Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-08
PRELIMINARY MEET FOR 1920 ELECTION
 IS BEGUN BY 6. Q. P.
Chairman Hays Attacks Fed eral Ownership at St.
 Paul Meeting
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 ST PAUL, Minn., Mar. 7-Will H Hays, chairman of the republican na- tiOnal committee, reinforced by state leaders Of national note, formally op ened the preliminary campaign for the 1920 election in the twin cities to. day and tonight.
 From the moment Hays arrived in St Paul, shortly before noon, until the northwest rally at the St. Paul auditorium was closed late tonight, he was the leading figure in a series of meetings and conferences, which caused him to cross and re-cross the Mississippi. He talked straight poll, tics and vigorously argued for an ex- tra- session of congress in luncheon address in Minneapolis at noon. He talked with prominent republicans from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and he was whirled to the state capitol late this afternoon, where he spoke before a joint session of the state legislature.
 Hays Discusses Royalty
 Mir. Hays, United States Senator Frank B. Kellogg and Gov. J. A. Burn quist were the principal speakers at discussed loyalty, reconstruction and congress; Kellogg reviewed republican achievements, assailed the non-par- tissan league and George Creel,- chair man of the committee on public infor- nation.
 We have always said we join our selves to no party that does not follow the flag and keep step to the music of the Union,'" said Hays in his ad- dress tonight -'Tne republican party has not only followed the flag and kept step to the music of the Union the republican party has carried the flag and made the music for the Un- ion
 eve will not forget that while We fight to make certain the rights of free government in the world, we have a republic to preserve in this country; that we, are a representative govern ment, not a bolsheviki syncopatiOn; that while there is nothing in this country that we would not take and use for necessary war purposes, such taking must be for war purposes only. The republican party from its incep- ton has stood against undue federal ization of industries and activities. There must Dc strong federal regula- tion, but not federal ownership
 Greet Articles Attacked
 Let us not for a moment lose sight of our own supreme nationalism- While we seek earnestly and prayer fully for methods lessening future wars, and will go far indeed in an honest effort to that end, We will ac- cept no indefinite internationalization as a substitute for the fervent Amer ican rationalism."
 Governor BurnQuist. said she was es- peciaIly glad to nave the opportunity to assail some recent misrepresenta- tions made by the chairman of the fed eraI committee on public information '"
 Governor Burnquist referred to an article by George Creel, printed in the March number of an eastern magazine.
 George Creel accuses the citizens and officials of this state of persecut- ing, during the war, certain elements of our people for political purposes, {" said the governor, and he referred to statements in Creel's article as ''infa- nous allegations" and malicious fab rications."
 Discussing the league of nations, as outlined by President Wilson, Senator Kellogg said:
 '1 am willing and anxious to give the league of nations fair trial But 1 recognize, as all thoughtful men must, that any league should properly safeguard our political independence and the continuance of our American institutions and national rights"