Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-19

CARTER.

committees abiding place while it is doing |
its work A New Yorker or an eastern man
would have thought that no other loca-
ton than one in the vicinity of the Fifth
Avenue hotel would be suitable, but such
opinion would be due simply to custom,
which has heretofore indicated either thar
hotel or a house near by as the proper
place in which to carry ON the work of the
campaign.
Politicians are rather pleased with the
spirit shown by Mr. Carter in this unusual
selection They say that it is one of the
indications of his self reliance and his dis
regard of conventionalties and custom,
qualities which Mr.. Tilden used to say go
to make the greater political managers.
Mr.. Carter has very comfortable private
quarters in this new house, the room hav-
ing formerly been the boudoir of the wife
of the millionaire owner. Yet the chair
man has not been in occupancy much
longer than has been necessary to get ac
quainted with the surroundings and to
meet such of the more conspicuous Repub
lican politicians as have called to say a
word of greeting and congratulation.
The work of organizing the house staff
is in the hands of Secretary McComas. He
is greatly pleased with the building, partly
because it is out of the hurry burly of
|
three minutes walk of the Union League
club where much of the financial strength
of the campaign committee is to be OBJ
tanned, and partly because it is scarcely q
stones throw from the home aud offices of
Chauncey NJ. Depew, who is expected to
! give the committee something of his coun-
sci after his return from Europe early
next month
Mr. McComas' energy was sufficient to
| give him unusual repute when he was a
member of congress, and he seems to have
brought all of it to New York. His meth
DDS and mannerisms are unlike those which
| have characterized some of his predeces-
sors. Senator Dorsey, when he was secre
tary twelve years ago, was blunt, severe,
rather difficult of approach, and was much
of the time actually the executive head Of
the committee. Mr.. Fessenden was plaus-
ible, always smiling, good deal of
! handshaker, very popular, but some of the
| politicians thought needlessly secretive.
Mr.. Fassett was secretary in name rather
than in fact because he undertook duties
for which his peculiar abilities were better
| fitted than for the executive work usually
allotted TO the secretary.
! McComas seems admirably qualified for
! his work He has already gained the ia
vor of the New York politicians, who had
known him before he came only by his
congressional repute. His energy is mani
Tested in his quick step, his brief though
pleasing speech, and he is all over the
house like one who has the watchful eye
Yet this energy is not Of that nervous,
aggressive sort that keeps everybody on
needles and pins, as the saying is. 1t is
rather the promptness and thoroughness
of the business man whose heart is i'll his
/ work.
Mr.. McComas had not been installed in
his Office three days before he hal mapped
out plan for the organization of the
house staff, which it is believed will sim
plify the work, reduce the expense and yet
give the best results. There will be a
bureau of correspondence, one of finance
and one having charge of the disseminat-
ing of campaign literature Each Of these
will have IA responsible head and a sufIi-
cient number of clerks to do the business
properly. Business methods will prevail
with all paid employees. Mr.. McComas
will himself take special charge of the cor
respondence, while of course assuming
general control of the house staff.
1t has entailed no little labor to get this
organization well under way, and it is
hardly expected that it will be running
smoothly before the middle of August.
The campaign proper can hardly begin
before the LIST OF September, but Mr..
Carter believes that this delay will be of
advantage. Eight weeks of steady fight
ing after thorough preparation, in his
opinion, will secure better results than a
desultory sort of campaign, begun be-
fore organization is complete and ex-
tending over three or four months.
Carriers course has been watched with
curious interest by the local politicians Of
New York since he took charge of the COM