Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-14
TAGGARTS AIDES.

Chairman Taggart.S s announcement
Of the makeup Of the executive COM
mittee. with Governor Sheehan at itS
head. and With Senator German &C
special adviser, means that to this
committee will be entrusted the man
agement of the campaign in New York
ard the neighb0ring states. While Mr..
Taeaart himself will devote his atten-
ton largely to the middle and border
states and the west OF course he
will have general charge of the cam
paign. but his division OF duty has
been made upon the theory that every
man should work in the ffold to which
his talents are best suited The et
fort of certain of the Republican or
cans to make it appear that Chairman
Taggart has effaced himself from the
campaign i'm the east is, of course. not
at all warranted. He has. however
put the closest personal and nolitica
friends of Judge Parker upon the ex-
ccutive committee. Mr. Sheehan did
more than any other one man to bring
about the nomination Of Judge Parker.
| pom his advice Judge Parker relies
more than upon that OF any other man.
not excepting Senator Hill. Delaney
Nicoll. who has been made vice chair
man of the national committee. in i'm
: n of ttr.
quarter Will of course, work in per-
feet harmony with Mr.. Sheehan. The
important part which August Belmont
played in developing the Parker SEN
timent throughout the country is we'll
understood. He devoted himself for
months to Judge Parker's interests
with no other purpose than to secure
for the party a nominee upon whom
all the factions could unite. The ap-
pointment of George Foster Peabody
as treasurer of the national commit
tee was a master stroke. He is a
man of the highest type. one who en-
joys the confidence OF the business in
tereSts OF the country to just as high
degree as does Cornelius Bliss, the
republican treasurer. who is one of
Re most valuable men in the Repuh-
lican organization. The New YORK
American. which has as yet not been
charged with over-Zealousness in its
support OF the Democratic nominee.
voices the prevailing sentiment whea
it SAYS of Mr.. Peabody:
Being a millionaire does not pre-.
vent George Foster Peabody from be-
ing man and a Democrat. a genuine
Democrat He has long Interested
himself in public affairs, as every New
Yorker knows. and always he has
been free from class feeling and pop
ular in his sympathies.
IL believe he said few davs amo
after visit to Judge Parker at ESQ
pus. that the Republican party has
wholly surrendered to the so-called
I was solicitious as to tho
S'duu VI tu6 pditf uDOE
this subject. and as to what Judge
Parker might have to say of it when
he got ready to talk to the people.
am very greatly pleased by his essen
tial democracy, considered from that
point of view. 1t was my desire
added Mr.. Peabody. TO present to
him with emphasis the convictions
held by myself and many others in
the Democratic party. especially upon
the subject of fundamental human
rights. and the relative Importance OF
human life and liberty and OF prop
4rty.
And he came away from Esopus
'cheered greatly to find that we have
a leader whose attitude OF mind
makes me feel very hopeful
..The appointment of George Foster
Peabody as treasurer would crafty
every Democrat who wants his party
cfo in