Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-29

by steamship men, MS mere "wind jam
mers," and the rooms OF n speakers bu-
reau sometimes contain most remarka-
bic assortment Of vociferous freaks. This
is equally true OF the executive commit
tees of both parties.
Occasionally an executive committee
employs man to look after a lot Of de-
tails too fatiguing or trivial for members
of the committee themselves, who, al
though he may nominally be connected
with one special department, has to do
with the details Of nearly every depart
ment, One man who was so employed
by an executive committee a few cam
paigns back Ind to audit the printers
bills, to wrestle with the artists who drew
cartoons for the committee, to draw up
the contracts with those who desired to
furnish services of one kind and another,
to look after the work Of the newspapers
published In foreign tongues, and attend
to a thousand other unconsidered trihes.
When the campaign was over this man,
whose work had averaged from fourteen
to sixteen hours a day, felt as though he
had just awakened from n horrible and
seemingly endless nightmare. He had
much to do with newspapers published for
the sole benefit of Firms, Huns Scandi-
navians, Spaniards, Frenchmen and He
brews, who speak and read only Yiddish
to say nothing of the Germans. He
would order from 5000 to 10000 papers
containing paid political articles, and
had to visit and inspect the press rooms,
and see that the papers were really count
ed, printed and delivered.
The expenses of national committee
vary. One spent S1,900000 few years
ago In less than three months. The aver
age Is estimated Mt 81, 800, 900. There are
hundreds of avenues open for the escape
of this immense amount. Nearly every
committee establishes several secret hr-
reaus which are located away from the
headquarters themselves. There are bu-
reaus for the workingmen, bureaus for
the Swedes and voters of other nationali-
ties, and even bureaus for the liquor deal
ers, whose favor is generally courted by
both parties. Curiously enough, more
than one committee has maintained tenn
perance bureau contemporaneously with
the liquor dealers bureau. Among the
miscellaneous items, too, come heavy ex-
pense Thus 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 80 machines.
The selection Of employees, of which each
committee must have 100 or more, in ad
ditiOn TO the speakers and travelling
agents, is an important and delicate task
since the persons engaged must be of the
same political faith as the committee it,
self, and must be capable of exceedingly
hard work for sometimes sixteen hours "a
day. They are generally well paid for it
always happens that a few get their
names on the payroll whose sole quallf-
cation is a political pull.
The securing of Il complete list of the
voters in each State is II matter attended
with great care and expense. 1t has TO
be accomplished in few weeks time, and
a well-paid executive head and numer-
Gus subordinateS are employed. Such an
institution should have years, instead of
months, in which to do its work, for its
poll lists need constant revision, and its
operations must be continuous to be eff
fective. The nearest approach to per
feet organization in this respect is the
American Protective Tariff League OF
New York. 1t is unendingly engaged in
revising poll lists and forever printing
and distributing documents. 1t employs
large number of people. and has agents
in every section of the country. The
Democratic Reform Club also began this
class of systematic work in 1892. The
work of these organizations, while indie
pendent of the regular campaign COM
mittees, is particularly valuable in hav-
ing within its scope the address and affilia-
tions of nearly every voter in the United
States.
"What a heap of style Jimmie Wat
sons wife throws on" ooh, yes; jim
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