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Show 1 POLITICAL IjW WASHINGTON, July 6. Most of )l ! tbe Promlnent federal officeholders of . fj ' the state of Alabama Invaded the l'B '! White House today and laid before Jul i- President Taft such a tale of Republic- $p9 i an factional woe that politicians In raa I the capital promptlv affected to see HI 1 tne Sinning of a lively row between Q Postmaster General Frank H. Hitch- l9 X cock and C. D. Hllles, the president's fcff. f secretary, the two leading political H advisers of the administration. jJjS According to the Alabamans, Mr. !' Hitchcock Is behind the candidacy of jp! ( p. M. Long for Republican state chair- sRij man, Long also has the hacking of ;jM ' P. D' Parker, Republican national wjjl i : committeeman and postmaster at Mo- Sg bile, an acknowledged friend .of the HflS; postmaster general. )M Taft Will Settle the Question. Sfiid i Mr Hilles -is said to be supporting Si ; the candidacy of J. O Thomson, col- nenaj f lector of internal revenue for Alaba- M$m: ma and for many yearB Republican Jyl state chairman. President Taft told gai:i the delegation .he expected to settle Sjjjl:' the question tomorrow. It is under- LJ ; stood that for purposes of diatrlbut- 39 ; Ing patronage the state will be di- jaJ f vided into two sections, one to be con- mm ; trolled by each faction. ;; Both Mr Hitchcock and Mr. Hllles ji5li today denied that there had been any fl trouble between them oVer the Ala- 1(P1( uama situation. Mr. Hitchcock relt- ttJlf erated that he Is out of politics for HI Bood and Mr Hilles asserted he had M had no row with any one about ap- jH t pointments In that state. bMa Politicians here are Interested, how- 3 i" ever, as to how the state chairmanship BKi will be settled The president may "H J take no hand in the fight over the 'J chairmanship, but It Ib acknowledged rtItj that Republicans in the state are en- fljjt ' titled to know "who is who" in WM Washington when Jt comes to conduct- l I 'n& tne nex PrS'dent-lal campaign. Irl I oo |