Evening star., 1900-07-25
D EN- OCRATIC PLANS
LEADERS SECRETIVE ABoU,r THE
MANNER OF CAMPAIGN.
Working to Catch the German Vote
Will Not Specially Look After
the House.

The democrats are very secretive about
their hne of campaign work. The mana
gers are reluctant to disclose the grounds for
the hopes which they profess to feel. or the
localities toward which they look for gains
1t is said that their organization is going
to be more complete this year than ever be-
fore, and that harmony of action between
all elements which profess to maintain any
sort of allegiance to the party is assured
They are proceeding upon the assumption
that they can win the presidency by hard
work, and as des1rous as they are to get
control of the House. the policy will be to
make no sacrifice of the presidential ticket
anywhere in the effort to get control of
the House. Their theory is that the sue
cess of the national ticket would of neces-
sity carry the House with it, and while
every effort will be made to carry the
House, It is not intended that the main
object of electing a President shall be lost
sight Of in the race for Congress. The eff
forts to increase the strength of the demo-
cratic party in the Senate will be limited
by the fact that the situation does not en-
courage hope of being able to get control
of that body, no matter what effort is
made.
To Play for German Vote.
The character of the campaign they in
tend to make is indicated by the sort of
campaign material which they seek most
eagerly. Anything calculated to excite op-
position toward the administration among
citizens of German birth, to accentuate the
dangers of imperialism or the horrors of
militariSm,' or to disclose the immense
power of the trusts, is seized upon for use
in the campaign. The treatment of the
money question in the campaign is ap-
parently going to be largely attack
upon the administration upon the charge
that 1t has turned the of ha
money supply of the country to the banks
and not so much with reference to the
coinage question. Incidentally, as q side
issue to the efforts to secure the sympa-
thy of the foreign-born voters there is
apparently going to be an effort made to
get some of the old soldier votes by making
the most Of the difficulties the G. A. r.
has been having with the commissioner of
vote In certain states of the north and
west on some plea or other.
Where Gains Are Expected.
1t is manifest that their hope of sue
cess is based upon the opportunity they
believe to be offered for gains in Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, and the battle-ground is going to be
selected in these states and in Maryland
Kentucky and New York They are un-
doubtediy calculating on being able to do
something in New York, and they expect
to secure harmony among all the factions
in that state In support of the national
ticket. The organization of their state
executive committee discloses q determi-
nation to secure harmony at any cost,
however incongruous the combination of
conflicting elements may be. This state
executive committee is made up of original
Bryan men, of original anti-Bryan men and
of all the opposing elements there are in
the New York democracy On it are both
Hill and Croker Murphy and Mclaughlin,
Eliot Danforth and Perry Belmont. What
ever their difference may be with reference
to anything, it is said that the members
of this committee and the elements rep
resented by them are going to work to-
gether for the national ticket, and they
whisper secret hopes that they may be able
to carry the state for Bryan.
The Active Manager.
The selection of Campau of Michigan as
the active manager of the campaign is
regarded as significant. Campau represents
the ideas of political management which
obtain in the middle west and in those
parts of the country where the situation is
different from what it is in the south, and
politics are measured from different point
of view. In a sense, it is said to indicate
a departure from the employment of con-
Ventional southern ideas of campaign man.
agement. Moreover 1t is suggested that
Campau will not be interfered with but
will be permitted to conduct the campaign
within his sphere of authority, along his
own lines, which are expected to be those
best suited to the needs of Indiana Illi-
nois, Michigan and New York His selec-
ton is regarded as indicating the locality
of the partys chief effort and the line of
policy that is to be followed.