Evening star., 1900-08-01
Decision as to Its Conduct by Repub-
ican Committee.
Few SPEECHES FROM THE PRESIDENT
Roosevelt to Be the Active Cam
paigner for the Ticket.
HEATH SENDS LITERATURE

The republican national committee has
reached decisions upon the general conduct
of the campaign. While there are many
matters of detail that are yet to be ar
ranged these are of minor Importance, and
will be left to the managers about the
general headquarters at Chicago and east
ern headquarters in New York. or to the
leaders in the different states who have the
most interest in them. President McKin-
ley will take no part in any of the work
OF the campaign. This decision was reach
ed after conferences were held with him
by the different leaders of the party At
first there was some talk of repeating his
front porch speech plan of 1896. This was
abandoned at the suggestion of the Presi-
dent himself. While in many things Mr..
Mckinley has proven the most democratic
and apDroachable occupant of the White
House in the history of the republic he
has at all times felt keenly the dignity of
his position and guarded it most carefully.
Nothing that the President or any MEM
Der of his official family have done in the
past four years has laid them open to the
slightest criticism. The most pronounced
opposers of the President have admitted
that at all times in his social and officia:
! relations he has been absolutely correct,
courteous and dignified. The President felt
that in the coming campaign it would be
undignified for him to become a narty to
any of the campaigning. He will make
speeches only at rare intervals and they
will not be campaign speeches, eXcep: in
50 far as discussion of public topics lead
inevitably to political application. AL
though good part of his summer Will
be spent by the President at Canton there
will be none of the nilsrimages numer-
Gus in 1896. Indeed it is asserted tha, If
the Presidents wishes in the matter shall
be inadvertently disregarded by some en-
thusiaStS he will leave Canton and come
to Washington or some eastern resort
Roosevelt to He the Cnmpaicner.
Governor Roosevelt is to be the cam
paigner for the national ticket. mis- has
been definitely decided upon, and at the
big Chicago meeting the campaign will be
opened. His program after that has been
decided upon in a general way, but the ex-
act schedule of dates has not been fully
prepared. He will leave Chicago on Sep
tember 70 and will make several speeches
IN the northern portion of Indiana. From
there he will go into North Dakota and
then to South Dakota and Utah. He will
return through Nebraska. Missouri and
Kentucky, and then go over into Iowa for
a half dozen speeches in that state. There
Is very strong pressure from the far west
to have Mr.. Roosevelt go through Colo
rado and to the Pacific coast. There Is a
disposition on the part of Senator Hanna
and some of his advisers on the national
committee to comply with this request from
the far west but the matter has not been
fully agreed upon. Just how he will travel
and with whom has not been fully ar
ranged. 1t is highly probabl however.
that he VIII 60 by special train and some
of the best orators in the House and SEN
ate who are known in the particular To-
calities which he visits will accompany him
at different times on the trip. During the
course of the campaign the governor will
devote all of twenty days to campaigning
in New York state. Other speakers upon
whom the republican national committee
place great reliance are Senators Foraker,
Fairbanks, Lodge and Beveridge and Rep
resentatives Dolliver and Grosvenor.
The Campaign literature.
Mr.. Perry Heath, recently selected sec
retary of the national committee. will be
in practical charge of the general head
quarters in Chicago. He will be in abso-
lutte charge of the literature to be sent out
by the committee. In former campaigns
much of the literature prepared in
both Washington and New York. but in
the coming contest all will be forwarded
under Mr.. Heaths personal supervision
from the Chicago headquarters. In this work
he will have the assistance of Mr. Buck
land, who did a great deal of work under
Mr.. Heath in 1886. and who has been editor
for the committee for a number of months
past in Washington. Senator Hanna Will
be at the eastern headquarters of the COM
mittee in New York city for eight hours
of every day in the week except Satur-
day and Sunday. He reserves lnese two
days to spend with his family.