Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
COMMITTEE
Permanent Headquarters May Be Estab-
lished in Washington.
Surprise of National Committeeman n
at the Success of the Young Man.
ayers of the Campaign.

Chairman Babcock was engaged today in
finishing the work OF the republican con-
gressional committee. The headquarters
Will be kept open during the month at least.
and the suggestion has been made that the
national republican committee. which will
now take charge of republican politics, may
decide to keep headquarters open in this
city until after the close of the next presi-
Dental campaign. Such a proposition is
now under consideration, and has been very
favorably received by the republican lead
ers. The experience Of all campaigns has
shown that 1t would be wise for both great
parties to keep a national campaign head
quarters permanently at the national capi-
Tal, which should serve as a bureau of po-
litical information, always accessible TO the
party leaders. Under the present system,
at the beginning of each congressional and
national campaign. the work OF each COM
mittee must commence anew.
Importance of IL Central Organixn ton.
The accumulatlons of former campaigns
have then been scattered, and the party is
deprived of the documents and the expe-
rience which have cost so much time and
money, and are no longer available. 1t has
been suggested that there is no reason why
so much labor and experience and so much
Information should be allowed to go to
waste, anu tndl, Dy tne Ol d
very small fraction of the amount which is
required to organize new campaign bureaus
every two yeais, skeleton organization
could be maintained, valuable permanent
political library kept and We'll indexed. and
competent political StatiSticlan ana libra
rian employed who, acting as an editor for
the committee, would be of great advan-
tage to the party to which he belongs, and
result in the saving in the aggregate of a
vast amount of morey. Such a plan is now
under consideration by the republican lead
ers, many OF whom consider Washington
the proper place for the establishment
OF such a permanent political bureau.
II Is kno Hn that sCme OF those VINO have
been in charge of the republican congression-
al campaign earnestly favor this plan. 1t
will be decided upon after a consultation
with tine managers OF the national republi-
can committee.
People Who Were Surprised.
Incidentally, 1t has been ascertained that
the members Of the national republican
committee were never as enthusiastic as the
men who managed the congressional COM
mittee for the republicans were of the
chances of republican success. The mana
gers of the congressional committee, on the
other hand. Mr. Babcock. chairman, and
Mr.. Apsley, vice chairman, never for a mo-
ment doubted that the republicans would
be successful. And 1T is certain that they
inspired with confidence those who work ed
with them. But it was not until late in the
campaign that the members of the republi-
car national committee began to publicly
express confidence in the claims of the man.
ayers of the congressional committee.
Indeed, IL the secrets of the campaign
shall ever be told, it will probably be DIS
covered that the congressional committee
conducted it's campaign without that hearty
support from the national republican COM
mittee that was expected, and that the
members of the national committee, most of
whom are old politicians. were rather in
ciined to privately crlticise the managers of
the republican congressional committee, as
men new to public life, with little exper-
ience in national affairs, who were misied
by their zeal. The results have, howeve:,
justified the enthusiasm of the young mana
gers of the republican congressional coln-
mittee, and they are receiving those tributes
whcn human nature is always eager to ac-
cord to success.