The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-03

battlefield. Upon his authority I may
state that all the guesses that have
been made about the names of the men
who are 10 give him their direct and
confidential support in the campaign are
wholly unfOunded. There are TO be two
committees which will figure on this
campaign, They are the executive COM
mittee and the advisory committee. The
membership Of neither, so Mr.. Hanna
positively assures me, will be annOunc-
ed until after the Democratic convention
at Chicago has adjourned. The exc
cutive committee is limited to a men,
bership of nine. The nine members of
the executive committee are 10 be APP
pointed by Chairman Hanna either with
in or without the members of the nation
al committee as he may please.
Mr.. Hanna said to ME: 80 far as
possible all the members OF the eXecu-
tive committee will be members Of the
national committee" Now with that
statement any expert politician can con-
trive at least a half dozen lists of these
nine gentlemen, and newspaper sense ton
alists have elastic material for guess
ing. They can guess at so many selec-
tons of nine out of the national commit
tee that they can finally claim to have
each and every one of them done all this
work for Mr.. Hanna before hand. but
according to Mr.. Hanna himself it win
be just as we'll to wait until he has made
up this committee TO suit himself and
Mckinley and Hobart. II is enough 10
say that Mn. Hanna characteriZes ev-
cry list of this committee thus far as "a
fake"
A BUSINESS ADVISORY BODY.
About the advisory committee there
is much more difficulty in guessing. 1t
does not seem to be remeTn bered that in
1883 just such a committee played an
important and effective part in the
campaign which resulted in the cleo
ton of President Harrison. The advi-
sorry committee which Chairman Quay
organized then included Mr.. Hanna,
one Of the most distinguished and use
fIl members. Mr. Hanna betrayS little
surprise that the valuable lesson then
taught OF the usefulness Of an advisory
committee could have been forgotten IN
1892, when no such committee was util-
lied by Chairman Garter. The advisory
committee this year viii be composed
almost wholly of leading men in active
business. Il Will be selected 50 as 10
represent the entire country geographi-
cally, and its composition VIII be such
as 10 give a solid business character 70
the campaign.
The number Of men who are TO con-
stitute this committee has not yet been
determined, but the nature Of the ad-
visory committee will be such as 10 In
press the country with the serious fact
that never before have all the CONNER
cial financial and industrial Interests
OF the nation, north, south. east and
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the benefit o. all the people. no matter
where they live or what they do.
This advisory committee, ike the ex-
ecuuDe committee Of nlEe. NIL Be select /
cd for work Every member VII Be- eX-
pected 70 devote his time. his brains
and all the energy ne can spare from his
daily business TO the support OF the eX-
ecutive committee and Of Chairman
Hanna.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
The place for national headquarters !
VII b selected by the executive com
mittee that has been appointed The /
response 70 the suggestion that the |
headquarters should be IN Cleveland /
has taken the form OF a rsnOnstrance /
Several hours spent in Cleveland ~ /
teTday convinced ne that nobody tdeTe /
seriously expects that the hea dquarers /
VIII De placed anywhere but IN New |
York. though there may be a branch |
n Chicago. As % this NJ. Hanna Is |
stln receptive 20 opinions Is % ire 20 /
cal conditions n New York Il may b. 1
safely said that ne managers % the /
committee VII remain neur- 4
raj Il MssSrs. Miller. Bliss. Brook /
fed, Belden. Roberts. Aletthews ard /
host % Others opposed % ths r1le O. i
Pistt can win from hin the control q
the state Republican organization a. The
primaries. they ara welcome IN AZ. Han
mas view 20 80 s1ead aid do g. But. 1
and this statement Is OILY inference n1i
based upol the authority % Major Nc
kinley CT Mr. Hanna. ne result az 1
,hese primaries VIII probably b accept
ID aid 10 bolt o. split Il re party o.
s2uiz2tlol = New York e llEzly % re-
cciTe the open sympathy o. encourage
-ne1t = these IN CAarEe q the national
csz1 pa-gu- II 1acr. The Pax f8rees a-c
zxtr=cney liable 70 Be forced ~ ~
Hanna into decent behavior before Al
gust. - iAzi AZ o2sa rupture need 1oi