Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-14
ONE TERM IS ENOUGH
For Those Who Serve as Chair.
man of a National Cam
paign Committee.
BRICE AND QUAY CONTENT
And Neither of Them Will Ever Act
in Such a Position Again.
ENTIRELY TOO MUCH ANXIETY
For the Little Fame That Is Won if Man
Is Successful.
BRICE AND QUAY CONTENT
ENTIRELY TOO MUCH ANXIETY
For the Little Fame That Is Won if Man
Is Successful.
MICHIGAN is READY TO BOOM ALGER

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DfsPATcH.l
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Cal
win S Brice will not manage the next Pres
idental campaign for the Democratic party
His experience during the last contest wa!
sufficient to satisfy him with political hon
ors of that kind His opponent. Senator
Quay, has had enough of managing national
campaigns also, and nothing could induce
either of them to serve as National Com
mittee Chairman again.
Senator Brice is now Chairman of the
National Democratic Committee, but when
the committee reassembles, after the Chi
cago Convention, he will cheerfully give
way in favor of some other member of the
party. Mr.. Brice was asked to-day why II
is that no one ever desires reelection as
Chairman of national committee. "Sim-
ply because the mental and physical strain
is more than one man cares to undergo a
second time, he replied
Too Much Anxiety for the Fun.
'rNo one can imagine the feeling ofanxiety,
responsibility, and the amount of personal
inconvenience attaching to the position of
Chairman of national committee. 1t has
to be endured to be fully appreciated. 1t
does not follow because a man declines to
serve a second term in that Office that he
has lost interest in his party, or is opposed
to the prospective candidates of the party.
So far as am concerned / have no further
ambition in that direction, and I feel that
there is no room for any one to complain or
charge me with listlessness in party mat
ters There are certaen duties owe to my =.
self and my family, and 1 propose to give
some other members of the party the op-
portunity to learn by practical experience
what the responsibility of Chairman of O
campaign committee are.
Senator Quay, who managed the Harri-
son campaign so successfully, although the
nominee was regarded as unusually weak,
shares the opinion expressed by Senator
Brice on the subject of directing Presidential
campaigns. In reply to a question similar
to that addressed to Mr. Brice, Senator
Quay to-day replied:
Why Quay Has Had Enough of 1t.
zone campaign is enough to satisfy any
reasonable man. In addition to the heavy
mental and physical strain, the position is
surrounded by many disagreeable features
1t often happens that the Chairman of the
committee makes certain pledges in perfect
good faith prior to the election, but, after
the result has been determined, he finds it
utterly impossible to redeem them.
Circumstances arise which prevent the
fulhllment of many promises made in the
heat of a close and exciting campaign,
which are afterward repudiated, not by
those who made them, but by those who
reaped the benefits of the assurances given.
There are so many reasons why would not
undertake to manage another Presidential
campaign, and, if 1 remember correctly, no
man ever accepted a second term in that
thankless but arduous position."
Senator German concurs in the views ex-
pressed bv Senators Brice and Quay. He
could not be induced to manage another ma
tional campaign for any man, n matter how
much he may admire him and desire his
success. His experience during the cam
paign of 1884, which resulted in the cleo
tion of Mr. Cleveland, was of such a char
acter as to preclude any further service, so
far as he is concerned, in the capacity of
Chairman of National COMMITTEES.
German Wouldn't Servo Again.
Mr.. German said to-day: "Pride, am
bition, vanity and party interests ali COM
bine to induce a man to accept the position
in the first instance, but he soon realizes
that the prominence or success he attains is
dearly purchased. He is obliged to neglect
his private business interests, his family,
and undergo a strain that is apt to shatter
the constitution of the strongest man. There
are few agreeable features connected with
the position if you happen to be on the win
ming side. The disappointments and the
unhappiness, however, overbalance all other
considerations. When your campaign
seems to be languishing and your friends
and supporters are growing Respondent all
around you, it requires wonderful amount
of irmness and persuasion to restore them
to fighting form. Promises sometimes have
to be made which may appear extravagant,
yet they should be kept as faithfully as in
any other business Every practical man
knows that Presidential campaign cannot
be run on promises and theories
Too Many Promises to Be Broken.
'Tn a political campaign it sometimes
happens that persons with large means are
willing to contribute literally to the camp |
aign fund, provided they are given |
assurances that they, or some friend or |
relative they may name, will be appointed |
to some position of honor under the |
administration. If success follows, it is not |
possible for the managers of a campaign to |
fulfill the expectations Of every member of
the party, hence there are numerous dis
when the distribution of
patronage is made.
''There are many other burdens connected
with the management of Presidential cam
paign which fall upon the shoulders of
those who happen to be directing the move
ments of the political forces Only those
who have endured the hardships of a
national campaign can appreciate the feel
ing of relief that comes to the Chairman of
the Committee when he relinquishes the
duties of the offices'
While the candidates for the Presidential
and their friends are busily en-
gagged in cultivating their respective booms.
the practical workers in the two great
parties are quietly looking the field over
for available men to place at the head of
the campaign committees
Harrison All Right in Vermont.
MONTPELIER, VT, April 13-The Re-
publican State Convention to-day selected
Hon. Henry Powers, of Morrisville, to head