The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-10
HOW TO MAKE SPEECHES
VARYING OPINIONS ABOUT EFFEC-
TIvENEss OF ORATORY.
Prominent Republicans Discuss the
subject at the Columbia Club
What Was Said.

az am against vituperative campaign
speeches." declared John G. Wingate at
the Columbia Club last night. \ more
innocent sounding statement could scarcely
be imagined, and yet the speaker stirred
up a figurative nest of hornets when he
made it. II will tell you my idea of
good political speech" continued Mr.. Win
gate. 81 would like to hear a man devote
about forty-fve minutes to review of the
splendid work of the Republican party,
from the days of Hamilton down TO the
days of Harrison, and then occupy another
forty-five minutes in telling about the
record of the Mckinley administration.
would not want him to refer to Bryan or
the Democratic party any more than might
be necessary. i don't believe I'm this bust
ness of 'skinning our opponents. / have
been a travelling man for a good many
years-have sold threshing and other farm
machinery-and my experience has been
that every bit of the time / have consumed
in talking about the other fellows ma
chine has been worse than wasted. Don't
you see that 1t gets that machine on the
mind of the man you are trying to per-
suade to purchase your machine? So. if
you go to work in political talk and 'f1ay
the Democrats alive it makes sore places,
draws blood and is liable to do harm"
"You are wrong. Mr.. Wingate," said
State Chairman Herniy. 1.-The way to fight
Democrats is to show them what a mean
party they are in. If you don't do any,
thing more than mako those nice roolt;fv
ing speeches, telling what a great party
we have, you only succeed perhaps I'm hold
ing our own men together and they would
stick by us anyway. They do the thing
right in my district-the Sixth over there
the Republicans. figuratively speaking
make faces at the Democrats and hold
their noses, as much as to say, Go away
from me, you smell bad. you have got De-
mocracy on YOU L believe in going after
a bad Democrat i'm such a way as to make
him feel his position. l would get up pro-
cessions and march past his house every
day before breakfast. This thing of say
ing to them Come into our fold and YOU
will feel the drippings OF the sanctuary
running over your heards and down your
backs sounds very nice. but it won't work
in practice. How did George Julian get
himself elected to Congress i'm my district
time after time? Not by patting Demo-
Gratis on the back and telling them they
were all right, nice fellows and all that.
No, he went after them with a sharp
stick
ION, WELL" retorted Mr.. Wingate. chow
could he keep himself from being elected
to Congress in the old Burnt District -?
why, by talking the kind of stun you
course. the Sixth is strongly Republican,
but how did II get that way? BY lighting
and lighting hard, L can tell you"
Most of them are Quakers of good old
| stock, replied Mr.. Wingate, land natural
| ly, they are Republicans"
Yes, and they are just the people that
| can fight the Democrats, too" said Mr.
| Hernly, determined to have the last word
Now, let me have word said Capt
Newton w. Gilbert, of Angola, who is the
| Republican nominee for lieutenant COVER
| nor az think Mr.. Wingate is right in part
| but also think that Mr.. Hernly is right
| My idea of campaign speech is that one
of it's principal objects is to create enthu-
siasm among class of people who would
| not get particularly interested by reading
| printed speech. For example, lots @.
men might read brilliant address like
Senator Beveridge'S on the Philippine cues
| ton, and not be aroused TO the point where
| they would feel compelled to get out and
| hustle for the party's success. Now, you
I get lot of fellows like that In politica
meeting, and, in order to stir them up, yoJ
| have got TO give them little hot STUFF
make them a speech which will stick in
| their memories so that they will go around
among the neighbors and tell the gooc
| points you made in your speech, or some
striking anecdote you related which told
| against the Democrats"
| Il am not sure you are right about that,
| said Mr.. Wingate. who is nothing IL no
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| you can't go anywhere in this State II
make a speech but what you will address
| mixed audience There will be few Dem
| ocrats in the hall, listening to your re
| marks, and you don't want to make then
| go away feeling resentful and sore
|
THE best political speeches after all are
made by the business men, who make nc
pretensions of being orators" said Horace
T.. Smith. Attorney General Taylor OF
| Captain Gilbert or Senator Beverage might
| go into little town and make one of THEN
| brilliant speeches and the next day some
| storekeeper in the place with a lot of hi:
| nelghbors gathered about him would in al
| probability say Things which would cause
| everybody TO forget the brilliant address:
| they had heard the night before. The bus
mess men are going TO do the best talking
| this campaign and IL Is not going TO be fol
William Jennings Bryan, either"
II was in New York recently" said Cap
tain Gilbert, land 1 was surprised at som,
of the things which L noticed there w,
are going to carry that State this year by
the biggest majority ever known. Tn,
| business men of New York State are thor
| oughly aroused and they are going TO max,
themselves felt this time sure
There has been a tremendous upheava
in New York State" said Mr.. Hernly, ''ane
| / know something about il myself, for
| was there not so very long ago. We car
| ried New York State by something Xix,
| 10000 four years ago, and / believe tn,
| figure will be 100000 or over in November