Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-07-06
NATIONAL COMMITTEES START
WORK FOR CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTIONS or 1922.
]. 7. ADAMS, G.. o. P. LEADER
He and George White, Who is the
Democratic Chief, Have More Re
sponsibility Than the chairmen Had
In Former Years.
By EDWARD 3. CLARK.


a new leader. who formerly was the
vice chairman OF the committee. John
4. Adams ~ Iowa. Several of the mem
bers Of the Democratic national com
mittee were IN Washington during the
meeting al the rival brotherhood. The
Democrats have Tor their committee
u near new" leader IN George White,
who has been Ia office less than year.
The first prize 10 be won is that OF
the congressional elections one year
from next November. The two sets
OF contestants promise To press for
ward la the race. I'm one way things
favor the Democratic entrants. because
they can lose and yet win. No poll
tician or any party here believes that
the Republican majority In the Sixty
eighth congress viii be as big as the
Republican majority In tie SiXty-sev-
enIh congress. now doing business ut
the. old stand on Capitol hin.
John +. Adams probably has no IL
lusiOns or decisions. lie knows well
enough that IL there Is a decreased Re
publican majority as "A result OF the
elections seventeen months hence. the
UnthinkIng will say the new chairman
has not made good. when as matter
81 fact he may have msde everlasting
IL gou1. II Adams succeeds. with
the aid Of the congressional campaign
committee 81 his party. In preventing
the cutting OF the Republican MAORI
" by more than 0ne-half. be will have
won a big victory. Things were alb
normal politically last fall
Mere Work for the chairmen.
Tie responsibility of national COM
Inittee chairman. Republican or Dem
Ocratlc. has been increased materially
within the past few years. lie is
held accountable now 90 "A great eX-
toui. almost % the fullest extent. Tor
victory or defeat Ia tie COMPRESSION
al elections. some years ago. IN the
Republican party certainly, the CON
EresSi8uai committee largely had 10
conduct the campaigns Tor the cleo
ton al representative, and was COM
PEELED % take the blame FOR defeat
II Ga came.
Now the congressional committees
and the So-called senatorial commit
tees of both parties which are charged
with the work of electing senator's,
work with and really under the direc-
ton 81 the ehaiunen OF the national
committees. although perhaps the d.
rect leadership Of the greater chair
men Is not openly acknowledged. So
far as one can determine. the con-
Eressioual committees IN the last cam
paigu barely turned hand IN the
work OF the election Of members Of
the house. The senatorial committees
did work. In truth all the campaign
labors so far as the Republican party
was concerned, and largely In the case
~ the Democratic party also. were
cculesced. and the lahorers were di-
rected from national committee head
quarters 20 20 forth into the fields.
The members Of the Democratic ma
tlonal committee have been watching
tie meeting Of the Republican nation
al committee. and are taking note Of
It's Outcomes. George White has new
ideas and some new men.
Democrats Publicity Chief.
For instance. there is now new
chief of publicity. information and
propaganda in the person of Richard
Linthicum. whom many western news
paper men viii remember well. He
WIS Tor years connected IN both ex-
ecutive and writing capacities with
tie Chicago Journal. the Chicago
Chronicle aud the Chicago Times-lier-
aid. lie Is "A seasoned newspaper man.
a Democrat with his heart in his De-
mocrucy. and he knows how 90 work.
Linthlcum IN recent years was CON
uecied with the New York World.
Kelloqg Urges Yorktown Park.
Senator Frank l.. Kellogg Of Min
neSota has introduced a bin in
congress FOR an appropriation Of
$4,000 with which % purchase and
10 maintain rs a national military park
the site al the battlefield Of Yorktown,
Va. the scene OF the surrender Of Cen
eral CORVALLIS TO General Washing
ton. a surrender that virtually ended
the struggle of the American colonies
for their independence.
ON the Introduction ~ the bill Sen
ator kellogg said that there are SIX
or seven government reservations COM
memoratlng the battlehelds OF the Civ
n war. but that there Is only one such
reservation marked by a battle OF the
Revolutionary war-that az Guiiforu
Court House. y. {.
Where the York river joins issues
with Chesapeake bay lies Yorktown
You can reach the place where wash
ington overcame CORVALLIS by Wa
ter tourney that takes little more
than an hour. The trip and the inter
est that lies az its end pay compound
percentages on the time invested.
Yorktown has been spoken OF As
a teiterlng village. Ii Is more than
a Bit decrepit with age, but its years
have been honorable and in this lies