The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-07

! NiiSi11trFEE pts-SeI- RE mas 10 van
itv Of Dis own. and Is always quick to
uilii<e the wisdom Of others and TO
give generous credit . them. He :
modest and without parade. and anx-
/ 5oBs for no praise for himself hav.
never met q man with - much rss~s-
in himself and xith such perfect ear.
! mand Of il all. "
Other members Of the executive
committee say that CIarkson hirur.If
eoald have made as good /. eo,sse-t
and all OF them believe that he could
have won il, aud some OF then. tn "a
greet that he did not accept the great
! opportunity offered him in July. lie
declares his Own abiding faith was
right then and now, and that Quav
was the necessary man IN committee
leadership for the restoration Of the
party 20 power. He gives equally cor
oiai praise TO Gen. Dudley. whom he
regards a. being without a rival In the
arr OF political organization IN this
country The truth probably i that
tne party needed the work OF all three
OF these men, and that il took the
skin and faithful services OF them All
20 insure the victory.
IL Is to be said beyond this that an
the members Of the executive com
miitee rendered excellent work and
that ali OF them worked together in
perfect harmony. 1t i said by the
officials OF the committee that there
never was an instant Of discord that
there never was a harsh word spoken
between the members or toward anv
I OF the employed workers or attaches
The members wed with each other in
supporting any and every one o. their
colleagues who could do good work
Mr.. Eassstt rendered excellent service
IN his official work, and in his especial
attention 70 the state Of Sex foFk.
Col New. Of Indiana, was about head
! quarters only at intervals. and yet he
worked earnestly and skillfully. and
cordially supplemented his colleagues
IN every way he could
As good service a. was rendered BIZ
anybody was that Of Col G00dloe. the
kentucky member OF the committee
who. after the speaking department
had been organized by Nessrs. Clark
son and Dudley. and o organized a.
to mass the speakers at the critical
points at the right time IN eli the crit
ical states, was called on to take
charge OF the bureau. Ii was an ex-
tremeiy difficult place 10 fiji. but
Col. Goodioe filed IL with infinite
tact end marked success Col. Conger
OF Ohio. Colonel Dayi. of Illinois, and
Mr. Haynes Of Maias were called To
impor ant conferences at different
times In the campaign and rendered
efficient service.
Bat the brunt Of the work was done
by the three men referred to and
Messrs. Fessenden, Hobart, Fassett.
and GoodlOe. Fes-enden and Hobart
are among the ablest political man.
ayers in the country. and il was no
fault OF their own, but soleiv owing %
an irresistible tide OF Democratic
{ money that their two states wers not
redeemed 10 the Republican party.
Mr.. Fessenden made a wonderfully
I gallant tight in his state and cut
/ Cleyeland's majority in 1884 OF 1910
I down 10 500, and would have wiped it
out altogether but for the trsaehery OF
the friends OF Republican candidate
1 for congress, who traded off the
national ticket and lost il 500 votes for
/ president
The campaign was necessarily ex-
/ pensive. IL was 10 be educational and
80 required not only millions OF docu-
ments but millions in several Ian.
guages. Over 100000 documents
were printed here and sent from the
headquarters in this city, averaging
eight pages to the document and per
haps as many more were printed and
circulated by Edward McPhersou. sec
rotary OF the national congressional
committee, 10 whom the national
committee proper delegated the work
OF printing and circulating all docu-
ments relating to congressional and
governmental matters. Every voter.
in whatever language he spoke. had 60
be approached and argued with in his
own language IN pamphlets, in order
10 show him the right side OF the great
question at issue. The magnitude of
the printing bill and Of the expenses
OF preparing the literature may easily
be understood.
II was also an expensive campaign
a. 70 speakers. Congress kept in ses-
sion and so deprived the party Of its
usual leaders and speakers. and
the committee had 70 90 20 men
IN private life ana gain enough OF
them 20 argue the tariff and other
question IN every neighborhood in
every hopeful state. Hundreds OF
men whose income stopped when
they left their private business
had to be employed. and
some OF them exacted fancy
prices for such service. Bat many
others rendered unseiGsh work. and IL
Is t. be said !hat the speaking cam
paign on the Republican side was sue
cesSful in the highest degree, thus
proving that the land IS full Of orators
even with congress counted oat.
About the middle oi September
when Mr. Quay took formal charge
the work was subdivided much more
and Messrs Dudley and Garrison
we're called 20 the aid Of the chair
man in deviSiug organization 60 raise
the means for the campaign. A IL
nancial and advisory committee was
organized after mature considera-
ton, outside of the committee,
on the belief that this part
OF the contest should he made
50 open and honest as 10
win the support and approval OF the
honest business men and solid bust
Such men as John Waua-
maker and Thomas Dolan. OF Phila-
/ dclphia: congressman William
| A Russell, OF Boston; Me-srs, Plum
mer. Fhurber, Strong, Seligman and
| others Of New York, Gen. Alger. of
! Michigan: Mark Hanna. Of Ohio; Mr.
/ Allerton. Of Chicago, and Others ike
/ them were invited TO the work and ac-
cepted OF IT, The campaign was an
] open hook 20 these men, who helped
1 10 rsise the money To pay legit-
mate expenses. to advise as 20
necessary expenses. and 10 whom
were shown the vouchers for all Of
them. Il was q stroke Of genius thus
4 - invite the solid business men Of
I the party and the honorable business
( interests oi the country 20 the com
mittee. and all the national commit
| teemcu say that as much credit at
/ taches 70 these other gentlemen as "a
| the committee itself
Raising money 90 pay the necessary
| legitimate expenses OF campaign j.
alWavs 4 dilicult work The hemoc-
racv had many rich sources from
| which "a draw in this campaign
| their ofilceholders the i4uor interest.
| the free trade fund, the solid SoGth-
which did not have 10 eNpeud cent
| or raise a hand TO hold it, own vote
and nearly all the great and wealthy
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