The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02
Special to The World.

NV event OF lne last rev DAYS.
As In the case Of every compromise
ana agreement OF warning elements,
some one has lost out both i'm
Ohio and Oklahoma, and the situa-
ton following the getting together
process may not be az satisfactory
to the losing side as to the others,
but apparently everybody concerned
has ocquiesccd. In each instance.
The president himsilf Is said to
be the loser in the Ohio compro-
mise, but. II he has lost anything,
he has accepted the situation with
his customary smile and A. not
bad loser The fact seems TO be
that while he has lost some Of the
prestige he rather wanted to have
in his home state, he has also been
the gamer by the agreement which
has been reached. Senator. Willis.
of Ohio also has been gainer by
the satisfactory ending of the Ohio
controversy.
In the Oklahoma situation, Sena-
tor J. ". Harrald seems to be the
only gamer while each of the
would be leaders OF the party In
that state has had to acknowledge
the senator's supremacy In party
matters and to yield as gracefully
as he could. The party as "A whole
in Oklahoma is thought to have
| gained by the agreement on a leader
and the termination OF the divided
I leadership which has brought
/ chaos TO the white house with re-.
gard to federal appointments for
the state.
The Ohio trouble started when
Warren G. Harding was elected
/ president and Frank B. Willis was
chosen senator. Both Ohioans and
D lf Loo knF - haV
carried them along different
courses. and in politics they have
not belonged TO the same elements
| of the republican party. President
! Harding began making appoint
ments form Ohio, without consult
Senator Wills, soon after he took
the oath of office. Senator Willis
sawed lot OF wood but said very
little. He realized that confirma-
zion by the senate is required with
regard to the most of the presiden-
tial appointments, and that he
| might have more influence In the
senate than at the white house.
Senator Willis kept still till the
| president sent in the nomination
/ of Charles II. Nauts, OF Toledo, to
| be collector of internal revenue for
| the tenth Ohio district. then he
entered his protest. Senator Willis
] lldu n lOT lnlS plhtC HlHl-
self in the person of George Stauf-
fer, and resented the fact that the
nomination was made without con-
ferring with him, the only republ-
/ lean senator from Ohio. As n con-
sequence OF the friction, the senate
! has not confirmed the nomination
of Nauts, and the president and
hSenator Willis have been sitting
| tight" awaiting developments.
nH..Ns IL l. n
presidents personal appointee az
chairman of the congressional joint
commission on reorganization Of the
department Of the government. be-
cause the mediator, arranged n
conference between the president
and Senator Willis and the oil
was then poured upon the troubled
waters. Senator Wills withdraws
his objections to the confirmation
OF Nauts. while the president Is
Understood TO have committed him
the choice of Senator Willis for
collector, "a some other position.
IL Ia also understood that Frank
Bugardus, OF Canton, and sherman
Lott OF Toledo, both Willis ddher-
ents, will be taken care Of by the
fedefal administration, and that
future Ohio patronage will be
divided between the president and
Senator Willis. In fact, all the
Willis adherents ere to be cared
for. SO far az possible. and the
harmony in Ohio In the republican
party IL said tO-be complete.
The situation had reached a
point where 1t was feared by party
managers that it's effect might en-
danger the ticket next fall. when a
governor and a complete state ticket
ticket are to be elected and cong
men are to be chosen, with a
senator also to be elected, to sue
ceed Senator Pomerene, a demo-
crat, not serving, Whether the
peace agreement will continue
through the primaries Of next yeai
remains ~ be seen, But at the
present time harmony reignt
Throughout Ohio among the republ.
lean party, and the president and
Senator Wills arc on friendly
terms again.
The story which comes from
Okla hOma is equally promising fol
the success OF the republican party
In that state. when OklahOma
elected a republican senator fol
the first time last year, it was fel
In most quarters that he would be-
lCou5e the party leader. But th'
death OF Jake Hamon republican
national com mitteemap from the
state, complicated matters and
there were many who aspired e
become leader in his place. The
president, sthe attorney general ant
others In charge Of national ar
fairs within the party became con
t. fused as to the situation ant
hardly knew whom to recognize
: The result was a partial recogni
: tion OF several leaders In the dis
tribution Of the federal patronage
and the complete recognition of NJ
one,
jim Harris, chairman of th'
: repu bllcan state committee, wa
chosen member of the nationa
committee to succeed Hamon. an'
was very promptly refused recogni
tion by the federal administrator
in regard to the distribution o
patronage. Recently Harris re
signed as state shairman and with
In the last few days, at a state con
, vcntion, his successor was chosen
The successor Is A. c. Alexander
recently appointed collector o
8 internal revenue for Oklahoma an'
, leaders OF MIR. Harreld's compaigI
p for the senatorship last year.
2 The selection of Alexander 70