The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-16
MUCH LITERATURE SENT OUT INTO STATE

fraction which has deliberately formed the
uahoiy alliance with the Republican ma
chine for the purpose Of defeating the
good-govcrnHnent ticket.
AT THE HEADQUARTERS.
This work Is being carried on In every
| county Of Missouri and is led and direct
ed from three large and busy rooms on
the fourth floor OF the Equitable build
ing, which stands at the northwest corner
OF Sixth and Locust streets. Here Judge
". ". Evans, chairman Of the State
Committee, directs the work Of an eff
fective force OF assistants.
The force is not large. due partly TO the
fact that campaign funds are not plenti-
full The public service corporations have
not been asked TO contribute to the cam
paign fund. nor nave they done SO: the
same is true Of the police
The general public probably does not
stop to think how much MONEY can be
used for strictly legitimate purposes in Il
campaign. For instance, 10 furnish one
supplement containing campaign material
to all Of the Democratic papers III Mis-
souri, outside OF the large cities costs
more than Sl.oVo. without including The
express charges on the $50 packages.
Fortunately the Democrats are under
no Expense for oratory. as Missouri has
hundreds Of talented sons now speaking
IN the cities. towns and country school
houses who are not receiving a cent for
getting their expenses This is quite on
trary TO the situation in the Republican
camp, where a bunch Of men and one
woman are setting salaries OF So and
more a week for speiibinding in the path
OF that autunnal disaster which they
themselves believe to be sure and certain.
CHAIRMAN EVANS'S IDEAS.
Judge Evans is not a familiar type Of
State Chairman. He is a quiet man Of
middle age. with brown eyes, gray beard
and a calm judicial temperament. He
has some Ideas OF his own about politics,
which do not ft well with the old idea
Of the political manager. Judge Evans ,
believes that the so-called slick politician
never achieves any real or lasting sue |
cess for himself or the party. He be- |
ieves that the only policy that can be
safely carried into a campaign is one of
frank honesty IN dealing with the issues
and with the voters. He believes that the
really successful party leader is the man
the people will do when certain midi |
dates and certain principles are laid be-
fore them for their decision.
Holding to these principles and having
these candidates, the main issue must be
kept to the fore. unobscured and without
entarglements. until the votes are asst. |
his ~watchword may be said to be: y
statements that cannot be verified; no
promises that cannot be fulfilled"
The general work OF the headquarters
naturally divides itself into two principal
parts: one is the speakers bureau where
all requests for speeches are received.
passed upon and filled. The other is the
department. handling printed matter.
whence literature on all State and ma
guages TO the cosmopolitan population OF
the State. This is done partly through
the III county committees. which are all
worktns in perfect harmony with the
AS a further n effective agency, there
are the township and school district work
ers. Without them. all party efficiency
would fall into chaotic helplessness. The
methods used by the present. committees
will result IN the Democracy being as
well organized by the day OF the election
effort has been spared along this line.
Present nearly all the time in the head
are Congressman Vandiyer. chair
man Of the Executive Committee; Hal
Ovid Bell. secretary of the
State Committee: Austin Kinsey. assistant
secretary Of the Safe Committee. with
Morrow. Will e. oakle and Mss
Huertgen doing the confidential stenog-
raphy.
CORPS OF MAILING CLERKS.
Besides these Is a corps OF mailing
varying with the urgency OF the
work of mailing out literature. Major
chas. Gill IS se-seant-at-arTis to the COM
tnittee- Wallace Bassford IS manager o.
NE Press Bureau. The Offices open before
o'clock in the morning. and only close
when the lights in the building are turned
on at 10 p. m. In the last week Of the
campaign this limit will be removed
Last week about two carloads of liter
:ture was sent out into the various coun-
les OF the State. Much of this is on ma
ional issues, though the and
he speakers are devoting most Of their at
entiol to the State campaign: this MAIN
aims a healthy balance. One hundred
copies OF one document on State
ssues have been distributed. while lust at
,ook. a pamphlet of forty-eight pages, are
issued to the voters Carl Sciurz's
letter opposing the policies Of
fs being sent out in large num-
,ers. This Is thought to be useful, as so
many Of the Older citizens remember
'churZ as a st. Louis mai and as a. Sen
tor from Missouri. Among the Germans
Ifs name Is a household word.
It would be difficult to estimate the
II to figure out the number which will be I
made before the election. IN the private i
flee Of the Executive Committee Is an
map. which shows every Post Of :
Ice In the State. Scattered all over IL may :
70 noticed little green n red spots OF I
bout the diameter OF a lead pencil. The .
dots mark the places where Mr. !
ok spoke IN the campaign prior to the !
tate Convention at Jefferson City; the
ed spots indicate where he hast spoken j..
ince his nomination Each week sizes new
mes added. Other maps show whehe lead I
lg speakers and State candidateS have .
poken- :
In Tie dsnands Of the people for lpsak- I