The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

The day OF the campaign orator Is pass
the issues are business ones. and the sen.i.
mental ones will not be considered. The
side that gives the best busiDe ss reasons
for succeeding will capture tho country.
Manufacturers will contribute freely TO
the campaign funds tn preserve the prin-
ciDle of protection. and the wealthy i'm
porrers of New York will contribute with
equal freedom to the other side in the in
terest of free trade.
POORLY COMPENSATED.
What is the compensation for q chairman
of national committed He cannot re-
ceive any pay for his services. He is
obliged to entirely give up his time for at
least six months. He lives in the midst of
confusion and riot The bulk of his work
begins at a time in the summer when most
people are anxious TO avoid extra exertion,
and from then on until the close of the cam
paign he has hardly q moment he can call
bis own. 1t is upon him that rests the
burden of raising the money necessary for
the conduct of the campaign. People look
to h,m to heal all party differences, It; to
turbed personal vanities. He must pre-
sent harmonious front to the public.
Every petty difference aronnd the commit
tee rooms 10 SO exaggerated by the opposi-
tion that 1t needs great tact. great self-con-
troll and great force of character to keep
the diverse elements of q vast party organ
lzation together. In this country the civil
service people demand that practical poll
tlcians shall NOT have too much TO do with
the management of the party. In England
the political campaigns are nearly always
conducted by officials mention this only
because it Is supposed to be the ideal land
of the civil-service reformer. There is no
campaign conducted In England that is
not supervised and controlled by the par
ties directly interested. There are very
few people in this country who have the
leisure or the means which will enable
them to devote their time and attention. to
the cause OF politics for no reward except
the qualification of O personal ambition.
Such ambition may be stimulated by dis
interested patriotism. But as the world
goes politics is managed, and always will
be managed, by the people who have di-
rect interest. And without it campaigns
In this country could not be conducted. 1t
is reasonable to suppose that every Repub-
llcan and every Democrat who contributes
dollar to campaign fund does SO for the
purpose of STRENGTHENING his political
standing in the community where he lives.
wELL-MATcHED LEADERS.
One of the beat Eastern advisers of the
President for the coming campaign is Sem
ator Proctor, of Vermont. He would have
made an ideal chairman from business
standpoint He is very adroit. discreet.
and has had great experience in handling
large financial affairs. He is notable
for his Yankee common sense, and
common sense is the chief reauI-
ment. He has the Presidents implicit con-
fidence. His advice during any period of
emergency will be most valuable, for he
is prudent and at the same time bold. Mr..
Whitney will find the tactics of Mr.. Proctor
in the East KEYED TO the same plane as his
IN n Ma n h1s 10 m
and Mr.. Proctor Is Vermont bred.
The Western antagonists in the field of
management will be Chairman Carter and
General Kitchener. Of Indiana, against Don
Nj. Dickinson, of Michigan. and General
Stevenson, the Democratic vIce-presiden-
tial candidate. General Stevenson is a
very popular man in the West. He is very
amiable and diplomatic. He is q good poll
tlcian from the Western stand point and
makes friends wherever he goes. He is not
an eloquent man but is good speaker be-
fore general audience. He is tall. very
broad shouldered, and has an engaging
good impression. Then, too, he is very
popular with the politicians, because he Is
q sincere believer in the old doctrine. ITO
the vIctors belong the spoils."
Another Western political worker who
will be very active in the campaign for the
Republican side Is ex-senator John G.
| SpOoner. He is lawyer of brilliant quail
| tiles, and has very wide acquaintance
tDTOuVnOub tho NOTJnWeSt. Tie mas repre-
| sented railroad corporations in the courts
| for many years, and has the unbounded
confidence of the moneyed interest of that
region.
PROBABLY A QUIET CAMPAIGN.
The campaign promises to be very quiet
one. No one now anticipates any of the
personal scandals which have been so CON-
mon in previous campaigns. By common
consent personal attacks Will be discred-
tied and the issues will be confined 10 the
business question represented by the pol
cies of the two parties. The largo amount
of money to be raised and the quiet charac-
ter of the canvass will naturally increase
the responsibilities and work of the chair
men. There is no remarkable fund of en-
enthusiasm on either side.
There are a number of reasons which &C
count Tor the hesitation manifested in
taking charge of a national campaign on
both sides. In the first place, Mr. Harrison
has alrendy been successful, and the man
who now conducts his campaign has an m
usual responsibility In the direction of re-
peating that success. In the same way Mr.
Cleveland has been defeated in running
against Mr.. Harrison. 1t is but natural
that Democrats should hesitate to assume
the responsibility of conducting his can
vass against the same candidate who de-
feated him before when the Issues NJ AIDE are
practically the same.
The chairmen must have good private
| bank accounts Often there Is no money
| in the treasury on account of failures TO
| collect or apathy upon the part of men who
ordinarily contribute. These coutri buttons
| at best are spasmodic, and often are made
| in bulk only toward the latter part of the
campaign. Chairmen have sometimes ad-
| vanced upward of 3d. 0,000 and 100000
! either from their own resources through
| pledges gwen by them. Often there is a
| deficiency in the account at the close of the
1yuF for inc rod fhar oat
moment, and which were beyond the con-
| tee. 1t is said upon good authority that b.
| f. Jones had to make up over 500. 900 at
| the close of the Blaine campaign. He was
unable to make any collections after the
| loss.
Chairman Brice. who conducted Mr.
| Clevelands last campaign, had a much
| larger deficiency than this TO make up The
/ deficiency was between $500 600 and $780,
| 600. 1t is said that Mr.. Brice paid this out
| of his own pocket. IL he did it will natu-
| rally explain his reluctance to take hold of
| another campaign.
| Politics. however. has a strange facina-
/ ton for actIve-minded men. 1t after all
| represents the science of human govern
ment. It's possibilities of power and of per-
sonal advantage tempts nearly all men of
ambition. The result is that men can be
found who are willing to make these tre-
| mendous personal sacrifices of time and
money for the purpose OF msking o name.
! SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM BUSINESS HOU SEES.
+ Great corporations can. nearly always be
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