Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-08-18
The Democratic Campaign---HOW the
Opposition IN Doing its Work.


For the benefit of those Republicans who
fondly imagine that this campaign is TO be
a sort of free and easy fight resulting in u
certain victory, in any case, for Hayes and
Wheeler, we copy the following summary
of the work which Tiden is doing through
his various commiltees:-
"While the headquarters OF the Demo-
cratic National Committee are seemingly
at the Everett House, the real hard work
of the campaign is at 10. SO Liberty street,
where, in several commOdious offices, no
less than 80 clerks are constantly at work
in folding and mailing documents and at
tending TO the correspondence. TITS work
is under the direction of Colonel Pellon,
Governor Tilden's nephew, and he has the
assistance of w. S. Andrews, secretary of
the National Committee. The whole work
is arranged with military precision, the
National Committee representing the con-
trolling force, the State committees the
corps commanders; and so through the
several local committees and organizations.
No labor, the secretary said, would be spar
ed 10 reach every voter, and he expected TO
be able TO give the name Of each voter
throughout the Uniten States, his politics,
and the Way he voted at the last election.
in time to be of service before the election.
Volumes containing the names of all In
dependents and Democrats of influence
were kept at the office, and 2600 newspa-
pers were furnished with editorial and
news matter and Tilden campaign dOcu-
ments. These documents consisted of
Governor Tilden's annual messages, his
letter of acceptance, his record as a reform
er-iHtrOducing extracts from Republican
newspapers laudatory of his work-Gov-
ernor Tilden's message on the Louisiana
troubles, veto of the convict labor bill,
Parke Godwin's letter to the Tribune, etc.
A number of men were employed in writ
ing matter for the newspapers. The print
ing is supervised by competent man,
and the work so done that country newspa-
pers were enabled to use it with the least
possible trouble and expense. An ex.
change reader was employed whose duty
it was TO cut out all articles referring TO the
political situation and the several candi-
dates, and to enclose them to the secretary
of the executive committee"
The power of Gov. Tilden as an organizer
is we'll known, and 1t was to his work in
this direction moro than to anything else
that he owed his election as Governor of
New York. From the above paragraph it
will be seen that he is now extending his
operations TO the national field TO an extent
and with a thoroughness that the uninitiat-
ed have no idea of. The expense will be
simply enormous, and hereafter let no Re-
publican allow himself 10 DO silenced by
the charge that his party is spending
money" in the canvass. Upon the plan
here indicated the Democrats must neces-
sarily spend two dollars for every one
which the Republicans put forth for legiti-
mate campaign expenses. The moral is
obvious. In contest with such an enemy
tho Republicans must be awake, active,
and on the alert, our organizations must be
thorough and complete, the people must be
aroused to a sense of the importance of the
issues involved, larguid voters must be
brought to the front, and such public in
terest must be awakened as shall ensure q
full vote. If this is done throughout the
country there can be no doubt about the re.
suit in November. Ifit Is properly done
in this State during the next three weeks
there is no question but the majority fol
Fairbanks and Proctor will be such as tC
strengthen and encourage the Republicans
of every State in the Union. Are the voters
OF Windham county alive TO their duty ia
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