The record-union., 1896-09-20
To be a New Plan of Campaign in the
Southern States.
A Delegation of Commercial Travellers
Call Upon Vice-PreSidential Candi-
date eHObart-Chairman Hanna Sat-
isfied That the Republicans Will
Carry the Great Central States Of
the West by Handsome rlajOrities.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-There were
many callers this morning at Republi-
can headquarters. Senator Quay and
Chairman Manley of Maine were also
on hand. 1t is said that Senator Quay
intends to have a meeting of the Exec
utive Committee to adopt plan of cam
paign in regard to the Southern States
and also to decide upon some definite
plan in regard to all doubtful States. 1t
has been represented to- the committee
that there is an excellent chance of car
rying Alabama for Mckinley and Ho
bart and a decided effort will be made
to carry the State. Encouraging re-
ports are also coming in from Florida,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Vir-
ginia.
A delegation Of commercial travellers
called on Vice Presidential candidate
Hobart to-day at headquarters The
delegation was accompanied by his spe-
Cial guest, the Hon. Charles 4. War
wick of Philadelphia. Mr.. Hobart
thanked them for their kindness ana
told them that he knew the commercial
travellers were a set of men who would
not be buncoed by any Chicago plat
form Mr. Hobart said in his address:
Il am very glad to meet you, gentle
men. l do not propose to make a speech
this morning, but l would do an ln1us-
tice to myself and would be ungracious
to your kindness if / did not thank you
heartily and generously for the beaut-
full words of welcome and cheer which
you have professed. 1 know that this en-
thusiasm is born Of love and your 10y
atty for the ticket which l nave the
honor to represent. When l think of the
commercial travellers l think of them as
a class of men who have never been
'buncoed,' or if any one of them ever
has been history has failed to record it.
And so, whenever, since the nolnlna-
ton. / have thought of the commercial
travellers as an independent class Oh
citizens; I have regarded them as a
class Of men who I know will not be
buncoed by any platform like the Chi
cago platform, embracing as 1t does
false political doctrines and policies in
imical to the honor and the integrity Of
the nation, and favoring debased ana
dishonest dollar.
your organization has been great
help to this committee in many ways,
all of which we fully appreciate and are
quick to recognize. Your membership
reaches all over this wide and growing
country, and there is from each of you
a continual stream of influence radiat-
ing wherever you CO. And the reason
why your organization is so all-power-
fuI and at the same time so satisfactory
to the committee is, whereas the time or
the committee is taken up with lnStruc-
tions to voters, we realize that the
commercial travellers are accustomed TO
make sentiment wherever they go, ana
they know as well as the National Com
mittee where to go, what to do and
when to do the important work laid out
for this campaign"
There was great cheering as Mr.. Ho-
bart concluded. Then the members of
the delegation were personally intro
duced to candidate Hobart, Senator
Quay, Chairman Manley, General Os-
borne and Committeeman Scott. Chair
man Manley was cheered by the delega-
ton.
CHAIRMAN HANNA.
CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-Chairman Han
ma left for Cleveland tonight, and after
spending Sunday at home he will go to
New York for ten days. He has been IN
Chicago longer this time than on any
other occasion since he organized the
Western headquarters, and he has been
constantly at work at his desk. He ad-
mltS that hard work Is neeueu III the
West to win, and when he returns he
will devote all his time until the close
of the campaign to this center of the
political battle. He said before leaving
that he was better satisfied with the
Western situation than when he came
here. The party organization from the
Ohio to the Missouri River was not only
in splendid fighting form but it had ac-
complished more in the way of direct
and tangible results than even he or his
associates had anticipated. During the
last two weeks there had been grad
ual frightening of the political horizon.
He was satisfied that Mckinley would
not only carry the great central States
Of the West by handsome majorities,
but that he would probably win other
States whose electoral vote is now
claimed by the Democrats.
Henry G. Payne will again take
charge of headquarters in Mr.. Hanna's
absence, and will devote all his time to
the transaction of business here. He
left last night for his home in Milwau-
kee to return Monday.
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