The age-herald., 1900-01-19
FRACTIONAL FIGHT
 NOW ON IN EARNEST
Republicans Are Lininug Up
 Against Each Other.
CHAIRMANSHIP CONTEST
Both Vaughan and Bingham's Friends Are Hopetul-Rumors Concerning Youngblood Not Credited
 Control of Patronage

The republican campaign is warming up in this state and promises very hot bill of fare before many more weeks shall have passed. From the present outlook the con tests between William Vaughan and J. IT. Bingham candidates for chairman of the state republican executive committee and the Vaughan and Youngblood factions for control of fhe patronage in Alabama, will furnish the greatest excitement Interest in republican circles now centers about those two contests.
 The fight between Vaughan and Bingham has been going on for several weeks, and waxes warmer almost daily. MT. Vaughan is district attorney for the Northern dis trct of Alabama and is said to stand next to the administration throne in so far as Alabama affairs re concerned. He is the present chairman of the state committee, and is candidate for reelection
 MT Bingham is collector of internal reve- nue for Alabama, and an adherent Of Wal liam Youngblood, third auditor of the treas- ury. He is also a candidate for the chair manship.
 The situation
 Up to the present time two counties have acted and in each the delegation has been instructed for Bingham. Mir. Bingham's supporters claim that he is sure of five other counties whose executive committees have met and endorsed him for the chalr- manship. They lay great stress on the ac- tion of Madison county, Mir Vaughan's former home, whose committee met few days ago and endorsed Bingham by vote of IS to T. They claim that this action by nrapticallV puts him out of the race, and one of MT Bing- hams leading supporters stated yesterday that he would not be surprised IT MT Vaughan withdrew from the race.
 MT. Bingham and his supporters were ju- bilant yesterday over the receipt or tele- gram from Tallapoosa county stating that the county convention assembled at Dade- ville had just instructed its delegation to vote for Bingham for chairman. The Lawrence county convention met several days ago and instructed for MT. Bingham
 The Vaughan faction seem to be equally confident of success. They say MT. Vaughan will be reelected chairman when the state convention meets in the spring.
 Control of Patronage
 While a great deal of interest is mani- Tested by the republicans over the contest for the chairma nsInip of the state commit tee, the issue of greatest concern Just now is the fight between the Vaughan ana 0he Youngblood factions for the control or patronage in Alabama Press dispatches from Washington the past few days nave given the impression that Youngbloods influence with the administration hereaf- ter in the matter of appointments will be nil. The dispatches state that Youngolood will be requested by tne administration to abstain from taking active part in politics, and to devote his entire time to the duties of his office as third auditor of the treasury.
 '"The administration will do no such thing" said a prominent republican yes terday. 'McKinley and Hanna are said to be pretty good politicians and nobody would think of good politician asking a leading party man to withhold his name from an endorsement for office. Mckinley and Hanna will not be caught in any such trap as that.
 Vaughan, Hughes and Allison have evil dently failed in their mission to Washing ton. They went there with the avowed in- tention of forcing Young'bloods resigna- ton from the office he holds in the treas- ury department. They stated as much in an interview published in an Atlanta paper. After Leftwich's Scalp "After staying in Washington a few days they opened up a fight on J. c. Leftwich, receiver of public moneys at Montgomery | and custodian of the government building l in that city. This was a virtual acknowl- edgement of their defeat. They want Left | wich removed as custodian in order to make | another place for one of their crowd, c. | w. Buckley, postmaster at Montgomery. Until Vaughan, Hughes and Allison | leave Washington we cannot say positively | just what effect their representations to the administration will have, but so far they seem to have failed"
 Leftwich, the custodian of the govern ment building at Montgomery, is negro politician and secured his appointment through Youngboods influence. Postmas- ter Buckley, who preceded him custo- dian, was removed to make way for Left wich
 Messrs. Vaughan, Hughes and Allison are expected to return from Washington in a day or two. In the meantime the republi- cans are lining up for an exciting factional fight.