Arizona republican., 1918-04-21
Roosevelt's Name Brings
 Forth Tremendous Ap-
 plause at Party Gathering in Honor of Will H. Hays

From the east and the west, the north and the south, republicans of Arizona gathered in Phoenix yester- day to meet Hon. Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee who is touring the country. for the mobilization of the republican party for the next campaign. Mr. Hays who was chairman of the state council of defense of Indiana and re- signed that position to accept the national chairmanship, had busy day of it here as he has had any where on his tour, for he is an evan gelist of the Liberty loan campaign, as he is of harmony in the republi- can party.
 Conference in Morning
 At 10 o'clock in the morning there was a conference of republicans in the Knights of Pythias hall. The hall was filled with members of the party from all over the state, men and women, a good looking crowd. Those who arrived early had d per sonal meeting with the national chair man and formed a most favorable impression of him. He is of younger appearance than had been expected, but of his alertness and political wisdom there could be no doubt.
 Confident of Future
 The conference was opened by Al Ian E. Jaynes of Tucson, national committeeman for Arizona, who read several telegrams and communica- tions to the conference, among them telegram from former Governor Campbell. Hon. F. s. Clark of Pres colt was chairman of the conference.
 Mir Clark felt a confidence in the future success of the party, a success that had been denied it in the past, chiefly because of a lack of harmony within it. But many things had hap pened to bring the members of the party together in both the state and tho nation. There was greater need now than ever before why the re- publican party should assume con- trol. The country was approaching greater problems than had even con- fronted it and the republican party in the past had distinguished itself by the solution of perplexing problems.
 This is a war, we have been told, said MT. Clark. "to make the world safe for democrats. We shall now need a republican administration to make the country safe for republi- cans and democrats; to save the democrats from themselves"
 Hays Warmly Greeted
 When the chairman introduced the national chairman there was five minutes period of hand clapping At the end of it, MT. Hays expressed his appreciation of the warmth of his reception and entered upon the mes sage that he was carrying to the republicans of the country. The first business of the country he said was not to make sure of party success, but to win the war Everything should be subordinate to that, to the securing of peace with a complete | victory and to prepare for that peace. | That constituted a great task and if not completed we should be as ill., ] prepared for peace as we had been | for war and the effect upon the country would be the more disastrous. | That was a preparation which the ! speaker believed should be made by ! the republican party and the party should put itself in a position to take control. There could be no incon- l sistency between party activity and ! the party's part in the war which was now that of supporting President ! Wilson in the conduct of the war. There should be no activity that would hinder or embarrass the prose- cution of the war and nowhere had | republican leaders offered embarrass- ment. They had been the chief as- sistants of the president from the beginning; they were from the outset heart and soul in the war; they had been prepared for their part of it by their long previous knowledge that our participation in the war was ineyitable.
 War Comes Foremost
 Speaking of his chairmanship of the Indiana state council of defense, Mir Hays said that he would not have resigned that position to accept the national chairmanship if he had be- lieved that thereby he would have been deprived of lending support to the war. He believed now that his present position gave him a longer arm and a wider influence in war work.
 Coming to his country wide political errand. Mr. Hays replied to the demo- cratic injunction against party poli- ties by which was meant activity iu republican politics. But there had been no cessation of democratic ac- tivity. The president himself had in- tervened in the late Wisconsin sena- torial fight and urged the election oi Davies though Lenroot, the republican candidate, had been a staunch pa triot and had supported the presi- dents war measures. The vice. -presi- dent and leading democrats of the nation had invaded the state witt the most partisan speeches. War work was dropped by them in vair attempt to carry the state for Davies