New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-31
Speakers To Be Sent
Into All Hamlets of
Disputed States, Sen
ator Harrison Declares
$l0,O00,O00 Fund
Will Be Required
Chairman White Denies
Taking Cox Speech to
Wilson for Approval
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, July 3O-A concen-
trated drive to push Harding off his
front porch and into speaking con-
test was started to-day by Senator Pat
Harrison, of Mississippi, head of the
Democratic speakers bureau, and Ma
tional Chairman George H. White, after
conference here.
Every hamlet in every disputed state
is to be invaded, Mr.. Harrison declared.
AS Mr.. White announced yesterday
that every state was debatable except
the Solid South, and as the Democrats
expect to make particularly vigorous
fights in Kentucky and Maryland, the
number Of hamlets which are to hear
the Democratic war cries from visiting
orators is staggering and should give
great comfort to the passenger agents
OF the railroads.
For the moment at least, the Demo
cratic managers are not worrying about
the campaign fund bugaboo nor the
Kenyon committee. They are planning
expenditures which will make the Wood
and Lowden funds-so shocking at the
time to Democratic mnds-look like
the proverbial shoestring
White and Harrison both ought to
know the expenses of travelling, for
both Journeyed to San Francisco, and
Mr.. White had to buy new outfit of
clothes after handing his old baggage
trustingly to a Southern Pacific porter,
who Immediately disappeared
Would Need s10,OO0,OCo
Old political managers said tonight
the kind of campaign promised by
White and Harrison would necessitate
campaign fund at the very least Of
S10,000,000, without making any allow
ance for the very vital expense of "get-
ting the vote out" on Election Day, an
expense as to which the local political
leaders are always very insistent.
AS chairman of the speakers bureau,
Mr. Harrison intends to make a. par
ticular drive with view to making the
Senate Democratic. With the triumph of
a Nonpartisan Lacquer over Senator
Gronna, of North Dakota. in the Re-
publican primary, for instance, he
sees good chance by hard work in
that part of the country to win a Dem
ocratic Senator there, as we'll as hold
the Democratic Senator in South Da-
kota. Both are states of magnificent
distances, and with many hamlets.
I've surely ought to win a Senator
ship in New York if we can get the
right man nominated against Wads-
WORTH" continued Mr. Harrison. He
added that he had no idea who would
be put up by the New York Democracy
White Denies Carrying Cox Speech
Chairman H. D. Flood of the Con-
gressional committee also discussed
plans for a vigorous speaking cam
paign directed chiefly at the election
of a Democratic House of Representa-
tives, with the national chairman.
Mr.. White took occasion to deny en-
phatically a story from Dayton that he
had brought the portion of Governor
Cox's speech dealing with the League
of Nations to Washington so that Pres
idcnt Wilson could read it.
81 was not hiding anything yesterday
when | said | did not think l should
see the President, and that there was
no particular reason why | should see
him." he said, when asked about this
story. ~ am not taking any part of
the Governors speech to the President
or to the White House for approval"
Mr.. White had chat with Joseph P.
Tumulty, secretary to President Will
son, at hotel here last night but has
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