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must, OF course, be allowed travelinh
expenses, which includes their keep In
every town they visit, where the faith
full are not willing to feed them and
sleep them.
Occasionally an executive commit
tee employs man to look after a lot
Of details too fatiguing or trivial
for members Of the committee them
selves, who, although he may be nom-
inally connected with one special de-
partment, has to do with the details OF
nearly every department. One man
who was so employed by an executive
committee a few campaigns back had
to audit the printers bills, to wrestle
with the artists who drew cartoons for
the committee, to draw up the con-
tracts with those who desired to fur
nish services Of one kind and another,
to look after the work of the newspa-
pers published in foreign tongues and
attend to one thousand other unconsid-
cred trifies.
The expenses of n National Execu-
tive Committee vary as much as the
method of conducting them. One COM
mittee, which did its work only few
years ago, is said to have used up ST.
100000 in its existence of less than
three months, but 81 100000 Is proba-
bly, nearer the average. Besides the
ways of using money Of which l have
already spoken there are a hundred
other avenues for Its escape. Nearly
ayar,, Or,,nittaa acto blioha cac,.at htr-
reaus, which are located away from
the headquarters themselves. There
are bureaus for the workmen, bureaus
for the Swedes and voters of other pa-
tionalities, and even bureaus for the
liquor dealers, whose favor Is general
ly courted by both parties. Curiously
enough more than one committee has
maintained temperance bureau con-
temporaneously with the liquor deal
ers' bureau.
The number of typewriters bought
and worn out by each committee Is
very large. In 1892 one Of the commit
tees gave a single order for 250 ma
chimes. The selection Of employees, Of
which each committee must have
hundred or more, in addition to the
speakers and travelling agents, is an
important and delicate task, since the
persons engaged must he unquestion-
ably of the same political faith as the
committee itself, must be strictly trust
worthy. so that no damaging informa-
ton may be carried into the enemy's
camp, and must be capable Of exceed
ingly hard work for ten, twelve and
sixteen hours day.
A most important part Of an execu-
tive committees work is known as poll
ing doubtful States, that is, securing a
correct and complete list Of
the voters in each such State. These
lists sometimes cost a great deal Of
and are Sometimes found to
be discouragingly inaccurate and in
This is not surprising when
you consider the brief life of an exec
utive committee. In very few cases
does such n committee have more than
three months In which to do its work,
and this work is really of the most diff
ficult sort throughout, since it means
the organization of a vast business in
as well as n political machine.
There are those that hold that execu
tive committees should be of continu-
Gus existence, with permanent head
quarters, permanent officers and per-
manent employees, including n we'll
paid executive head. Such an institu-
ton would have four years instead Of
three months i'm which to do its work.
Its poll lists would be kept constantly
revised, and its machinery would al
ways be well-oiled and Efficient
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