The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-04
]. H. Hammond Begins By
Stirring Up @. O.P. Clubs
In Connecticut.
TAFT TO REWARD
SUCCESSFUL AIDES
New Voters to Be Especial Care Of
National Republican Body
Throughout Nation.

NEW YORK, Oct 4.-As the result %
its recent meeting in New York. and the
banquet Saturday attended by President
Taft the Republican National League.
through its leaders, IS pr0Eaisig % take
a new and larger prominence in the Re
publican politics Of the country.
When President Taft left New YORK
Sunday afternoon, John Hays Ham
mOnd, president Of the league. went
with him Mr. Hammond went with the
object. OF making an automobile tour in
Massachusetts. New Hampshire, and
Connecticut in the next ten days. and
organizing clubs there For reasons not
exactly explained the league has never
been on its feet IN New nglald- Nov,
IL is purpOsed 10 get u organized there
and 10 have il help in the Lard-fOugLC
campaign which the Republicans are
waging in that part OF the country
President Taft IS deeply interested IN
making the National Republican League
a factor. Hitherto. while IL has en-
bodied in its ranks something Ike
million and a half OF Republican voters,
IL has been looked on as dileJtan-e, and
not OF any great account Now, IL IS
the intention 10 give IL new lie and
energy
Rewards for Leaders
one thing that Is going 10 help in this
/ is that President Taft is prepared 10
give recognition 10 those men IN the
league who give the parry The best
service
Hitherto. service IN the league has
not counted for anything III particular
when IL came 20 distribution OF the re-
( y ards Now, II the league makes gOOd
and the men prominent IN lis OLcl4L
/ list or in the ranks give material ala
/ 70 the Republican ticket, they are going
/ 10 fnd themselves preferred al Wash
! ingtOn when IL comes 10 cutting Up and
/ distributing the political pie
| For one thing, the league is going 70
4 camp on the trail OF that highly M
pOrIant parsonage, the first voter The
nrst voter, the yOuns man JUST arriving
at the age OF JweuIy-One, may be OF q
CallOW sort and not cut much Ice on
! general principles, but the Republican
party needs him badly now ana IS pre-
/ pared 10 warm up 20 him and treat
him wiki consideration
Il is roughly calculated there VIII
I be ABOUT $4,000 Of him IN the coming
election He could easily decide the
election II ne were 20 90 IN a body "a
either the Republican ana Democratic
direction or If any larse majority Of
/ MIN were TO do So
Sending Voters Home
/ The business Of getting out The voSs
I on election day and OF sending Gov
| eminent employees home 10 vote, or
] getting Them 10 90 home. IS an impo--
/ lnstOn adjunct OF the league, the
League OF Republican state Clubs.
Z has done most effective work in get
I tiEg the Government employees TO 20
home 10 vote. Its work turned the
( tide in some States.
4 Thus. two years ago. the Lieutenant
/ governor Of Missouri was elected by
I rhirty-el-ht- The league had induced
( fOrty-JWO Government employees TO 90
{ home 70 that State, and 90 TO the
/ polls
As there are ten seats in the House
held by a majority under fifty. i
needs no argument 20 prove that get
ting out the vote is Important
: one OF the reasons why the Republi-
can leaders are anxious 10 get the
/ National Republican League into ef-
feCriTe working order this year IS
/ that IL Is felt that by thorough and
extensive organization IL can be made
an influential factor in the 1912 cleo
l ton And L is Just possible, TOO. that
/ IL might be utilized when IL comes %
1 the nomination. Mr. Hammond and
/ the league organization generally, IS
earnestly supporting Taft