Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-31

partisan speeches and in the heat Of the
campaign, but have never seen any one
who possessed reliable information who
was willing to affirm the correctness of such
charges
Where the Money Goes to.
Something of an idea of where the money
goes can be obtained by running over the
disbursements of the Republican National
Committee in 1883 In this year 500, 600
was spent in directing documents and circu-
lating them. Another 500, 600 was spent
on speakers and their expenses In the
direction of Congressional contests S200, 900
more was disbursed. Wherever a Congress
sional district was close money would be
sent to the Republican candidate to be used
for the legitimate campaign purposes. These
campaign expenses comprise the hiring of
bands, the furnishing of uniforms for
societies, the paying of the cost of parades
and other things of like character. Some
$500, 900 more was disbursed in close States
like New Jersey, Indiana, Connecticut and
New York. About $500 900 was spent at
the national headquarters for maintaining
that Office in irst-class style and defraying
the cost Of the campaign in the City of New
York.
A great manv Of the parades and process
1ions in New York are arranged and pre-
pared by the two national committees 1t
is an element in the campaign which really
counts for very little. OF course as an
evidence of enthusiasm and interest such
parades have no value unless they are the
rrsult OF spontaneous feeling of interest
among party followers. Such parades
however, cost money, and where the enthu-
siasm is not sufficient to raise all the money
required the national committee generally
comes to the rescue.
Getting Information From the Enemy.
penny the amount the other has Thev
keep such close watch on each others
movements and there are so many small
chatterboxes employed around the CON-
mittees that it is not at ali difficult for the
chalrmen to lind out what the opposition is
doing. Indeed, half the energies of the em-
ployes of the committees appear to be de-
voted to gossip and talk. The ideal chair
man never talks and is never in terviewed in
the newspapers He neither discloses his
hopes nor his fears. In this respect Sena-
tor Quay was model chairman. He kept his
plans to himself and let the lesser lights of
the committee do the talking
There is a great deal of work done in every
campaign by National Committee which
is OF routine character and has no precep-
tibe effect There is a tradition around
every political headquarters which favors
the circulation of documents. This circula-
tion is stimulated by the demands of local
speakers Undoubtedly these documents
have decided value in furnishing argu-
ments snd authoritative statements of facts
TO the speakers throughout the country The
information conveyed by the publications
reaches the voters in a practical way only
through the speakers Few people have
patience or interest sufficient to read politi-
cal documents of any length. The publi-
cations which have had the greatest effect
have been very brief paragraphs represent
ing great concentration of facts upon one
sheet OF paper.
About Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.
Sometimes a damaging extract from an
'pponent's speech can be circulated with
eat effect by having it printed upon little
&. The Rum Romanism and Rebel
l" of the Rev. Dr. Burchard, which was
! so effectively In the Blaine campaign,
printed upon little cards and given out
adroit agents to members of various
olic congregations throughout the
Nv as they came out of their churches
Sunday preceding the election. There
40 possible wav of overcoming the
of these cards before Tuesday, the
ION day, had arrived.
the main, however, too much money is
on documents. Elaborate documents
rinted and sent out by the carload to
vanity of Senators and members of
gress has good deal to do with swell
the bulk of these publications A
Iator o. member of Congress will often
CongresS,or the purpose
OF II.n~rnc1ng the campaign. He will then
come to the National Committee afterward
and ask to have this speech circulated as
one of the committees documents. This
request is nearly always acceded to to please
the member.
1t is not customary to pay speakers for
their services in the campaign. 1t is usual,
however, to pay their expenses, and in
some special cases public men of sufficient
Importance to be paid are given fees where
they cannot afford to leave their business
without payment But in nearly every in
stance the payment becomes known and it
has q bad effect
Nichsner Will Cut Figure.
The campaign of this year will be prac-
ticallY fought upon the same lines as the |
one of four years ago. As each year shows |
IN increase in the amount of money en- |
ployed it is estimated now that million of |
dollars will be needed by each side for cam |
paign purposes The battle this year will |
be largely between two business organiza- |
tions represented by the two committees, |
1t is probable that the spirit of the Indiana |
management which was SO direct and sue |
cessful in Minneapolis will control the Re- |
publican National Committee, even with |
Mr.. Carter, OF Montana, as chairman. 1t |
will be remembered that General Michener, |
who had charge of the Indiana delegation, |
has often been mentioned in connection |
with the coming campaign. He was the |
directing spirit of the whole Republican |
campaign at Minneapolis General Mich |
ener will be the Presidents representative |
in the coming contest.
There is this much to be said for the In
diana politicians on both sides. They have
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 |
defeat until the election is
over and the votes are counted 1 went |
through the election campaign In that State
in 1884, and 1 do not remember ever having
witnessed such scenes of enthusiasm on
both sides. They are very hard fighters
and are extremely practical A campaign
conducted under Indiana management will,
therefore, be lacking in nothing in the di-
rection of force and vIgor.
whitney's Influence on the Other Side.
Upon the other side, whoever may be
chairman of the committee, the directing
mind will be that of w. C. Whitney. Mr..
Whitney is q man of great reserve power,
possessed of a thorough knowledge of the
world and one of the most adroit of politi-
cal managers. He knows the value of
coaxing instead of driving. He has un-
limited resources at his command, and SO
there is no reason to suppose that the Dem
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