The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-20
|SLATEHAYS FOR
CABINET POST
UNDER HARDING
Chairman of Recent Cam
paign Stands Close to
President-Elect.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

washington, u. u, NOV. 2U.-WllI
Hays has carried his point. The
deficit Of $1,000. 900 incurred by the
Republican national committee in
the last collection will be collected
from small subscribers and there
will be a 81 900 limit to the amounts
that can be accepted.
MIR. Hays has from the start ia
v0red the small contribution on the
ground that it elicits the interest Of
many instead OF the few and that
1t places the successful candidate
unOer no embarrassing Obligations.
The canvass tor FUNDS will soon be
begun. 1t is a fact that MIR. Hays
could have gone out and collected
81, l,b0O,vUU from few men in two
weeks time but he had the united
support OF his colleagues on the
campaign committee when he favor
ed collecting the deficit in exactly
the same way as the campaign
funds themselves were raised.
Every nauonal chairman has his
opponents-and Will hays is no
exception. But the record Of the
Republican national chairman. in
this campaign has been such that
no matter wnat critics may say. his
friends are confident he has earned
lasting place in the heart Of Pres
ident-elect Harding. The senator
has sent in the last few days sew
eral kilograms urging Mr.. hays to
make the trip to Panama with him
but the national chairman has been
head over heels in work, especially
on the big question OF collecting
the deficit.
Talks Harmony.
To suggestions that he might be-
come a member of the cabinet, Mr.
Hays has made it clear to his
friends that he isn't seeking any
Office and is much more interested
i in continued Republican solidarity
and the interests of the party as {
whole rather than anything per
sonal. Mr.. Hays has talked JUS
one thing harmony - from thu
time he took hold Of Republican at
fairs in March. 1918. He used t.
make frequent trips to Washington
and urge Republican senators Of al
factions to stick together on vita
party issues. He thinks it would b.
q great mistake il factionalism O.
quarrels of any kind were permit
ted at this time to disturb the har
monious relations that have beef
built up during the last two years
Intimate Friends.
When Senator Harding was nom
mated there were those VIII,
thought he would select his pre-
Iconvention manager, Harry Daugh
erty, to become national chairman
but Mr.. Harding didn't And il
the work at headquarters Mr.
Daugherty and MIR. Hays hav'
grown to be intimate friends. Un
Questionably one of the big powers
behind the throne will be Harr.
Daugherty, but it is significant tha
Mr.. Daugherty has recommends
Mr.. Hays for position in the cab
met. 1t must not be forgotten tina
Warrent Harding is party NAL
and that he believes in rewardinl
the faithful. He is the last man il
public life who could be accused o
political ingratitude. Whether Viii
Hays would accept a cabinet posi-
tion is for the moment irrelevan
but that the man who was in charg
of the biggest Republican campaign
In history will be offered a port
folio is hardly to be doubted. Re
publican presidents have usual,
taken their political advisers o
campaign days into the cabinet t
help them in the many tangles @
politics that come up during Al
administration. Frank H. Hitch
cock and George B. Cortelyou ar
conspicuous examples Of this ten
dency in recent years.
Could Have Been Governor.
Will Hays could have been gov
ernor of Indiana this year but h
preferred to continue the work O
national Republicanism. He ma
become a United States senate
when the next vacancy occurs. Pc
lftically speaking, he has futur
before him whether he goes in tn
cabinet or remains for the tim
being at the head of the Republica
national committee.
President-elect Harding is salts
fed with Mr. Hays work and ha
80 advised him. When Mr.. Hardin
returns to Marion. Mr.. Hays vii
begin a series Of conferences o
political matters and will be con
stantly at the beck and call OF tn
president-elect during the pre-
iiuauOurafiOn noriod