Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23

"a capable man, keen manager. good
speaker and one who knows men and
situations" and holds that 1T Is good
politics at this time for the Republican
party to nurse the successes which it
gained throughout the South last Fall"
Testimony to his ability is given by the
Saginaw Daily News Gndependent) and
the Hayerhill Gazette independently.
Mr.. Hoover's purpose to purify the
Republican party. in the South of the
abuses from which it has suffered many
years" is commended by the Seattle
Daily Times independent Republican,,
and the Los Angeles Express (Repub-
lican) assumes that that task will be
for Mr.. Huston to perform" The South
Bend Tribune independent Republic
CAM says: AS one of the first Hoover
for-President advocates, Mr.. Huston de-
served the Craftsmanship on grounds of
loyalty. AS early as 1920" recalls that
paper, "he was working in .Republi-
can national convention for Mr.. Hoo
ver's nomination. The President and
the new chairman met first while the
former was Food Administrator. As
Secretary and Assistant Secretary of
Commerce in the Harding Coolidge ad..
ministrations, they worked together
with happy results"
THE Republican national committee.
under the Hoover-Huston regime" in
the judgment of the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin independent Republican,.
may not capture the South. It may
be expected, however, to consolidate and
conserve the growing Republican
strength in the Southern States. To
this end 1t will dignity the Republican
party In the South with significance
other than the distributor of official pap
when 1t Is in power at Washington
Party organization In Southern States
and their national committeeman who
represent primarily the ofice-seeking
crew are not likely to win much favor
in competition with organization and
committeeman representing substantial
interests looking to the Republican
party for tariff protection, sound finan-
cial programs or other contributions to
material welfare"
Denying that much influence can be
exerted in the South. the Fort Worth
Record Telegram CDemocratic) argues:
1.-THE Southern influence of the new
chairman Is, to say the least. negligible
There are those who would have ad-
vised President Hoover to declare for
his selection merely because of personal
friendship. They are the ones who did
not confuse the issues which brought
about the break in the erstwhile solid
South The Republican party did not
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ton in Democracy. The Democrats who
do not feel themselves bound by an
overwhelming majority of the party's
delegates had the choice of either 60
ing Republican or going fishing. They
chose the former. The selection of such
'Southerner' as Chairman Huston
will have no effect on the geography of
the problem"
Referring to the Representations that
Mr.. Huston is of the South" as Tow
comedy" the Birmingham News places
him in New York and advises: There
is no sound reason why New York
State should not have this chairman
ship. It was there that the most money
was raised for Mr. HooverS campaign
last year. It is there that Republican
sinews of war are likely to be gathered
in the congressional campaign Of 1890
and in the presidential campaign Of
1882"