Evening star., 1920-11-19
HAYS WINS POINT
ING. 0. P. DEFICIT
Small Contributors Will Be
Asked to Make Up
S1,600,000.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

VIII Hays has carried his point. The
deficit of 81 100000 incurred by the re-
publican national committee in the last
election will be collected from small
subscribers, and there will be $1,000
limit to the amounts that can be ac-
cepted.
the small contribution on the ground
that it elicits the interest of the many
instead Of the few, and that it places
the successful candidate under no en-
barrassing obligations.
The canvass for funds will soon be
begun 1t is fact that Mr.. Hays
could have gone out and collected
1900, 900 from a few men in two
weeks time, but he had the united
support of his colleagues on the cam
paign committee when he favored col
'lecting the deficit in exactly the same
way as the campaign funds themselves
were raised.
Hays Wins Harding Esteem.
Every national chairman has his op-
ponents-and Will Hays is no exception
But the record of the republican ma
tional chairman in this campaign has
been such that no matter what critics
may say, his friends are confident he
has earned lasting place in the heart
tor has sent in the last few days. tele-
grams urging Mr.. Hays to make the
trip to Panama with him. but the ma
tional chairman has been headover
heels in work, especially on the big
question Of collecting the deficit.
To suggestions that he might be-
como a member of the cabinet, Mr..
Hays has made it clear to his friends
that he is not seeking any office and
is much more interested in continued
republican solidarity and the interests
of the party as whole rather than any
thing personal. Mr.. Hays has talked
just one ng-harmony-from the
time he took hold of republican affairs
in March. 1918. He used to make fire.
uuent trips to Washington and urge
republican senator's OF all factions to
stick together on vital party issues. He
thinks it would be a great mistake il
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
Dausherty IL Hays Friend.
When Senator Harding was nominat-
ed there were those who thought he
would select his pre-convention man
ager. Harry Daugherty.S to become
national chairman. but Mr.. Harding
didn't And in the work at head
quarters Mr.. Daugherty and Mr.. Hays
have grown to be intimate friends.
Unquestionably one of the big pow
ers behind the throne will be Harry
Daugherty, but it is significant that
Mr. Daugherty has recommended Mr..
Hays for a position in the cabinet
1t must not be forgotten that War
rem Harding is a party man and that
he believes in rewarding the faithful.
He is the last man in public life who
could be accused of political ingrati-
tude Whether Will Hays will ac-
cept cabinet position is for the mo-
ment irrelevant but the man who was
in charge of the biggest republican
campaign in history will be offered
a portfolio is hardly to be doubted.
Republican Presidents have usually
taken their political advisers of cam
paign days into the cabinet to help
them IN the many tangles of politics
that come up during an administra-
ton Frank III. Hitchcock and George
B. Cortelyou are Conspicuous exam
pies of this tendency in recent years.
Could Have Been Governor.
Will Hays could have been Cover
nor of Indiana this year, but he pre-
ferred to continue the work of ma
rionai republicanism. He may become
b. Tn ed ;;t,t.g s'":stor when the next
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