Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-11
CAMPAIGN CONTROL
How Politics Are Conducted
From Headquarters.
MR.. CABLE AND HIS CO-WORKERs

MN. OAbLb AND HIS CO-WORKERS
The Rooms at Chicago, the Men i'm Charge
of Important Branches and What Has
Been Done and it is Planned to Do-Ap-
peaiing TO the Intelligence of the Voter
and Making Facts Plain to Him.
Managing great political campaign is
mol task that one versed in ordinary
every day politics can undertake with every
assurance of success. The duties and re-
sponsibilities TO one conducting the af
fairs of party in a national campaign
are beyond the conception of he
| who gives it bat passing thought.
and views the work from distance. To
. inexperienced who is afforded the
vantage of an insight into the affairs of
campaign, the duties inv Owed upon
ose assigned to their charge appear in
altogether different light from what
ley did before such an opportunity was
resented. The chairman Of q campaign
committee il q tTuggle for supremacy in
| the politics ola uation such IS the present,
| finds himself b sought with constant per-
p.exities and anxieties. calling for the
Iccntiuoous exercise of much tact and
man of quick conception and clear judg
ment, it is readily seen.
Mr.. Cables Work.
Such a man is found in Hon. Ben T.
Gable who 10 hours at least, each day
may be found IN charge of the western
headquarters of the democratic national
committee at Chicago. An ARGUS rep
resentative who made brief call at the
rooo OF the committee in the Z atty
building found Mr.. Gable one of the bus
lest men in all the great city. There is
scarcely moment of the day but that
someone is il conference with him, while
at the same time his mind must Re given
to q su pervieion of the routine work Of
the office, TO a great mass of correspon-
dence that every mail brings, to
say nothing of the kilograms that are
constantly touring in upon him requiring
immediate answers on questions Of poll
representative saw 200 letters lying on
his desk yesterday morning, which he
WAS in The act OF opening and reading
VIXEN interrupted and he had not finished
perusiug their contents and debating the
answers to his s,enographer or making
soch other disposition as the case might
re quirc, when another huge bun3le was
deposited for his attention
The Committee Rooms.
Mr.. Cable ran away from his work for
a few minutes to show the visitor
through the rooms in the committees
charge There are 10 of these. six on the
second floor of the building and four on
ninth On the first floor is the general
reception room and secretary's office and
also the offices of the heads of the literary
bureau. the naturalization and city or
ganiza,ion on the part Of the national
Committed and the mailing departments.
On the ninth floor are Mr.. Cables four
rooms, occupied by himself and his cler-
ical forces.
The heads of the different departments
under Mr.. Cables general charge are: w.
]. M re, secretary; N M. Brigham, literary
bureau; R M Spsneler, naturalization and
city o saniz alton on the part of the ma
tionsl committee: W. V. Began, mail
ing department; George Haynes, sergeant
at arms; Frank P German, assistant ser
geant at arms.
Campaign Literature.
"The bureau Of literature is one OF the
most interesting of our department, said
Mr.. Gable, land il mistake not it is do
ing as much work for our cause as any
instrument in cur campaign wo1k. 80
far we have sent out l, 100000 docu
uments, and as you see about you here
the good work still goes on, and will be
pushed energeticelly to the end of the
campaign"
When asked with regard to the mode
of dis ribution. Mr.. Gable said, while as
rule we send them to chairmen OF the
ing material is sent direct to the individ-
ual voter. You know this is campaign
of education. If the people read they
will be convinced. We propose to give
them ell they want to read-and they are
reading"
The news man asked as to the pros
poets ss they now appear. and Mr. Cable
said, II am not given to boasting. but
tell you it is sms zing the way everything
is inclining toward the democracy. Our
r
party has abundant cause for feeling
elated over the outlook. and the best Of it
is it is getting brighter every day."