The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-26
A WAR HORROR CAMPAIGN.
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC STAY
AT-HoME sTEREOPTICON Snow.


AT-HOME STERE0PTICON SHOW.
Travelling spellbindsrs with Magic Lantern
Slides OF Camp aud Battlefield to Work
Against Roosevelt, the Rough Rider
This IL Senator MoCarren's Great Idea.
Job lot Of pictures portraying war and It's
horrors is to be sprung on the public within
the next few days. just Us soon rs Col. Roose-
welt is named by the convention as the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor. a squad ofspcak-
ers, armed with lantern slides and stereopti-
cons, is to start out from this city for different
parts OF tho State. Each man has q route
which will take him from two to three weeks
to cover, and In enoh plaoo that he stops he will
make a speech. throwing all the blame for tho
alleged incompetency in tho handling Of the
war and the management Of tho camps on the
Republican party.
This is the latest scheme Of tho Democrats to
beat Col. Roosevelt. and tho credit for the idea
is said to belong to that astuto leader. Senator
McCarren. Whether the scheme emanated
from his brain or not, he is in charge OF the
magic lantern department, and tho speakers
are 10 work under his direction. The funniest
part of the whole thing is that the orators are
not to go out as Democrats, but simply as pri-
vate citizens, who. shocked beyond expression
ut the things the magic lantern slides are to
show, have given up business. time and money
to enlighten the people on the subject.
The philanthropist gag is believed to be the
most effective one and Is going to be whooped
up by the Democrats. The big cities in the
State. 1t is understood. are not to be worked
very extensively. but the small towns and viii
lagos are to get the free shows as often as
they'll stand them. The Democrats are said to
have the greatest confidence In the horror pic
lures as vote winners, and arc ready to spend q
large sum In this branch OF their campaign
work.
The principal orator and stereopticon worker.
the man TO whom the larger towns and villages
are to be intrusted, is a Long Islander who has
heretofore devoted his winters to giving Shake
spearean lectures throughout the State. He Is
described as a forcible. convincing and earnest
he is engaged in selecting the pictures to be
used; There are no battle scenes among them.
are no pictures OF the charge up San Juan hill.
with Co, Roosevelt IN, the lead. For obvious
p Seas9ns tn the d glorious 81 victories Ssraoss Of the b.ra American can
e. be shown, The navy ~ Is sna also sr to be Be-
n%eetfon with that branch q the service; The
dirty work they can, in this campaign and the
S RGst PT iSs. Of Of 1t Wh Is this Il 10 picture sst eOf fS an {Gd nnl1 the e
man who rlade a brilliant record for personal
heroism in the, war and whose regiment did as
that took part In that few days of fighting, and
all because he stands as the representative OF
cessful a elimination IN so short a time.
The first pictures to be shown illustrate the
a srSoP ebd IN Gan n f RGioT TIe lSay anG for Sss GSb9 80 P IL tg
make more heartrendinR the illustrations to
follow. Most Of these pictures are said to have
but one infantry regiment. the Seventy. first.
men went out OF the country during the war.
However. no one Is TO know whether they are
es sheI B ane GOOD or Gn hna hesifSs t tbToSr %,ll So sn1 !SRE
the purpose OF the Democrats. 49,,
Next are. to- come. scenes on the battlefield,
over. Wounded men, are to be shown lying
around without medical attention, and here Is
iective work, The idea OF men being wounded
in battle! The Republican party should have
f bieod lie IS ' so FAR ri as 'n the 0 AmeTic an forees we're We're
Wounded soldiers didn't get up and walk of
i in neat condition. Because 1t didn't. Col.
Roosevelt must not be Governor; Some Dem
There are quite a number OF these battlefield
e%ons atte Sud n9n to ftRhe The WoGGG 0hr on the feld sun In
portraying the scenes that have always followed
pitfalls. with the. wounded awaiting their turns
to be operated on. Here the speakers. are
i dFe'h hospitals = itaIs built u l1bn efiore the S" ba ftHn' VI WIZ gs are
the men NOT furnished with all the luxuries OF
home while awaiting their turns? Why are
there nothing but tents for operating rooms?
Why, because the Republicans didn't furnish
ANYTHING better. Consequently Col; Roosevelt
must not be Governor. Because the war was
q real war and not an opera bouffe war. and be-
cause in the matter Of suffering 1t was Just like
must be downed
Following these are twoscore other pictures
showing scenes In camps and hospitals. wind
ing up with a series Of cartoons from newspa-
pers that have persistently abused the War
Department. the President. the whole Repub-
lican party, in fact, since the war began. These
are the pictures that It is hoped win SO shock
the rural voters that they will flock to the Dem
ocratic standards by the hundreds. II will be
less surprising II the speakers are rotten |
eRged wherever they GO. The rural voters
happen to be pretty we'll informed on the war
that has Just ended. and. while there. may be a
who will succumb to this kind of gun. the
probabilities are that 1t will disgust the vast
majority Of patriotic citizens.
prominent DEMOCRAT. speaking Of the pic
ture scheme in the Hoffman House the other
II am very much in doubt as to the efficacy
OF this kind of work as. a political measure.
not sure that it's good Judgment myself"
There are other Democrats who have had ex-
with boomeranRs in the past who are
also In doubt as to the good judgment in send
ing out the stereopticon men.