The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-20
KsBURG. VA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1900.
Campai L Of 1900.

nuhitNti tltf ~ ~ bt haln ~ w
iem the p-iy.te lives If Mckinley
AID BIS n ire stsiplss They stand In
the broad sanlght # publicity witht u
ah,w N breath Of personal scandal
ha ,e ever attached to them. kEven the
attacks upon their public records have
e1 devoid # oil suggestion Of dishon.
esty. 50 far as Mckinley and Bryan
have been concerned, therefore, the
camp iign has been clean. without sen.
sationalism, dIgnided, and commend
able. The vice. Presidential candidates
present themselves in marked contrast
Stevenson has been almost g nonentity.
Halt of the time he has been complete
ly lost to public view, and even during
the other half no one has paid any at.
tention TO what be said or did. He has
moved through the sea Of politics
without mskipg a ripple. Roosevelt,
on the other hand, has been the piotur-
efqus personality Of the campaign. He
has dashed hither and thither in typi.
cal Rough Rider style-now the target
for rocks in Colorado or for eggs and
oabbages in New York, and now losing
his tsmper aud calling those VIII o
disturbed him such pleasing names as
"hoodums. and "hoboes. He has
been "slrenu0us, to use his own express
sive word, to a degree which is uDfor
tunate fJr him. Whatever may be the
developments Of the next four years,
the impression is very general that
Roosevelt has. by HE campaign this
year, eliminated himself as q Presi
dential possibility in 1904.
The campaign has not produced one
new orator of national fame. here
has been, in fact, dearth Of really
notable speeches Bryan's address OF
acceptance at indianapolis and Secre.
tary Roots carefully prepared delivery
at Youngstown have been the memora.
BILE utteranoes Of the oAmpaigu.
The Republican managers have used
large posters this year TO a gres ex-
tent than ever before One very large
colored lithograph bearing the picture
of Mckinley above the word Prosper
ity," and With beautiful female smii
log upon busy factories aud com merce-
loaded railroad trains and steamboats,.
Is really a work Of art The most ex'
tensiyely circulated p)ster, however, is
reproduction Of a picture used in
1896 representing Mckinley standing
by sreopsned mill and predicting PROF.
perity. This poster this year bears the
imprint, 10 large red letters, "McKin.
lev was right. A" Over 20. 900 of these
posters were sent TO Indiana alone.
The Democrats have not INDUCED in
billboard displays to any great extent.
In the first place, they have bad very
little money. and they have tried to
reach the voter directly through doc
ument sent to him through the mail, as
insuriug the largest return for the least
expenditure. The Republicans, on the
other hand, have had unlimited funds
for every possible feature for campaign
work. For instance, q special train
was run from Benton HArbor, Mich to
Portland, Iud and from Portland to
Kalamazo. with Senator Burrows, OF
Michigan. as its only passenger, IN or
der that he might speak to a gathering
of Indiana farmers Last night Mr..
Bryan gave up his private car, and
will return TO Lincoln in an ordinary
sIseper, to save the Democratic Nation
al Committee 500
Itisa rather interesting fact that
practically all Of the money which has
reached the treasury of the Democratic
National Committee has come from
those who have been accustomed TO
receive money, viz, the rank and tle
of party workers Il has come in small
sums. she cheerful contributions Of
those who do not have much OF this
worlds goods The contributions OF
large amounts have been so few as to
be hardly worth recording
The Rough Rider clubs, which are
very numerous In Indiana, where they
originated, have given distinctive
character to this campaign. The uni.
forms. which cost from 81 65 to IS.
| are manufactured in Chicago, and
thousands aud thousands Of them have
been sold With the exception of these
clubs, the campaign has Lacked in pic
turesque or novel features
Any number Of suggestions have been
made to both committees which have
not been adopted. For instance. one
man proposed that duplicate OF the
Liberty Bell be cast and hauled around
the country on fat car, it's tones TO be
the signal for assembling the Republi'
can hosts. He wanted SO. 600 to manu-
facture the bell and start 1t on Its
travels. Another man suggested that
the biograph be used to show 3 hungry
family outside of an idle factory In
1896 and q stream Of workmen pouring
into busy mill in 1900. One woman
with campaign song was so persistent
that she fually sold her composition to
the pational committee. bat Senator
Hanna baked when she calmly sug-
gested that he ought TO sing It himself
For the Democrats. the suggestion was
made that few Sulus ought TO be car.
ried through the country to give visible
evidence Of the savagery Of our new
found cousins in the Philippines. All
these schemes. aud others so impracti'
cable as to be humorous. were discarded
and the campaign has been fought ous