Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-19
COLLEGE men
SUPPORT, HUGHES

The biggest enrolment OF COIAeSo men
who have ever Joined together in a
common cause is stacking up at the
headquarters Of the Hughes National
College League. 511 Fifth avenue. New
York. A quarter Of a million letters
urging them to work actively for the
Republican candidate were mailed by
the League last week to the alumni OF
all the colleges in the United States.
and the enrollments are coming In at
the rate of over six thousand a year.
Senator Theodore E. Burton Of Ohio
is President Of the League, and George
Brokaw Compton, who organized the
Whitman College Mems League in
1914, is its national campaign man
ager The treasurer is Charles G.
Dawes, former U. S. Comptroller Of
the Currency and now president Of
the Central Trust Company Of Chica-
go. Thomas w. Lamont is Chairman
Of the Finance Committee. The vice.
presidents are Philip j. McCook. r.
Lindley Murray. Courtlandt Nicoll,
Ezra P. Prentice, former Republican
State Chairman of New York. Theo-
dore Roosevelt Jr.. and Walbridge 5.
Taft.
The work Is to be carried on
through branches lin every state and
most Of the large cities in the coun-
try. Langdon P. Marvin, an over
seer OF Harvard University. is chair
man, and Samuel J. Reid. Jr., Secre-
tary of the Princeton Club Of New
York. is secretary Of the committee
that is organizing these branches
which will offer their services to the
local Republican and Progressive or
eanizations. These services will in
clude campaign speaking, organizing
meetings and parades. personal can
vassing among the voters. preparing
propaganda. clerical work, loaning
automobiles, working to get out full
Republican registration and all the
vote on election day. and watching at
the polls.
A long telegram from Governor
Hughes to the League concluded with
the sentence If there was ever time
when the educated men of the coun-
try who have its welfare at heart
should work for right principles and
strong government 1t Is now" Ex-
President Taft wrote Of "the active
part which college men ought to take
in an assue so vital to this country"
Senator Burton said: "The Republican
party gives the best promise for the
future Of our country, and educated
men should take special interest In Its
success in this compaign which is sure
to assume the utmost importance In
the list Of presidential elections"
"Thousands Of college men who
- co}l No
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 Mr.
Hughes, and showing them how to do
1t In a practical and effective way.
Our effort is to supplement the activ-
tiles of the Republican and Progress
sive organizations"
The personnel Of the Executive and
Advisory Committees is evidence that
definite things will be accomplished.
The former includes G. Hinman Bar
rett, Karl Behr, B. w. B. Brown. En-
cry r. Buckner. Orion H. Cheney.
Roscoe S. Conkling. Frederick W..
Fairbanks. Hamilton Fish Jr.. David
l.. Fultz, president Of the baseball
players fraternity. Frank S. Cannon.
Jr., William w. Hopping. Sam. A.
Lewisohn, Langdon P. Marvin, Schuy-
ler M. Meyer, Amos ]. Peaslee. Guern
sey Price, Samuel ]. Reid Jr.. Elihu
Root, Jr., Almon E. Roth. Lloyd P.
Stryker, Alexander NJ. White and
James D. Williams.
The men who have agreed to serve
on the Advisory Committee so far are
Robert Bacon. former United States
ambassador to France, Gov. Charles
A. Carlson Of Colorado, William Cur
tbs Demorest, President Of the Colum-
bia Alumni Federation. President WILL
liam H. B. Faunce Of Brown Universe
ty, George Wharton Pepper. Theodore
Roosevelt, Charles Scribner, Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman Of Illinois. Will
lard Straight, Oscar S. Straus, Senator
George Switzerland Of Utah, William
Howard Taft, William r. Wilcox. Con-
gresham Willis C. Hawley Of Oregon.
Herbert S. Hadley, Ex-Governor Of
Missouri. and Governor Charles S.
Whitman Of New York.
Small Girls Indictment.