Evening star., 1895-05-27
Interest in the Coming Meeting of
the Clubs.
CHANCE FOR MISSIONARY WORK
All Presidential Candidates Will
Have Their Friends There.
FEARS OF A SILVER TROUBLE

The more anxious of the leading republi-
can managers will not feel comfortable
until after the approaching meeting of the
National League of Republican Clubs to be
held at Cleveland. is over. And they may
not feel so very comfortable then. 1t all
depends.
The league is an exceedingly strong or
ganization, and within it's proper sphere
does valuable work for the party. 1t is
composed principally of young men, and its
Office is to keep the party lamps alight and
burning brightly all over the country. 1t is
the custodian of the party's campaign en-
thusiasm. 1t is the whooperup of the boys
and such work is Indispensable. But the
very qualities that enter into the making of
a great club leader are not those considered
desirable in a party manager If the one
should be full of magnetism and enthusi
asm with fine judgment as to campaign
banners and notices and marching columns
and all that sort of thing, the other should
be a man of cool head and much reflection
and very sober judgment. The latter, there
fore, should always go first. 1t is for him
to decide upon the issues, to plan the bat
tie. and for the club leader then to come
forward and marshal his men and put them
into action accordingly.
4 Fear for silver.
But the meeting of the league is at hand,
large. Republican enthusiasm is every
where at its flood. The CLUB leaders will
meet with the feeling that they have a
good deal of political wealth stored away
in their inside pockets, and the fear is that
they may be carried away by their con-
ception of the situation. and embark upon
deliverances and preciptate conflicts high
ly undesirable at this time. Next years
battle has not yet been planned. The most
capable Of the party managers are disturb
Of hn ivfC. anti ir1ffN
the question. Silver in particular is to be
considered. Much uneasiness prevails there
fore lest in advance of the councils and
agreements of the managers something
may be done to embarraSS them and i'm
peril party success.
A note from Oregon the other day indi-
Gated the danger. When the state league
of clubs met to choose delegates to this
meeting of the national league resolution
Offered instructing the delegates for
free coinage This was an expression of
western republican sentiment on that SUBJ
ject, but in direct conflict with the national
attitude of the party. An animated dis
cussion followed, but the resolution was
tabled. 1t was decided that the silver ques-
tion was not one for the league to under
take to handle. But the fear is that this
same resolution, or one more artfully pre-
pared, will be introduced at Cleveland. and
an effort made to get show of hands on
it. The intimation comes from silver
sources, and the republican managers are
busy trying to prevent the carrying out of
the program. Their argument, of course,
is the one employed In Oregon: The silver
question is not within the purview of the
leagues legitimate work. Still, nobody can
tell what may happen if this bomb should
be thrown into the Cleveland meeting, with
the fuse in good working order and the
connection with the dynamite complete.
Missionary Presidential Work.
A second point in relation to the Cleve-
land meeting is one of interest without
anxiety. This is the opportunity that will
be offered for missionary work in behalf
of presidential candidates. 1t is likely to
be fully improved. The city is central and
can easily be reached by the friends of all
the aspirants. The territory belongs to
Mckinley, but it is not believed that the
mo trespassing" signs will be put up.
The field will be open to everybody. The
Harrison, the Reed. the Allison, the Nor
ton. the Depew people, all will attend.
1t is most inviting occasion; in no other
favorite be struck. The club men the
workers When the Cleveland meeting
closes hundreds of active young leaders
will carry home with them impressions and
purposes likely to be of force in next years
campaign, and even before then. 1t is thus
the time for the western clubmen to be
approached about the eastern aspirants,
and for the eastern aSpirantS to be ap-
preached about the western and middle
state aspirants. The promise is of very
lively engagement on this line.
The eastern men, as usual, are wide
show that they have ample accommoda
tions already secured, and are preparing
to do a rushing business with the dele
gates New York is in the lead, and this is
accepted indicating that Gov. Morton's
claims will be diligently urged. The Nor
ton boom is now in the class with the big
gest of the booms The in charge of
ii are capable caTpaigners, and are not
likely to overlook their hands at any stage
of the game. They recognize the value of
club support, and if they can make an i'm
preston on the league in favor of their
candidate they will consider 1t work well
done They may ever try to capture the
league outright, albeit the territory is Nc
kinley's. and the friends of the Ohio can
didate will be out in force.
The Shouting Test.
Another opportunity likely to be improv-
ed is that for what has come to be known
as "the shouting test" The length of the
acclaim as well as the volume of the
sound, with which a leaders name is re-
in politics. 1t had its rise in the enthusi-
asrn always aroused by the mention of
Mr. Blaine's name in republican conven-
uons, when men, without previous ar
rdilgement or any urging whatever, were
accustomed to shout themselves hoarSc in
his honor. Then it became the fashion
and now 1t Is the established way of help
ing along candidates fortunes. For
whom will the shout at Cleveland be long
est and loudest? Every name on the pres
1dcntial roll is certain to be mentioned, and
eVory fellow will have a chance. Does the
east or the west possess the greater. lung
power! And how much will the Cleveland
shouting contribute to next years repub-
lican nomination?