Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MJLIZPL WzVC DIFFERENCES
Dispute Over Make-Up of Advisory Com
miftee and as to Its Future Is
Latest Problem

! Corn stalk" brigade, as the farm er
members called themselves, held firm
and took the strength out OF the
party caucus. The regular session
, and two adjourned sessions were held
without any relief being given to the
state regarding taxation. The legis-
lature is now adjourned sine die and
will pass out of existence in few
months with record Tor dong
nothing.
This week George r. Stauffer, for
mer chairman of the state central
committee and a political lieutenant
of former Gov. Willis. came out IN an
interview in which he scored the
work of the state advisory commit
tee. and ventured to say that if the
republicans hoped to cope with the
democrats in winning this state they
would have to abandon the beautiful
theories bound up in the advisory
committee and adopt the practlcai
common-sense plans of organization
and methods of playing the poiltlcal
game that the democrats had used so
successfully.
Defends the Committee
Chairman George r. Clark of the
advisory committee came back with
a published interview. in winch ne
defended the committee and It's work
and intimated that the criticism came
from outsiders wishing 10 get INTO
the party organization.
Right back at Chairman Clark came
Chairman Fairbanks of the state cen
trail committee, fully sustaining the
criticisms of Mr.. Stauffer and aodins
that convictions of prominent re-
publicans of Ohio, as recently eX-
pressed. that the republican party
must be differed and the campaign
promoted in every department by
Ohio republicans thoroughly con-
versant with the methods of the ONO
~. n
reassuring omens of victory in NO
vember"
The state primary elections are
closely approaching; they will he held
one week from next Tuesday. and
bitter contests are on for most of
the nominations on the republican
side. That may be the cause of this
ross-firing on the part of leaders In
their state organization. with the
decisions of the primaries the rae
tional differences may be adjusted.
If they are carried into the regular
campaign Ohio will be in danger OF
going as she did in 1916.
The democrats have practically no
contests for their state nominations,
and pending the speech of Gov Cox
at his notification, next Saturday,
calm-perhaps an ominous one-pre-
walls The dry element of the party
is wondering what the governor
is going to say about the wet and
dry question. He has never replleu
to the message of Capt. Richmond P
Hobson urging him to come out
against impairment of prohibition by
amendment of the Nolstead law.
There is a feeling that the governor
will take a bold stand on this ques-
ton. and reiterate what he said be-
fore his nomination-that the Vol
stead act. like any other, is subject
to amendment whenever the consti-
tutional majority in Congress wishes
to do so.
Regards as Delicate Subject.
1t is intimated here that this is the
subject that the governor regards as
so delicate that it will be treated in
a section of the address that will be
omitted in the printed copies to be
sent to the press in advance, but
will be put on the wires after it is
delivered. 1t is admitted by Gov.
Cox's friends here that the liquor
question is the most dangerous rock
in his presidential course. In fact,
they say, that his course as he has
laid it out runs through a veritable
Scylla and Charybdis, and that most
careful management will be neces-
sary if he is to escape the drys on
one hand and the vets on the other.
j. H. GALBRAITH.