Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
WASHINGTON STATE
REPUBLICANS SPLIT
Breach Enters Every Phase
Of Political Activity Over
1923 Campaign.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SEAl lLE, wash, january L.
Washington state IL enterir~ nnnr q,
presidential year campaign -. ute"
with a situation similar to that o.,
1912. The Republican party has
broken. Instead Of united organiza
ton, 1t In about evenly divided into
two groups--supporters Of Gov. Ro
land II. Hartley and the opponents
OF the governor, known as the anti
Hartley group.
And the bitter internecine warfare
which has ragged between the TWO
groups for the last two years has
opened Il breach which party leaders
fear will not be healed until after the
next general election!
The Hartley fight has entered every
phase OF political activity In the State.
II is fe.t In the Legislative and State
senatorial districts. In the presiden'
tial, United States senatorial, congress
sional and State campaigns. 1t finds
the Hartley faction at swords points
with every other elective State Off
riai and preparing to bring out pre-
urinary candidates against Republi
can office holders who have been re-
dominated and reelected for more
than % years.
Favor Dawes or I.OwtieD.
In addition. the fact that some of
the strongest anti.Hartley men and
women of the State. under leadership
of Charles Hebberd OF Spokane. for
mer State chairman. have allied them
selves behind the movement urging an
instructed delegation for Herbert
~ 10 rt1
porters are seeking to perfect an or.
ganization behind Vice President
Charles G.. Dawes or former Gov.
Frank o. Lowden Of Illinois. II Is not
a question OF candidates as much az a
question OF Hartley and antiHartley.
In the senatorial fight the same feel
ing persists. Chief Justice Kenneth
Macintosh Of the state Supreme
Court. who has handed down several
decisions In litigation involving the
right of the governor to force the ex-
officio boards and commissions. OF
which he Is minority member. to
abide by his demands, Is a candidate
for the Republican nomination. He Is
opposed by the Hartley group. They
In turn many months ago opened ne.
sotiations with Mics Poindexter. for.
mer United States Senator and now
Ambassador to Peru. to enter the race.
He has announced his intention of re-
turning home and fling.
This finds the Hartley and anti.
Hartley fight raging. In the congress
sionai districts there has been an at
tempt TO sidestep this bitter fractional
war. but 1t Is certain to crop up before
the campaign fairly warns up
Because of this situation in the Re.
n,,hItaan IN - In lea aar& ro
more confident than they have been
since 1916 OF carrying the State. re
electing Senator G.. e.. Dill and electing
their candidate. as governor. with
strong possibilities OF obtaining q ma.
iority In the Legislature.
Decide ON Chadwick.
In picking the candidate for gov.
ernor the Democrats virtually have
agreed upon Stephen J. Chadwick.
former chief justice Of the State Su'
preme Court, and q man known
throughout the State a. q strong. able,
conservative member of the bar.
Chadwick also IL being promised sup.
port from many stanch Republicans.
who announce they will bolt the gu
bernatorial ticket II Hartley In renom.
mated. Hartley supporters are as
tIhuk iH tuFlT Et6tCNEEut6
not support any candidate ON the Re,
publican ticket who might defeat
Hartley for the nomination.
This leaves the State In poor con.
dition from y Republican party stand.
point. There Is little hope OF unity.
The Democratic leaders virtually are
all aligned behind the Al Smith move,
ment. and there are many Republicans
who are willing To support Smith II
the campaign becomes involved in an
open wet and dry struggle.
The great mass OF Republicans still
In strongly hoping that President Cool
idee win be kept In the race or that
he will Ice drafted In case Of dead.
lock. Otherwise the bulk of the Cool,
idge support at this time Is apparently
swinging into the Hoover column.
Strong efforts already are being put
forth for an uninstructed delegation
ardent admirers of President Coolidge
to no selected and then permitted to
work out their problems when they
reach Kansas City. .s&
In Doubtful Column.
For the first time since tai6 Wash.
tngton must be placed in the doubtful
column this year Returning political
scouts are uneasy over the feeling
throughout tho state. They md a
growing sentiment for Smith In the
larger cepters. where there il an In
creasing opposition to the Volstead
act. This was shown two years ago
In tho senatorial campaign when A,
Scott Bullitt. an unknown candidate.
carried the larger cities and counties
and gave Senator Wesley l., Jones' a
close hattie for reelection, That cam,
naign was one In which the wet and
dry issue was raised and made one OF
the campaign arguments.
Hoover stands high among the
farmers OF the eastern section Of the
state because Of his known position
on irrigation and reclamation proi-
Gets. Dawes has the support of the
veteran organizations and t.owden has
considerable support amone the bust
ness men Rut smith. the Democrat
has been capturing popular anpeAt he
cause OF the wet label which has been
nersistently plastered over him in this
state by tho Anti Saloon League and
ether dry organizations,
Efforts on the part OF the Repahli,
can leaders, who fear that the split
In tina party viii he carried into the
presidential hRht. to unite upon some
person for governor who has not been
identified with either factlan are prov
Ing futile, Prospective candidates ap,
preached have fought ahy at the pro
nnsal They DO not care 10 become
involsed In the hitter campaign which
II certain to be made,
Tho Democrats, on the ather haad.
ara perfectly willing To- devote their
enefsiea tn re'eieettas mn, seekias Ia
swing the state hehind their ptestelen
tial ticket and elect Chadwick a. soy
erhar, rather than u attenpt to hring
out strone State Ticket and make a
hattie 10 vote Il straight"
lAMEa nE h, BROWN,
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SOUTH PLANNING ACTIVE
PART IN 1899 CAMPAIGN