Evening star., 1926-03-17
DISPUTE IN c. O.P.
MAY BRING INQUIRY
Leaders of Party in South Ac-
cused of Subordinating
Party's Power.

The controversy between Representa-
tive WurZbach, the only Republican
member Of the House from Texas
Chairman Will r. Wood of the Re
publican congressional committee.
and Representative Tilson of Connec.
ticut, ma jority leader of the House
IN the one hand. and Republican ma
tional committeeman c. r. Crea ger
of Texas and the Republican organi.
zation Of that State. on the other. has
served TO bring into the limelight the
dissatisfaction which has been felt
by the congressional committee re-
CardinC the situation in several of
the Southern States
The charge is made by members
Of the committee that the Republican
State orga anizations in some of these
Southern States are more interested
in handling the Federal patrona ge
than they are in eleCtinG Republi
cans to Congress.
The recent declaration by Repuhli-
can National Committeeman Crea ger
that because of the charges made bv
MIR. Wurzbach in the House against
the State organization the organiza.
tion would seek to defeat Mr.. Wurz.
bach III the coming campaign aroused
Chairman Wood and Mr.. Tilson to
sharp criticism of Mr.. Creager.
- Investigation Suggested.
1T looks 10 me that some investi.
cation of conditions existing in the
Southern States regarding the activ
it1es of the State organizations should
DE had' said Chairman Wood today.
Such an investigation. il would
appear. should come from the Re.
publican national committee. If any
Of the members from the Southern
States are falling to take advan,ar 90
or opportunities to advance the in.
terest of the Republican party through
the election of members of Congress
II would seem the duty of the ma
tional organization to look into the
matter
Members of the congressional com.
mittee. whose duty it is to see that
the party has a ma jority, and as large
majority as possible. in the House.
are aroused over the matter. The
attention of Senator Butler of Nassa
chusetts. chairman of the RepubIica n
national committee. will be called 70
the matter. IL is said. Indeed al.
ready Senator Buffers attention has
oeen called to the situation of Florida
which Chairman Wood regards as mar
ticularly bad. Because of the recent
large influx of population. Florida is
looked to by members of the congress
sional committee as the next South.
ern state which should he counted
upon to send one or more Republican
Representatives to Congress.
Admits Dissatisfaction.
Chairman Wood admits that he is
dissatisfied with the Florida situation
The charge has been made nv Some
of the Republicans of the State that
the old organization there is not Civ.
ing the full assistance needed to elect
at least one Representative to the
House in the coming election.
IT Is obvious that il Republican
members of the House were elected or
a Senator from one of the southern
States. the control of the patronage mr.
part OF 1t would go from the hands
of the State organization. That seems
TO be the only explanation why there
should be failure on the part of
the state organizations to do the
utmost to elect Republicans to Con.
greSs.
On the other hand. not only do the
State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are headed
by the State chairmen and the Repub
lican national committeemen-con
the Federal patronage. but they also
control the delegations to the Repub
lican national conventions. This raises
still another questionable desire to
control these delegations during the
contests for the Republican nomina
ton for President at the national con
ventions.
Ii is not difficult to see that the
chairmen of the Republican congress
sional committee and the Republican
national committee. because of these
various questions, might find them
selves in conflict over this matter Of
iisciplining members of the national
committee.
Republican National Committeeman
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