New-York tribune., 1902-07-11
GRIGGS BOSSING THE JOB.
A CLASH OF AMBITIONS IN DEMOCRATIC
COUNSELS.
THE GEORGIAN LETS CABLE AND NIXON
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE
TO BE FIGUREHEADS IN THE
CONGRESS CAMPAIGN.
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Washington. July 1O.-Representative James NJ
Irggs' OF Georgia ('Jedge Griggs. OF JahJah,
sun ,. has flung out the banner OF the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee from the win
dows Of a hotel in Fifteenth-st., and announces
that he is ready for business. The judge has as
sumed full responsibility for results in November.
and declines to divide either the hOuors or rewards
of the management of his party's struggle for con-
troll of the next House. There great rejoicing
IN the Id Congress District Of Georgia when the
news was sent there last winter that its repre-
sentative in Washington had been elected chair
man Of the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee The district l1composed of fifteen
counties, and in the last election cast total vote
of 1928 Of which Jedge' Griggs received 1888 His
proud Georgia constituents declare that this year
he ought to get every vote in the district, now
that unexpected national honors have come to
him, bringing d position which bestows on him the
duty and power of seeing TO ii that the twenty
four of the last election returned as scat
tering' are more definitely accounted for Where
these twenty-four votes went is not known even
this day since the mighty Griggs had no
Republican opponent and hence 1t is fair TO as
sumo that. in the language Of the old nursery
rhyme, Some flew east some few west and some
flew over the cuCkoo's nest.
1t is asserted by those who have studied his po-
litical methods that the "Jedge' would not nave
returned to Washington to look after the national
interests of his party II he had not first arranged
for the mobilization of the twentyfour scattering
votes his own district to the end that when the
returns from the country tabuated in Novem-
Der the figures from the lid Georgia District VIII
show the wisdom and foresight which guided the
men who elected Griggs chairman of the Demo-
cratic Congressional Campaign Committee The
original plan of the Democratic campalgners was
for the real work OF the campaign to be managed
by Ben T Gable, Of Illinois, and Lewis Nixon
Of Now-York This scheme, however, contem-
plated making Griggs considerable of fgurehead,
which he urged objection while pushing his
candidacy for the craftsmanship, but as soon as
that honor securely in his grasp he gave
Messrs. Cable and Nixon to understand that they
and not he were be the hgureheads
Walls FROM EAST AND WEST.
Naturally the result OF this clash of ambitions
is much confusion in Democratic counsels. From
the distraught Democracy Of the West there Is
daily ringing in Mr.. Griggs's ears wall for Cable
10 0e permitted open headquarters at Chicago
and start TIE campaign 70 booming in that sec
ton To this Gr'ggs replies that ne and not Gable
is bossing he job, and that when ne Is good ana
ready he Will establish headquarters at chicago
or some other point in the West and put men OF
his selection in charge under the watchful super
vision OF Grtggs himself.
From the distracted Democracy Of the East
there comes a demand on Griggs 10 get move
on" and open headquarters IN New-York, with
Lewis Nixon as the responsible head of affairs
there To this appeal the Georgia statesman thus
far has given no heed, although he has intimated
that II Mr.. Nixon Will hustle and raise oIs tat
campaign fund ne may permit the depOsed leader
OF Tammany 70 have the tide OF suo-ooss OF me
job in New York city. Thus cable and Nixon are
In the same boat with more favUrlng clrcum-
stances surrounding Nixon than cable Tor Oaple
own piethoTic bank account AL the money that
may be required for campaign purposes IN JAe
the job there. But 70 this Griggs has not yet
to the proposition that Nixon t36e rSQme%nat
conspicuous PaIt IN me & NHaS- ry-,3aIv
Rnance the Whole enterprise undertaken by riggs
lively manner ana produces results Mr. Griggs
may turn TO Edward NJ shepard as mis- repre-
defeated candidate for Mayor for the hrst time
perialisJ coRIsIence caea a. tie fta~a ~ fiTSsI
Francis Adams. carl Schurz, Horace White Cana
lel Bradfor1 and others and which would nave
dental appearance OF Mr. Shepard at the hotel on
another mission just at the n oment when the Con-
a huff. Il VIII be remembered that Mr. Shepard
Igee U1H l Griggs 70 tES University Club and save
hem what The Georgia statesnan described in his
Mr. Shepard IS said to have pledged himself 70
ralse 10000 FOR the Congress campaign, but it is
dollars TO doughnuts thai If does not rustic up
this money soon whatever promise was made 10
aEeInent viii be rescnded, there is palpahly an
bead9uarters. in the Fifteenth-st. hotel In tnis
civ
UP TO SHEPARD TO MAKE GOOD"
Judge Griggs's STAFF Of secretaries, assistant sec
retares sergeants-at-arrns assistant sergeants-at-
arms messengers. assistant messengers, typewrit-
ers stenogr8 pliers. etc, have suspiciously weary
and somewhat gaunt look. Although they are all
rampant Democrats and gladly would fight for the
cause at the drop OF the hat, still Democrats no.
toriousIy have ravenous appetites which cannot be
appeased even by daily and hourly assurances by
their gallant leader OF glorious victory in Novem-
Ger r. therefore Mr.. Shepard expects or hopes to
participate in the management OF his party Con-
gress campaign he must proceed forthwith 10
s'make good in the matter OF that $4,000 cOntrbu-
ton or the honors promised him at the University
Club anti-mDeTiaist feed VIII be offered 10 an
other.
flooded with requests from all parts OF the country
for literature on the subjects of trusts and tariff
revision. With characteristic Democratic Unpre-
pareduess the Judge unable to provide this liter
atlre He has OF literature the subject of
Imperialism and the Philippines which he Will be
delighted send to any address under Congress
sOnal frank but nobody seems to want that stale
variety OF mental pabulUm Very few Democrats
thought u make speeches the trust tariff re-
vision questions the recent session of Congress,
mainly the of course, that their party's
attitude toward these issues is yet clearly de-
fined. Consequently at the beginning or his
career national campaign manager. Judge
Griggs finds himself confronted with the necessity
OF hiring lot of bright men 10 write pieces" as
they called in Georgia, setting forth the Demo-
cratic position tariff revision and the trusts, and
as he has yet secured the money needed. ne
can't hire this work done
CASE OF THE PRINCESS ROSPIGLIOSL