The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
HAYS CARRIES HIS
POINT IN PLAN TO
MAKE UP DEFICIT
Makes Clear He Seeks No Of
flee, But Is Expected To Be
in Cabinet, Says David
Lawrence.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
Especial Correspondent of The News
CoinaitarN

0EttnlkdF.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. GOWN
Hayes has carried his point. The de-
ficit of 81, 100000 incurred by the Re-
publican national committee in the
last election will be collected from
small subscribers and there will be
| a $1,000 limit to the amounts that
can be accepted.
Hays has from the start favored
the small contribution on the ground
| that 1t elicits the interest of the many
| instead OF the few, and that it places
the successful candidate under no
embarrassing obligations. The can
vass for funds will soon be begun,
1t is fact that Hays could have gone
out and collected $1,600,000 from a
few men in two weeks time but he
had the united support of his COL
leagues on the campaign committee
when he favored collecting the de-
ficit in exactly the same way as the
campaign funds themselves were
raised.
Every national chairman has his
opponents-and VIII Hays is no ex-
| ception. But the record Of the Re-
publican national chairman in this
campaign has been such that no
matter what critics may say, his
friends are confident that he has
earned lasting place in the heart of
President-e elect Harding. The sena-
tor has sent in the last few days sew
eral kilograms urging 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.
Seeks No Office.
To sI1ppastiono that 10 1o;vl,4 l..
come member of the cabinet, Hays
has made it clear to his friends that
he isn't seeking any office and is
much more interested in continued
Republican solidarity and the inter-
ests OF the party as a whole ratheN
than anything personal.
HAYS has talked Just one thing
harmony-from the time he took hold
of the Republican affairs in March.
1918. He used to make frequent trips
to Washington and urge Republican
senators Of all factions to stick to-
gethep~ on vital party issues. He
thinks it would be great mistake
If factionalism or quarrels of any
kind were permitted at this time to
disturb the harmonious relations that
have been built up during the last
two years.
When Senator Harding was nomi-
mated, there were those who thought
he would select his ,preconvention
manager Harry Daugherty, to be-
come national chairman, but Hard
ing didn't. And in the work at head
quarters, Daugherty and Hays have
grown to be intimate friends.
Internationally one of the big
powers behind the throne will be
Harry Daugherty, but it is significant
that Daugherty has recommended
Hays for a position in the cabinet.
1t must not be forgotten that War
rem Harding is party man and that
ne believes in rewarding the faithful
He is the last man in public life who
could be accused of political ingrati-
tude.
Appointment Expected.
Whether Will Hays would accept a
cabinet position is for the moment
irrevetant, but that the man who was
in charge of the biggest Republican
campaign in history wilDbe offered
a portfolio is hardly to he doubted
Republican presidents have usual
ly taken their political advisers of
campaign days into the cabinet to
help them IN the many tangles Of
politics that come up during an ad-
ministration.
Frank II. Hitchcock and George B.
Cortelyou are conspicuous examples
Of this tendency in recent years. viii
Hays could have been governor OF
Indiana this year, but he preferred to
continue the work of national Re
nnhl"an'sn. He may become a
United States senator when the next
vacancy occurs.
Politically speaking, he has a fu-
ture before him whether he goes in
the cabinet or remains for the time
being at the head of the Republican
national committee.
President elect Harding is salts
fled with Hays'' work and has so adj
vised him. When Mr. Harding re-
turns to Marion Hays will begin a
series Of conferences on political mat
ters and will be constantly at the
beck and call Of the president elect
during the pre-inauguration period.
Copyright, 1920, by David Law
renCe.)