The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-01
LOCAL c. o. P TO
HAVE HARMONY IN
RANKS---PERHAPS
Farley Quinn-True Faction Is
Planning for Convention
Next Saturday Preliminary
to Three COrnered Fight.

Members Of the local factions Of the
Republican party, now spit into three
factions, may have one harmonious
meeting next Satlrday-or they may
not
The county convention Of the partiCu
lar wing led by J. w Farley, c. B.
Quinn W. II. Barker. Harry True and
some of the old guard, will be held
that day There viii be harmony ana
peace, If the other factions both white
end black, absent themselves from the
meeting. If they do not there may be
another split. Present indications, how
ever, are that the others, having held
their conventions already and appointed
their delegates to the state convention
will simply absent themselves and al
low the Farley meeting to send its dele
gates to the Chattanooga convention,
where the regularity of various local
committees viii be decided
The only interesting feature of the
meeting next Saturday aside from the
announced intention of the Farley
Quinn faction to cut loose from the ne
gro element of the party, will be the
election of number of prominent
women as delegates to the state con-
yention.
The other factions. each claiming
complete regularity, are those led by
g. Tom Taylor who the Farley COM
mittee claims is neither a resident Of
4 euHeSSee OF u IheInDer OIL any CUilIllt-
tee, and the negro faction, which was
locked out of the recent Taylor con-
vtntiOn and organized their own.
That condition will result in a three
cornered fight at Chattanooga from
Shelby county. T. will not be the only
contest Knox county Republicans have
been squabbling for month. There
are factional fights in many other coun-
ties.
The Republicans are wont to de-
'nounce the fee grabbers, but they are
right there with their applications
whenever there are any Republican Of
fees to be distributed. They have
scanned the signs of the times and
fink there may be a Republican presi-
t in the White House in 1921, Hence
the activity of each faction to prove its
regularity.
One or two new gubernatorial posi-
bilities have appeared recently. Some
mention has been made of r. S. Hop
kins a lawyer of Columbia, and also Of
j. Sam Johnson, Of Huntingdon, who
served one term as United States mar
shall for the Memphis district.
Col Harry B. Anderson has few in
dorsenents from this end of the state
IT is limited that John G. Houk, Of
Knoxville. would also accept the nomi-
nation is he could get it.
The fight for the election of delegate:
at large to the national convention Is
cvershadowing the nomination fol
governor however.
Jesse Littieton and John J. Gore are
coupled in the betting over in East Ten
nessee. Ben Hooper, of Newport, for
mef governor. and Newell Sanders, for.
mer United States senator by Gov
Hooper's appointment, are fighting tn,
combination and would like to go them
selves.
John w. Farley, representative of thu
interests of Gov. Frank A. Lowden, o
Illinois in West Tennessee, would alsc
accept the honor. He may be named al
the delegate from the Tenth district.
j. Anderson has been Endorsed for tina
place by the Taylor wing of the party