Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-08-27
CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLICAN MA
TIoNAL COMMITTEE SURPRISES
THE DouRTERs.
KNOWS POLITICS ELL
Is Thoroughly conversant With condi-
tions In Every State in the Union -
Every Day Busy One for Him
Thinks and Acts Quickly.
TBY H. J. MAHIN.1
Wasts g N Bureau of the Courier

WasESe IN Bureau of the Courier.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 26.
~. Gratis who looked on with COM
pig sy when Mr.. Cortelyou was ap-
r. I'd chairman Of the national re-
can committee are now beginning
=. set alarmed. Mr.. Cortelyou is prov
q, J wonder as campaign manag-
Not single man who has come In
contact with Mr. Cortelyou lately who
has not been impressed with the intel
ligent manner in which he is working
and the grasp he has on the campaign.
The democrats have only been awak-
ening gradually. OF late they have
started out to do some things that
they thought no one else would think
of. The have been astonished to find
that Mr.. Cortelyou has preceded them
about two weeks and baked their
game. This has occurred in several
very important instances.
Mr.. Cortelyou has developed into a
man of quick action. 1t takes him
about two minutes to consider a
proposition. When he makes up his
mind thus in that two minutes it usu-
ally takes him about thirty seconds
more to get to telephone and set the
matter to working.
Republicans are Convinced.
When Mr.. Cortelyou was selected as
chairman, even some republicans OBJ
jected because they feared he was not
we'll acquainted with the influential
men of the country. AS fact Mr.. Cor.
telyou has an acquaintance with the
| leading farmers. laboring men, mer.
chants, bankers, capitalists and profes
sional men second to no one in the
country. He knew personally. every
friend Of President Mckinley and met
| persoally all the callers at the White
| House while secretary for Mr.. Roose
velt. When he became secretary OF
commerce and labor he widened his
knowledge of men.
Is Busy Man.
He goes to work about 8 O'Clock fr
the morning. He puts IN all his time
at headquarters in hard work and he
does not leave until late in the after
noon. He has the Chicago headquarters
on the telephone a dozen times a day
and receives innumerable callers. Their
he examines hundreds Of daily reports
that come in from all over the United
States each morning. His system o.
reports is complete. 1t is safe to say
| that he knows more about the politi
cal situation than any other man II
the United States today. When ht
leaves the headquarters for his hote
Mr.. Cortelyou's work is only about hal
done. In his room he answers all thu
correspondence that he did not have
time to attend to during the day. H,
never goes to bed until his work Il
finished This may be 2 o'clock but h'
is always up promptly, as fresh as I
daisy and ready to begin work agail
before older campaigners are through
with their coffee.
A Market Contrast.
There is marked contrast between
the republican and democratic nation
al headquarters. Everything is sys
tematic and in fine running shape a
the republican headquarters. At th
; democratic all is chaos There Chail
man Taggart and his assistants ar
still moving in"-an operation i
which they have been engaged for tn
last ten days.
Big Republican Family.
Probably no recent press stor
which has reached the President