The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

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ena1hEes In his favor. GARFIELD sat N III as
p nR me ", floor He did not even n3HH ~
ana, fuEhingi'to hin. waved them oyer yer
hs lllcs s ana 81 tho . Gf w
astly0 as w bossb Tav So MI W,ithars@ from
fest muster of a hlnseif berayins hGt
Luce IN Tic bitter disappoll " ,fI, ~,
i;,na,nilnous What f ol,Ns is bart OF
The vice-President.
After the narllnr OF presidential can A.,
nominated vicen presd ,' should be as
&esad Ge a f tcke tst nrcG e FAC fact one ssdo
sstSsils1 nrn ns'ss'h Ifs fhase
oppoPnelitg, ills III the hope Of l heall m
fsants opss rem wounds and nn ndnes
THUS It often Happens that men Of Z, Only BY,
oGnl ,pepa,e and prestige IRE nnlnf re has
s becn ~ IndeeH 80 Ha yes af
frown ipoi q teh5er u ths honor. Ys .a It
However, us abld pof ala sr apmboa s' shgud r.
fuse u nomination for Vice President. FOR
more + than once those who have d2no 30
dency.
I6ere nret two men sun LYING tying, s .,ehS
with mingled rhagrln and regret cni, ,, puar
Witness to this fact. After the no dra a.
ton 81 Gareld IN 1882 the sHhpof1erest tho
candidate for Vice President me oT ~,
delegation urged Woodford to accept ,ne
place and he would have done SO NAG &C. nv ny
Conkllng, nngered and cmblttereu py VIZ
defeat OF his chief, commanded him to say
no For the same reason Morton. VINO
would have been nominated had ne c3ho
the preferred honor. Then chester a.
Arthur was told that he could have the
nomination. Again Conklng int'erpo,sea
Mth negat ays n GWer he Rpd q s"
long been one Of Conklinss trusted leu
tenants but he was also mr. aihnit,1n us
man. and he knew thatIopport'inity does
rs an honorable one, and often !, n the
past has led to great things, nj ! tni INK !
proved his wisdom, Garfield died beforerhe
had been seven months In Office. Had
Woodford Or Morton been less re ,i t,,an
to oppose the will of his leader there
would be two living eX-Presidents instead
Of one
Selection of a Committee.
The last but by no means the least i'm
portnnt. duty Of a national convention Is 1
to select the national committee which is
paign and the convening of the following
convention, and Is thus the permanent
and continuing part Of tho party M
cation elects member of this body.
Which few weeks later opens hcadquar-
tiers in New York and Chicago and begins
tn real wo rs OF ho ar has
grown to be an almost exact science, and
besides the national committee, there arc
state, county. city, 'oWnslhip w Y, lang ana
voter and In one way or another bring
him in personal contact with the cam IN
paisn management. All of these commit
directing head and this is the executive
committee of the national committee,
made up OF ten or dozen OF the most
sllilful and nstllte political managers OF
the party, with has general charge of
tho campaign.
At the head of the executive or cam
naEIn committee Is the eeah po IF cal
manager OF proved skill and shrewdneSs.
who may or may not be q, member OF the
s so't choice and ID represantative Of tie
nominee for President. Tho chairman IS
the campaign manager. and. as his task
Is one that calls for large sums of money
the first thing he and his associat ties of the
executive committee have to do is to pro
Xde and The gren ost re
campaign funds in recent years. These
contribute most freely to the party n1,,, thn 11
the = conduct ot Of affairs. but many large
concerns contribute to both sides. to have
friends at court in any event.
OfficohOlderS are another certain source
of revenue to the national committee OF
the party in power and the third source
tr,c tool mr. 1iI,af nf
occupy high positions, give lavishiy as a
means of advancing their personal inter.
n nnay to- TMse 81
peciallv in contests of unusual cnthusi,,
asln. is large sum. What presideni!i al
question. Though one reads exaggerated
estimates in the newspapers. 1t Is certain
that the total increases with each can
bounds OF truth to say that each or the
national committees in 1860 spent not less
than million dollars; nor dd tins n1S SUN
tees dsbursed independently Of the ma
tionai committees. The cost of a pres
idegtial campaigns now amounts INTO the
Use Of Campaign Funds.
What use is made Of the money raised
by the national committees? First on the
campaign expense account stand, IN, me
cost Of maintaining committee head1uarI-
executive offices, and after that comes
the printing and the circulation of cam
paign literature and the employment Of
small army of campaign speakers Doc
,lments printed in every modern language
are sent out in great quantities, and these
not only inform the people but give to
writers and orators mass Of facts a iii1
read poiteal DOCUMENTS Of I, any e zen arc
those which embody a telling series. OF
facts on. single sheet Of paper nonfa
speech can be circulated with great !, e.,
David r. Hill, a political organizer Of
exceptional skill and shrewdnc,ss, gives It
as his opinion that the silent 1nessase,s
that reach the voters through the malls
have far more Influence in d naanhnI q:
poIlitical professions. and that other able
political managers hold to the so same ne v lew
national committees spent half a million
dollars IN tho preparation, publication ana
The dav of the campaign orator Is, IN
n measure, missing, but, his niluence Is
still great. and each of the national com
mittees employ several hundred sneakers