Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01
PARTY ORGANIZATION,

Tho editor Of the Cambria Freeman,
Expresses our views exactly upon this
subject in tho article bslow, We cen
Nd but onesagg tion. And thatis, ,th Il
ths state, or ~ Coapty Committy
should begin its wosk d and aft y
January aiN ccaduct the campaisA
for the year. This thing Of making a
new Chairman and Committee In the
midst of . canvass Is supreme folly
Whom /, this is dono we may expect
somc effective work. The Freeman
says;
Both the Harrisburg Patriot and the
Lancaster htelligener recently gave OK.
preston to their views in reference to
the mode of selecting the Chairman Of
the State Committee, as well as the
place where the permanent headquar-
ters Of the Committee should be estab.
lished. II is a delusion under which q
large number OF persons labor, that
the Chairman Of d State Committee Is
politically omnipotent, and that he
practically holds the result Of q cam.
paign in the hollow of his hand. II
the party is victorious in the contest
to him is ascribed all the honor, and II
it is defeated, at his door Is laid NIL the
blame. A Chairman of State Com.
mittee is neither all powerful nor can
he be ubiquitous. His business is
peculiarly that Of organization; but
this Is not TO be effected by merely
signing his name to lengthy and elo-
quent addresses, which are usually
more for ornament than for any sub
stantial use. As party organizer,
Hon. VIM. A. Wallace in his capacity
of Chairman achieved marked and
well-earncd distinction, owing mainly
to the fact that he held the position
for successive years and was not su-
perceded BY new and inexperienced
hand just when he had acquired thor
ough knowledge of the work he was
selected to perform. For this same
reason, John G, Thompson, Esq, who
for many years has been the Chairman
of the Democratic State Committee Of
Ohio, Is perhaps the most efficient or
ganizer in the country. He is bold
and aggressive and possesses untiring
industry, and his name is us familiar
to leading Democratic politicians in
every county in that State as house
hold words. But after all is said, the
work of organization rests mainly with
the Chairman of the different County
Committees, and this for many cogent
reasons which which will readily sug-
gest themselves. A Chairman Of q
County Committee, if he is an active,
energetic man, and is supplied with
only moderate amount OF funds to
be expended for purely legitimate pur-
poses, can accomplish wonders. The
Chairman of the State Committee may
advise and counsel with him, but still
the effective work must be done by
himself and others whom he may sum.
mon to his aid. Our well settled CON
viction is, that the Chairman Of the
State Committee should be appointed
by the Committee itself, and not by
the State candidates as has been the
practice for some years, and that he
ought never to be elected by the State
convention. Many reasons for this
exist, but we have neither time nor
space to give them in detail We are
equally well satisfied that the head
quarters of the Committee should be
at Harrisburg, and that there ought
to be n special Chairman appointed by
the Committee exclusively to super
wise the organization and perfect the
party machinery in Philadelphia, with
his headquarters in that city. OF
course he should be resident there
a man of positive qualities, well ac-
quainted with the prominent and ac-
tive men Of the party and who enjoys
its entire confidence What satisfac-
tory results can be accomplished in
Philadelphia by a Chairman from an
other part Of the State, no matter how
able and competent he may be, we
confess we never could comprehend. =
He is comparatively a stranger to her
people and blissfully ignorant Of the
dark and crooked ways Of the leaders
Of the Radical party We would like
the experiment to which we refer
tested in that city during the Presi.
dental campaign next year. With a
live and wide awake Democrat to con-
duct 1t, we have great faith in its sue
cess.