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tho contract for getting out the
enormous mass OF printing was al
most driven 1 nto private pedian
by the complications with which he found
himself surrounded. Tho campaign was
becur rather late and lasted only ten
weeks Il viii therefore be seen that ne
had 10 get out nearly ten million docu-
ments q week, and. although he was To-
Gated I'm New York ne had no plant or
his own at the beginning OF the campaign
and expected 10 get the work done AT tne
various fob Offices Of Gotham. lie soon
found this quite impracucaDle, ana was
obliged 20 put in q great lot OF presses
for himself at ruinous expense, OWING 10
the haste with which lie had 10 nave
his machines put In place. Even theh no
had 20 give out great quantities OF me
work. and before the campaign was over
he had 10 hire man f0r the sole puF-
pose OF visiting the twenty OF thirty
suh-printers every day and overlooking
their work This printers bills aggresai-
cd dangerously near the 10000 marx
and he hoped 20 make a Let Of money
ont Of IT, but IT Is extremely
doubtful that he Cid.
or course. the getting out Of such an
enormous number oil documents renders
necessary the organization Of a tremen~
dOus shipping department. IN the case
with thq binding department Of the prin-
ter. occupied two or three floors or
huge building whole block long and
several hundred men. women. boys and
girls were kept busy every week day ana
Sunday. and many nights during the cam
paign In getting the matter of. The
expenses Of the department constituted
one OF the greatest eye-sOrcs Of the whole
campaign with the mcthod!cal treasurer
Z
very doubtful that any other executive
committee VIII 70 so extensively into the
document business as did this ono.
Another important function ~ the EN-
ecutive Committee is TO furnish correct
political pahulum 70 the newspapers be
sides general news and this IS attended
10 hv the Press Bureau. generally attach
"a 10 the Printing Committee.
"BTREAU or ORATOBY."
The Chairman Of the Bureau Of Ora
tory" as the stump-speakers' department
IS sometimes colloquially known about
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21

and. curiously enough IL has long been
an unwritten law that the headquaF'eiS
OF both should be on Fifth avenue, ana
that private dwelling houses should be
their habitations. il has not always been
easy TO md such "a house vacant. and ia
1899 the Republicans. who set out TO lease
a place for headquarters rather late. came
near not finding one at all They were
finally Obliged 70 take up with one GONE
where between s0th and 50th streets.
which was altogether too far up town 10
suit good many. The Democrats got
a place much further down town, and me
fact that tho two places were literally
miles apart made 1t mighty disasreesble
for the reporters and correspondents VINO
had TO cover both.
The first thing 60 be done after pri-
vate house has been leased for campaign
Headquarters IT. 80 make its interior look
as little Ike "a dwelling house as possible
by putting up wire lattices and iron bar
red doors I'm every conceivable place.
Then the outside OF the building IS dec
GRATED with Tags, after that # IS made
clear 10 the populace that whoever will
may make himself free OF the front room
on the "parlor floor" Then bigger
man" than the chairman Is placed IN
charge OF this floor his duties also being
TO act as doOr-keepcr for the upper floors
SO as TO prevent anyone. under any pre-
text. not personally known to him. from
visiting the rooms occupied by tho chair
man or members OF the committee Mono
lu; the truciy elect can ret by this man.
aud II Is n pathetic thing In campaign
times 20 watch tho victims Of this stony
eyed creature. az they sit and slt the
live long day in the vain hope that bye
and bye they VIII be admitted 10 the
regions above
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Campaign headquarters are always in
charge OF a campaign or Executive Com
cnittee. the members OF which. with the
exception OF the chairman. are chosen
from among themselves bv the members
OF The National Committee. Tho chair
man II selected by the presidential can
didate himself. and OF course is always a
man III whom the candidate places Inn
plicit confidence. both as to his loyalty
and his political wisdom IL has hccn an
open proposition for long time that Mr..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21

tho hardest worked OF an those who oc-
cupy headquarters during the campaign.
He feels that the burden Of the contest
is on his shoulders lie H. I'm "a constant
state OF terror less some acts have been
committed either hy himself or some of
his subordinate that will "Burchardize'
the campaign. The number Of letters
he is Obliged 20 answer daily is greater.
probably, than those which come 90 any
other mortal I'm existence. no matter Of
how exalted station. His callers are num-
hcrcd literally by the thousands u is
physically Impossible for him Ia see them
all. and II Is equally impossible always
TO decide wisely rs who shall bG refused
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21

setting out that unless its candidate
wins tho country will 80 TO the dogs.
whereas il he Is elected the entire pOpu-
iation viii be able to wear diamonds all
the time and drink champagne three
times a day-that are distributed over the
country at great expense and. as some
say with little effect from the beginning
70 the end OF every campaign With re-
gard 10 documents with rcgart TO
stump speakers committees differ. Some
committees believe IN documents as the
only salvation OF the party. and one com
mittee OF which the writer has some
knowledge printed and tried 10 put out
about hundred millions OF documents.
including text books. or enc and a third
man TO every man. woman. and child
III the United States. The man who had
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21

were properly deposited In the post-ofice
or otherwise effectively distributed. rms
OF course added 10 the general JOY LOT
tho inspectors were constantly reporting
violations OF contract, and In several IN
stances were obliged to remain up all
night I'm order ia accommodate themselves
to alleged exieencies which made II neces-
sary To print small weekly papers. there
tofore always printed IN the daytime. at
midniehrs wi;cnlng hour-perhaps because
the publishers thought the inspectors
would not care 10 be present az that Time
EXPENSES AND OTHER MATTERS.
The expenses Of a national executive
committee vary as much as tho method
OF conducting them. one committee
which did It's work only fep years ago
Is said 10 nave used up $4,000 ia its
existence OF less than three months. but
81 10000 is probably nearer the average.
Besides the ways OF using money OF which
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the right side. and then he can speak in
a convincing way.
nN TIE POLITICIAN.


ROUGH OK THE POLITICIAN.
A politician requires but little training
and Jess knowledge. lie needs a good
memory. an ability 10 know who 10 kick
and who 20 shake hands with. and a cer-
tain genial air that DE puts on just ms hs
does his frock coat. Grammar is "a some
thing be need never trouble himself about
Ii Is enough n he knows the slang OF the
day. or course, IL is better IL 10 can
create some slang. and best OF all ~ he
can say something that answers 10 'fho
public be- id" Tho multitude likes
bully The average American likes poii-
tician who can Kick every voter into
Satan's domini0ns n necessary and why
he lkcs this type I cannot understand.
our earliest politicians were gentlemen
Fancy Thomas Jefferson. Charles Carroll
or John Randolph discussing events Win
the average politician OF to-day. As this
country grows more magnificent. Il seems
10 take less stock in good morals, and
honesty is ont OF the question. It's poiii-
clans have no manners. but oh. with what
ability they can nm their pockets. Hence,
that Imaginary son OF mine should be
politician. / should have no respect for
him. hut there would be gold galore. and
tho entire family would have tho kind
o. time peculiar 10 the monkey and tho
parrot Don't worry That chestnut
which has become Il classic will never be
ronoated by BAB.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21

Hanna IS such a man In the eyes OF
Major Mckinley as tho Hon. Tom Car
Ter was in Harrisons eyes and Mr.. Harri-
~ was in Cievoland's eyes In 1892. The
place Is ono OF honor from the politicians
standpoint. but It IL also one the duties
OF which are complicated enough utterly
to disjolnt and upset the intclectuals OF
most mon man Of only ordinary ex-
ccutivc ability would 30 crazy IN "a single
day over tho intrcacies OF the job
The Executive Chairman IS by all odds
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21

for some time past It has been working
chiefly IN the interests OF the single gold
standard
The campaign will begin late this year
and ~ IS possible that at least one OF the
big parties will have its headquarters
away from New York.
OSBORN SPENCER.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21

WHY Is IT. that Polk Nnllers ltal-
fan Insect Powder has no equal as an
extorn,'nator of FLIES. REACHES. and
other insects? BECAUSE b. is the gen
une article pet zap ln bottles only never
I'm bulk 20 protect our customers as
well as ourselves from the numerous imi-
.ations with which the market is flooded.
Nor sale hv au leading drug and grocery
stores. 40 ln o. and Soc.
POLK MILLER DRUG co.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03
That Mexican Dollar.

No greater service could be done
the Democratic party than is being
done by those who bring Mexican
dollars into this country and exhibit
them as illustrations of the depreci.
alton of silver.
The fall in the value of the Mexi-
can dollar since 1873 shows the fall
in the products Of American labor,
including silver, under the gold
standard. Prior to 1873, the Mex
lean silver dollar was worth more
than the American gold dollar, and
if we monetize silver it will be worth
moro again.
In the meantime it ia at the same
discount against gold as is American
labor. Gold and debt are forced
up. Everything else is forced
down. Prof. John Clark Ridpath
has recently collected statistics
showing the immense appreciation
10 the gold dollar value Of the ma
tional debt sincel873. The pur-
chasing power Of the national debt
he says. is greater in 1895 than that
of the national debt in 1866, as fol
lows:
10 the case of wheat by GAG, 778,-
0CO bushels; 10 the case Of -four by
90,780 barrels; in the case of cotton
by 8,673, 900 900 pounds;in the case
of mess pork by 5I,339,UO0 barrels:
in the case of wool by 425'625,O 0O
pounds.
Thus, although We have paid q
thousand million dollars on the: ma
tionol debt in q quarter of q cen
fury, it would now take over geighl
thousand million pounds Of cotton
to pay it more than it would have
taken when We began paying.
A bushel of wheat would pay {
dollar Of deot when we began. Now
! the dollar of debt has been apprecl'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03
What Mckinley will do for
Sugar.

What We want, gentlemen, is q
reciprocity that is fair, liberal and
just to our as well az to other coun~
tries. We will have no policy by
which VIC do not get az much as we
give and will inaugurate no reci-
procity policy which takes from
American workmen q single days
work that they can possibly get,
We will simply revive the policy
that put American -four in Havana
free and gave Cuban sugar free to
the people of the United States on
terms alike, just fair, honorable and
advantageous to both countries
Wm. Mckinley.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03
Succession Sale.

STATE OF LOUlsIANA-Parish
of Vermilion--l7th Judicial Dis.
trict Court-No. 324.
Succession of Louisa z. Marceaax.
To Louisa Veazey and her hus.
band, Louis Leotaud CO admihistrs..
tors. Greeting.
By vittve of q commission TO me
directed from the Hon. aforesaid
court. ] will proceed to sell at pub
lie auction to The last and highest
bidder ct the late residence OF the
deceased in this parish, on
Saturday, Nevembep 7th, '96
the following described property
belonging TO said succession, towit
Lots Nos. 81 and 80 of Nixon's
addition of said town 80 feet by l42
feet six inches deep more or leas.
Bounded north by Boulevard Lafsy.
cite, south by lots 81 and 80, east by
Louisiana street. ard west by So.
Charles street together With the
buildings and improvements thereon.
TERMS:
One hall cash and the balance on
a credit Of one year from the day Of
sale; purchasers TO furnish their
notes secured by mortgage and ven.
dor's lien and privilege ON the land
sold, payable to the order of the I'D.
ministrator n wear after date, with
interest al eight per cent per annam
from date until paid, and ten per
cent attorneys fees additional in
case said notes being placed in the
hands of an attorney for collection
after maturity. And that the NOV.
able property be sold for caah 90
day Of sale.
Louisa Vea2ey,
Louis Leotaud,
Co-adminissrat0rs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

Antoine, o colored man, we'll
Known around town, has become
quite an expert at catching o'pos-
sums. Yesterday he was coming
along America street when all at
once he was seen to jump on the
fence at Prof. Randolph's residence,
and when he landed on the sidewalk
be had o largo fat o'possum by the
tail. Just think Of it, catching O..
poesums on America aud St. Phillip
streets, city Of Baton Rouge, within
q stones throw Of the capitol.-Ad
roca'e.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03
Watts Hominy Convention.

Senator Watts well. advertised
Republican harmonizing convention,
which was to have come off in Odd
Fellows Hall Yesterday at high
noon, hung Ere dismally.
There was a corporal's guard
present, and the complexion of the
assemblage did not presage for it
any extravaganza drawing power as
a nucleus. When some thirty min
utes had elapsed over the time set
for calling the meeting to order, and
there was no rumor of an immense
crowd down in the street waiting
for that event and no hosts march
ing up Camp street 10 tho direction
of the hall, the senator mounted the
platform, aud, emitting any men ton
of what was necessary, stated that
the convention was postponed until
8 o'clock 10 the evening. And Sc
the crowd dispersed. There were
about q half dozen white Republi-
cans snd q dozen and q half colored
MEM. O. Picayune, Sept. 20.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

The trial of l.. Pruet tor killing
L. B. Sandoz a few months ago took
place 10 Opelousas last week, from
all accounts it was a regular monk
ey and parrot time. Pruet was a
regulator and Of course the gang
now 10 Office were bent on moving
Heaven and hell particularly the
latter place to convict him. The
Clarion says:
"The antics of counsel and of the
court at times reminded one of the
scenes OF a comic opera, and at fire.
quent interyals the jury had to be
withdrawn so that counsel could ar.
que o point of law and then "con-
fusion worse confounded" would en-
sue. Bills after bills of exception
were reserved by the defense, enough
in number to fill an ordinary bas'
ket. The taking Of testimony was
finished Monday evening, and the
counsel were allowed an hour each
to argue the case, and there being
five counsel, the time occupied in
arguing was FIVE hours. The case
went to the jury at about 1890, and
| at about IL o'clock the iurv report.
ed a verdict Of manslaughter agains'
the accused. The State was repre-
sented by District Attorney r. Lei
Garland and Mr.. e. P. Veazie, anG
the defence by Messrs. W. S. Frszet
C. F. Garland and Jno. N. Ogden
As q grand finale to the proceeding
one OF the dofense's counsel, Mr.. G
f. Garland was sent to Jail for con
tempt Of court, where he spent th'
night.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03
No Anarchist Spoke Such
Words

While William j. Bryan was in
Congress in 1884, George W. Houk,
member from Ohio, died; Mr.. Bry'
an was asked by the Speaker to de-
liver the eulogy after Houk's COL
league from Ohio had signi6ed his
inability to do go on account of sick.
ness. The following is q part Of Mr..
Bryan's memorial address on that
occasion:
IF the Father designs to touch
with divine power the cold and
pulseless heart of the buried acorn,
and make it to burst forth from its
prison walls, will He leave neglect
ed in earth the soul of man who was
made in the immsge of bis creator?
If be stoops to give to the rosebush,
whose withered blossoms float upon
the autumn breeze, the sweet assur'
ance of another spring time, will He
withhold the words OF hope from the
sons of men when the frosts of vim
ter come? Ifmatter, mute and in
animate, though changed by the
forces of nature into a multitude Of
forms, can never die, will the spirit
OF man suffer humiliation after it
has paid a brief visit, like q royal
guest, to this tenement Of clay?
Rather let ne believe that He, who
in His apparent prodigality wastes
not the rain drop. the blade OF grass
Or the evenings signing zephyr, but
makes them all to carry out His
eternal plans, has given Immortality
to the mortal and gathered to Him
self the generous spirit Of our
friend"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

The rich men of New York who
have been compelled to contribute
to Mckinley campaign fund, are
we'll known to the street gamins OF
the metropolis aud the latter. when
they meet Huntington, Sage, Bliss,
and others on the street, gaily whis-
lie:
mark Hanna caught him 'twixt the
ankle and the knee
And now his leg is longer than il
really ought to be-"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03
Terms of the Pact.

The two committees representing
the Democratic and the Peoples
parties of the State of Louisiana,
met last Friday at the State House,
and at 1890 arrived at the follow
ing agreement:
"We the undersigned committees
respectfully representing the Demo-
cratic aud the Peoples parties of
the State of Louisiana, in order to
secure the selection Of a common
ELECTORAL ticket which all support
ers of William J. Bryan, of Nebras-
ka, for President, may vote for with
effect, have entered into the follow
ing agreement:
First--The Democrats agree to
withdraw from the ticket Mr.. r. G.
Drew, of Webster, az a candidate
for elector.st-large, and substitute
in his place and stead Mr.. J. W.
Mcfarland, Of Claiborne, and to
withdraw from their ticket nominees
from the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
districts, to.wit: j. G. Ryan. D. W.
Harris and a. Y. Coco, respectively
and substitute in their stead Messrs.
Lee McAlpin, Of Vernon, in the
Fourth district; r. NJ. Steele, OF
Franklin, in the Fifth district, and
J. 7. Howell, of East Baton Rouge,
in the Sixth district.
The Peoples party agree to with.
draw from their ticket their candi-
date for elecIor-at-large, DR.. j. T..
Tabor, and substitute in his place
and stead Mr.. Ben Michel, of Plaq
uemine p~arish,and to withdraw from
their ticket their district nominees
10 the First, Second and Third dis
tricts, viz: Messrs. j. A. Sadler, of
Orleans; j. V. Lagmsn. Of Orleans,
and W. D. Gooch, Of Vermilion, re.
spectively, and to substitute thereon
Messrs. Albert VOORHEES,, OF Orleans,
in the First district; Samuel j.
Kohlman, of Orleans, in the Second
district, and G. A. Fournet, of Cal
casieu, in the Third district. All OF
the said electors are pledged to vote
for Mr.. VIM. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
for President, and each is left free
Ito vote for Sewall or Watson for
Vice President according to bis
party affiliations.
Second-Each party is pledged to
a fair election and the members Of
the Democratic committee pledge
their influence to secure the appoint.
ment by the several Boards of Su~
pervisors 10 the respective parishes
of one Peoples party commissioner
and one watcher, as provided for
by law at each polling place in each
Congressional district where the
nominee of the Peoples party is the
real and most formidable opponent
OF the Democratic nominee for Con-
gress 10 that district, and to secure
a just and fair decision by the sever.
al Boards of Supervisors as to which
party is the real opponent of the
Democratic party in each Congress
sioual district.
(Signed) ]. NJ. Foster, Chairman.
(Signed) FL. L. Brian, Chairman.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

Over in Lake Charles is q news
paper, the National Republican con-
Quoted by an old lady named Orrin
S. Dolby, which is making giant
warfare for Mckinley and protec'
ton. The antics of the old lady in
her efforts to demonstrate that the
real cause of all our woes is too
much money and not enough taxa
ton 10 q spectacle calculated to
move the angels to tears and cause
the sepulchred remains OF Jean
Baptiste Say, Adam Smith, Francis
Wayland and the host Of political
economists whose wisdom and re-
search shine out of the mists of the
past as o bright beacon light, to
writhe in anguish. Sister Dulby is
10 too circumscribed a sphere, she
should migrate eastward and preach
the glad gospel of 1.-THE sun do
novel"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

To the judgment Of ex.President
Harrison, "ths party which cannot
be split 10 o public meance." In de-
liveriag this epigram at his Madison
Square Garden speech did the dis
tinguished Republican imply that
November will witness q split 10 his
own party or that it is a public me.
anOeS
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

Last week the Cotton family. liv-
ing near Tickfaw on the Illinois
Central railroad, were cruelty butch
cred by negroes. Two men and two
woman were killed and another
women horribly mangled With an
axe. John johnson a young negro
Is years old living With the family
was recognized by Maud Miller tae
only adult member Of the family
who escaped: After two days search
johnson wss captured in East Baton
Rouge parish by the sheriff and TAX
en- to New Orleans for safe keeping.
johnson declared that another ne
gro named Archie Joiner was his
accomplish and he was arrested.
Great excitement prevails in Tangi-
pahoa and on Monday the authors
ties telegraphed Gov. Foster for
troops to hold the town Of Amite
against a threatened attack Of q
mob who demanded that the mur-
derers be turned over to them
Gov. Foster ordered the militia from
Hammond to report to the sheriff
aud sent Gen. Jumel to take charge
Gen. Jumel reached Amite Tuesday
morning and with the authorities
succeeded 10 calming the excitement
all is quiet now.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

ated until it takes two bushels of
wheat. So the West ia made poor
or and poorer. And so the Mexi-
can dollar whose value has been cut
10 two by characterization shows the
cause. The value of the West and
South, of all the staple products of
our labor, has also been cut in two.
Post Dispatch.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

With not enough gold in the
world to pay the interest on the
amount of debts owed, and most oil
the great nations are grabbing for
what there is, the value Of gold il
constantly enhancing, and therefore
the single gold standard not only
wrongs every debtor, but inaicts in
jury upon every productive enter
and cuts down the demand for labor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

The Colfax Peoples Demands ia
~our authority for saying that q con-
gregation in VIM parish expelled
two of their church ornaments for
saying they saw ice made in New
Orleans. An investigation COM
mittee was sent down, and they
came back and reported that"it war
not only so but that they made il
with steam" all were fred.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-03

The hoodlumistic conduct Of the
Yale students at New Haven Ct, last
week, during Mr.. Bryau's speech,
shows pretty conclusively that the
spirit of anarchy and the denial oil
free speech are rampant in the boast.
ed home culture.