The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-08

together and the two men spend ten or
fifteen minutes in earnest conversation.
With the departure OF Mr.. Bliss. an
other effort is made to dispose OF the
pile OF correspondence. a few more
answers are dictated, when the tele-
phone rings and moment later the
Senator calls a messenger. The mes
senger Is sent for clerk and by the
time the man at the other end OF the
line has been answered, precious min
utes have been lost. And go It goes
during the morning. a large broad
shouldcred. grey mustached man walks
rapidly In to consult about some labor
question or the sending out OF liter
allure. He is National Committeeman
Gibbs. one OF the gentlemen in charge.
He will be followed by the gentleman
in charge OF the Press Bureau, or other
assistants ut the headquarters. Two
or three times during the morning n
sharp, shrewd-looking suave man en-
tiers and drops into seat along side
the Senator.
Well Known Man From Maine.
He Is Mr.. Manley, of Maine. who has
taken part in every campaign for
years. He Will talk earnestly for n few
minutes and then seek his own office.
Mr.. Hanna is In Chicago, and the three
committeeman have full charge. sena-
tor Scott finds It necessary during the
day to visit his other colleagues in
their rooms but the absence OF the
chairman gives little more time this
October day to the mass Of cores
,pondence still heaped up on his desk.
a breezy, deep voice is heard in one
Of the outer rooms later in the morn
Ing and a short heavy built man strides
In with o. Good morning, senator" and
the senator looking up from the letter
he is reading, greets Jake" Kemple.
Jake" stops for q moment, tells joke
about some speech he had made the
night before, and leaves to give place
to another speaker who is brought in
and introduced. This gentleman is
booked to make speeches in West Vir-
ginia and the senator outlines some OF
the subject on which he Is to talk. An
other follows who is to speak in New
England. He outlines what he has to
say and the senator makes my sugges-
ton he sees flt. *
Then Takes Lunch.
By this time. It Is 1880 and the en-,
.ployes are ready to go to lunch. Not
wlthstandlng Interruptions, the foot
high heap of correspondence has been
more than cut In two ana q breathing
spell from the office is taken. But at
lunch campaign matters are still dis
cussed. 1t Is insisted by one OF his COL
leagues, who lunches with him, thai, 1t
is necessary that the senator should
personally see a we'll known man right
away and straighten up some Difficult
ties that exist. So the senator has to
hurry from the lunch table and take a
cab down town. It is perhaps 2 o'clock
when he returns and In the mean time
that pile Of correspondence has increas-
ed In size, for several malls have ar
rived. 1t Is then race against time to
get the days work cleaned up. Fortu-
nately. the morning seems to be the
time taken up by visitors. though not
few call In the afternoon. Between
the correspondence. visitors and fur
ther consultations with the other COM
mitteemen 1t Is 6 o'clock before the last
letter is sealed and the last visitor dis
missed. Then comes dinner and a rest.
II he can get It. He Is more than for
tunate II less than fifteen or twenty
cards are sent to his rooms before mid
night, and each card with Senator Scott
means an Interview.
The Hardest Work.
This is fair Illustration from an
outsiders standpoint of the work done
in New York In eighteen hours by the
Junior senator from West Virginin.
What the observer does not see Is the
planning and the organizing and car
rylnE out Of plans. What he does not
hear Is the agreement reached at each
OF the consultations the senator has
with his colleagues. That is the hard
est part of It all. Inquiry developed
the fact that one days record In mall
sent out by him was 1915 letters, but
of course this record is not kept up
each day.
Though mentioned last the newspa-
per men are not the least in the make.
up OF the work of one OF Senator
scott's days These bright young fell
lows are after him morning, noon and
night. He greets them all pleasantly
and is n great favorite with them. He
has established n reputation for being
frank and truthful with them, and
they all know that so far as loyalty to
the party will permit. he will tell them
all the news he can possibly give. He
knows them nll by name. md usually
has n Joke for each of them. -
Three months OF such life naturally
breaks down strong men. but queer ms
1t may seem, II is agreeing with Senu,
tor Scott this year. While he Is tired
and ready for n rest, he weighs moro
than he has for long time and will be