Editing Manuel L. Quezon (section)

====Rivalry with Osmeña====
{{See also|1922 Philippine Senate elections#Quezon-Osmeña spilt|1921 financial crisis of the Philippines}}
In 1921, Quezon made a public campaign against House Speaker [[Sergio Osmeña]] accusing him of being an autocratic leader and blamed him for the [[Philippine National Bank]]'s financial mess. Both Osmeña and Quezon debated on this until 1922. As a result, the Nationalista Party was split into two. Quezon also resigned as Senate President that same year in January.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gripaldo |first=Rolando M. |date=1991 |title=The Quezon-Osmeña Split of 1922 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42633241 |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=158–175 |jstor=42633241 |issn=0031-7837}}</ref>

In 1922, he became leader of the [[Nacionalista Party]] alliance Partido Nacionalista-Colectivista.<ref name="Bowman-Columbia">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/columbiachronolo00john |title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture |date=2000 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=0231500041 |editor-last=Bowman |editor-first=John S. |page=[https://archive.org/details/columbiachronolo00john/page/494 494] |access-date=18 May 2019 |url-access=registration}}</ref> As Osmeña joined the 1922 Senate elections, Quezon's faction won. The party once again reunited with Quezon as senate president and Osmeña as senate president pro tempore.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Rood |first=Steven |url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=JmCpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=quezon+independence+mission&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpk4ifleaMAxW-4zgGHYCgLH0Q6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=quezon%20independence%20mission&f=false |title=The Philippines: What Everyone Needs to Know |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-092060-9 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1933, both Quezon and Osmeña clashed regarding the ratification of the [[Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act|Hare–Hawes–Cutting bill]] in the Philippine Legislature.<ref name="Gripaldo">{{Cite journal |last=Gripaldo |first=Rolando |date=2017 |title=Quezon and Osmeña on the Hare-Hawes Cutting and Tydings-McDuffie Act |url=https://www.academia.edu/download/54021405/Quezon_and_Osmena_on_the_Hare-Hawes-Cutting_and_Tydings-McDuffie_Acts_2017a.pdf |journal=Quezon-Winslow Correspondence and Other Essays}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=The Freeman |title=Sergio Osmeña, Sr. |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2019/06/26/1929616/sergio-osmea-sr |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> As a result of the HHC controversy, Quezon's faction gained more support and won against Osmeña's faction in the [[1934 Philippine Senate elections|1934 senate elections]].<ref name=":0" />