Show HAYS SEEKS HARMONY IN INGE INGE GE O P CAMP Split Feared Over League and Secretary Will Vill At- At temp Compromise Before Contest Becomes Vital By Jam James s R. R Nourse Sel Service Staff Correspondent t m w WASHINGTON ASHINGTON April 23 Orgin Organ Organization of tho the Republican convention convention convention con con- at Chicago without a fight is is' is the aim of National Chairman Will J II IT Hays which brought him to Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington today for conference with party leaders Hays came down to try to smooth out the difference between the league uc an and ue elements in the party each of or which desires to name tho the chairman of or the convention and thereby thereby there there- by control the tone tODe of or the keynote I speech The stand want Sanator Senator Son San ator Lodge as chairman in order that I he may outline a a. policy polley for tor g tion oC ot tho treaty with reservations while th progressives have brive p put t forward forward for tor- ward Senator Sanator Borab Borah leader loader of ot the Senate Son Sen a ate ta bles Hays would like to have Senator Lodge preside over the convention He doesn't want w to have a fight over it however and If It the contest between the two factions in the party becomes really serious Hays will urge a a. com corn promise Former Senator Albert J. J e of ot Hays' Hays own state of or In Indiana Indiana Indiana In- In diana already has been proposed as a n compromise candidate object to him however for tor the tho reason that he takes the tho same saino position on the treaty as ns does Senator Borah Wish bh for Harmony Chairman Hays always alwa's has his po political po- po weather gauge In working or order er H He can sniff a a. fi fight ht from afar I And when tho the signs of or ruction appear ho he is always alwa's ready to get on tho the Job and try to fix things s up That Is why he came camo here to see senators in the opposing camps and tender his offices as th the pacificator I It so happened that Senator Borah I Senator Kenyon Senator Johnson an and andall J all the others who would back hack Borah's candidacy for the chairmanship were out of ot the city so did not get to toI I see seo any of them The only Hays was able to see sec were Lodge Lode Vatson Watson Vat Wat- atI I son New and others In Delong-In to that I faction of oC the party To these senators Hays lIas expressed the wish that harmony might prevail In Ir the tho organization of oC the convention He Ho does not take to the idea lelea of or a tight right being started at atthe atthe atthe the very first tap of oC the tho gavel Things are arc simp simply not dono done that wa way wy in well ordered Republican conventions he ht pointed out The defeat of ot Senator Reed at the hands of oC the Democratic state convention convention convention conven conven- tion at Joplin Mo today is regarded J here as mean meaning InS InS' certain the casting of ot Missouri's vote for Cor the Republican presidential ticket It also will brIn bring about tho return of oC Senator Spencer Republican and tho the defeat of oC his Democratic contestants Senator Reed Read was chosen as a district dele delegate ate but the selection was disapproved by the convention after a bitter and prolonged prolong d contest As a a. result of or this unprecedented re refusal refusal re- re of oC a state convention to send one of oC Its senators to the national gathering ath it is understood Senator Reed will shortly a speaking campaign throughout Missouri in which he will flay tho the machine which brought about his defeat defeau This campaign cam cam- it is believed will undoubtedly contribute to Republican success In th the I state date I Furthermore although he was denied the honor of ot going to San Francisco as a a. delegate it is understood that Senator Reed will be there thero to exhort delegates to the convention not to commIt commit com corn mit the folly of oC indorsing In their platform tho the lea league of or notions nations to which he is bitterly opposed The situation sit sit- 11 therefore rore does not make for I harmony harmon at the national convention nOrin nor norin norin in tho the state o 0 Missouri I Republicans Would Break Solid South IJ Hand New York April 23 A 2 A Republican effort to break breal Into the solid J south through the nomination of a southern man for lor lorIce vice Ice president was announced t today da by Maj Charles E. E Spratt of or the Re Red J Cross He Is a n. member of the state Republican executive committee of oC Virginia Major Spratt has been doing doing- missionary mis- mis work on the Pacific coast for tor foran foran toran an idea that was inaugurated by tho the Virginia Republican convention at which Indorsed Col Henr Henry W. W Anderson for tor the nomination for tor vice president Colonel Anderson Is Isa Isa isa a lawyer head of ot the Red fled Cross commission for the Balkans Will in Hays Has chairman of ot the Republican na national nn- nn committee attended th the con conven- j I Uon |