Evening star., 1935-03-24

party is centered in Washington
among the Republicans who differed
with him during his own administra-
ton, those who disassociated them
selves in the early days of maximum
New Deal popularity and those in the
third group, the insurgent Repub-
licans, who went of the Republican
reservation early in the Hoover ad-
miniStration.
In the spirit now abroad In the
country, minority Of Republicans
classify themselves as conservatives" I"
This label, like the liberal label.
covers a wide range Of political
shades. The group formerly identi-
fed as the insurgent Republicans,
namely, those who were openly hostile
to President Hoover while in ONCE
and who refused to go to Republican
caucuSes though elected In their own
States on the Republican ticket, have
been hoping to form the nucleus Of a
party reorganization around youth
ful'' leaders.
While Mr.. Hoover also urged the
need of youthful leadership, along
with his declaration that the Repub-
lcan party offers the sole medium OF
effective opposition to the New Deal,
it was recognized that he had no
thought of rallying the erstwhile I'm
surgents" to the standard he raised.
1t was significant, however, Of the
insurgent Republican drift away from
the New Deal that Senator Gerald p.
Nye, member Of that group from
North Dakota, looked to New England
for Republican national leadership.
Nye Suggests Winant.
Senator Nye suggested former Gov.
Winant of New Hampshire for the
Republican presidential nomination.
Observers believed that this was not
without a thought of place on the
national ticket for Senator Nye him
self, either as the presidential or
vice presidential nomination. Gov.
Winant, as running mate. would
meet the traditional requirement OF
geographical separation.
Insurgents under Senators Nye and
William E. Borah of Idaho, have in
dicated an attempt from that quarter
to seize control of the Republican
party from the regulars who now
control it and who even erased the
influence Of the So-called Hoover
group as the motivating force last
Summer. 1t has been felt that the
regulars, through their control of the
party machinery. will have a head
start on all other groups in the fight
for party control. This will be settled
by the election of delegates to the
national convention in June, 1886.
The group that controls q majority
Of the 1,100-odd delegates from all
the States will control the Republican
party for the fight on the New Deal
and very likely will dictate the presi-
dental nomination.
The group which exercised control
in the reorganization of the Republi-
can National Committee at Chicago
last June was largely responsive to
the leadership Of Charles D. Hilles,
member Of the committee from New
York and himself former national
chairman. This group is for keeping
the field wide open throughout this
year at least.
Control Group Sits Tight.
For the time being the controlling
group Is sitting tight awaiting a more
propitious moment to begin its oper-
ations. In improving its fences,
meanwhile, it has disposed Of the
deficit of the 1892 campaign. 1t has
repelled by an overwhelming pool of
the National Committee the Borah
proposal for a housekeeping In favor
of liberal" leadership. 1t apparently
knew nothing about Mr.. Hoover's dec
laration of today until it was made
available to the newspapers. Mr.
Fletcher, it is understood, received his
copy in the mails from the publicity
organization of the California Re-
publican Assembly, which sent it to
all Washington correspondents.
Mr.. Fletcher did not hesitate to
commend Mr.. Hoover's declaration.
He issued the following statement