Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-10
Party's Best Takers to Be
Enlisted in Nationwide
Campaign.
DRAG-NET CAMPAIGN
ON SCIENTIFIC LINES
Congressional and National Commit.
tees Get Together on Big Scheme.
Managers to Use Every Man.

political drive in the history of republican
politics is about to be launched by stimuli
taneous efforts in the east and west as
to coordinate the presidential and con-
sressional campaigns.
Cooperation between the republican ma
tional committee and the republican con-
gressional committee has been effected.
The two committees. which have always
worked separately hitherto. will work to-
gether, actually under the same roofs in
the eastern and western headquarters.
As result, republican veterans believe
that the country is about to witness a
dragnet campaign. conducted on scientific
lines never before attained
One Hundred and Fifty Orators.
The political stratesists who have been
at work on plans to effect a perfect CO.
operation between all big committees at
work to bring about a republican victory.
reXt November have at last succeeded in
smoothing out all difficulties Within a
few days $50 speakers of national re
nown will start to campaign in every
political center where a fight NAV bring
results.
The scheme is looked upon by repub-
lican politicians as the best ever pre-
scented for campaign purposes. Most of
the credit for effecting the co-opera-
ton ~ given to Representative c. Bas-
com Siemp of Virginia, chairman of the
committee on speakers of the congress
slonal committee. who leaves Washing
ton today for New York city, where he
viii open headquarters for the repub-
lican congressional committee in CO.
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He vii! take with him as assistant
Frank F. Maxwell, well known in this
city as a political secretary, who will
De the eastern representative at the
national headquarters of the congress
sional committee. J. X. McCarl of Ne
will have charge of the western head
vii have charge of the western head
quarters of the congressional commit
tee in Chica go.
Concentration on Scholarships.
The details of the plan have been
worked out SO as to concentrate the
greatest possible force in the states
where senators are to be elected, where
severe fight to be reelected and where
it may be. possible to defeat sitting
Among the big guns" in this end
OF the campaign are Senator Borah.
from September IA to election day;
Senators Cummins, Harding, Kenyon,
Wadsworth. Jones, Sterling. Curtis.
Gronna and Norris.
Representative Fordney of Michigan,
ranking republican on the ways and
means committee, will speak every day
from now until election. Representa-
tive Longworth, who has been in the
Maine campaign for two weeks, will go
TO Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware. New York, Ohio and Indiana.
Representative Kelley of Michigan. one
of the most forceful speakers in Con-
gress. has a full itinerary of speaking
dates in half dozen states.
Chance to Line Up.
The fact that Congress stayed SO la tc
in session gave the campaigners of the
republican party chance to line up
their best men and to make plans here
while the men were in the city. The
matter was talked over from every
angle with those in charge of the presi
Dental campaign. so that dates would
not conflict.
The national campaign managers
realized that every effort should be put
forth. to carry the Senate and House of
Representatives for the republican
party. so that in case Mr.. Hughes is
victorious he would not be hampered
by slim majority in Congress or by
no majority at all.
Representative Woods of Iowa. chair
man OF the republican congressional
and Representative Slemp
of Virginia. who have been working
together in the scheme of effecting this
coordination between the national
committee and the congressional COM
mittee, have brought the. campaign
machinery to a state of efficiency said
to be thirty days ahead of any other
similar organization in previous cam
paigns.