The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-01
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
away from it rs the Republican committee
went when it hired Fifth avenue man.
sion within five minutes walk of Central
park.
The Democratic headquarters when the
committee leased it was not u very inviting
place excepting in it's external appearance.
The house had been shut up so long that the
Odor in it was almost nauseating, and it
required no slight expenditure to get the
building into such condition us would
secure comfort for the committee. Now
the committee is almost splendidly housed
The interior suggests an aristocratic club
rather than the conventional working place
Tor those who manage national cam
paign. The floors have been handsomely
carpetcd and berugged; the upholstery is
luxurious, though not gorgeous, and the
committee has acted on the idea that there
IS no good reason why its hard work should
not be tempered with some of the comforts
of life
Mr.. Harrity, the chairman of the COM
mttee, las been allotted II room upon the
second story, and here, ever since the COM
mittee took possession of the house, he has
spent such time us was possible. His bust
ness in Pennsylvania has called him fire.
quently to Harrisburg and Philadelphia,
e'AiN iiio AbIiilJ II IJOHH 11raQCn, WHICH
IS only two hours distant from the head
quarters, and there Mr.. Harrity has spent
some time
Wnen in the city he usually gets to head
quarters by 10 o'clock in the morning, and
although That is an early hour for politi-
clans Mr.. Harrity does not have to wait
long before callers come William C.
Whitney Is usually one of the first to reach
headquarters. He comes strolling in, easy.
courteous, with no suggestion in his man
ner that he is really relied upon to carry
the brunt of the campaign SO far as New
York state is concerned. He comes SEEM
ingly more as chance caller. There is no
nervousness, no hurry, no hustle in Sais step
or speech, and the atmosphere which Mr.
Whitney brings with him is rather I'M
usual one to perceive in great campaign
headquarters. He has taken great fancy
to Mr.. Harrity, and in some respects these
two men greatly resemble each other.
Each of them has that polish which only
comes from long familiarity with club life
in the larger cities and with association
with men of affairs. Harrty is quite as
affable, soft spoken, undemonstrative and
charming in his personal intercourse as
Mr.. Whitney is
These two men are in close consultation
every day and sometimes all day Whit
ASy - WIFI New I OrK pOl1Cl-
clans and his knowledge of the mysteries
of New York politics are probably greater
than those possessed by any other man in
his party, excepting possibly ex-Mayor
Grace. AS he believes that the crucial
point of the canvass is in New York city
and Brooklyn, it is cutie natural that
Chairman Harrity should give him prac-
ideally such power in treating the emer-
gencies of the situation, so far as New York
city is concerned, as heretofore the chair
man of the national committee has kept to
himself
1t Is no small sacrifice either for Mr..
Whitney or for Mr.. Harrity to spend these
heated days in that brownstonc mansion
on Fifth avenue Mr. Harrity expected
vacation time Mr.. Whitney has always
taken one, spending August and Septem-
Der In Newport and the season of tinted
foliage in LenoX. This he will forego this
season His play spells will be confined to
brief trip on Saturday and Sunday to his
place in Newport during the hot weather
and to LenoX when the fall comes
EX-Secretary Dickinson, who is to be the
executive manager OF the campaign, sort
OF chief of staff. has been assigned very
comfortable quarters, and within two DAYS
after his election rs chairman Of the cam
paign committee revealed that energy and
astutencss which have brought him into
SO great political prominence He met oil
his associates Oh the committee immedi-
ately. for several nights holding confer
Snces in his room which were extended