Differences between Barceló, Tous Soto and Félix Córdova Dávila, the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in Washington, as to the goals of the alliance became apparent. Barceló requested that Herbert Hoover, the newly elected President of the United States, temporarily retain Horace Mann Towner as governor of the island. Hoover consulted Córdova Dávila instead of Barceló in regard to his intentions of naming Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to the post.
Differences in objectives among Barceló, Tous Soto, and Félix Córdova Dávila regarding their alliance became apparent. Barceló wanted Herbert Hoover, the newly elected President of the United States, to keep Horace Mann Towner as governor temporarily. Instead, Hoover consulted Félix Córdova Dávila about appointing Theodore Roosevelt Jr.