Evening star., 1900-09-24
DOING QUIET WORK
Politicians in New York Preparing
for Hurrah Finish.
''SPEND MONEY" is CROKER'S SLOGAN
He Has Hard Task to Harmonic
Dissensions.
BRYAN TO TOUR STATE
special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, September %, 1900.
At just this period in the national and
state campaigns the quiet stage has
been reached This does not mean that
there is any idleness or listlessness on the
part of the campaign managers, but rather
that the work being progressed is Of ma
ture that does not make itself apparent to
the public. 1t is the transition period be-
tween the bitterly contested ante-conven-
tion days and the time for the hurrah and
red fire of the campaign parades and meet
fngs that will come right after the 1st OF
October and remain in vogue up to the Sat
urday night preceding election. All of the
state ca 1didates are now in the field, and
most of the candidates of both parties for
Congress, senate and assembly have been
named All will be on the firing line by
the first week in October. Meanwhile the
managers at state and national headquar-
ters are going straight ahead with the real
hard work Of the campaign.
On the democratic side spend money"
Is the battle cry of Richard Croker, giving
in the same breath an order for twenty-five
additional banners to be placed across the
principal streets of the city. Seventy Of
these banners have already been raised.
and the additional twenty-five are to be
placed in position next week The cost Of
these Bryan banners, with poles, labor and
repairs of streets. ranges from $3.50 to $500
apiece. The additional ones to be put up
next week are all of the $500 variety. The
largest one of the lot is to be placed at
Broadway and Wall street tomorrow. 1t
is to be covered with epigrams against
trusts. The man who is making the ban
ner says these epigrams are "hot stuff for
Wall street" The total cost Of the ban
ners already placed and the additional ones
ordered, 1t is said will exceed $4,000.
Dissensions Among Democrats.
But Crokers spending money, 1t is said,
will not reconcile the breach between the
democratic candidates for governor and
lieutenant governor on campaign issues.
Nor will 1t help that lack of harmony so
noticeable in the Hill and Croker camps.
1t seems impossible for democrats to agree
on any question this year. Stanchffeld and
Mackey are wide apart on what should be
made the paramount issues in the state
campaign.
They have had several talks, and each
will go ahead now and talk on any old is
sue. Stanchf1eld spoke at a meeting of the
Commercial Travellers Antitrust league
the other day and he made his paramount
issue the trusts. He says he Is going to
stick to that issue all over the state, with
occasional side talks on Ramapo, the fran
chise tax law and the canals. Stanchfield
is an expansionist, so he cannot talk we'll
on imperialism He knows that many
democrats in this state do not believe in
16 to 1. SO he will also dodge that question.
But Mackey says the trust question Is a
dull and uninterestng question: that the
people do not take democratic talk about
the trusts seriously, but that they like to
hear about the war and the great standing
army that this country Is going to have,
and about the Declaration of Independence
So he wants to make imperialism his
theme.
Preparations for Bryan.
Leading up to the visit Of Bryan on Octo-
ber 16. the democratic managers are going
to try to prepare the people for Bryan's
coming by a great spellbnding campaign,
which is to begin next week. Democratic
speakers are to be sent all over the state
to talk about imperialism and trusts, so
that when Bryan arrives the enthusiasm
may be at white heat.
Republican managers of the national and
state committees are not worried over the
announcement that Bryan is to come here
and make whirlwind tour through the
state. While the campaign in New York is
in the hands of the state committee, the
national committee will work in coniunc-
ton with it in offsetting what effect Bry-
ans visit may have. The republicans say
they are glad that the democrats are go
Ing to bring Bryan here. They remember
the effeSt of his visit into 1.-The enemy's
country four years ago. and they are sure
that his coming this year will be the max
Ing of votes for the republican ticket
While no plan has been made for action
during and after Bryan's visit, both the
state and national committees are prepar-
ing to make it as lively in republican cir
cles as the democrats propose in opposition
1t Is hardly likel that any big demonstra-
ton will be made by the republicans while
Bryan Is In New York city, but after he
has had his say there will be plenty of big
men who will be ready to answer him and
point out his fallacies and misstatements
By the time Bryan reaches New York the
campaign will be In full blast, the state will
be flooded with speakers and the republican
side OF the question will not be neglected
Governor Roosevelt will return to New
York October 20 and will begin his cam
paign in the state. He will no doubt follow
closely in Bryans path, and there will be
no lack of excitement. The national COM
will supply Roosevelt with a large number
OF speakers of national reputation, and
these will be scattered all over the state
Olney's Presidential AspiratiOns
There was some conjecture as to why
Croker, who is managing Bryan's Madison
Square reception, refused to have Richard
Olney as one of the speakers. The reason
now given In well-informed circles for Gro
ker's action Is that certain democrats
throughout the country who opposed the
denomination of Bryan and are now SUM-
porting him, in order to be regular. are
booming Richard Olney as the party candi-
has strong support in the Brooklyn Demo-
cratic Club. Brooklyn democrats have been
invited to help swell the crowd on the night
Of October 16. because Bryan is not to cross
the bridge. The Olney boomers over there
decided that 1t would help the political fu-
ture of their friend to have him speak from
the same platform with Bryan. They noti-
fed Croker that they insisted upon an in
vitation for Olney. Croker is said to be
fully informed of the plan. and 1t does not
suit his present purpose to help boost Oh
ney into political prominence. He prompt
ly refused the invitation. The manager of
the Olney boom Is Joseph j. Willett of
Alabama, who managed the late short-lived
Van Wyck boom. Willett once made an
antitrust speech in the Brooklyn Demo-
cratic Club, and he used his influence with
his friends in the organization to have the
club indOrse Bryan and at the same time
push along the Olney boom. Mr.. Willett
spends a part Of the summer here and
part of his plan to bring about a general
reorganization Of the democratic party
after the defeat of Bryan was to induce
Grover Cleveland to write an open letter
indorsing the national ticket and advising
all democrats to get together for 1904. Such
a letter. IL obtained, was to be used to
boost Olney. Willett wrote to Mr.. Cleve-
land and waited two weeks at the Hoffman
House for q reply that would help along his
plan. Then he went back to Alabama,
where he still is waiting for the letter from
Cleveland.
COIored Vote for Mckinley.