Evening star., 1921-02-14
STAGE IS BEING SET.
FOR PARTY REWARD
Republican Committee Meet
ing Expected to Start
CIamor for Office.
BY \. o. MESSENGER.

When the republican national COM
mittee meets two weeks from next
Thursday the political patronage pot
will begin to boil for fair. The meet
ing is officially heralded as for the
purposes of discussing reforms In
southern states representation in ma
tional conventions and for reunion
on the occasion of the inauguration,
but, bless your heart, those Will be
the least of the concerns OF the com :
mitteemen. What they viii have in
the back of their heads Will be
thoughts of appointments to office for
deserving republicans of their ken.
The committee will be presided over
by a chairman who a day or two later
may be in the Presidents cabinet.
That prospect is occasionlnS no EN- :
barrassment, however, as it is pretty
well understood and accepted that
Chairman Hays will hold on for a
year or two even if he goes in the
cabinet
VIII smile ON Daugherty.
There will be in that gathering of
political captains one man for whom
every one present will have an in
gratiating smile-Harry NJ. Daugherty
of Ohio. member Of the executive COM
mittee-since it is known that he is
to have weighty influence in the dis
pensirec of patronage and will be con-
suited freely by President Harding. He
. is thoueht to be closer TO Mr.. Harding
Than any other man on political affairs,
although this view is held with no dis
management of Chairman Hays Repub-
licans are speculatins upon the pos
sibility of the two men being urged
by the President to teamwork as far
as possible so as to minimize facuonai
friction over appointing nts.
One Oreder of business of the meeting
will be to seat the national committee
man from Oklahoma TO succeed Jake
Hamon, who was shot To death III Okla
homa CITY one faction of OklahomanS
soueh, to have his widow succeed him.
but the state committee nominated its
chairman for the place and 1t is gen
erally understood the choice will BE-
confirmed by the national committee.
fractional Row Impending.
Oklahoma patronage may precfpi-
tate the first factional row IN .he re-
publican party. The story goes that
MIR. Hamon. realizing his end was
near. sent Preside elect Harding
death bed request to make good
certain promises of his that were
outstanding. The disposition of peo-
pIe close to the Prssident-elect is
said to be to advise him to regard
this request. Senator-elect Herreld.
however. and the new republican rep
rtSPnldIlFtS dic t>PC|tt' ~ AdSe
their favorites. whose claims for
recognition may conflict with the Hamon
list, and therein lies the germ Of
possible trouble.
In number of states republican
senators have succeeded democrats
ana will find republican colleague
already in the Senate. The new men
NAV be counted on to demand their
share Of patronage, but usually the
two senators find it eXpedient to
compromise their demands "out Of
court" and relieve the appointing
mower of the necessity for turning
dawn" one of them.
President-e elect Harding's course
throughout the interim since his cleo
tion has been along the lines of keep
ing down party friction. He has sue
ceeded admirably thus far, it is said
and he is expected to keep the oil can
constantly at hand for the troubled
nolitical waters ahead of him.
Democrats to Meet First.
The democrats will have had their
first party fiare-up before the repub-
l;cans assemble. The executive COM
mittee. lately created. will meet next
Thursday at II O'Clock, at the Shore
, nam and will take up the question Of
Reorganization launched by Commit
teeman Love Of Texas and Robert w.
| Woolev, involving the proposed de-
| nosition of Chairman White-who
| refuses to be deposed at this time
| without a fight.