New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Republicans to
Begin Fight in
Maine Aug. %
Some of Best Speakers i'm
Party Called Upon to
Make Victory Certain in
Election of September Is
Lodge to Sound Keynote
Colonel T. w. Miller, in
Charge of Speakers in the
East. Announces Plans

Colonel Thomas w. Miller, In charge
Of the Eastern division of the speakers
bureau Of the Republican National
Committee, said yesterday that the Re-
publican campaign in Maine will begin
on Monday, August %. and that there
after for three weeks the national
committee will have speakers in that
state making twenty speeches a day.
Eection Day in Maine is on Monday.
September lS. Senator Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, will open the campaign and
deliver the keynote speech, with the
League of Nations as an issue.
The speakers list, as far as made up.
includes Senator Lodge. Senator Will
lam S. Kenyon. of Iowa; Senator joseph
S. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey; Rep
resentative Nicholas Longworth, Of
Cincinnati; Ex-Governor Frank B..
Willis, of Ohio; Henry Lane Wilson,
former Ambassador to Mexico; F. H..
La Guardia, President of the New York
Board Of Aldermen; Representative
John G. Cooper, of Ohio, who left the
locomotive cab q few years ago to run
for Congress-; x-Representative
George Edmund Foss, Governor John
H. Bartlett of New Hampshire, ex-Gov-
ernor <. S. Stokes of New Jersey, Rep
resentative Frederick C. Hicks. of New
York. and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Other speakers of national reputation
will be announced later
Spirited Campaign Promised
"The campaign in Maine will be
thcroughgoing and spirited" said
Colonel Miller. -Four representatives
are to be elected from that state in
addition to regular state officers, max
ing the issue of the campaign there
national one. The old saying is 'As
goes Maine. so goes the Union We
are glad to meet the Democrats in
that state and elsewhere on the League
Of Nations issue. Governor Cox has
dent Wilson. The voters Of Maine
will be asked to declare whether they
want a Wilson League Of Nations or
league with reservations as desired
by a majority of the Senate. It is a
clean-cut fight. We are sending our
best speakers there for an intense
educational campaign"
Senator William S. Kenyon, of Iowa,
has forwarded to the. national commit
tee certain facts obtained from the
Investigation made by the campaign
fund investigating committee of the
Senate which he had read into the
record just before the committee ad-
journed. In the light of Governor
Cox's statements about excessive use
Of money in the campaign by the Re-
publicans, the Republican managers
are scrutinizing with more than ordi-
nary interest the figures from official
records furnished by the Iowa Sena-
tor.
Among contributors to the Demo-
cratic national campaign fund in 1912
who later were appointed to prominent
positions were the following,
Democratic Contributions
James W. Gerard, of New York, $1s.-
500. Appointed ambassador to Ger
many
Henry Morgenthau, of New York,
$4,000 Appointed ambassador to
Turkey.
Frederic c. Penfield, $4,000. Ap
pointed ambassador to Austria Hun
gary.
Samuel Untermyer, $4,000 Made
special attorney for the government on
various occasions.
Hugh C. Wallace, $4,000 Appointed
ambassador to France.
Charles R. Crane, $4,000. Declined
ambassadorship to Russia and later
named for the post to China.
These are only a part of the heavy
year who later were appointed to prom
nent places
Chairman Will Fl. Hays left last
night for Marion, Ohio, to confer with
Senator Harding. From there he will
20 to the Chic0po hoo douartora