New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
Democrats. Anxious Over
Senator JOhnSOn's Candi-
dacy, to Fight Hard.
ORATORY BATTERIES
WILL RAKE STATE
Leaders Feel That Pine Tree
Election Will Be Forecast
of National Result.

Vance Mccormick, chairman Of tho
Democratic National Committee. be
hevcs that there is a lot Of truth IN
the old political adage, AS goes Maine
so goes the nation" Yesterday he
called in Homer s. Cummings. vice
chairman OF the national committe"
and head Of the speakers bureau, and
discussed plans for making the Sep
TENDER campaign in the Pine Tree
State one Of the old fashioned. rip
Snort!n' kind
The Maine election is usually red
hot affair and it wouldn't be in the
least surprising If the Democrats per
suaded President Wilson TO make a
speech OF two there this year.
In a general way Mr. Mccormick and
his advisers are plarang to make for
mer Maine elections look like pink teas
compared TO the coming one. Cabinet
officers, United States Senators, Con
greSsmen and Democrats of oratorical
renown will I've hustled into the state
as soon as Congress adjourns. And
then the fur will begin to fly.
There is an additional reason for
Democratic anxiety over Maine this
year, and that is the reelection o.
United States Senator Johnson. The
latter is a Democrat, and while The
members Of President Wilson's party
have a comfortable majority IN the
Senate. they don't want to lose any
more Senators thar they have TO this
fall. There is also Governor to b.
elected in Maine tnis September
Justice Hughes was urged yesterday
to begin his campaign IN Maine and
thus prevent the Democrats from
prancing too much in the limelight.
The request came from Fred Hale who
is the Republican candidate to sue
coed Senator Johnson. Mr.. Hale called
on the Presidential nominee yesterday.
There have been reports that several
Progressives, among them Everett
Colby. of New Jersey, and James K.
Garfield, of Ohio. will argument the
galaxy Of Republican orators IN Maine
during the latter part of August.
Mr. Mccormick and William K. Will
cox. chairman Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. continued TO play
their little game Of hide and seek yes
terday. Mr.. Mccormick did not know
on what date President Wilson woul1
be officially informed of his renomina
zion, and Mr. Wilcox was Just as hay
as TO the date OF the Hughes notiiica-
ton. Mr. Mccormick did not know
who was going TO be on the Democratic
campaign committee. and Mr.. WILCOX
was equally ignorant as 70 the make
up Of the Republican campaign com
mittee.
So far as the plans for the campaign
were concerned. neither Mr.. McCof-
mick nor Mr. Wilcox knew anything
about them The unanimity Of action
on the part of the two campaign man
ayers caused q lot Of gossip among
those who were not aware that each
national chairman was fencing with
the other i'm order 10 gain a tactical
position. President Wilson's notlica-
ton will take place at Shadow Lawn
Long Branch. y. j.. his summer nome.
probably the latter part of TINS monln.
Robert ". Woolley. Director OF the
Mint. and a former newspaper man. as
sumed charge Of the publicity end o.
the Wilson campaign yesterday. MI
Woollev started work on the Demo
cratic text book. which he hopes 10
have ready about the idle OF Au-
gust.