Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-15
c. D. P. NOW LOOKS
TOWARDS MAINE
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
iConyripht 1922

(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
Copyright, 1927
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
Republicans are preparing to train
all the big guns of the administra-
ton on the unsuspecting state of
Maine.
Maine has a peculiar position in
the political economy of the United
States. It will hold it's congressional
elections on September II, while all
the rest Of the country must wait
until the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November before it can
register a choice at the polls.
Maine, therefore, becomes pivotal.
Maine is the straw which shows he
velocity of the political winds in one
direction or the other. 1t is seldom,
indeed, that the Democrats have a
chance in Maine but If they can cut
down the normal Republican ma
jorities in September they always
look upon that fact as an indication
of big drift through the rest of
the country. The Maine barometer
which indicates both fair and
stormy weather accordingly as you
view it-seldom goes wrong.
Accordingly the Republicans are
going to beat the tom-toms in Maine
this year as they never were beaten
before. Half Of President Harding s
cabinet is to be sent into the land
of the pine and the fir to drum UP
the Republican vote and impress the
rest of the country with the fact that
God is in the heavens, and the Re-
publican party still lives.
Maine SIumbering
Maine is slumbering at the
moment but it is merely the quiet
before the storm. The onslaught
begins week from Monday. The
zero hour is the 21st of August and
three hectic weeks.
The secretary of labor, the Hon.
James ]. Davies, is expected to lead
the administration forces into, and
the Republican voters, out of the
wilderness-the slough Of political
despond.
He will be followed by the secre.
tary Of war, Mr.. Weeks; the secre.
tary Of agriculture, Mr.. Wallace; the
assistant secretary Of the navy. Col
onel Roosevelt, and as many other
cabinet members as can be spared
for duty on the firing line. The sec,
rotary of commerce, Mr.. Herbert
Hoover Is certain to be among those
present. Another scintillant star in
the Republican diadem designed for
down in Maine will be Albert Jere.
miah Beverage, Republican nominee
for senator from Indiana. Mr.. Bev.
eridge is said to be in great demand
in Maine. He is to have> quite a
horse race in his own state later on
but the Republican managers feel
he can be spared for quite a tour
among the way down casters.
Many encouraging reports from
the Republican point of view have
come to Chairman John T. Adams.
Of the Republican national commit
tee and to Representative Will Wood
of Indiana, chairman of the Repub'
lican congressional campaign com
mittee, but neither chairman is tax
ing any chances. Both are going to
fight for Maine as if the Democrats
We're threatening to gobble up the
state. They know the psychological
effect Of the result in Maine will be
1e1l Il CclSlIlIlS lIlIOQSu LIE country
and they are DESTROYS that the Grand
Old Party shall make an impressive
| showing if such a thing is possible.
Congressional Campaign
The Maine congressional cam.
paign will be the first fought under
the national auspices of Chairman
Adams and Chairman Wood.
Through the preliminary season
both chairmen have had to sit by
watching the Republican hosts fight.
ing out their own individual battles
within the party. Messrs. Adams
and Wood take command only when
the common enemy, the Democrats,
attempt to "come over the border
But, while the Republicans have
been busy preparing for the Maine
campaign, the Democrats, too
haven't been idle. They have been
building an organization in the
state which promises an unexpected
degree Of trouble in the future. The
| organization of the Democratic WON.
en- is said to be particularly effective.
The Democrats had no organization
at all in 1920, and the Republican
vote was overwhelming. There has
been change this year and the Re
publicans, cognizant of it in ad
vance, one setting out their Iona
range guns to do heavy firing.