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Show HIIS IS SPEAKER st v u. mi Preliminary Campaign for 1920 Election Opens in Twin Cities. National Chairman Vigorously Vigor-ously Urges Extra Session of New Congress. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 7, Will H. Hayt, chairman of the Republican national na-tional committee, reinforced by state leaders of national note, formally opened the preliminary campaign for the 1920 election in the Twin Cities today and tonight. to-night. From the moment Hays arrived in St. Paul, shortly before noon, until the rally at the St. Paul Auditorium was closed late tonight he. was the leading figure in a series of meetings and conferences which caused him to cross and recross the Mississippi. He talked straight politics poli-tics and vigorously argued for an extra session of congress in a luncheon address in Minneapolis at noon. He talked with i prominent Republicans from Minnesota, , North Dakota, South Dakota and Mon-! tana in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and he was whirled to the state capitol late this afternoon, wiiere ht spoke before a joint session of the state legislature. Mr. Hays, L'nitcd States Senator Frank B. Kellogg and Governor J. A. Burnquist were the principal speakers at the rally tonight. Haya discussed loyaltyt reconstruction recon-struction and congress; Kellogg reviewed Republican -achievements, assailed the Nonpartisan leaguo and George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information. Chairman Hays's Remarks. "Wo have always said 'Wo join "ourselves "our-selves to no party that does not follow the flag and keep step to the music of the union,' " said Hays In his address tonight. "The Republican party has not only followed tho flag and kept step to the music of tho union the Republican party has carried the flag and. made the music for the union. "Wo will not forget that, while we fight to make certain the rights of free government gov-ernment in the world, wc have a republic to preserve in this country; that wo are a representative government, not a Bolshevik Bol-shevik syncopation; that whilo there is nothing in this country that wo would not talic and use for necessary war purposes, pur-poses, such taking must be for war purposes pur-poses only. Tho Republican party from its inception has stood against undue federalization of industries and activities. activi-ties. There must be strong federal regulation, regu-lation, but not federal owmcrship. "Let us not for a moment lose eight of our own supremo nationalism. While we seek earnestly and prayerfully for methods lessening future Wars and will go far indeed In an honest effort to that end, we will accept no indefinite internationalization inter-nationalization a3 a substitute for fervent fer-vent American nationalism." Creel Is Attacked. Governor Burnquist said he 'was especially espe-cially glad to have tho opportunity to assail as-sail "somo recent misrepresentations made by the chairman of the federal committee on public information." Governor Burnquist referred to an article ar-ticle by George Creel, printed (n the March number of an eastern magatfne. "George Creel accuses the citizens and officials of this state of persecuting, during dur-ing the war, certain elements of our people peo-ple for political purposes," said the governor, gov-ernor, and he referred to statements In Creel's article as "Infamous allegations" and "malicious fabrications." Discussing the league of nations, as outlined by President Wilson, Senator Kellogg said: "I am willing and anxious to give the league of nations a fair trial. But I recognize, as all thoughtful men must, that any leaguo should properly safeguard safe-guard our political independence and the continuance of our American institutions and national rights." |