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 ently were overlooked in this pa- tronage scheme, has caused further resentment over the controllers publicly stated plan for a personal merit system"
 Probe Spread Alarms
 Further reason for the split" is reported to be the results of the grand jury investigation which orig mated through the office of MT. Rowland and which Publisher Pape delved into by assign,ng a special staff to develop the controllers att tack on the administration. That the investigation has progressed so far into Republican state command circles and, reportedly, far beyond the control which Publisher Pape is authoritatively said to have at tempted in relation to Special Pros ecutor Hugh M. Alcorn, Sr., current ly is being blamed on the control Ter.
 It has been common knowledge that the Republican-Amer pub fisher had visions of entering the gubernatorial fight for the fall nomination. He expected that the prosecutor would confine his line of investigation to those matters which MT. Pape believed as of po- litical importance in the scheme for advancement of the party and himself.
 Many G. o. P. Repercussions
 Definitely the controller and MT. Pape are sharing blame for the dis ruption of the state Republican prospects by the summonsing of those who have led the party through many years, Tie-up of per- sons intimately concerned with Chairman UpSon's interest in the Rgadley-Pryor combine in promin- ent Fairfield county, with the in- vestigation, likewise has developed a repercussive reflection on the controller and the publisher.
 Briefly, the affair has gone out of hand, where the Republican po- liticos are concerned and the small matter of patronage, disclaimed by the controller, admitted by the politicians, becomes today the sabre cut which sewers all ties between the city officials and his former allies.
 Tempest in Offing
 A tempest is brewing in the of- flee of the controller as a result of the threat" yesterday and many Republican firms, as well as others lwho have been overlooked up until fnow, are reported to be forming cooperative Hobbies" to call on Controller Rowland for some inkling of his plans.
 With the merit" plan of the con- troller on the one hand, the pa tronage" offer of the Republican town chairman on the other, inter- est today centered on the opinion of the supreme court which may provide the II posts in the control ler's office for distribution among the several hundred applicants" Disgruntled Republicans hovered about City Hall today, talked on corners nearby, about the affair. Gossip circulated concerning this politician and that who alleged a promise of a job had been made at campaign time.
 Controller In Middle
 Meanwhile, in the wider ramifi- cation of the controllers early at tack and the investigation which he feels is his own especial un- dertaking the Republican party is suffering from the dual effects of the two grand juries, Waterbury's and Fairfield county's Merritt Park way scandal Thus, today, the con- troller is "in the middle" in a manner of speaking; Chairman Up- son is in a quandary, what with one of the states most potent lead- CTS and an ally of the Bradley Pryor faction taking principal place among investigation witnesses; and Publisher Pape, it was reported to- day. is in Florida.