The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-07-08
GIVES BABLER TO JULY 10
Toint Committee Demands Coles
Resignation Also.

St. Louis, July 3.-Letters demand
ing their immediate resignation. for
the good of the Republican, party in
missouri were mailed tonight to
Jacob l.. Babler, national committee
man, and w l.. Cole, chairman of the
state Republican committee.
the letters were sent by the TWO
committees which met here today as
the result OF their appointment by
Judge Matt G. Reynolds, chairman
OF the recent mass meeting of Ne
publicans from over the state at Sc
dalia which adopted resolution de-
handing a cleanup of the party.
The spirit Of the Sedalia meeting
was further carried out by clause
in the resolution which calls on the
Republicans throughout the state to
elicit from the candidates for COM
mitteeman their stand with relation
to the acts of Babler and Cole.
As an outgrowth of today's meet
ing Republicans of St. LOUIS and St.
Louis County will be urged to attend
a mass meeting here next Friday at
the Planters Hotel. At that time the
Republicans here will be urged to get
behind the house cleaning movement
and join Kansas City and other sec
tions in the effort to rid the state of
undesirable bosses whose brand of
Republicanism is weighed in the
scales OF dollars and cents.
Each county, by the terms of the
resolution, is urged to organize
against those leaders who recently
have been branded and all others,
candidates or not, who are afraid to
speak out in condemnation of the
things that recently have brought the
flush OF shame to the Republican par
ty in Missouri.
The Republican cause throughout
the state, from President to the
lowliest office in the gift of the vot-
crs, is lost unless the party responds
to the demand that those who have
brought shame to the party step aside,
committee members said.
The letter to Babler explained that
it was sent him as a courtesy" by
the committee to avoid the unpleas-
ant publicity that would be incurred
ii it was necessary to carry the mat
ter directly to Will H. Hays, chair
man OF the national committee, as
directed by the Sedalia resolution.
Bsbler is given seven days in which
to answer the letter.
The letter to Babler, in part:
The committee of five appointed
pursuant to that resolution by the
chairman OF the Sedalia meeting met
this day and unanimously voted to re-
quest your resignation in the interest
OF the Republican party for the pur-
pose of furthering our chances of
winning-a deserved victory in the APP
preaching election, both in the ma
ton and state. AS you will observe
from examination of the resolution,
we were instructed to present this re-
quest to Chairman Will II. Hays OF
the national committee. As courte-
sy to you and in order to avoid I'M
necessary publicity the committee de-
termined to present its request di-
rect. The temper of the committee
is, however, that in event we do not
receive from you a favorable reply by
July 10 we will proceed with all dis
patch to carry out the purposes and
sentiment of the resolution, both in
the spirit and in the letter."
The letter was signed by David NJ.
Proctor of Kansas City, chairman Of
the committee, and w. c. Pierce,
Howard Gray, w. D. Hill and Mrs.
Charles Passmore, members of the
committee.
The letter to Cole did not deal with
him any more gently than the one to
Babler. Cole is told that Ibis useful
ness to the Republican party has
ceased" The state chairman is re-
quested to make known to the COM
mittee by July 10 what he intends to
do relative to the request that he re-
sign as chairman of the state COM
,,,;ttee