The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-07-10
THE pLANOFCAMPAIGN
How We Democrats Ex-
pect to Gain Victory.
Offers Encouragement to
the Party.

publican and close friend of Judge
Foraker. The disclosures relate to
the manner in which the Demo.
Gratis expect TO conduct the coming
campaign, and the reasons why
they have confidence in their abili-
ty to capture tho legislature, even
if they do not elect the state ticket.
There has been no little specula-
ton and curiosity as to just what
Senator Brice intended to do, now
that he has read his title clear to
the control of the party machinery
in Ohio this year, and the state
ments made by the leading Demo-
crat here quoted will go far toward
explaining the situation. There
are reasons why the name of this
gentleman can not be disclosed,
but the intim acy of his relations
with Senator Brice leaves no doubt
of the authority and knowledge
with which he speaks.
ave will control the next legis-
lature just as sure as the seasons
change" said this Democrat poll
ticiar to his Republican friend. as
they sat chatting in II parlor car.
at may be that our majority on a
joint ballot OF the two houses will
be small, but we will have sufficient
number of votes to elect the next
United States senator, mark what
l say. We may elect the state
ticke, and then we may not; !
don't think that makes very much
difference to the men who will
conduct the coming campaign for
the Democrats. The work will be
done altogether on the legislative
candidates, and whatever assist
ance is given to the candidates on
the state ticket will be incidental
merely.
''There will be one of the most
thorough organizations that ever
has been known in an Ohio polite
al campaign-and guess we will
find the sinews of war not lacking
when they are needed, although, of
course, we will have no money to
burn. We will direct our efforts
principally toward the smaller and
the doubtful counties, and in them
we will make house to house can
vass. Why, at this very minute
we are in far better shape to make
a canvass than are the Republicans
so far as party machinery is con-
cerned. Over in the Republican
state headquarters there has been
in charge all year a young man
who did not know politics from
post obits until after he blew into
Columbus with the Joe Smith and
Charley Dick regime-and he don't
know much more now. Since the
campaign last year he has been
sitting in comfortable chairs in the
committee rooms, killing time with
pleasant reveries of what he will
do when Mckinley is president and
Brother Joe is secretary of state,
and answering an occasional letter
just to break the monotony.
"Do you think that is the way
we have been running things at
the Democratic state headquarters ?
Not u bit of it. Whatever else
may be said of Colonel w. A. Tay-
lor, lie is shrewd enough to ap.
preciate the advantages of organi-
zation and persistent effort in the
way of keeping an organization
alive and in working order. Why,
he has been working without inter-
mission ever since election day to
perfect lists of names which
amount almost to a poll of the
Democratic voters of the state. He
can give you the names of thous-
ands and thousands of Democrats
who voted the Republican ticket
last year, but who will return to
their party this year; he can tell
you the names of other thousands
who probably can he brought Inck
into the fold by little judicious
persuasion, and he has lists Of Re-
publicans who are dissatisfied with
the existing OF dero things and on.
~ need proper missionary work To
ne won over to the Democrats.
How did he get all these namesY ?
Well. principally suppose through
corresdonpents in the counties.
townships, towns and wards. He
has had this state almost as thor
oughly under control of his pen IA
II 1t had been a county and he An
executive committeeman, and he
has been In constant receipt of re.
ports from all parts Of the most re-
mote districts. II IL simply won.
derful.
"Colonel Taylor has been acting
simply as the representative of the
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