Evening star., 1920-01-29
C. 0.P. MEN ON HILL
SEE 15O VARIETIES
AS PARTY WELDERS
Hays Committee Can Do No
More Than Assemble
Ideas for Platform.
BY \. o. MESSENGER.

Chairman Hays announcement OF the
personnel of the new committee or
policies and platform of the republi-
can party, to assemble ideas for a
national platform. was discussed to-
day. Such StalwartS as Uncle Joe
Cannon. Fordney of Michigan. Knox
of Pennsylvania and other wal
horses of practical politics were in
clined, when the plan was broach ed
last December. to received the in
novation with a snort of disdaln
much incredulity as to its workability
and general distrust of such start
ling departure from form.
But it has been talked over very
freely in the interim while Chairman
Hays was cuiling his $50 varieties
of political bulbs expected to bur-
geon in the fall, and the prospective
and possible benefits of the scheme
analyzed and to an extent admitted
All Can Give Views.
The big outstanding feature of the
Plan counted upon to benefit the republi-
can party is the fact that the creation
OF such committee is confidently de-
pended upon to bring into closer touch
all the various elements of the republi-
can party. and goodness knows they are
various and numerous. politicians say.
From such extremes as Clifford Pinchot
ana BoleS PenrOSe. taking in every
shade of opinion, republicans are invited
10 consider themselves equal partners
henceforth in the republican enterprise
ana to give their views on the proper
conduct of the business.
They are all supposed to be interested
Iii the common object of the election of
a republican ticket, and this means is
adopted to facilitate the creation of a
platform which in some features will
commend itself to all concerned SO that
ire ticket may receive united support.
tn
1t is not to be overlooked that in
the last analysis the suggestions
formulated by this larger body will
be presented for final sitting to a
group of officially designated mem
bers of the republican national COM
mittee. as follows: H. o. Bursum, New
Mexico. W. Murray Crane, Massachu-
setts; William H. Crocker. California: !:
" l.. Highland. West Virginia; R. B.
Howell Nebraska; Senator kellogg,
Minnesota; H. F. MacGregor, Texas;
John H. Morehead. North Carolina
Herbert Parsons. New York; Senator
Penrose. Senator Smoot and Charles
Is. Warren. Michigan.
The most cursory glance at these
. names carries, it is declared assur-
ance that the final recommendations
TO the committee of platform of the
convention will undergo scrutiny by
trained and experienced republics n
workers and statesmen.
Neither is it to be forgotten that the
whole Kit and bflin'" can be thrown
out by the committee on resolutions,
which viii actually make the plat-
lorm, that committee to be composed
or one member from each state dAl-
egation. chosen by the delegates TO
the convention. But, in the mean
time, IT is expected that much good
will have been accomplished in the
direction of bringing together the
occurs on the floor OF the convention,
that is something which will have to
take care of itself. it is said
outside of a small coterie of old line
poiiticians, it has been found by in
ouiry. republican national committee
managers say. that the new plan has
generally received commendation. In
a talk the other day with a staff
correspondent of The Star, Frank A.
Nanderlip of New York, who is on the
new committee, expressed the opin-
ION that a great deal of good can be
done In a political way by the conf
mittee- He visioned the possibilities of
working out benefits to the party and
TO future legislation to such an extent
as to warrant him seriously consider
ing tne request that he give up atten-
tion TO some of his big business in
terests to devote more time to draw
ing out the opinion of the public ON
the question of policies and platform
He thought the plan might be extend
ed TO the point of holding public hear
ings through subcommittee, SO that
the views of the men in the street
might be obtained
y AT any rate, nearly all republicans
'sre agreed that Chairman Hays plan
is an Improvement on the old prac-
tice of preparing platforms under
which 1t was customary for a half
dozen. or fewer. republicans of dis
Junction coming to the convention
with a platform neatly typed and
hidden in their inside pocket to be
drawn like siX-shooter, upon the
committee on resolutions when as
sembied- Such documents were re-
sarded with more or less awe as the
product of super-politicaI genius, and
at any rate as embodying the wishes
of the organization" and were usu-
ally adopted in the main
Party Has Plenty of Variety.
Josephs coat of many colors had
lGothlng on the republican party as
now constituted for variegatfon. il
is said. and it would be difficuIt in
deed for any man to say lust what
the republican party is and who's
VINO In H. 1T is far cry from Muir
ray Crane of Massa achusetts to Hiram
Johnson of California, and the long
long road intervening is dotted will
the campnres of many hostile tribes
who hold war dances constantly and
seldom, if ever, bury the hatchet.
One of those wicked democrats ur
at the White House remarked this
mittee if Will Hays never calls them
together When he does, reckon neil
have to call out the militia