Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-09-03
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
And Its Relation to the Candi-
dates.
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! AuCA oAO h'oAy PSOPAC pO
who think that a membership OF a
| County Central Committee is a
| soft snap in a campaign. From what
experience the writer has had on
various Central Committees, he would
il possible, disabuse the minds Of a
| good many people on this subject.
The Central Committee is supposed to
have the complete charge Of the cam
paign, but as a rule they get a hun
dred suggestions a day from different
people. II a certain set Of sugges-
| tons are adopted, the other parties
whose suggestions are not adopted,
go about saying the Committee are all
d. fools, u are running the cam
paign into the ground, and If 10
suggestions are followed the Cnm-
mittee are accused Of having 'hn ir
heads swelled by tue position they
occupy.
Another popular idea with the com
NUDITY is that the Central COMMITTEES
have large amounts Of campaign
money to disburse and the leg pull
ers" who do not get a few hundred for
their labors 10 the campaign-which
generally consist Of yelling for the
party. hunting up four torches and
packing a pitcher Of ice water to a
hall for the visiting speaker-at once
circulate the report that the Commit
tee is sinking, unheard Of sums, and
getting ready to build new houses and
!. take a trip to European watering
places. Each candidate, prior to the
, meeting Of the Committee, regards
J each member Of the Committee in the
r light of a jobber, plotting to get his
: opponant on the ticket and sell the
party out TO the enemy.
Occasionally a member OF the Com
D mittae, who has probably had some
experience in politics, takes a nom
inee n side and gives him some ad-
vice as to the best way to get votes.
and suggest a few things to do, and a
few things not to do and the nominee
as a rule chuckles to himself and
> after figuring ont that the Committee
. man is jobbing to beat him, goes of
and carefully coppers all the advice.
to find himself high and dry on elAc-
- ton day. The hardest work the Com
y mittee has on its hands is preventing
candidates from speaking at public
meetings. Most candidates have an
9 idea that they are good public speak
ers. and can win votes by talking tc
= the crowd.
=: 1t is always better, unless the can
didate is an extra good speaker, to le
some one else talk for him. A candi
date who is not an experienced talkel
is almost certain to make some sliI
Of the tongue which will be twisted
against him by the opposition, ant
40 this slip may not only iniure hi
chances, but that Of the entire ticket
But the we'll meant endeavors OF th
Committee to save the candidate from
the bad effects Of falling into tn
yawning chasm Of his own mouth, i
90 never appreciated, the candidate in
variably resents the advice given as
an slur on his oratorical powers an
I'D CONSTITUTES it into a plot to prevent hi
election.
He then parades his grievances I
his friends, who at once get up i
n' arms and make a roar to the effe,
that if any attempt to gag their frien
is attempted they will raise sever
kinds of hell on election day. Tt
- Central Committee, hadgered an
threatened and brow-heaten almost
death, accordingly pOurs oil on tt
troubled waters by billing the aspi
nm ing speaker at the next meeting
Il type sufficiently large to satisfy hi
and all his friends, and the day aft
or his speech the opposition paper is o
at in big black-faced type, quoting a
of things the candidate has said al
calling on the honest voters to raj
q up and wipe the party indorsing sue
"7 principles, off the face Of the earth.
The candidate then has to publish
card of explanation and also has
ack hire the hall again ar the party e
led pense, to say what he really did 81
and the opposition paper gets anOth
red rake at him. and the longer he tai
rye the more he gets it in the neck" al
on election dav is buried under a loj
of votes, when if he had only kept /
49, mouth closed, and accepted good a
vice he would De right in it, with t
people, and drawing a fat salary t
two or four years.
. The Central Committee has a lot
work to do that never appears
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