The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-27
HARMONY is
BADLY NEEDED
In Ranks of Republican
Party.
THREE FACTIONS EXIST
Each Will Attempt to Con-
troll Primaries
Mouser Made Promises He Was I'm.
able To Keep-Harding Unpopular
Municipal League Determined

In republican circles there is any
thing but the harmony that Is de-
sired and the leaders of the party
are trying to get various factions
together in order to prevent disas-
trous defeat at The polls this fall.
There are three separate factions
in the party. The Mouser following
the Harding element and the mum
cipal leaguers None is friendly to
the other aHu each is trying to get
central of the primaries for the re-
publican ticket.
The Harding and Mouser factions
are no nearer to each other than
they were two years ago and each
has candidate for every office to
be filled. The municipal league with
its Sunday baseball fight is ai1ayed
against both the Mouser and Hard
ng crowds and will endeavor to
Rave its cwn cadnidates nominated
by dhe voters at the primaries.
There is possibility that the
Mouser and Harding forces will
fight each other bitterly in the pri-
maries but when the primaries are
)ver they will work in harmony for
the good Of the ticket. But the mu.
uicipal league will not fall in line
it is said unless its candidates are
nominated.
In the event that the league fall
lown in the primaries it is regard
ID rs certain that an independent
ticket will be placed in the field.
This action will be severe blow to
the republican leaders as the en-
tire strength of the league would
he drawn from the republican forces
md the success of the entire Demo-
"ratic organization would he assur-
ed.
1t is claimed by many republicans
that Congressman Mouser has made
too many promises during the past
three years that he has been unable
to deliver when the time came. Act
IONS Of Harding in many cases has
driven some of his supporters from
the field. This means that it will
take some tall hustling to patch up
the soreness that exists in many
vulnerable places.
The Mouser element favored the
primary plan of nomination and the
Harding following wanted the time
honored convention method adopted
ldopted.
The Central Committeeman
TO a man are Mouser men there was
little dispute over the plan to be
adopted. 1t is said that Harding
had several candidates for the var
ious offices who would be very
hard to defeat in the convention
while the Mouser selections will run
like wild fire in the primaries. The
change from the convention plan
will doubtless have very large eff
feet upon the nominations.
The republicans have not decid-
ed upon the method of nominating
the party's candidate for represent
qtve to succeed the late DR.. iiswell.
A special selection has been ordered
by the governor and there are
large number Of citizens who would
be willing tc have the honor thrust
upon them. II highly probable the
central committe will decide to nom
mate the candidate thus striking
another blow at the Harding and the
municipal league forces.
While watching the republican
conrsion the Democrats are work
my quietly and saying nothing
There is plenty of harmony in the
party an cf tae strongest cam
Daians ever conducted in t'is city
is being planned for this fall