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| whole block long, and several huDdre .
men, women, boys and girls were kept busy
every week day and Sunday $ and many nights
during the campaign in getting the matter
off. The expenses of the department con-
| stituted one of the greatest eye-sOres OF the
! whole campaign with the methodicai
!, treasurer OF the executive committee, and
| IL Is very doubtful that any other executive
| committee will go 80 extensively into the
document business as did tbisOne. :.
Another important function of the exectt
tive committee isto furnish correct political
pabulum to the newspapers, besides gen
eral news. and this is attended to by the
press bureau. generally attached to the
printing committee.
BUREAU OF ORATORY.
The chairman OF the Bureau of Ora
tory" as the stump speakers department
is sometines colloquially known about
headquarters, has a job that can hardly
be considered ''snap." The timber
tOngued members OF the party who are
in hard luck always rush to him In great
numbers, each one armed with innumerable
letters of recommendation, wherein his
ability to hold the attention OF turbulent
crowds, his sOundness as a party man, and
many other excellent qualities, are duly
and enthusiastically set forth.
Most of the wouid-be '.stunpers' desire
to be paid for their services. not being in
politics for their health; and In addition
TO their compensation they must, OF
course, be allowed travelling expenses,
which includes their keep in every town
they visit where the faithful are not willing
to feed them and sleep them. Theexpenses
OF the Speakers Bureau are necessarily
always large, though varying greatly In
different campaigns. Some executive CON-
mittees run very heavy to oratOry, and such
committees send out hundreds of speakers.
or course, there are always q number OF
men who are really excellent takers that /.
desire TO go on the stump during the cam
paign and do not wish to be paid any
thing beyond their actual expenses. But
it may be said, without showing disre
spect to these men, that the ma jority OF
those who apply to executive committees
for stump work might well be described, as
old-fashioued sailing ships are spoken OF
by steanshipmen,a as mere" wind jammers,'
and the rooms of a Speakers Bureau some
times contain a most remarkable assort-
ment. OF vOciferous freaks. This Is equally
true OF the executive committees of both
parties.
THE SUBSIDIZED PRESS.
Occasionally an executive committee en-
ploys a man to look after a lot OF details
too fatiguing or trivial for members of the
committee themselves, who, although he
may nominally be connected with one spe-
cial department, has to do with the details
of nearly every department. One man
who was so employed by an executive COM
nittee few campaigns back had to au
dit the printers bills. wrest!e with the
artists who drew cartoons for the Commit
tee, to draw up the contracts with those
who desired to furnish services of one kind
and another. to look after the work nf the
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lions of documents, including textbooks,
or one and a third to every man,
woman and child in the United States.
The man who had the contract for getting
out the enormous mass of printing this
represented was almost driven to a
private betllam by the complications with
which be found. himself surrounded. The
campaign was begun rather late and
lasted only ten weeks. 1t will therefore
be seen that he had to get out nearly
ten million documents a week, aud, al
though he was located in New York, he
had no plant of his own at the beginning
OF the campaign and expected to get the
work done at the various Job offices OF
Gotham. He soon found this quite i'm
practicable and was obliged to put in a
great lot OF presses for himself ut ruiDous
expense, owing to the haste with which
he had to h&fre Bis machines put in place.
Even then liz had to give out great guam
titles OF the work, and before the cam
paign was over he had to hire a man for
the sole purpose. of visiting the twenty
or thirty suhpriDters every day and over
looking their work. This printers bills
aggregated dangerously near the 5000, 900
marx, and he hoped to make a lot OF money
out of it. bueAt u extremely doubtful that
he did.
OF course Ithessa, getting out of such an
enormous number Of documents renders
necessary the Organization OF a tremendous
shipping depdftuient. In the case just men-
:tloned> this dBpaRement, together with the
lbnnaing department OF the printer, occupied
two OK three flopfs Of large building
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II; ana the wonder Is, not that the repu-
tati0n of the executive chairman for p0lit-
icai sagacity sometimes suffers during the
campaign, but rather that at its close he
has any reputation at ALL no matter which
way the contest ends.
No two campafgn committees organize
exactly alike, but there is. q general sim
ilarity, us q matter OF course. Necessarily
the work is divided. There are always a
trcasurernDd nlsecretary, q speakers CON-
mittee. q finunce committee, q printing COM
mittee, and "a committee on election methods.
Naturally the treasurer is at the head OF
the finance committee In some respects
he is badgered even worse than the ex-
ecutive chairmdD, since be not only has
to strain every fnculty to secure sufficient
contributions to meet the truly enormous
expenses Of the campnign. but also SO TO
manage the funds after he has them in hand
as to prevent deficit. or at least too great
one. ut the end. II thetreasurerisa is meth
odical business man. as he should be, he
comes TO be kBbwn as a hand man to get
along with by the committees suboriinates,
and even BY some OF the committeeman,
quite early In the campaign.
THE PRINTING COMMITTEE.
The printing committee generally has
charge of the editorial work as well as
he>printingi The most important piece
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sMuGGLEp DIAMONDS SOLD.
Gems Captured ON the RhynIand N ct
the Government 81 ,6S3.
pt;J1,,oI,l;a in p-,ord

fhe Government 81 ,6S3
Philadelphia Record.
United States Marshal Reilly Yesterday
sold at public sale the lot OF diamonds seized
on the steamer Rhynland and for Smuggling
which Herman Keck, Cincinnati diamond
dealer, Is under sentence of one year in the
peni Tertiary. The announcement of the
sale drew together a mixed crowd of bar
gam seekers, who were, however, disap-
pointed, as the regular dealers monopoiized
the buying. There were 563 small cut
stones and they realized q total of ST.
S63, something over S2S per carat, and
over 81 900 more than the estimate of
their value by Expert Charles Geise. :.
To expedite the sale the diamonds had
been divided into nine lots and each lot
sealed up in little glass bottle. The
number in bottle ranged from % stones
weighing 10 1-2 carats, to 80 stones, weigh
ing 81 rs carats. Chief Clerk Thomas
MARBLE was auctioneer and Marshal Reilly
handled the stones.
The first lot offered was q target for
the bids OF the crowd. Someone said S15
per carat to start with, and from that
amount the price ascended by lively lit
tie bids to $3O.5O per carat, at which
figure the lot was knocked down to E.
II. Poulin, Boston dealer The miscel-
laneous bidders were frightened off by the
unexpected price realized for lot No. E.
and after that the competition was confined
mainly 10 the dealers. L. Burnhild OF this
city secured lot No. at $3.50 per carat,
and No. at $29 Fer carat. l. Ottenger
OF New York purchased No. at S2S %
per carat, and all the rest went to Mr..
Poulin at prices ranging from S28to $3.50
per carat. The goods will be delivered as
soon as Judge Butler confirms the sale.
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RUNNIhG THE ClNPlIGh
Tons of Documents Will Now
Burden the Mails.
REDUCED TO A SYSTEM
Hosts Of Clerks Employed to Send
Out Thunder and Millions
Spent in Printing.
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No two Presidential Campaigns are
conducted alike, but all are directed by
national executive Committees, ana tine
headquarters OF an executive commit
tee is always the very vortex OF political
activity during the continuance OF the iignt.
Down to the present both the great parties
have always had campaign headquarters
In New York, though more than once de-
termined moves have been made to To-
cate them elsewhere. Washington has
always been the favorite place for .
large contingent OF the Republican ieao-
ers, who have held the National Capital
to be pre-eminently the best place from
which TO direct national campaign.
Those who have favored and SO far Ste
ceeded in having New York chosen have
urged that it Is the center OF the densest
voting population In the United States,
that it affords unequaled facilities for
printing the millions on the back OF millions
of '.documents' that are every four years
sent out proiniscuously over the land;
and most important or all perhaps, that
the facilities for sending out news are
greater in New York than elsewhere.
Against part OF these arguments the
par;isans OF Washington have always
urged the fact that the Government Printing
OFFICE, from whose presses are turned out
the documents that have been delivered
as speeches in Congress so as to be ' frank
able"-that is, sent free through the mails
is in Washington; hut this consideration haS
never been deemed strong enough to win
the campaign headquarters for the capital.
Some there be who hold that substan-
tial, though not publicly announced rea-
son for choosing New York, has been the
fact that the members of the executive
committee OF both parties delight to
abide for time amid the attractions OF
that city, and that the state committee
men and other local political moguls who
have TO make pilgrimages to headquar-
tiers several times during each campaign
are glad TO have good reasons to visit
New York. This. however, may he moth
ing more than surmise. At all events
New York it has been for many years and,
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president. This institution has head
quarters in New York. is urendingly en-
gagged in revising poll lists. and forever
printing and distributing documents Is
employs large number of People aud
has its agents in every section of the
country.
In 1892 the Reform Club. also with
headquarters in New York, bore reIa-
ticn to the Democratic party that was
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of this branch of campaigning Is the pro-
duction or the Text Book. In the eyes
or the committee this volume is always
the greatest piece OF literature of the
current year Sometimes it is the work
OF large number Of party wise men; Some
times OF only q few. The Text Book Is
sued by one OF the parties in 1892 was
produced by a young uttache OF the head
quarters. who put It TO press without so
much as even howing the larger part Of it
to all the members of the committee. OF
course, there was row over that Ecok,
as suppose there is over mcst Text Books,
no matter how accurate they may he as
to their facts or Row sound in their party
doctrine. In this case there We're some
who declared the Book to be nothing more
or less than maniacal drivel, while others
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some what similar to the footing OF the
Tariff League with the Republican party.
Its president is Calvin Tonipkins and its see
retary is T. Carroll Root. Previous TO 1894
aud for Z lie first wo yearsof Mr.. Cleveland's
present term, the Reform Club devoted its
energies exclusively tC'the PRONUNCIATION OF
ofiow tariff doct trincs but for some time past
il has been working chiefly in the interests
OF single gold standard.
The campaign will begin late this year.
and it is possible that at least orc of tie
big parties will have its headquarters
a way from New York.
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A ReconcilIng Thought.

arthur. dear" she said. Il do wish you
would not use cigarettes.
why
because you do not know what is in
then''
"Oh. yes, I do. Why. for the trifling sum
that cigarette costs. you get nicotine.
vaicrian. possibly little niorphia aud any
quantity OF Carbon
She looked up into his c Eyes and murnured
ARTHUR. dear. 1t does seem ike bargain.
doesn't it?"- Judge.
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maneut employees, including weiI patHex-
ecutiye head Such an institution would
have four years instead of three months in
which 10 do its work. Its poll lists would
be kept constantly revised. and its ma
chincry would be always well oiled aud eff
cient.
The nearest approach to anything OF
that sort IL furnished for the Republican
party by TIE American Protective Tariff
Leagse, ct which wilbur r. Wakcnsan
Is secretary and Cornelius n. Bliss is
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A Radical Difference.

Mr.. Siayiate ,gettipg sentimental at II
D. IN. Yes. Mics Swceuy. l believe in tile
smile of the sturdy oak, and the dinging
vino
Mss Swcetiy--Ah. but you couldn't play
the part of the sturdy oak. Mr.. Sta ylate.
Mr.. Staylatc-And why not. pray?
MISS wcetIy -Thesturdyoak knows wbeR
to Icave.-Cicveiand Plain Dealer.
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A Young Girl and a Little Bear.

A few days ago Miss Grace Dnckett lad
quite an adventure. While returning in the
evening from one of her neigbbor's Misc
Grace met a bear. Instead of screaming
and running. she. with the help of her dog.
forced bruin up a tree. where she left him
till she could go to one OF the naighbor'H
for help. A. d. McDougaIl went with her
to the place where the bear was treed. Miss
Duckett herself cut the tree down. and
when 1t fell they succeeded in capturing the
bear alive. 1t proved to be fine cub and
is very yiively.-Coiville (Wash.) Index.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27
"reminiscences of the War;


ond entertainment in the Y. M. c. A.
members course was given III their hall
Monday evening by Rev. ]. II, Hector,
who entertained large audience with
his Thrilling Reminiscence of the War"
Mr.. Hector spoke briefly of the slavehood
days of his parents, how they escaped to
Canada, where he was born, and of his
boyhood days, before he became part
of the Union army. He said commenced
the practice OF his profession when very
young darkey. For a short time he
herded cattle on western prairie, and
during the day would round the cattle up
in bunch, stand off few feet and preach
to them. He wasn't doing that now. In
April 1862, he was an interested specta-
tor of the battle of Shiloh. He had never
before seen rebel. Around the campfire
the Union soldiers had made him believe
that rebels were eleven feet high, with
horns and two sets of eyes and belonging
to the same tribe that Goliath did. On
the day OF battle he took his position in a
tree where he could see the fighting, hav.
ing the idea in his mind that the Union
soldiers would do the firing, and that the
rebels would come forward in grand
charge, using their horns Tor weapons
But his mind was soon changed The
bullets began to rain, the bark flew of
the tree and so did he. Everything
few" he said, land l was one of tho
things He gave a humorous descrip
ton OF his experiences while trying to
keep out of the way Of the advancing
rebels, having several narrow escape,
from death. During his fight he steppet
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27
WANTED, FOR SALE. ETC.

rs,nou advertisements will be inserted In
this column In reading matter tsPIL -
rate of two cents word tor the nio '.o, a' i,
ton and one cent word Tor sups ,q -.
sertions Cash must accompany tine oioei'l
WANTED. A pirl to do cooking ana
assist in laundry work. Good wages
and permanent situation 10 inc MN
person. Apply to Mrs. H. NJ Turner ~
Park street.
GIL. Howe will sell all his property
used in the depot restaurant at AUCTION,
next Tuesday night. See small b'I's Tor
particulars.
WANTED. Machinists (Close workmen)
at the works oil the VT Farm Machine
Co., Bellows Falls, Vt.
WANTED. A nurse girl who is capable
and strong. w. B. Eastman, St. johns
bury.
WANTED. Several good men to solicit
insurance for the Phoenix Mutual Lie Oh
Hartford, Conn, Address, {. Mooney,
general agent, West Concord, Vt.
EGGS FOR MATCHING. Pure bred
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs IRON vi TO
SIS Tor 10 eggs. Peter Landry, st. johns
bury,
OXEN FOR SALE. A good handy yoke
weigh about 5000. Will sell yoke cheap.
John F. Adams, East Barnet, Vt.
Having sold my place, wish to close
out my entire stock OF wagons, harnesses,
plows, harrows, scales, show cases, coal
stove, coffee mill, oil tank, two delivery
wagons and one express harness. b. F.
Weeks, 46 Portland street, st. Johns
bury.
Cows FOR SALE.-20 two-year-old Jer.
sew helers. due to calve in February and
March. S. J. Hastings, Passumpsic, VT
To RENr.-Ofice in Bank block, for
merly occupied bv DR.. Geo. F. Cheney.
Enquire of Homer E, Smith, cashier.
DYNAMO FOR SALE. In excellent condi-
ton, and will carry Is incandescent
lights. Enquire at this Office.
ENGINE FOR SALE. A fve-horse power
upright engine, all thoroughly overhaued
and made as good asnew. Can be seen by
inquring at this Office, and can be had at
a great bargain.
RICH DISCOVERIES OF GOLD at Cripple
Greek, Col, and elsewhere, are being
made daily, and the production for 1896
will be the largest ever known, estimated
at Two Hundred Million Dollars. Grip
pie Creek alone is producing over Ont
Million Dollars a month, and steadily
increasing. Mining stocks are advancing
in price more rapidly than any othel
Stocks, and many pay dividends of from
IS to so per cent. They offer the hes
opportunity to make large profit on {
small investment.
]. E. Morgan & Co., as Broadway
New York, are financial agents for th
Prudential Gold Mining Co., and other
i'll the famous Cripple Creek district
They will send you free interesting par
ticuars of the Mining Companies the,
represent, also their book on speculation
in stocks, grain and cotton, containing
many new and important features.
Send for these books at once il you ar
interested in any form of speculation o
investment. They may prove prohtabl
to you.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27
OUR CHURCHES.

The North church loan exhibition,
which was opened to the publiclast week
Thursday evening was continued through
Friday, and those who attended were
enthusiastic over the success OF the affair
Much of the success belongs TO Mrs
Lucius X. Hazen, who had generate charge
and to the other ladies who helped her
so much. The weather prevented many
from attending, but over $40 was
realized from the exhibition.
Rev. DR.. 5. Lewis B. Speare OF Newton
preached at the South church again last
Sunday, the pastor still being kept IN
the house with an attack OF the grip.
"Shamgars Ok Goad, or Modern Phil
istines and how to Rout them, will be
the topic OF Rev. Mr. lyrics address
next Sunday evening at Grace Methodist
church.
The Catholic church choir are rehears-
ing for Easter Sunday, and will have
some fine music ready. This choir has
25 members, 10 singing soprano, two
tenor, i've bass and six alto.
Rev. DR.. E. B. Webb of Boston will
preach at the South church next Sun
day. In the evening the North and
South churches will hold a union service
at the South church, and DR.. Webb will
give q sermon on missions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27

Ten Pages.-Our readers are presented
with an unusually rich number OF the pa
per this week, and we have added two full
pages to give all the news. Our Hawaii
an letter tells of the recent change from a
monarchy to republic, presenting many
interesting facts; a Caledonia county
lady, who was a member of Mr. Coffin
Sunday School class, pays a splendid
tribute to his memory; fine picture is
presented of the new church at Hard
wick, and there is an unusual amount o
fresh local news. The CALIFORNIAN will
be sent to any address for $3.50 year
and we are proud enough to think it i.
worth the price.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27

Business Notes.-New plate glass,
STU by 107 inches, has been put into the
stores OF Harry Belknap and W. H. Moul-
ton. The old glassin Belknap's has been
cracked for couple Of years and the one
in Moulton's store was cracked the night
of the fire by a hot stove being set close
to it. B. G. Howe purchased the old
Belknap glass to put into one OF the
Brooks store windows.
L. ]. Eldrdge sent Mrs. Wendell Silsby,
OF West Burke, check for 81 900 last
Monday, insurance on the life of the late
Wendell P. Sisby.
Manager Spencer of the Fairbanks gro
Gerry store is still filling orders for his dif.
ferent kinds of pork and among other
good things has some excellent bacon,
Nothing will add more to the pleasure of
ones breakfast than some slices of this
popular delicacy.
E. c. Brooks has moved back to his
old place which is well filled up with a
new line of spring suitines and overcoat-
ings.
F. S. Huckins, the opician who has
been connected with Lloyd's store in
Boston, is now in the T. C.. Spencer
store with full line of optical apparatus
and glasses.
The Mutual Life Insurance company,
through its special agent ]. H. Drew,
paid 81 900 insurance on Mrs. Mary B.
Prince Dean in FIVE days from the time
proof left this town.
Miss Jennie Miller returns next week
from New York, where she has been pur-
chasing all the latest styles of spring
millinery.
Mrs. E. c. Pierce, Mrs. Morse and their
trimmer, Miss Cunningham, are spend
ing their time in Boston and New York
millinery establishments purchasing Their
spring styles. They will return early
next month for their annual spring
opening.
W. H. Paquin has opened tailor sho,
in Drouin's block on Railroad street antt
will endeavor to please all who favo
him with their trade.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27
Telegraph Company Meeting. Al

Telegraph Company Meeting. - At
the annual meeting of the Vermont In
ternational Telegraph Company last
week these directors were elected:
George w. Hendee, Morrisville; o. S.
Rixford, East Highe ate; Arthur F. Stone,
John c. Clark and E. A. Silsby, St. Johns
bury. The directors organized by elect
ing the following officers:
President, George W. Hendee.
Vice president, Arthur F. Stone.
Secretary, John c. Clark.
Supt. and Treas, E. A. Silsby.
Within the past two years this line has
been rebuilt nearly all OF its length from
Swanton to Lunenburg and the entire
reconstruction will soon be completed.
The company increased its business the
past year and is in a sound financial con-
dition.