did not Ike him any more. but II Coz
gresham Hawley doesn't know more
North Texas republican politics than h
Galveston News interview indicates
would do well to send his private secreta
.'incog" to Dallas and have him spend
day mixing With the boys that follow |,
big State chairman.
Green's wisest political adviser, the M
whose fine hand has done def work
every Texas republican conference 4
Npn tnl hn .i..x
day that Hawley was going the politi,
pace that kills. He said the Galyest
congressman could not secure a reuomin
tion without the aid OF Green's friends a
intimated very broadly that. IL Ilawl
forced Drake forward. tho said aid wo,
not be forthcoming.
This is the exact status OF affairs
tween the republican State chairman q
the only Straightforward republican a
grcssman Texas affords. Hawley could
have picked out man In the State
thrust forward toward political emolum.
who would have been 10 distasteful to
Green element as @. @. Drake, unless.
deed. he had chosen DR.. John Graut
Cecil a. Lyon. brakes very name q
az red rag. They don't like him
various reasons. Last fall Drake, 1
Bill Mcdonald. broke away from the
publican- popullst fusion and made d sf
at least OF supporting Governor Culber
and the rest OF the democratic state tiel
Colonel Drake also spoke very freely
TO what he thought of Chairman Gre
From that hour till now Drake has ne
been seen playing In Green's yard. n
don't like each other any more.
There are things the Green forces
not forget or forgive. brakes act Is
Of them. From this It Is easily seen ,
Chairman Green. Coione, Eugene Marsh
Harry Harris and all the rest OF the Or
forces are not tearing their hair In
miration Of the man who represents
Galveston district In the house OF rer
sentativcs.
II will naturally be inferred that
John Grant aud his friends are not grlc
to learn Of Green's estrangcment Il
Hawley. Grant claims that he has u
quished both Green and Hdwiey comb
and thinks II will be an easy matter
keep them In defeat--cspectaly since /
are not pulling together. All the Ia
friends of the Sherman man are con-
erably elated over tina pleasing pros,
OF Green Hawley vendetta. -
John Wilkes Booth Smith Of Shern
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