The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
|NEW CHAIRMAN
|1slINS FRIENDS
Holland Compares Will H.
Hays with Former Cam
" paign Leaders.


national committee, departed from
New York q little over a week ago.
his purpose was to return Immediately
|after he had made important political
|qccrsions into some parts OF the
West. He will be even more cordiaLy
|receiyed upon his return to New YORK
Iand Washington than he was at the
time Of his first visit soon after
Ithere had been placed upon his shoul-
|ders the responsibility Of reorganizins,
Imobilizing and quickening the Repub-
|bean party from the organization point
Of view. Mr.. Hays was fortunate
enough to have produced such a happy
impression of his personality and
ability while he was visiting WASH
Iington and New York as to justify the
belief that the party has at last found
an organization constructor or build
Ter who win be able. as one Of the
members who met him at the Union
League Club. said. completely to NIL
the bill.'
y, Striking Personality.
Inevitably the first impression which
was made by Mr.. Hays upon those
who had never seen him, but who had
heard Of him, was due to his striking
personality, Men found themselves
wondering whether it would be possi-
| bic for a young man under forty, of
50 slight a physical build, so youthful
IN appearance as to suggest that he
might be an undergraduate in some
college. capably to meet the somewhat
difficult responsibilities that have been
placed upon him.
Within the recollection Of leading
Ipoliticians OF either party there has
Ibesn no leader in organization work.
with a single exception perhaps, who
fmay be compared in his physical per-
sonaIity with Mr.. Hays. Abram S.
Hewitt who was chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee in
the Presidential campaign of 1876. was
/ Of such stature that. standing back
tesbaek. the top of his head would be
| if he were living, level with the crown
of Mr.. Hays head. Hewitt, however.
was a man of somewhat sturdier build
than Mr.. Hays. He did not suggest
the wiry. alert, quick actioned ath-
lete. perfectly trained physically.
which Mr.. Hays does. All Of the
others who were organization leaders
of either party since 1863 were men Of
more than ordinary height and girth
and depth of chest and some Of them
were giants.
-SRjn. Mr, Hays did not suggest
any Comparison in his manner or In
the expression Of his face land 1t is
face dominated by quickly varying
skpressions) with any of his pred
| 'csssors as chairman Of national
cpmmittees of either party There is
Nth him, for instance. none of the
Giassic dignity which identified Sena-
IL -&t There 10
hone of that alert and yet stern face
aed stern manner and personality
Ehich were characteristic of Matt
t9lay, a though he was sometimes dis
Sbsed to assert through his manner
| his leadership. Mr.. Hays is as far
apart as it is possible for two men to
Be in his personality and perhaps in
kls mental qualities from the organi-
ALTON leader who was in authority
|oser the Republican campaign which
nd for its object the second election
u Benjamin Harrison for President
That politician, who afterwards served
a United States Senator, might have
6sed as a model for those who at
empted to delineate upon paper the
taditional Uncle Sam
|a Like Marshall Jewell
with respect to urbanity in which
|tAere is no suggestion of insincerity
/ a perfunctoriness, with its stilted
|sdnile, Mr.. Hays more nearly resent
|Eie Marhall- Jewell. except that Mr..
|yewell was a large man and often
WAS esteemed the handsomest man
la his generation in the United States.
|Vitn his fascinating smile and a sort
|4 hypnotic power of persuasion. jew
|s1 was able to extract more money
Hom reluctant purses for campaign
IMPOSES than any other chairman of
|sHher party was ever able to do.
Mr Hays has no intention of going
sfound as a beggar for campaign
lands. He is one of those who be-
|Ikve that excessive use of money in
|Smpaigns is likely to be more harm
Lfnl than beneficial,
sAVhen Mr.. Hays met former Presi-
|tknt William II. Taft at the Union
4ague Club. the physical contrast
xtween these two men was so strik-
|i6g that it caused the considerable
|rinmber who saw them to forget for
|the moment that the younger man
ySas about to undertake so to Or
anize the Republican party as to
liable it to enter the campaign of
I'm Wlln Is-sl1 JIdDiG IOpC VI
g., while the former. President was
aeIe and willing to give and did
Nc good counsel to Mr.. Hays. Mr..
|Iaft took IL MIR. Hays the moment
In lew met. One of these men was
aGnost of heroic physical proportion.
II a other slenler, an inch or two be-
lSw medium height. but his every
"A yernent suggested nervous force
v&n controlled. stored-up energy.
oSic< wit, intuitive knowledge of hu-
ran nature and a disposition to be
rsasonabIy all things to all men.
There has been much comment since
NJ. Hays's first visit to New York.
MEX ago, which has been centered
,,oon him and his purposes. Even
I&mocratic leaders are wondering
whether this is not a new force which
in the next Presidential campaign their
O en leaders will be compelled to reck-
Of with. II Mr.. Hays Is of slight
Is kvsioue, nevertheless there is no sug-
'z Alton of mental slightness either IN
n speech or his manner and certainly
M in the brilliant, often vivacious,
oppression which lights up his eyes.
His Program Piesses.
One of the comments made by Mr..
HAYS when in New York has entailed
much favorable discussion. 1t has put
an end to the suspicion which some
e enaertained that he may have been
chSsen chairman of the national COM
nd zttee chiefly for the purpose of bring
ing about the nomination of a conspic-
sas citizen for the Presidency for
l9A Mr.. Hays has no purpose of that
Kid. He Is supporting and will sup
pdst the candidacy of no man. 1t is
hi4 business. he said over and over
a ain while in New York, to do all in