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NEW STATE CHAIRMANFOR G. 0. P. COMMITTEETO BE ELECTED SOONPlenty Of Chance For Keen Competi tion Between Rival Sections OfThe ^tatsFrom ail Indications, the future or*gamzauou u£ a new Republican statecentral committee and tlie election o£ a new chairman will be undertakings 01 great moment difficulty.Tuomas H. Tongue, state chairmanfor the past two terms will not, it isreported, seek. 1 r e-eiectloa and thisleaves the fteid open for a number ofcandidates, representing various factious and constituences.Among those most frequently mentioned are: Phil Metschan ot Portland; Bruce Dennis of La Grance, present senator irom Urftozi county; Bert Anderson of Medford and Walter 1L Tooze, Jr. of McMinnville.Kacuonai differences will play a large part in the selection of the new chairman. Eastern Oregon, represented by Bruce Dennis; Southern Oregon, by Bert Anderson; and MuK-, nornah county by Phil Metschan willeach make streuousjjfforts to capture the honor from the Willamette Valley where it has rested with Charles Mc-Nary and Thomas H. Tongue for the past three terms.In addition to -this itenr party lac- J tionalism, the effort of the Ku Klttx Klan and Federated Patriotic Societies to dominate the entire state Republican organization injects further complications into the chairmanship contest.
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Oregon City Banner Courier
Oregon City, Oregon, US
Thu, Jun 15, 1922
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