The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-28

party men. Often these speeches arc
the apparent outcome OF congressional
debates and nOminaIiy prepared TO be
spoken in the halls of congress in ref
erence to some Sending legislation
They are generally crammed with sta
tistics, and no party ever failed TO be
prepared with "a v0iuminous array OF
figures IN show that the other party
would bring ruin and desolation upon
the country, and that all its .represen-
tatives are wssteful and extravagant.
if not corrupt. The advantage of con-
gressionai speeches is that tEey can
be sent free through the mails as parts
Of public documents, thus saving the
postage
But a vast quantity of other matter
besides speeches Is sent out to rouse
the intellectual sense OF 10 fire the
political heart of the country. Very
often brief and trenchaHt cards aud
circulars. which pierce with single
shaft tie armor of the enemy. are en-
pioyed with telling effect. In 1884 the
famous Rum, Romanism and Rebel
lion" utterance of Or. Burchard was
printed on small cards and distributed
before the doors of all the Catholic
churches in the country the Sunday
before election The effect of this
maneuver was most disastrous. and IT
had much to do with determining the
result OF Aflf EtttltUlA tN0 AHa- = te-tfs-
The campaign of 1876 was tie most
remarkable i'm the history of the coun-
try for documentary work Long be
fore the national committees got into
working trim Mr. Tilden had organ
lied what was faceIiously termed a
literary bureau. and It proved a
most effective adjunct His keen in
tellcct comprehended fully the value
Of accurate Information lie knew ali
the schemes of the enemy 10 misreD-
resent the issue and before the voter
with sophistries. He covered every
point in the campaign with terse AMI
vigorous pamphlets, which were sent
in every direction in liberal quauti-
ties The result proved the wisdom
| of his foTethOught. It was 10 be eN
pected that his vast fortune would b.
used in his own behalf and many Wild
stories were circulated as to the
amount which was emptied from Til
/ denis barrel" The fact was that in
/ this legitimate work he expended about
/ a quarter OF 2 million Of dollars. The
/ lfteratu Of that campaign did muct
/ to set the principles and history of tho
! Democratic party clearly before the
/ country. and to pave the way for other
/ victories.
] Not less important in their way are
/ the duties of the committeeman whC
/ direct the movements of the campaign
| orators During the months of ma
tiOnal campaign not less than 2,Oof
| speakers are kept constantly employee
| by the state and national committees
/ the efforts of those under the direc-
| ton of the national organizations be
/ ing as rule confined to the cloSt
| and doubtful states. The members ui
! this class are nearly al men of ma
| tional repute, and the task OF tht
| committeeman who direct their move
| ments is neither an easy nor a pleas
| ant one. Some orators decline TO Spedl
| in small towns, and others of less eN
| tended fame insist upon being Scheu
| uled for speeches in the large cities
| But the committe emen are usually
successful in smoothing over these diff
| ficulties, in impressing them with tn
| fields in which they can do tie mos
good. and in peTsUading them to &C
cept the assignments, for which the!
have been put down.
Formerly the cost of stump speeche
was the largest item in d bill Of cam