Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-14
POLITICS TURN
To MAINE WITH
ELECTION SOON
Both Parties Planning
Heavy Campaign
ing in State.
By Robert T. A

knect6l CORRESPONDENT or inc 6feAt rams lftbuho.
Copyright. 1922. by The Great Falls Tribune
Washington, Aug. 13.-The repub-
licans are preparing to train all the
big guns of the administration on the
u~nsuspecting state of Maine.
Maine has a peculiar position in the
United States. 1t will hold its con-
gressional elections on September IL,
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 the
velocity of the political winds in one
direction or the other. II is seldom,
indeed. that the democrats have a
chance in Maine. but if they can cut
down the normal republican majorities
in September. they always look upon
that fact as an indication Of a, 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.
Republicans Active
Accordingly, the republicans are 60
ing to beat the tom toms in Maine this
year as they were never 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 oun
try with the fact that God is in the
heavens and the republican party still
lives.
The secretary of labor, the Hon.
James l.. Davis, is expected to lead the
administration forces into and the re-
publican voters out of the wilderness
and the slough of political %despond.
He will be followed by the secretary
Of war. Mr.. Weeks: the secretary of
agriculture. Mr.. Wallace: the assistant
secretary of the navy. Colonel Roose-
welt. and as many other cabinet mem
bers as can be spared for duty on the
firing line.
Mr.. Hoover is certain to be among
those present. Another star in the
diadem will be Albert Jeremiah Bever-
fdge. nominee for senator from Indiana.
He is said to be in great demand. He
is to have quite a horse race in his own
state later, but the republican man
ayers feel he can be spared for quite
a tour among the way down fasteners.
Many encouraging reports from the
republican point of view have come to
Chairman John 4. Adams of the re-
publican national committee and Will
Wood Of Indiana, chairman of the re-
publican congressional campaign COM
mittee. but neither chairman is taking
any chances. Both are going to fight
for Maine as if democrats were threat
ening 10 gobble the state. They know
the psychological effect of Maine will
be far-reaching through the country
and they are DESTROYS that the grand
old party shall make an impressive
showing if such a thing is possible.
Their First Battle
The Maine campaign will be the first
fought under the auspices of Chairman
Adams and Chairman Wood. Through
the primary season both chairmen have
had to sit by, watching the republican
posts fight out their own individual
battles within the party. Messrs.
Adams and Wood take command only
when the common enemy, the demo
Gratis, are come over the border"
But while the republicans have been
busy, the democrats, too, have not been
idle. They have been building an or
ganization in the state which promises
an unexpected degree Of trouble in the
future. The organization of the dem
ocratic women is said to be particularly
effective. The democrats had no or
ganization at all in 1920. There has
been a change this year and the repub-
licans are getting out their long range
guns to do some heavy firing.
Maine now is the only state which
has early congressional elections. There
was a time when both Indiana and
Ohio held their elections in October.
Indiana particularly was known as the
October state. 1t was thus that both
Indiana and Ohio became known first
as pivotal states.
In addition to e~lecting members Of
the house of representatives Maine
will also elect a senator, the incum-
bent, Senator Fred Hale being a can
didate to succeed himself.