The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-14
How the Campaign is Run.

'ho iHNue Ot OOllierS weekly Tor |
Oct. u, entitled drumming a Cam.
paign-To VIM Mr., Croker starts
off with declaration OF fuudament.
al principles by say ting:
The object OF running campaign
Is to win. That is what go into
campaigns for, Sometimes it is
known to he impossible TO win the
campaign we are lighting; but even
then the object is the same. In a
losing bsttle I fight so that the
next battle, and the battle,sfter that
shall be won. 80 ~ as
The only thing 10 to win--todey,
tomorrow, or thel next day; but TO
win,in tho end. Its supposed that
we know what we are fighting for
before we begin, and also that We
arei willing to spend our time aud
money and take allsortt OF risks 10
order to get the things We want.
That has all been decided before,
and whom | enter . campaign keep
my eye on one object only -suc-
icess, "a. s.2tf
E How do 7 wiLi By organization.
I Aud whes | say organization l don't
msan organization for single cam
psign. Imean sonnet hing more per-
manent. | mean an organization
that has been thought out aud plan
ned out 10 every detail, probably
| years ago, and whose machinery 10
Kept thoroughly oiled and in run.
ming order all the time. 1t mupt be
ready for any demand made upon it,
and ready to do any amount OF work
aud do it we'll.
Each campaign has, Of course, a
character and scope OF its own, and
must be fought along it's own lines
i These must be kept in view, so that
the most effective work may be done
But, no matter what the nature oil
the particular campaign, political
machine that 10 thoroughly equip
ped will he able to manage it better
and more successfully than q new
aud untried organization.
The boss ia often talked about
and written about. He 10 more
often talked about than seen. The
Democracy has no boss 1t is iii
own boss, its own master. NJ
man owns the Democratic party
whether we speak OF it in tn,
nation. the State, or the city.
"Tammauy Hall is big machine
l l do not use the word In any bac
!, sense, but mean by it politica
D organization. 1t is organized fol
I political victory. 1t is the most
9 perfect piece OF political mechanism
s in the world. There 10 no Other
u party organization in this, countr.
that approaches it 10 its complete
n ness. or 10 the effectiveness will
which It operates. | am confident
there is no political machinery, il
Europe or else here, that may b.
a compared with it. I have studiet
- very elosely tbs workings of'part,
= organization In EnaiandI and thar
is no machinery there that has any
thing like the perfect mechanism o
Tammapy Hall. '*f~
>. aThs money used by Tammap,
Hall IN a oatipsigs comes VnlEu
tsrily from the people. Nosasses'
ments are allowed. The Office hold
ers aud citizens Interested in tn
ID purposes and aims OF the party con
d tribute What they SEQ fl, or ca
10 afford, No appeal or demand
al made on anybody. The system
Il entirely democratic, Our contr
ly buttons are usually liberal enough
ar to meet the Legitimate expenses c
ID the csu psigpf ard TO peintain tb
IN organization. Some men contribut
n quito large sums, but they are no
d. usually asked for, and it is never d.
r. handed of,thsm." ~ g.. II
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