The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-26

, Democratic ORGANIZATION and the politi-
cal organization % Tammany Hal-lre
the same
Tammany Hall looking az II as q po-
litical machine and acting as Il were.
for the Democratic party fuzzy represents
the voters. rs executive committee Of
thlrty-six members nre also the aiers Ia
The thirty-siv assembly districts. II
sometimes. though rare v. hnpp. ms that a
member Of the Tammauy Han Exc .utive
Committee is not the district leader In
his district They are generally the s1me.
Il l. as district leaders that they usually
hold their places IN the Executive Com
mittee Of Tammauy Hall.
These leaders report 60 the General Com
mittee on conditions in their districts. Il
is pretty safe 20 base prediction OF the
result Of an election on their reports
so thorough Is their work ana their kn0wl-
edge OF their HELD.
Below the district leaders are the
leaders. or captains. Of the twelve hundred
or more election districts into which the
Assembly districts are dlv.ded. These
captains are appointed by the district
leaders.
The organization exre q election diStri I
captains 10 hold the small divisions. and
the district leaders 20 hold the Assembly
districts for the Democratic party or
- VIII AfIfNA TOT f'Nf AfffAltH. IT AAifN
are now Republican.
Such g.. indie u. the machine with which
We run . campaign. II is so complete and
20 finely arranged that Organized political
work can be- carried on DO every block and
in every house Every voter IN the city
could be- renehei ard tlkei with and ar
gued with inside OF tweuty-four hours A
house 10 house canvass. the most effective
sort OF political work. may be- made at
la L..
getting out the full strength 81 q district
or OF the whole city Tor primary or a
general election The house 10 house can
vass may decide close election. II may
be- the last straw thar turns The balance
We never fail 10 resort 20 IL in hard
contest
A party may have votes enough TO spare
and yet fail TO carry the election. often
there s. feeling ~ indifference that
keeps thousands of voters az home. You
must get the votes into the boxes. and
have them counted fairly and accurately.
b. fore sou have won. and IL equently bee
comes "a problem how 90 bring out the
party's voting strength. | always recon-
mend a house 20 house canvass iu such
cases In no other way car you rsuch
the voters 80 directly or arouse their inter-
est and enthusiasm 80 effectively.
with the organization nave described.
] can feel the NoiilcHl pulse o. view HhFh
almost &C viii I know just where tho
narty stands JUS how the voters feel nn
on the issues. how much interest they
are taking IN the election. and whether
pe can count on their coming out to th"
polls without further stirring up.
begin running a campaign years be-
/ fore the candidates ore nominated or the
| issues defined Each campaign may in
deed be said TO begin with the first step
/ taken IN the Organization Of the political
/ machine that is TO manage "a. Tammuny
wins IN this city chiefly because Of ITS
I perfect organization. The m1iorisy Of
/ the people are. Of course. behind ard
with Tammany; but u requires a strong
/ ami splendidly organized machine 90 hold
| the party 40 20 its ful strength 20 pre-
vent captures by the enemy. and 20 pre-
vent stampede BY so-caaled reform
/ movements.
/ An campaigns cost. Some people seem
| ~ think you can conduct campaign on
/ patriotsm But politics o. a business.
! ana : costly business We haven't the
sources Of wealth p1ssesscd bv the RE
/ nublicans. They con assess ofhceholdfr
/ ana corporations and trusts They can
/ exact from the manufacturer Tor their
/ politicai fund some Of the profits they
: make out Of the tari0 Tax on the con-