The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-30
SPLIT IN ARKANSAS
 REPUBLICAN RANKS
REVOLT AGAINST REMMEL
HARRY MEYERS IS SAID TO BE STARTING FIGHT AGAINST
 c. o. P. LEADER.

A lively row is brewing among the leaders in the Republican organiza- tion of Arkansas. According to the Little Rock correspondent of the Com mercial Appeal, it is learned from re- able sources that desperate efforts will be made to dethrone H. l.. Rem mel as chairman of the state central committee and national committee man from this state. The disaffected element, it is said, is led by Harry Myers of Little Rock, J. F. Mayes of Fort Smith, former United States marshal of the western district, and U. s. Bratton, former postmaster of Little Rock. It has been known for some time that considerable rivalry existed among the leaders, and dur r ing the state convention held last year in this city the forces led by II. L. Remmel almost completely annihilat- ed the Meyers-Bratton faction. Since that time, however, the great boss of the Republican party in Arkansas, Gen. Powell Clayton, passed away, leaving the Remmel faction to shift for themselves.
 Gen. Clayton always entered the breech when efforts were made to rel egate Mir. Remmel to the rear, and as a great majority of the Republican politicians were under personal obli- gations to him, the general always succeeded in either pacifying or rout- int MT. Remmels enemies.
 It is generally conceded among Re pubicans that the loss of Gen. Clay ton will fall as heavy blow to the Remmel contingent especially in Northwest Arkansas, where Harry Meyers is very popular among the rank and file of that organization.
 Much will depend on the stand the negroes, headed by John A. Bush, will take in the coming conflict, as they will unquestlonably hold the balance of power. A. c. Remmel, chairman of the Pulaski County Republican com mittee, and nephew of II. l.. Remmel, is persona non grata to the negroes
 
 against the negroes in the last Repub- lican primaries. MT. Remmel gave out a statement early in the campaign that the negro must be eliminated from Republican politics in Arkansas, and when the Republica bounty conven- tion met at the Hot Marion not single Republican neg } was present, and the entire delegat 5n to the state convention was conn osed of white men.
 The negroes, headed by Bush and Scipio Jones, a prominent negro at torney, held a convention of their own in Little Rock and sent a delegation to the state convention. As a com promise the state convention recogniz- ed both delegations, dividing the vote equally between the two.
 Bush stated last night to the Com mercial Appeal correspondent that so far as he can learn, the negroes will never again affiliate themselves with A. c. Remmel or his followers, and he did not know just now what they will do in the fight between H. l.. Remmel and Harry Meyers. He says he is satisfied his crowd would gladly fol low the leadership of w. s. Holt, the former secretary of the Republican state central committee, who has al ways demanded justice for the Arkan- sas negroes. He says Mr. Holt has more friends than all the leaders that he has yet met in this state and is a man of high standing with Democrats as we'll as Republicans.