Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-11
THE TWOCANDIDATES
Mckinley and Bryan Compared and
Contrasted.
WHERE METHODS OF BOTH ARE ALIKE
Bryan's Changes IN Campaign
Efforts.
BOTH HAVE LOCAL PRIDE

| Local pride is strong point with botf
the candidates for the presidency A news
! paper dispatch the other day stated tina
President Mckinley was the prime mover
| in enterprise to provide Canton with
modern tirst-ciass hotel If he succeeds h,
! will have additional claims to the good will
| of public men, newspaper correspondent:
| and others who are required to make Occa
| sional visits to Canton. 1t Is a progressive
| manufacturing town, and Major Mckinney
when he was simply representative in Con
| gress. had much to do with Its industrial
! enterprises, but hotel never got much en-
! enlargement Now It is possible that with
the President encouraging the local spirit
the project may be carried out. The Presi-
| dents interest in it. as in all matters re-
lating to local affairs, is genuine, and his
| fellow townsmen know 1t.
| Mr.. Bryan's local pride in the town of
Lincoln has been shown in many ways, but
| never so thoroughly as in his population
| figures. The decade from 1880 to 1880 was
| the which made Nebraska a populous
state. and the census of 1890 was taken
just at the time when the migration was at
its heighth. Lincoln. though an old settle
ment was on the top wave of the boom,
and the census of 1890 gave it population
of $1,000 Soon after that came the re-
action and the hard times. which wiped
many small boom towns in the west en-
tfrely off the map, and left the more sub
stantial ones with a greatly decreased num-
/ Der of inhabitants The floating population
foated away and the hard times caused a
return of emigration to the east.
Lincoln suffered greatly from these
causes. Like the other enterprising west
ern communities, its sanguine citizens had
projected a city of 100000 inhabitants on
the prairie. but the population dwndled
from the high-water figures of 5000 to
5000 or 10000.
During the last three or four years Lin
coin has been coming up again 1t IS busy,
happy and prosperous. The visitor today
sees few signs of distress and fewer vacant
1900 once more will show 5000 inha bitants.
If it drops off ID few thousand the proba-
biity Is that Mr.. Bryan will refuse to rec
OgniZe its accuracy. He will stick to 81 .0OO
inhabitants as the population of Lincoln as
strenuously as he adhered to IL to 1.
Campaign Management.
A contrast is sometimes made between
the methods of the two candidates in the
management of the campaign They are
much alike. Mr.. Bryan is more in evidence
than Major Mckinley, but his personal In
fiuence is not exerted more potently. Pres
ident Mckinley trusts his managers. but he
selects them carefully and he knows them
The general plan Of the campaign is always
MS and he keeps in close touch with his
lieutenants who are directing the details
Senator Hannas strength in organization
and his aggressive force would be less
marked in the campaign If it were not that
he has so thoroughly irnbibed Major Mt
Kinney ideas of what the campaign should
be His strength lies in knowing what the
major wants done and how he wants ii
done. During John Sherman's days of
power Senator Hanna. or Mark Hanna as
he then was, devoted himself just as Loyalty
and as heartily to Sherman's cause as he
did later to Mckinley's- But he never
a mad fffrN ll
identified with Mckinley a presidential
candidate
1t is certain that this year the plan will
be followed by Major Mckinley that was
followed in '9G. when he insisted that no one
should be offended. 1t was the boast Of the
Canton people that of the hundreds of thou
sands of visitors who came to towr not one
Went away with a grievance and it was the
claim of the republican managers that no
prominent republican was sighted during
the campaign. Nevertheless one or two
leaders of great prominence forgot to send
Their congratulations after the election
They were less courteous than Bryan who
sent telegram of cOngratulation to his
successful rival
Mckinley the Rest Listener.
OF the two men. Major Mckinley is by far
the more patient listener. He Is always for
harmony and Cancellation and he listens to
suggestions always with that in mind. As
a rule. he lets his visitor talk with ONLY an
occasional question, or perhaps a sugges-
ton which is not too pointed Often 1t han
pens that some one who goes to the Presi-
dent filled with idea which he ia sure is
Just the thing comes away in doubt His
DOUBTS are not created by Major Mckinley
havlng controverted his views, but the
questions and the suggestions have weak
ehed MS confidence in his own Judgment
and increased his respect for the Presi-
dent Judgment. So It happens where there
Is difference OF opinion even with ex
cdmDdl2n p,ac
Mckinley has his way, and they are ant 70
think that, after ALL IL is the right NAV
IN ls'" chairman Hanna at one time held
the notion That II would be necessary for
Major Mckinley to take the stump in order
| 10 onset Bryans spectacular trip. One day.
when he went to Chicago, after a stop over
al Canton. the national chairman was
found by his associates in doubtful! state of
mnd about the major taking the stun,n
ana In two or three days he had decided
thing To do. al '''e
Mr.. Bryan this year is reported IN no
more amenable to the suggestions of his
campaign managers. Those who saw him
during the campaign Of SO will have their
couDts Always he processes that he is
willing to listen TO advice and his advisers
do get IN few words. But BRYAN IL a
poor listener. Without intending to lie
discourteous he is so confident of his own
opinion that he takes up the argument. and
II he does not convince his advisers he
satisfies himself. 1t would be INTEREST,"
10 know just now much time was taken
up by David r. Hill and how much by MIR.
Bryan. respectively. In the conference held
at Lincoln before the Kansas City conyeu-
ton met.
Bryan Sees Need of Organization.
When 1T is said that Mr. Bryan is more
considerable of the campaign managers adj
vice this year 1t simply means that he
sees the need Of political organization. In
1896 he had no use at all for the national
committee, although it was made I'D of his
own friends About all he did was to veto
contemptuously the plan of placing Arthur
p German in charge Of the eastern work.
His notion then was that his campaign was
really crusade and that partisan enthusi-
| asm was all that was necessary to roll I'D a
majority for him About the only time he
accepted suggestion from the national
! committee was when the pickpockets
I travelling with his party became so bold
| mat his travelling companions could not
| keep money enough to pay their RAILROAD
and hotel bills. Some OF the members of
| the committee themselves were robbed
and on Chairman Jones urgent representa-
| ton Pinkerton detectives were allowed IN
| travel with Mr.. Bryan
Probably this year Mr.. Bryan, when he
| comes to recognize the value of organiza
ton In politics. will make some use of his