The Alaska daily empire., 1916-11-16
Battle Already Started to Gain Control of the Party Four
 Years Away.
THREE FACTIONS FIGHT
Old Guard VIII Become An Active Contender for Movements of
 Republicans.

NEW YORK. Nov. 16-The Re- publican party is to te reorganized. It is to be shaken up thoroughly. The biggest internal fight for control Of the party machinery the G. O.. P. has known is impending.
 While Republican chioftains public ly are still announcing doubt in Wil- sons election, they arc counselling on the basis that for the second time in eight years the party has gone to defeat. As was the case four years ego, it went into defeat be- cause not enough Progressiyes could be attracted to its fold.
 Four years ago the old Guard held complete sway In this cam paigu the old Guard and the Pro- gressivo faction tried a cop-artner- ship. The question, Why wasn't the successful? furnishes basis for the fight for re-organiza- tion.
 Wheel Horses Not Pleased
 It is no secret that such wheel horses of the old Guard as former Senator w. Murray Crane. of Massa- and Boles Penrose, of Penn sylyania. have felt dissatisfied with the management of the campaign just ended. The dissatisfaction was based first on the fact that Frank whom they regard as neither fish, flesh nor fowl, put oy- CT Hughes at Chicago last June.
 Second. Hughes chose William R. Wilcox, of whom the rank and file of Republicans had never heard and whose standing as a practical or ganizer they regarded as amateurlsh, as national chairman
 Third. A. T. Hart, another "un- known" was put in charge of west ern headquarters at Chicago.
 Fourth. Frank H. Hitchcock was called upon for aid.
 Fifth More Progressiyes were aD- pointed on the national campaign committee than the old Guard thought justified.
 Sixth. Hughes showed his ancient independence Of thought and action; mapping out his course without heed to what old Guardsters wanted
 Progressives Complain
 There were other small points on the other hand the Progressive fac tion felt the following causes for complaint.
 First, Hughes independence of sug- gestion.
 Second. Hughes failure to come out violently as a partisan Of some of the Progressives' fayorite ideas.
 Third. wasting" of Roosevelt as a speaker in some states of small account in the electoral college.
 Fourth, Failure of certain Old Guardsters to cooperate whole-heart- edly in campaign plans.
 The prospects were that there would be no rescriminations-but a tremendous lot of underground activ- ity looking to control of the party Dy one Of tne branches As it looks today there will be a three-cornered fight for this control-George w. Perkins in one corner; Frank II. Hitchcock in another, and the Old Guard in the third It will be a fight of three factions having politi- cal brains about evenly matched - and also three clever enough to real ize there must be no surface indica- tions oi i:gat for control to imper- lH the party's chances in 1920.
 May Nominate Hiram Johnson
 Speaking Of four years hence, the Progressiyes are transferring a little of their fond regard for Roosevelt to the newest political wonder-Hiram Johnson of Callfornia-tho man who won the senatorship by nearly SOO,' 900 more votes than Hughes receiy ed in a state which went Democrat | ic. They think he is bound to be elected in 1920
 
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