The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

ployed. il is estimated now that o million
of dollars will be needed BY each side for
campaign purposes. The battle this year
Will be largely between two business or
ganfzations represented by the two COM
mittees- It is probable that the spirit of
the Indiana management which was so
direct and successful in Minneapolis, will
control the Republics national commit
toe, even with Mr.. Carter, of Montana. as
chairman. IL will be remembered that
General MicheneY. who had charge OF the
Indiana delegation. has often been men
toned In connection with the coming CAIN
paign. He was the directing spirit OF the
whole Repub lican campaign at Mlnneapo-
lis. General Kitchener will be the Presl-
dents representative in the coming contest.
There is this much to be said for the In
diana politicians on both sides They have
a great deal more courage more energy and
force of character than the average OF the
politicians of any of the Eastern States
They take an almost furious interest IN
politics during presidential years. The
men OF that State are hardy physical types.
They like campaigning. They Will never
ACKNOWLEDGED defeat until the election Is
over and the votes are counted. went
through the election campaign In that
state in 1884, and do not remember ever
having witnessed such scenes OF enthusl-
asm on both sides They are very hard
fighters, and are extremely practical
campaign conducted under Indiana man
agement WILL therefore. be lacking IN
nothing in the direction of force and vigor.
We Y. y
Upon the other side, whoever may be
chairman of the committee, the directing
mind will be that OF w. c. Whitney. MIR.
Whitney is q man of great reserve power,
possessed of a thorough knowledge of the
world and one of the most adroit of polit-
ical managers. He knows the value of
coaxing instead of driving. He has IN
limited resources at his command, and so
there Is no reason to suppose thst the DEM
ocrats will be any less provided with money
than the Republicans. Thus it may be &C
copied In advance that it Is to be a night or
Western management, with the President
as a directing force behind IL, against
Eastern management. with Mr.. Whitney at
the helm. 1t will be war of Republican
million against q Democratic million.
The money raised by the national COM
mittees does rot represent all the moneys
employ ed In q presidential Champaign. The
various State committees raise money, put
nothing like the amounts collected by the
national committees 1t Is estimated, now
ever, that there is about a quarter as much
raised by them. The State committees are
always held up to do all that they can. ana
in the richer states the national committee
nearly always refuses TO come to the relief
of State organizations unless there Is an
absolute necessity.
mittees are disbursed to a great deRree on
honor. There can be no public accounting,
aud there 10 generally no one authorized to
revise the disbursements Ihe side that
and the side that Is defeated has never
shown any anxiety to bold
post mortem over the work of
their national committee. In 1888 the
; Republicans had q finance committee for
the purpose of raising funds Mr.. Wanna
maker was chairman or this committee.
He himself inspected nearly all OF the dis
bursements OF the Repu blican national
T. g. had tnro
and he was repeatedly In attendance at the
committee for the purpose of making their
inspection. This, however, was unusual,
and may or may not be repeated according
TO the requirements of the situation. It's
always. therefore. considered of the
first importance TO both parties TO
select chairmen whose reputation is
national and in whose integrity imam
dence. This is one of the reasons why it
has been so often considered best to have
rich men at the head of the committees
men whose fortunes are large enough to
place them above all suspicion of yielding
to financial temptation.
PERSONAL EXPENSES.
When Marshall Jewell was chairman OF
the Republican committee his splendid
business reputation throughout New Eng
land made it possible for the committee to
raise nearly ell the money 1T wanted in
tuat IoSlOu ulOHo n ucLuoI VI tuo COui-
mittee of that period told me that he raised
in Boston in one day. in checks payable to
the personal order of Marshall Jewell.
$4,000. These disbursements are guarded
on both sides by the principles which gov
ern the best business management II such
precautions were not taken there would be
great difficulty in obtaining subscriptions.
Rich Democrats and Republicans are nearly
always willing 10 contribute during a
presidential campaign. But they wish to
be sure that the money is to be ex pended
for party and not personal purposes.
The item of personal expenses around a
national committee Is always large. No
political agent ever walks during n cam
paign. Every worker who. represents his
party at that time rides in q carriage as If
IL were his first and last opportunity of ex-
ercislng such privilege. The item of car
tion days this amounts to extraordinary
proportions. The Republicans had a spe-
eisl fund for the employment of Mr.. John
Dayenport for the purpose of inspecting
elections. Mr.. Davenports special cleo
tion bureau disbursed IN the last election,
according to his own testimony, 500. 900.
This service Is considered valuable from o
party stand point. for 1t has been continued
for number of years. and will probably
be continued In the future. Mr. Daven-
port bag no other visible occupation.
OF course. in the disbursement of these
lsrge sums of money. and all upon honor,
which 1t was intended. But business men
generally have ways of finding out whether
they are being correctly served or not and
IN the main there are no personal scandals
connected with the disbursements of either
of the committees. Probably no private
business organization in the country could
do better with so large an amount of money
distributed through so many hands. Of
course. there is great ditfi Guilty in supervis-
ing these disbursements but the interests
of both parties demand the employment of
the best men in the various communities.
Both parties watch each other too closely
Tor any great abuse okthelr powers.
HARD BERTH TO FILL.
The chairman of each committee declares,
as general thing. the policy of the cam
psign. Back of him is always the candi-
date. who is the real chieftain. Every
matter of supreme Importance Is submitted
60 him before action is taken. The post of
director of these political organizations Is
not desirable one. He is the ostensible
heed and front of the political forces of his
side. He has TO bear the brunt of nearly
all the criticisms and possible scandals of
local management. II his side wins the
candidate nearly always Is so occupied
Whoever heard of the chairman of
the national committee being promi-
nently recognized by an administra-
ton which he has helped to elects
Tie doctrine of civil-service reform