Evening star., 1896-08-05
Mr.. HANNA'S CHICAGO FORCE
Perry Heath snd Il. n. Rand at the
Head.
A Wcll-Equipped Faculty Of Political
Pushers 0uaFtered In the
AudffOrfum.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, August 1, 1895
There has been an alignment Of McKin-
ley forces, or an assemblage OF republican
leaders in this city never witnessed before
In any presidential campaign. For the first
time the headquarters Of the republican
party have been established in the west.
The republican managers, Marcus A. Han
Ia at the head, have established the most
elaborate headquarters in this city ever
known in the history Of the party. No less
than twenty-four rooms have been secured
in the Audito rum building. corner of Wa
Dash avenue and Congress street.
Mr.. Hanna, In selecting these rooms, de-
clined proffered quarters in the Auditorium
Hotel, saying: owe do not want hotel
rooms, for we viii have visitors who will
not wish to appear or be seen at an hotel
Just what sort Of a conspiracy Mr.. Hanna
had in view in eschewing hotel rooms and
selecting others IN a business block cannot
be conjectured beyond the fact tnat he de-
clares that this is to be a business mans
campaign. At tine republican headquarters
the pubic Is admitted to the corridors-the
arrangements show business from start
to finish. On the ground floor, with wide
open plate glass doors and windows, is the
mailing department. For all lne world it
looks like one Of Tom Piatts United states
Express Company's offices. And 1t Is from
this room as an educational center the
people of the west are 10 be tod how 20
as much franked in the way of pubic doc
umentS possible, to tell the voter wnat
TO do in November. The greatest depend
ence Is to be placed in the educational fea-
ture of the campaign, though documents
and statistics are to be supplemented by
oratory.
The services of the best speakers of the
party are to be invoked. inasmuch as The
in this respect. The chief of the literary
bureau, which, 1t is determined, is to cut
a hgure for the purpose OF supplantins
Coin Harveys books in farm house and
shop, is Perry s. Heath. An old-time
Washington correspondent, he is thorough
ly western man. Prominently identined
with tn. division of Dakota and the ad-
mission Of North and South Dakota as
states of the Union, he is also acquainted
with the political sentiment of the people
of the Pacific slope. He brings ability to
the duties of his office and a political ey
perience begotten of similar service In past
national campaigns. He is ably seconded
In all departments CT this educational col
lege of the republican party. The faculty
Is strong throughout. H. H. Rand of NIL
waukee is Mr.. Heaths chief assistant; y.
V. Smalley, femed as a newspaper cor
respondent has charge of the statistical
department and has an assistant in an ex-
pert accountant who proposes to verify. in
everything sent out. the old adage. Fig
superintendent of the census of 1880, is the
tariff professor of the faculty. A student
of this great economic question, Mr.. Por-
ter has a'vast supply of tariff facts at his
fingers ends.
Among Col Heath's assistants also Is O.
P. Austin, the Washington correspondent,
and Thomas H. Mckee, the veteran politi-
cal committee worker.
Besides these brainy exponents Of the
science of teaching the masses how to
vote,' the strictly business part of head
quarters is committed to others. OF course.
Mark a. Hanna is ''the whole thing" He
paign, distributing himself with regularity
between New York Cleveland. Canton and
Chicago. with possible oscillations east and
west. But to keep finger on the popular
pulse when not secreted at branch head
quarters in New York. Mr. Hanna will
have Charles G. Dawes at the Chicago end
of the line. Mr.. Dawes lives accessible to
this city by railroad street car and lake
routes. Though a resident of the salabrious
town Of Evanston, Mr.. Dawes is a wide
awake man, and in case of an emergency
at the very dead of night can and prom
ises to be aroused by telephone one end of
which is in the Offices in the Auditorium,
ard the other right over the head of his
bed in Evanston.
lawyer by profession. former resident
of Lincoln. and a colleague of Bryan's at
Dawes has "a rod in pickle" for tine
Boy Orator of the Platte" w. G. Edens,
Galesburg, H., completes the republican
faculty. Business" is the open sesame to
of the managers of the concern profess
soFs of the faculty Saturday is set apart
as general day. There has been, SO far,
just one of these general reception days.
Forthwith it was called "cranks' day
And by that name will continue to be
known. Long-haired poets with campaign
songs, women with lyrical tributes and men
with "pulr' in all sorts of schemes. were
most numerous and conspicuous at the
first Saturdays parade. And there was not
one OF them who did not promise to come
again. The rooms of the headquarters are
distributed all over the Auditorium build
ing, making labyrinth for anyone but
the inttia ted. who come on a mission. There
is one great room like a banquet hall on
the ffth floor. There is nothing therein.
however, to rouse the enthusiasm of the
bon vivaIt. The room is strictly arranged
for business, and looks in all its appoint
ments like the room of board Of directors
And that is what 1t is designed for. 1t is
here Mark A. Hanna is to meet the national
committee Of the republican party, and af-
ter allowing the members to consult with
hlm, tell each one what to do. Back of
this room the most obscure Of ell the
suites of rooms Is a seven by nine closet
where Mr.. Hanna will secrete himself
whenever in Chicago. AS stated. there is
an atmosphere of business lowering around
these rooms. Vigorous working electric
fans cannot dispel 1t, but rather intensity
the assumption that the republican party,
as managed by Mark A. Hanna, means
business. And that business is meant has
no better illustration than in the finance
committee that has been appointed in this
city to collect funds for the general ex-
penses of the campaign. s. w. Allerton,
many times a millionaire, farmer, pork
packer, etc. is the head of the committee
although outside of the business headquar-
ters Of the republican party. He has as
ISOLATED with him A. H. ReveII, the mil
honafre furniture man, and a score of
others Of similar standing. The republican
organization of Cook county and Illinois is
just as heartily enlisted. Probably never
before have preparations been made that
promised such vigorous campaign
Saloons In the District,