The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-09-28
M'LEAN'S ORGANIZATION
The Manner In Which He
Hopes to Win.
1T WILL COST OVER s5oO,oOo,

and John r.. and His Barrel viii Be
Repudiated by the People.
The Democrats are shouting vocifer-
ously that John r. Mclean is an COR
ganizer," and predicting what the great
organizer" will do this year in Ohio.
The Republican state committee is in
full possession of the general plan of
organization which Mr. Mclean pro-
poses to pursue. They have it from the
lips of man to whom Mclean intrust-
ed it, and nobody would be surprised to
be told that 1t calls for an expenditure
Of over half million dollars on ''or-
ganization." No wonder the Demo-
cratic heelers are chuckling over Nc
Leans great ability" as an organizer.
The entire plan is not disclosed by
the Republican committee, but it con-
templates the hiring of men outright
in each precinct in the state to give all
their time to Mclean for the balance
of the campaign and to receive the
modest remuneration Of SO per day.
d The Mclean lieutenants, previous to
the GAINESVILLE convention, did not waste
any time in telling about McLean's de-
votion to the principles of the Demo-
cratic party. Bernard Norton, Reeme-
lin, Cogan, Brady and Ike Hill did not
urge McLean's candidacy because Of
his record as high-minded Democrat.
Mclean is an organizer!" they shout
ed, and the GAINESVILLE delegates were
convinced McLean's work in organiz-
ing his forces for the convention was
self-evident. After the convention,
when he was denounced from all quar-
ters, his lieutenants came back with
the old cry, "He is an organizer!"
That was their defense.
The whole Mclean scheme of organ
ization had been discussed and elabo-
rated before his nomination. The Nc
Leanites made no secret OF, the part
money would play in organization. The
delegates to the GAINESVILLE convention
were told that Mclean would spend
from half million to a million dollars
to be elected.
The Mclean plans contemplate a
about 5000 election precincts in Ohio,
each precinct having about 300 voters.
In the large cities total vote exceed
ing $50 was cast in many precincts.
When townships are divided into pre-
cincts the precinct vote usually falls
short of 300. The Mclean organization
contemplates the appointment of one
precinct supervisor in every precinct in
the state.
Immediately after theZanesville con-
vention the congressional district su-
pervisors were chosen, and as rapidly
as possible since the county supervisors
have been named. The congressional
district supervisors are to have super
vision over all the counties in their
districts. A list of precinct supervisors
is prepared by each county supervisor
as soon after his appointment as possi-
BILE and sent to Louie Bernard. These
names are Immediately placed on the
Mclean payroll and orders sent to the
county supervisor to put the men to
| work.
The congressional and county super
visors will be recompensed in various
ways. All will receive remuneration in
cash, according to sliding scale, based
on the relative Importance of the work
| in the various districts and counties.
In addition to this there will be prom
ises of personal appointment or state
patronage, to be fulfilled in the event
of McLean's election.
| The precinct is the unit of the plan.
Every Mclean lieutenant is laying
| enormous stress on the precinct. The
Importance of naming only good men,
who are hustlers and who will obey
every order from headquarters with
out question, "just as soldier would"
has been strongly impressed on the
county supervisors.
EVERY PRECINCT SUPERVISOR
WILL RECEIVE So PER DAY FROM
THE DAY OF HIS APPOINTMENT
TO NOV. s, 1899.
AS the majority of the precinct su-
pervisors have already been appointed
it Is fair to estimate the average time
during which each supervisor is en-
| ployed in the Mclean campaign at
eight weeks. The average pay of each
supervisor is $21 per week, or $16S for
eight weeks. On this basis, the pay of
the 5000 supervisors in Ohio will ag-
gregate $504,OOO!
! Each precinct supervisor will devote
his entire time~until election day to
perfecting the organization of his pre-
cinct. He will personally visit every
voter in the precinct. He will be fur
nished fund to treat the boys right. .
He will circulate every story, truth or
lie, that he receives from headquarters,
when ordered to do So He will mingle
in every gathering in his precinct and
adapt himself to every crowd in which
he finds himself, and all the time he
will sound the praises of John R. Nc
Lean. He will ignore every local Dem
ocratic ticket, except when absolutely
necessary, but it will be his duty to see