Evening star., 1921-02-15
HARRY NEW SLATED
TO SUCCEED HAYS
Senator Understood to Be
Harding's Choice for Re-
publican Chairman.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

, oPecldi 1JlSpatcn TO Inc SUIT
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, February To-
Senator Harry New of Indiana Is
slated to become the next chairman
of the republican national committee.
The present chairman. VIII Il. Hays
on March next will become Post
master General of the United States
In the Harding cabinet and will re-
IxtKn his association with the national
4 G%&a1ntttee. Senator New is under
E4I3ff faa be, Mr.. Hard ingss choica Tor
easRf a.ip and. Of csnrsssssne
iaie the selection. The Chairman OF
the republican committee does not
have to be- member of the COM
mittee before he is chosen.
The democratic committee has a dif-
ferent rule, under which no man can
be named as chairman unless he is
regularly selected member. In the
last campaign the republicans went
so far as to permit Harry M. Daugh-
erty of Ohio to be member Of the
executive committee of the national
Daughrty was not the representative
of Ohio on the national committee
proper.
Worried Over Deficit.
Chairman Hays was summoned to
st. Augustine this week by Mr.. Hard
ing to discuss matters, as the i-resi-
dent-elect himself said, for the good
of the order" There is not the slight
est doubt that Senator Harding still
is worried over the big deficit in the
national committees campaign funds
and he is desirous of knowing what
steps have been taken and what prog
ress is being made toward wiping out
the indebtedness.
The general impression here is that
oirr q k in fy
a very great amount of progress. In
his effort to assess states at the rate
of 10 cents for each republican vote
cast, Mr.. Hays is running counter to
the best judgment of some Of the
older members Of the committee and
some of them are practical men con-
Eected with republican politics. These
older hands at the wheel have
had the experience which teaches
them that it costs anywhere from so
to 100 cents on the dollar to collect.
administer and account for funds
raised in small amounts.
Mr. Hays, according to the best in
formation obtainable here, is proceed
ing independently -of the national
treasurer, Fred W. Upham of Chicago,
out the deficit. This may be because
of the fact that MIR. Hayes feels that
the deficit was largely due to him. and
he personally would like to see it OBJ
liberated before he gives up the chair
manship. The time is so short. how
ever, between now and the 4th of
March it would seem impossible for
MIR. Hays to succeed. If the deficit is
not made up by the 4th of March Mr..
IJpham unquestionably will be called
uDon to go out and raise the money
as he sees fit, which means simply he
would raise the limit Of contributions
from $1,000 to something like $1,000
or $4,000. Mr.. Upham knows there
are plenty of men in the republican
marty willing to give large sums who
are not looking for the slightest ad-
vantage to themselves. AS matter
feel they are doing more than their
share when they are called upon to
nut up $1,000, and the man worth fifty
n, ,illiors is asked Cor no more.
Hays Sure of His Plan.
Mr.. Hays expresses confidence the def
icit will be raised in the manner he has
outlined and he is trying to get to-
gether virtually the same organizations
which operated prior to the election.
Members of the old ways and means
committee. which operated under Col.
William Boyce Thompson. have been
summoned to New York and asked to do
their share in getting the money to-
other. Senator New. who will succeed
HaNS, aCctTuui6 " picocHl plans, is
an active politician. He is particularly
axnerienced in national committee af-
Sairs having served as acting chairman
during several years of the Taft admin
;stration. after Chairman Frank H
Titchcock had gone into the Taft cab
thereby. set a precedent. In addition to
neinp a clever man at politics, Senator
New is one of Mr. Harding's closest per-
sona, friends. Mr.. Harding has the
oishest possible regard for Senator New
and would like to do something for him,
mt Mr.. New is desirous of running for
the Senate again two years from now.
II is this latter fact alone which
NAV prevent his taking the national
.hairmanship. Mr. New may feel that
the mower which would accrue to him
40 national chairman would be an
unfair advantage over any rivals who
desire to contest the nomination with
rim One of these contestants is for
,ner Senator Albert Beveridge. Mr..
Harding would like to compose the
indiana situation by sending Mr..
Seyeridge away to some diploma tic
1ost, but it Is understood the latter
will not accept such solution of
the matter.
(Copyright, 1921.}