Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-25
HARRlTY AT HON p
Preparing to GO to New York ~.
to Take the Initial Steps in
THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIG|
The New Chairman Too Busy Mar
Take q Vacation, but
HE'S LOOKING FOR A SUMNER c0TT}A T}AGE

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATCH1t
PHILADELPHIA. July 24-Williamt F.
Harrity, the newly elected Chairman Of l'ne ~
Democratic National Committee, expectf ~
60 to New York City Wednesday for ne
purpose of taking the first steps preli {ni'
nary to the opening of the national ca l,l, !,
raign. Mr.. Harrity was found to-ni}
costly seated in a great rocking chair ="
the porch of his summer home at Riversife'
near Bound Brook. The new Chairn'"
laughingly remarked that he was making
determined effort to forget all about politto'
for two or three days, but did not kng"
whether he would entirely succeed. He IL.
| pressed disinclination to talk on the s ~
iect, but when pressed, said: L..
81 am very much impressed with Eie .;e
prospect of the success of the Democr4W Wy Wy
ticket this fall. The demonstration In NJ.
York last week must have been very Cd
| tying to every man who has the succesf "
his party at heart. 1t gave practical f-
dence of the fact that there is a united patsy
and with united party we are sure to VI ~
at the polls.
Candidates IN Touch With the People.S
''The ovations to ex-President Clevelan{
and Mr.. Stevenson were certainly magnify
cent, and am sure were thoroughly appre-
ciated by those gentlemen. I think the
whole thing indicated that the candidates
were in touch with the people and that
counts for q great deal" I"
Are You ready to announce your COM
mittees yet?'
mot yet Probably not for some days
It is important, and propose to take my
time and do the matter as well as I can.
There are three committees to be selected,
| altogether. The first is the Executive Com
mittee of 25 the second is the Campaign
Committee of 9, and the last is the Ad-
| visory Committee, which is not limited as
to numbers. The membership of the last
two committees can be made up from within
or without the National Committee. I have
been looking over the membership of the
National Committee, and 1 am glad to say
that it contains plenty of strong material
from which to select members Of the various
subcommittee I have some ideas on the
subject, and have blocked out q sort of
skeleton of the various committees in my
mind, but as have said they will not be
fully completed for some days yet"
HAS the committee determined on per-
manent headquarters yet?"
Headquarters Not Yet Located.
"Not yet, but that matter will be given
immediate attention. We propose to have
some good, commodious, centrally located
house. The Committee on Headquarters
has the refusal of three houses, all located
within a short distance of Madison square
and Fifth avenue. As soon as the house is
secured it will be furnished and work COM
menced at once"
Then the work of the campaign will be
proceeded with immediately?"
THAT is the intention. The plan of pub
1icly notifying the candidates of their nom-
ination was a decided success. II had the
effect of Bringing together nearly all of the
important men of the party. Every section
OF the country was represented, and the
keen interest felt was attested by the fact
that a number of those present came thou
sands of miles in order to be present It
has also virtually had the effect of starting
the campaign fully six weeks before the
usual time. This is certainly an advantage.
While we propose to buckle down to hard
work at once, q great deal of 1t will neces-
sarily be of a preliminary character.
Mr.. Harrity is thoroughly domestic
man in his habits and is having y very en-
joyable time in the bosom of his family
He has his wife here and his three pretty
and interesting little girls and young Will
liam F. Harrity, Jr. The last named young
SOh"Shohs Sdii uC sdiu ~ CouuuCuCc,
takes little interest in politics. He is Just
beginning to toddle, and finds his chief en-
joyment in pulling the National Chairman's
hair.
Looking for Summer Colt ,ge.
Contrary to previous statements, Mr.
Harrity does not intend to remain here all
summer. He has closed his Philadelphia
house for the season, and il now looking for
desirable cottage on the Jersey cosst. The
probabilities are that he will locate at Long
Branch, which is within reasonable access
of both Philadelphia and New York Mr..
Harrity has been busy man since his cleo
tion. He has been daily in receipt of hun
dreds of letters and kilograms They come
from nearly every section of the
country and from men of national
reputation. The private secretary
of the Chairman has been working overtime
for the last week. but even in this manner
it has been found to be an impossibility to
personally, answer all the messages that
have been received. Mr.. Harrity will next
week begin to adjust his various interests
so that he can give good deal of his time
to the campaign. He has planned matters
in such q systematic manner that o good
deal OF work can be done in little while.
His Philadelphia interests will not be neg
lected, aud he will be in Harrisburg every
week to give personal supervision to the
work of the State Department The new