The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
HAYS TRYING TO
SUPPRESS STRIFE
Asks Rival Campaign Man
ayers to Meet Him In
Regular Conferences
SOME HOSTILITY
SHOWN TO PLAN
One Manager Fears National Commit
tee Is to Promote Certain Candidates.
Doubtful if Johnson Would Accept
the Plan

NEW YORK, Feb. fractional
feeling of such intensity has been
aroused by the various candidates fight
ing for the Republican nomination that
VIII H. Hays, chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee, has decided
to step in and do what he can to bring
about harmony With this object in
view Chairman Hays has requested
that representatives of all the warning
candidates meet him in the future at
regular conferences to be held at the
headquarters of the Republican ma
/ tional committee in West Forty seventh
street. The first of these conferences
will be held early next week
The request of Mr. Hays was received.
with surprise by some of the managers
whose candidates have headquarters in
this city. Just why he should want
/ these conferences puzzled the managers,
although they admitted that obviously
1 the chairman wanted TO keep informed
regarding the details of the contests
the presidential aspirants are making
in the several states for delegates to
the Republican national convention In
some of the contests the Republican To-
cal organizations have become en-
broiled and bitter feeling has been en-
gendered,
i was declared that Chairman HAYS
had become alarmed at the bitterness
of the fractional feeling between sew
eral Of the candidates in midwestern
states and that he foresaw infinite
trouble for the party if something were
not done Immediately either to patch
up the quarrel or keep them from
spreading.
Mr.. HAYS made no announcement OF
his new plan himself In fact. consid
cradle mystery was made of it. but il
was admitted by the managers of tn,
two campaigns that such request haC
been received. Whether all the cam
paign managers viii agree to take par
in he conference is doubtful On;
| manager who did not wish his mann
used at this time fatty declared tina
he considered that Mr.. HAYS was over
stepping his duties as national chair
4 man in interfering and telling manag
ers how Their campaigns should be run
Sun 10 the present time the az
grieved manager said, chairman Hay
has wisely kept out of fractional fght>
He has repeated again aud again tha
he considered it his duty to elect no
select candidates. and if he is going t
abandon that policy now he is lettin
himself in for a whole lot Of trouble
Chairman HAYS should let the cand
dates settle their own differences
the national committee Is going TO il
terfere it means that some one cand
date is on the inside and the powe
Of the national organization is goin
to be used in his behalf
1t was considered doubtful wheth,
representatives of Senator Johnso
would accept Mr. HAYS S invitatio
and take part in his conferences NJ
all the Presidential candidates he,
headquarters or campaign managers
the city, but it was explained thu
someone would he found to represel
them if tbr candidates sent word tn;
they wished to be represented.
Although General Wood has not d
clarcd himself on the question of r
signing from the army to carry on Ii
campaign it was said that his ear
paign managers were working on t
theory that he definitely had decid
not to resign. although he would not ;
low his campaign activities to intcrfe
with his war duties. 1t was said tn
General Mood s attitude apparent
was satisfactory to the Washingt
authorities. for not only have his !
ltical activities not been interior
with bat he recently had obtained
chief of staff, relieving him of ma
details of army work.