The morning times., 1896-09-27

| still looking about for st11nble ieadquar
ters the Republican chair&uan was sending
out his rirsG 'ediJion or f0.COO cainpaisf
text-bo which were ssAln supplemented
with further editions, reaching a n gg regate
OF $4,000, Chairman Hanna could but
be pleased, and commended the work ol
the pushing Westerner in tfsms OF the high
est praise.
. As "a result OF the conference the Jurisiic.
tion Of the Congressional Committee waf
largely extended, and the chairman was
authorized to take the State committees
as well as the Congressiona Nominees under
his care. He was given oarte blanche in
other material respects,
. All the campaign work 81 the committee
Is done under the persopal supervision OF
the chairman, assisted by Vice Chairman
Apsley and Representative Mercer. The
organization, however, is wholly the work
OF the chairman.
How admirably the committee machinery
operates Is iilustrated Dy the circumstance
23l 900 documents, wiS received at g
O'Clock Friday afJernoou, September i 4,
and by q C'ciock 200 ,0OV'of the documents
had been placed ineEyelopesa sand reshipped
to different States. The whole system OF
bookkeeping by which these thousan nds OF
pamphlets are kept account OF, SO tnat
glance at the record Will show how many
documents Oh any dIt Ol
how many have been issoed. what mum nber
are being printed. etc, was the plan OF the
chairman. As result. there has been no
confusion, no blundering, no delay, but
everypart ofthe work has been pushed with
u steady energy that has challenged the
praise OF the epublica n leaders in all parts
OF the country.
Uuuer babcuock's mana g ,ment the Con.
gressioDai committee las developed from an
in aI.1r far
in Congressional campaign, 10 CDe of in
flueDce paramountwith any working depart
meDt Of the Republican organization He
is Verinonter by birth, but Westerner
by choice and affiliation. One Cf his col
Leagues recently said. He went to Iowa
and wisconsin with nothing but an AK on his
shoulder, and hewed his way TO wealth
and influence by hard work and energy"
He is a remarkable continuation OF those
qualities that make great men in the West.
AS chairman OF the Congressional COM
mittee In 1894, lie contributed more than
any single individual 10 the success OF the
Republican cause. The eDefnocraiscontrolled
the House in the Fifty-secoBd and Fifty
third Congresses by great maJoriues- In
the Fifty-fourth their Dumber was reduced
to 105 out. of q Total membership OF 800.
The Republicans that year waRed one OF
the most carefully managed camp aigns
in the history Of the party
General attention was quickly fixed upon
the hustliDg chairman who had welded
the thuDdefbolts. In the organization OF
the House be ,was,givcn the Craftsmanship
OF the Committee on the District OF Column
bia, and common report In Congressional
circles is that he passed more beneficial
bills and wipetf from the statute books more
obsolete legislation than aly member that
ever filled the position. sAabcOck is what
popular parlapce, ,designates a mixer
a hale fellow well met withall men, shrewd
in business, open handed by disposition.
and a na,ural-bor campaigner. He is
in politics for tie excitement, and because
it affords an escape for lbs peDt-up enter
prise.
Another stroyg factor in tie successful
upbuildirg u the committee is Vice Chair
nlap Apsley. He is the mos popular mem
her Of the Massachusetts Gel, ,gation in
the House. and was associated with Bat
Geek in the mana cement of the Congress
siopal campa gn in 1894 The two men
are warm friends. He Is strictly self
made, president and treas yfer Of the APPS
ley Rubber Company OF Massachusetts
and like his Wisconsin associate. not IL
politics for the salary, but the pleasure oi
it. He has helped to i.trcduce tusincGs
methods into political camra ming, :rd to
redeem practical politics from the reproach
and cdium of corrupt methods. Men like
these ma xe politics respectable and Il g.ti-
mate object of ambition. Tie best corunien-
tary ON their work Is that they close their
accounts as head Of the corImittee in 1894.
after a signaIly successful campaign, with
not dollar outstandir g.
ONE OF THE WORKERS.
Representative Mercer. the secretary of
fha eomp,itfpa rpurpSpufS tht. Ounuhn dis