New-York tribune., 1921-01-27
Iays Summons
connittee to
Meet March 3
.;.nds Predict Chairman
Fill Resign Preliminary
% Accepting Position
i Postmaster General
Mans May Succeed Him
E,lder Not Expected to OPP
nose Him Again; Miller
laIso Has Some Backing
Rv Carter Field

By carter flcld
s,sHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-Chairman
Il Hays of the Republican Ma
Il ..,rommittee to-day called meet
The committee for March s. the
s,sore the official return to power
i, Republican party after eight
=, Democratic occupancy of the
s.,s House.
i sasnds Of the national chairman to-
- asserted their belief that Mr..
!, would tender his resignation at
rseting and have it accepted
.,,,s. so that when his name is
: % the Senate for confirmation as
s..-.s.er General-which they con-
...ss sxpect-he will have severed
,se;al connections with the ma
ri erganization.
~ calls sent out to members of the
s.;oral Committee urge that every
/ ,.,bsr should be present, as there will
important business to transact.
.s.e other things the business before
/, ,ammittee will be to select a new
,,;msn, and friends of several candi-
~ have been actively grooming them.
tsn r. Adams, Of Iowa, the present
...hsirman, seems to have the most
q .,,sr. a. this moment. Friends of
,.,,or Calder, of New York. who three
s,r sgo led the fight which resulted
The defeat of Adams for national
.,irmsn and in the election of Will
Hsys said that Mr.. Calder would not
out Of his way to block Adams again.
Beaten by Praising Germans
n, Calder. his friends say, thought
,rr ranld have been very bad politics at
4 time to have elected Mr.. Adams, in
rss cf the letters Adams had written
,raise of the Germans before this
-sutry got into ths war. At the time
|, Hsys was elected the Republican
|sry was about to 60 into q Congress
s,,I campaign with the country at war.
i n PARTY was anxious above every
Essisg % keep its record straight on the
ssr acd its members in the House and
Asssse we're voting for all the war
Measures and granting powers to Presl--
IA. wilson which many Of them feared
b he unwise aud unsound, but which,
+u.rheless, they dared not defeat
ks.suse it would subject them to the
.rge Of obstructing the war program.
o sgeh time, it is pointed out, it was
ysssary to keep the parts skirts
xe suspicion, no matter what in
rice might be worked to individuals
: he process.
yw, it is contended by friends of
b Adams, there is no such reason
4 there is no such feeling as existed
s.he country at that time. At any
d. many Republican leaders, includ-
= xnator Calder, who opposed Adams
..ist time, are not disposed to oppose
Biz row. Naturally, the Old Guard
apza, which backed Adams up to the
last nsment in the fight three years
lga. Is satisfied with him now, SO that
n i required the German letters to
ss. bin then and as some OF the
ssn Who fought him on that account
ssa are for him now-it looks as
saugh Adams is web out in the lead
b tie place.
( Miller Also a Candidate
sao.her man whose friends are ac-
he however, is Clarence B. Miller,
scEstary OF the committee during the
angaign las. fall and formerly a
ssabsr Of the House from Minnesota.
Ilsr is a very able man and hard
s'sker. He earned the admiration Of
zay Of the party leaders through his
aasnry in national campaign work
- isA, just as he had earned their
fastlation while in the House to such
extent that he was singled out to
n.he Philippines for the party dur
4 lie cary days of the Wilson Ad-
ssssation and make an investigation.
i NJ. Miller is not made national
sxsnan he may be made Governor
<sEal Of the Philippines, though Gen
a Leonard Wood has been mentioned
Aslsatly for that post in the last
Hays.
ix only other man seriously men
~ Tor the place is referred to only
ss contingency that nc is not put
ne Cabinet, which contingencq,
Hssr, Is regarded as rather remote.
= Is Harry NJ. Daugherty, who ri
ns the national chairman in i'm
aasses IN directing the campaign,
.s undoubtedly the Closest political
~ Of Mr.. Harding. While it IS re-
a as almost certain that Daugh-
y s'il be made Attorney General, if
@ last moment he should decide
-. accepting the place it is re-
~ as likely that Mr.. Harding
g Ike to have him as national