Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-20
COLLEGE STUDENTS
WORK FOR HUGHES
Have Formed a League and
Now Bending Efforts TO
Secure His Election.

KEW YORK, Sept. 19.-rhe biggest
enrolment of college men who have
ever Joined together in common
cause is stacking up at the headquar-
tors Of the Hughes National college
league, I'll Fifth avenue, New York.
A quarter OF million letters urtlng
Them to work actively for the Repuh-
lean candidate were mailed 10y ths
league last week TO the alumni of all
the colleges In tho United states, AMI
The cnrollments are coming in at the
rate of over six thousand day.
Senator Theodore u. Burton Of ONO
Is president Of the league. and George
Irokaw Compton, who organized tho
Whitman College Mems league IN
1914, Is its national campaign man.
hger. The treasurer is charles O.
Dawec former u. s. comptroller Of the
currency. and now president OF tae
Central Trust company Of Chicago
Thomas W. Lamont IL chan man of
the finance committee. The vice.
presidents are Philip j. McCook, Il.
1Andley Murray, CourtaDdt Nicon,
Ezra =. Prentice. former Icuphlican
ftate chairman OF New York, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, jr.. and Warnridge 3
Taft
n
branches in every state and most 0f
the large cities In tho country. Lang.
don p Marvin. an overseei of Harvard
university, is chairman, and samuel 7.
Reid. jr.. secretary Of the Princeton
club Of New York, is secretary Of the
committee that ia organizing these
branches, which will Offer their serY-
ices to the local Republican end Pro-
gressive organizations. These serN-
iccs will include campaign speakins.
organizing meetings and parades, per-
sonal canVassing among the voters,
preparing propaganda, clerical worh,
loaniug automobiles, working 10 get
out full Republican reistration and
nll the vote on election day, and
watching the polls.
Work For Strong Government.
4 long telegram from Governor
Hughes to the league concluded with
the senterce. "If there was ever q
time when the educated men OF the
country who have It's welfare at heart
should work for right principles and
strong government It is now Ex.
President Taft wrote Of the active
part which college men ought 90 take
IN an issue so vital TO this country
Senator Burton said: "The Repub-
lican party gives the best promise for
the future Of our country and edu-
Gated men should take special inter
est in It's success in this campaign,
which is sure TO assume the utmost
Importance in the list of presidential
elections"
Thousands OF college men who
should do political work said Ma
tional Campaign Manager compton
have been doing nothing. In the
crisis that now confronts the country
we are prevailing upon them to take
off their coats and work for Mi
Hughes. and showing them how to do
Il in practical and effective way
Our effort Is TO supplement the ac-
tivities of the Republican and Pro-
-gressivo organizations"
The personnel Of the executive anu
ad, isory committee Is evidence that
definite things will be accomplished
The former includes G. Hinman Bar
rett, Karl Behr. Il. w. b. Brown,
Emery r. Buckner. Orion r. Cheney
Roscoe $, Conkling, Frederick W;
Fairbanks, Hamilton Fish, ir., David
Playore fraternity; Frank S. Cannon,
jr., William W. Hopping, Sam A
LewiSohn. lnngdon p. Marvin, Schuy-
Ter NJ. Meyer, Amos J. Peaslce, Guern-
sey Price. Samuel ]. Reid, jr., Euhu
Root, jr., Almon e. Roth, LLOYD p
stryker, Alexander NJ. White an"
James n Williams
Ihe men VINO nave agreed 10 serve
on the advisory committee So far ar.
Robert Bacon, former United states
ainba ssador to France; Gov. Charles
A. Carlson OF Colorado; William
Curtis Deforest, president of the Co
lurnba Alumni federation; President
William II. T. Faunce of Brown uni
versity. George Wharton Pepper.
Theodore Roosevelt. Charles Scribner,
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman OF III
nois, Willard Straight, Oscar $. Straus,
Senator George Sutherland of Utah,
William, Howard Taft, William h.
Wilcox, Congre ssman Willis c. Haw-
ley of oregon. Herbert s. Hadloy. eX-
governor of Missouri, and Gov. Charles
g Whitman of New York.