The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13

not to hear or see anything of the
| uninteresting sort, and certainly he
| said nothing about them in his talks
| with the other reporters. Naturally,
| the reports he sent to his paper were
| clear cut, concise, absorbing descrip-
| tions of one of the most singular So
| cial phenomena of our times. Natural
| ly they attracted the attention of the
| public. They also attracted the atten-
| ton of editors other than the one who's
had charge of the paper with which
| the young reporter was connected.
| One of these was the New York
magazine editor through whom Baker
| was later to attain his present prom-
| nent place as a writer
Mr.. Bakers mthods in working up his
| magazine articles are identical with the
| methods he made use of while follow
ing Coxey, and his motto would be
good one for every young reporter in
| the land to adopt: Write only of the
| interesting things" The adoption of
this motto will not bring equal success
| to everyone, though. Eyes that see and
ears that hear are essential, and not
every young writer has these essentials
| to genuine success.
Ever since Senator Hanna made
public his decision not to manage the
Republican campaign next year divers
| New Workers have been relating to
| one another various interesting incl
dents of the two campaigns which he
did manage-in 1896 and 1900.
1t is violating no confidence to say
that there were many big New York
| Republicans who did not believe in Mr..
Hanna as National Chairman at the
| opening of the campaign in 1900. AL
| though he had made an unequiVocal
success of the Mckinley nominating
campaign, they were very much in
| doubt whether he could cope success
| fully with the exigencies of the cam
| paign for the popular vote. They were
| still suspicious of the Western man
as manager in national affairs because
| of Thomas Henry Carriers failure in
| 1892. There were many of them who
did not like Senator Quay, as well as
many who did, but they all pointed out
| how much better he had done in 1888.
| 1t was Harrison against Cleveland,
both in 1888 and 1892.
| After the election in 1892, and be-
| fore then, too for the matter of that,
| there were many who said that the
defeat was largely due to Harrisons
| personal reputation as cold propo-
sition." Had Quay had charge in
| 1892 as he had in 1888, said these
critics of Harrison, the Pennsylvania
senator's consummate politics would
! have more than offset Harrison'S cold
ness. When Hanna began in 1896
| there were many signs for some one
| of Quay's adroitness at the helm. 1t
| was felt that the fight for Mckinley
| as against Bryan was to be an eX-
| tremely difficult one-one that would
| demand every imaginable good quality
| in the campaign manager. Fears that
| Hanna would not do were intensified
| by his bold statement that the COM
| mittee was going to be conducted on
strictly business" basis.
| It was not long, though, before all
hands and the cook began to sing
| different song.
Mr.. Hanna did run things on "busi
| ness basis, but there was no lack of
| good politics apparent, at that. One
| of the most interesting features of his
| business" campaign administration
was the payment by noon each day of
| all financial obligations that had been
incurred on the day before. This was
a new thing in the conduct of national
| campaigns, both Republican and DEM
| ocratic. Another feature was the ce-
| lerity with which business was dis
| patched. There were delays, some
| times. but never greater than in the
conduct of any other business. 1t was
even possible to see the chairman him
self much easier than ever before In
| fact, while there were the usual guards
| at his door, which every very busy
| man finds necessary, that he may re-
| ceive his guests in the proper order
| and without confusion, any one at all
| who had a valid reason for seeing him
was admitted without unnecessary de-
lay.
1t was different in 1892. In that year,
| particularly during the dominance of
certain element at headquarters,
| many we're turned away whom the
| chairman was anxious to see and,
moreover, their turning away was Of
ten accomplished in the most objec-
| tionable manner. For a time the
chairman had sitting before his door a
| certain young man who seemed to
know neither the prominent Western
men in the party nor how to tell them
| tactfully, when the chairman was en-
gagged, that it would be necessary for
them to wait a little while.
On one occasion a Western senator
presented himself before the chair
mans cerberus with a heavy contribu-
ton to the committee funds from this
state. He gave his name, but did not
state his business. The young man did
not recognize the name, and curtly
told the man to sit down on the bench
reserved for the bores, cranks and
other hangers-on that habitually grav-
itate to a national headquarters. After
an hour and half OF waiting, during
which many passed in and out through
the chairman's door, the Western man
became impatient and approached the
cerberus again.
Maybe you do not quite understand
who am?" he said respectfully
enough.
"I don't care who you are" retorted
the cereberus angrily. You couldn't
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