The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-21
HAYS PUTS NEW LIFE
IN THE CAMPAIGN
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CHAIR
MAN SOUNDS REPUBLICAN
CAMPAIGN SLOGANS.

AUGUSTA, Maine, August 2I-
Will "a. Hays, chairman of the repub-
lican national committee, today open
ed his party's campaign in this state
for election of members of congress
with speech in which he asserted
that Governor Cox was dominated by
President Wilson and four unnamed
13bOsses."
"'The democratic candidate appeals
ito both the Wilson and the anti-Wil-
son factions of his party" declared
Mr.. Hays "To the former he holds
forth the presidents platform. To
the latter he exhibits himself as an
advocate of complete change in ad-
ministration. He offers to the coun-
try for foreign use the Wilson govern
ment and for domestic service Tam
many Hall-truly marvellous COM
bination of impotence and ill-repute."
Mr.. Hays devoted much Of his
speech to discussing campaign funds,
denying vigorously that the republi
can party planned to expend excessive
Governor Coolidge.
Also denying that millions had
-"gone into the republican treasury"
from certain interests banded to-
gether to buy the presidency"-a
statement which he credited to Cover
sner Cox-Mr. Hays declared that this
amounted to a charge of conspiracy
to betray the country.
Referring to the republican plan to
limit individual campaign contribu-
tions to $1,000, Mr.. Hays said:
eff this attempt fails to produce
the requisite sums, we shall so state
publicly, increase the maximum, and
seek additional contributions"
noo1orsir fbof tho nov~fu noo0o6
about $3,0OO,OO0 Mr.. Hays said that
no criticism of the democrats for
seeking the largest obtainable con-
tributions would be offered. "Nor
shall we, in resentful emulsion of the
positive charges of the democratic
candidates, so much intimate that
officers will use any part
of their funds corruptly," he said.
Frankly and squarely, as between
mutual respecting citizens, we don't
believe they will, or would if they |
could
"But l give fair warning now that
neither the republican candidates nor |
the republican management will take |
false aspersions lying down. If, at the |
decision of our adversaries, this cam
paign shall finally resolve into a ques
ton Of personal charges, we know of |
no reason, aside from natural dis
taste, why we should not meet that
issue as readily as any other"
After announcing that the republ-
can party had probably never before
enjoyed such complete unanimity of
acceptance and approval after presi-
Dental nomination, Mr.. Hays accused
the democrats of indecision in select
ing an issue about which to rally.
ut is for their new leader, no sag
gine back and forth from the sinis-
ter blight of the soloist of the demo-
cratic party to the furtive presence of
it's quartette Of. bosses, to make his
he said.
OF republican willingness to meet
their adversaries on whatever ground
they chose, Mr.. Hays said:
"When they concentrated upon the
LeaEue covenant without the dotting +
Of an 'e' or the crossing Of t. we
met them squarely.
"When through their national chair
man. fresh from q conference with :
their candidate, they pronounced the I
covenant only a secondary issue.
After all, we acquiesced. When the
reversed their national
chairman and declared the Wilson