Evening star., 1921-07-27
PARTY TASKS STILL
KEEPSTAFFSB BUSY
Democrats and Republicans,
i at Headquarters Here,
Turn Out Publicity.

Possibly it light be violent as
sumption to think that anybody
would read politics in the dog-days,
and such dog-days, but it is fact
that the two national committees are
functioning actively though quietly
at headquarters in the National
Capital.
Chairman Adams of the republican
national committee is at his desk in
the Munsey- building daily with his
staff around him and his publicity
bureau humming busily. Chairman
George White of the democratic ma
tional committee divides his time De,
tween headquarters in the woodward
building and New York and Ohio.
while his publicity outfit keeps the
daily and country press supplied with
attacks upon-the enemy.
Unwilling to Pay.
The finance subcommittee of both
organizations are harrying the coun-
try, trying to scrape up contributions
to meet the deficit Of the last cam
paign and complaining bitterly of the
faithful showing begrudglng ana
complaining spirit and marked dis
inclination to come across" 1t is
the same old story Of unwillingness
to pay for the dead horse.
Secretary Miller of the republican
committee is down south. endeaVor-
ing to get the factions of southern
republicans together and build up
some kind of an organization in the
southern states for convention pur-
noses in 1924 Chairman Adams
"reports progress" in diSentangling
the patronage squabbles in the south :
ern states. which duty was turned
over to him by President Harding
Crha ART " q
while they gave their time in full meas
ure to great affairs of state.
The publicity bureau of the demo-
cratic national committee is making
lively crusade against the repub-
licans, attacking the tariff bill. the
"robber barons of protection; COM
planning about taxes, the shelving
Of the bonus bill. and generally find
ing that there is no health in the
republican administration or Con-
gress, all of which puts the repub-
lican campaigners in a state of high
dudgeon and elicits vigorous come
backs"
. Miller's Statement.
Secretary Miller of the republican
national committee. in recent state
ment, had this to say of the demo-
cratic attacks:
This new administration has been in
power only "a little over three months.
but it's deeds have been gigantic. We
smile at these democratic critics and hurl
at them with all the strength at our COM
mand the fact that this administration
has accomplished more in three months
than has been accomplished by any 9th r
administration in that length Of time
since the government began. This ad-
ministration is in the work of building
up the country the democrats spent
eight years in destroying. We have not
completed the rebuilding in three months ::
we did not expect to. We are going to
redeem the country from the chaos of
democratic rule just as quickly as brains.
knowledge and unified party can bring
about the change, but it will take some
time"
Interest in politics outside of Wash
ington will center this fall in New York
city, where a mayoralty campaign will
be on, the republicans seeking to oust
Tammany. Just at the hour they are
having hard time settling upon a cam
diate for mayor to run against Mayor
Hylan, who is to be renominated by
Tammany.