Omaha daily bee., 1920-06-15
Republican Leaders Planning
For Desperate Fighting in
Territory From the Missis-
siSsippi to the Pacific Coast.
TICKET SATISFACTORY
TO CONSERVATIVE EAST
Efforts Will Be Made to Break
Solid South-No Campaign
Contribution in Excess of
ST. 900 Will Be Accepted.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.

Chicago Tribune e-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, June l4,-National Chair
man Will Hays today inaugurated
the republican campaign % elect
Harding and Coolidge at confer
ence with national committeeman
from the western half of the coun-
try.
The greatest enthusiasm for the
ticket named by the convention was
manifested by those representatives
Of territory which is conspicuously
progressive and was the stronghold
of the bull moose party. Chairman
Hays was assured by every commit
teeman present that Harding and
Coolidge would be popular in the
great agricultural constituencies and
that with. comparatively few excep-
tions progressive republicans could
be relied upon not only to support,
hut to take their coats off for the
ticket
Conference Was Important.
Mr.. Hays conference with the
western party leaders assumed un-
usual importance because it is fore
seen that the territory west of the
Mississippi is going to be the big
battle ground of the presidential
election.
The conservative republican tick
ct places the democrats at a disad-
vantage in the conservative east to
begin with. Pennsylvania and New
England are regarded as absolutely
safe for the republican ticket There
doubtless will be a fight in New
York and New Jersey. The repub.
licans will invade the south, conf
dent OF capturing Kentucky and rea-
sonably hopeful of North Carolina.
There will be a spectacular struggle
in Ohio, if the democrats should
place Governor Cox on their ticket.
But. in the far west there will be
far flung battleline stretching from
the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean
tJssth dsspssasc-fiehtiHg an egerysfpaas
i'of 1.-THE democrats viii put forti,
a tremendous effort to hold the
western republican states carried by
President Wilson in 1916 on the "he-
NNPe Sdl ~ w "a iSouN
Fight For Progressives.
While appeal to this territory
with the argument that republicans
are obstructing consummation of the
presidents sure panacea for war the
democrats will set their caps for the
progressive vote by attacking the re-
publican ticket as reactionary. 1t
would occasion no surprise if Presi-
dent Wilson should make concrete
bid for progressive support by in
sisting that his secretary Of state,
Bainbridge Colby, former bull moos-
er. be nominated for vice president
at San Francisco.
Progressive republican senator's
who are intimately acquainted with
Harding are of the opinion that the
candidate will quickly disabuse the
minds of western progressives of
any idea that he is reactionary.
They say that the publication of
his record in the senate will 60
long way in this direction and that
Harding's utterances in the cam
paign will do the rest. They have
excellent reason to believe from the
attitude of the farmers toward the
rise of radicalism in this country
that conservatism is going to appeal
strongly to the progressive west in
this campaign, particularly in view
of the socialistic trend of the demo-
cratic party under the influence of
Wilson and Bryan.
May Move Headquarters.
With the west the big battle
ground, there is strong movement
tor the establishment of the main
republican headquarters in Chicago
instead of New York. Clarence
Miller, secretary OF the national
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