Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-04

| ~ 20 udy. some OF the
campaign speakers receive salaries
as high as $3.50 week. while Others
are content with S25 week and tbolr
expenses. The average cost Of tbesa
speakers to the committee is Sllo n
week, ana they are on the stump eight
! weeks.
"hile the national committee %
eacn party thus will have $500 sneak
eTs out, the various state committees
VIII nave ten times as many more IN
the stump, The salaries of speakers
engaged by the state committees may
De less than those paid by the ma
tlonal managers, but the state com
mlttees have to pay the rental Of all
the buildings in which campaign meet.
lngs are held, This item adds tire.
mendously to the total
One OF the most expensive items in
the campaign next to the speakers is
that Of printing and stationery. For
this each national committee spends
at least 100000. The number and
size of the documents sent out have
increased with each campaign until
this year it is expected that the Nc
kinney and the Bryan managers each
viii send out no less than 100000
documents. Before the Garapld-Iiand.
cock campaign was half over the re-
publicans and democrats had sent ont
more than 100000 documents, and
this style of campaigning mas become
more popular with each presidential
contest. The bulk of this matter is
sent by express to the chairmen Of the
various state committees for distribu-
tion. A great deal of it goes free, be- |
ing frauked from Washington
Speeches delivered in congress by re-
publicans and democrats constitute q |
large part of the campaign matter. !
nd republicans nd democrts alike take |
advantage Of this opportunity to get
to the voters speeches favorable to |
their side in the contest. Each ma .
tional committee sends out 100000 |
buttons and 100000 Autographs. all |
of which are distributed through the |
state chairmen of the two parties.
The Chairmen at Work.
To follow the movements of Senator !
Hanna or Senator Jones for twenty |
four hours is to ret an insight into !
what is probably the greatest problem |
of organization ever known. ShTewd, !
far-seeing men who organize trusts or
other great enterprises have com
parativeiy simple tasks with which to
cope. These two great generals OF the |
campaign of 1900 are organizing as
thought they expected never to do
anything else but elect presidents. II
they were organizing 100-year presi |
Dental clubs they could not be more
thorough and systematic.
The national chairman maps out the |
work and divides great responsibilities
amonghis immediate assistants, They
in turn divide their work so that a
dozen or twenty or hundred men viii
look after the details These men in
turn assign important tasks TO hun
dreds Of party workers under them. |
After the campaign is well under way |
the minor workes report 10 their |
superiors, as a lieutenant in the army |
reports to his captain. The captain in |
turn reports to his major, The major |
to his colonel and the colonel TO his |
general, Senator Hanna or Senator
Jones, as the case my be. When sit
udtlon arises down the line that
,tr,otcpe +~1ub1a Capotcr Hanna IN,
senator Jones hears of it ard de.
liscs some plan for averting the dan
ger He then directs his subordinates
to see that the plan is tried and re-
quires full explanations for failure.
While the national chairmen are
very busy devising plans for sue
cess, they also find time to raise the !
bulk Of the campaign funds. Thcy |
delegate to others the task Of select |
ing and sending out literature, en-
gaging and assigning speakers, re
ceiving callers and answering cor !
respondence and studying reports on
conditions in the various states. |
Speakers are told the subjects |
on which they may talk and they a!e |
directed as to how they shall handle |
these subjects. II it is found that a
certain line OF argument is received |
with disfavor in certain state the |
speakers In that state are warned 20 /
shift theis arguments in accordance !
with new Instructions.
The Speakers Coached. |
II a discussion Of the money qucs- !
ton promises more votes in a given !
state than a discussion Of Imperialism /
the speakers Of the respective parties !
are notified TO talk finance. In states /
where the voters seem to care more /
for speeches on imperialism than /
finance the spellbinders are directed /
to talk Imperialism. a dozen AMI one (
straws Of this kind have to be watched |
constantly, the campaign managers /
realizing that failure to act promptly /
nay result in the loss Of a state whose 4
electoral vote may be essential 10 sue