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CHAlRMAN CORTEEYOU

Bureau of translation, to put into
Polish Hungarian. Yiddish, Scandinavian.
Finnish, and a dozen other of the "ur-
known tongues" the political gospel with
which the foreign-speaking voters Of the
country should be made familiar
Bureau of. oratory, to train and gen
eraF' the army of "spellbinders'' which
each committee will deem it necessary
to send out over the land.
Bureau of information, to gather, in
side political news from the pivotal
states.
Bureau of publicity, to furnish the
that can be gathered, and to keep from
the public all the news of the other sort
that can possibly be suppressed.
Bureau of general supplies-banners,
portraits, campaign songs, badges, torch
lights and all sorts of political GIN
cracks, ITO which executive committees,
whether wisely or otherwise, always give
much attention.
The proper way to do this work is. of
course, to place each bureau or depart
ment In the hands OF an expert, and it
will be an early duty Of each executive
chairman to find and fix upon the men
to act as such experts. This alone will
be a good deal of task, since the appli-
cation for places on the committee staff
are always much more numerous than
the places, and all the applicants are
pretty well backed by men who are inf1,l-
entail in the party's councils. The mere
selection OF committee employees is almost
always made matter of politics. Some
times this adds materially to the chair
mans perplexities
1t isn't likely, as matter of fact that
all departments mentioned will be formal
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who originally promoted the water COM
pany. sued Ellis for a large sum, which
he declared was due him. Crow died a
maniac.
On July %, 1901, the grand jury found
two indictments for assault against Ellis
on the complaint and testimony of Frances
A. Sauer, a stenographer. She alleged
that she went to Ellis Office, at No. 20
Wall street, to apply for a place. and
that after keeping her in waiting for an
hour he called her into the office, where
the assault was attempted. Ellis pleaded
not guilty, and was held under $1,000
cash bail. Before 1t went to trial there
was change in the administration of the
prosecuting attorneys Office. Mr.. Jerome's
assistants went over the evidence and
recommended that Ellis be discharged, as
there was no reasonable probability OF
getting a conviction. They said the girls
story was open to suspicion, as she was
nervous and hysterical, and had made
similar charge once before, which proved
to be unfounded. Her family expressed
the wish that prosecution be dropped
and the indictments were finally dis
missed.
Ellis has represented a number OF
prominent Mexicans in this city. At one
time he had power of attorney over L.
$4,000 acres Of land belonging to Faus-
tino Martinez and Ignacio de la fora,
son-in-law Of President Diaz, Of Mexico.
He also represented the estate of the late
Gen. Castos Pacheco, formerly a Mexican
cabinet minister.
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BOSTON, Mass, July 9.-As the
= Grand Army encampment time
approaches the work Of the executive
committee continues to absorb more
and more of the time and attention of
it's members. This is true, also. of all
the subcommittee. A great effort is
being made to have the entertainment
features of themselves such as will at
tract large number of visitors, and
in this line great deal of work is be-
ing done On the automobile parade.
This is not to be simply a long line
of horseless carriages for the delegates
to look at, but the latter are to be In
yited to step in and take a seat. They
will then be taken on ride over one
of the most historical routes that could
be found in this country. 1t will fol-
low out the famous ride of Paul Re-
we're. From within sight of the tower
of the Old North church-from which
the famous rider received his signal
hill monument, the party viii move
out on the old Bay road, now known as
Massachusetts avenue
Over the. Charles river into Cambridge
the visitors will be taken past Harvard
college and the old Washington elra,
where Washington assumed command
of the army of the Revolution Here,
also, will be seen the old Longfellew
home and the house where James
Russell Lowell lived.
Over one of the finest roads in the
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country they will reach Lexington,
where they will see the old Monroe
tavern, which is rich in historical lore.
Here is where Earl Percy. with his re-
Inducements. was enabled to hold back
the American patriots while he con-
verted the tavern into a hospital. In
the barroem is to be seen hole made
by British musket ball. Here, also,
is a chair in which Washington sat
while on his visit to Lexington in 1898.
An Interesting thing is the Memorial
fountain, situated on the battle green.
facing the British line of march. It is
surmeunted by a statue of Capt. John
Parker, who commanded the first mill
tary organization that met the soldiers
of England. Many other historical
places and houses are in this old town.
Six miles beyond Lexington, the Wis
itors will arrive at Concord, also rich
in its historical associations. Some of
the superstitfous people of Concord
fully believe that the soldiers of Con-
cord will be called out for actual war
service April 10, 1947. They base their
ideas on the following sequence of mil
itary events in which the towns mill
tia has taken part:
AT one o'clock in the morning of April
10, 1859, an alarm was sounded and
the local company was formed on the
village green. The clergyman came
out to bless them and to offer prayer
before they marched to Boston 10 take
part in the Edmund Andres rebellion.
Eighty-six years thereafter, to a day
and to an hour, the minutemen of Con-
cord were again summoned en- the
alarm of Paul Revere. Again ties
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MAKING OUT A CHECK
FOR THE TREASURER

at once prepared and the Objectionable
chapter was changed radically.
The arrival of the first copies of the
text book at executive headquarters is
red-ietter day in every campaign. I'm
til then everybody In the bureau of pub
hctty and the bureau of oratory Is
working somewhat in the dark, because
the keynote has not yet been struck. As
soon as the books come in there Is
general re-energizing of forces, so to
speak Copies are hastily sent away
to the intending speakers and to the
newspapers, and everyone feels that the
real work of the campaign is about to
begin.
Naturally, each executive COMMITTEES is
almost as anxious to- get hold of the
opposition text book as it is of its own,
and 1t happened that advance copies
have found their way into the enemy's
camp through the literally tipped hands
of employees in the printing offices where
the books were turned out
Unlike most of the documents. the text
book Is not always circulated generally
among the voters. Thus party may
have a definite financial policy which It
Is desirable to give chief prominence in
one state and a definite tariff policy which
should be made the all-important feature
of the campaign in another. The text
book will emphasize both of these poll
SieS diihc, Dut II WOua De 1olly TO force
finance upon the voters in state which
cared only for tariff, or to crowd the
tariff down the threats of voters in a
state where money was the chief issue
The wise executive chairman, then,
may need to see that the text book, en-
phasizing all the party's policies, goes
only to the party leaders who are well
rooted and grounded in the true political
faith, reserving for the general run OF
voters in each state those documents
that enforce the doctrines with which
they are most in sympathy. It is a DO
lftieal tradition that an important state
was all but lost to one Of the big par
ties in one of the most recent important
elections because money documents
were sent to state which was hunger
ing for strong tariff meat, while two or
three originally doubtful states were car
ried overwhelmingly by the same party
because the right sort of Literature" was
sent to them.
1t Is in matters OF this sort that Mr..
Cortelyou and his Democratic opponent
VIII be able to show the possession of
political genius or the reverse, and 1t
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may be that the battle will be lost and
won this year along just such lines The
instruction Of the speakers for each
part of the country must be based on the
same principles, Of course; it would be
absurd to assail the voters through the
eye with one line of talk and through
the ear with another
1t was in sending out the right matter
to the right places that Mr.. Hanna
showed most excellent Judgment. and
he had rule which both executive chair
men may we'll paste into their hats and
consult often this year. This rule was to
send nothing to any state that was not
approved thoroughly by the state commit
tee Of that state.
Mr.. Hanna got the experience which
prompted this course many wears ago.
when he was beginning to make note
worthy Roadway in business. He rarely
went counter to the judgment of his de-
partment heads in the conduct of his
enterprises. because, as he said, they
were On the ground and kneY more in
minute about their departments than he
could learn in year; and he never went
counter to judgement of a state COM
m1ttee chairman with reference to the
political literature the state should have.
Inc work Of the executive chairman
mas been both complicated and simpIified
within the past few years by certain
In the old days the executive COMMITTEES
of each party used to establish itself In
a private house on Fifth avenue in New
York. Mr.. Hanna established one head
quarters for the East in a centrally locat-
ed business skyscraper in New York. For
the West he established another head
quarters in a Chicago business building,
and throughout the campaign he divided
his attention between the two. This made
1t necessary for him to spend much time
on the railroad, and added somewhat to
his personal fatigue, but it did away with
the old jealousy between the West and
East and it kept the campaign going all
the time, both East and West. Both
Bryan campaigns were also run on the
dual headquarters plan, and it has prob
ably come to stay in presidential cam
paigns.
Washington has often been urged as
good place for executive committee head
quarters, but has never been accepted
by either party. though both Of them
choose Washington invariably as head
quarters for the congressional committee.
Copyright, 1904, by E. B. Warner.)
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assembled on the village green; again
did the clergyman come out to offer
prayer, and then they waited through
the early morning hours of that spring
day until they went out to meet the
British in battle. Between twelve and
one o'clock in the morning of the 10th
Of April. 1861, the captain Of the Con-
cord militia was summoned to assem-
Bile his company. 1t was done on the
same ground where, twice before, their
predecessors had gathered. This was
just eighty-six years, to the day and
hour, after the last preceding force
it is believed that on the date above
mentioned the Concord troops will
again be called out.
This town is also rich in literary as
sociationS. Here is the old manse,
where Nathaniel Hawthorne brought
his bride, in 1912. Here is old AIcott
house. the home of the father of Louisa
May Aicott. Emefsons home is an
other to be seen, and still another is
that of Henry D. Thoreau.
To form some idea of the length Of
this automobile parade, it will only
be necessary to reflect that fifteen or
sixteen hundred visitors will be carried
in the line. The number of autome-
will be large; the line viii be very
long
As they start, they will diverge, one
half pursuing one route and the other
half another, meeting at a point on
the route, probably Concord. each pass
ing in review before the other section
It is estimated that there will be over
seven hundred automobiles in this pro-.
ces sion.
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L00NNIs DISAPPEARANCE INTERNATIONAL MURDER

behalf of the country and of his stand
ing and influence in the United States.
Assistant Secretary of State LOOMS,
however, in whose hands Secretary Hay
had placed all business pertaining to the
matter, apparently decided that he had
rather trust the treaty with one of whom
he knew more; hence the summoning of
the brother. 1t was agreed, however,
that Ellis was to accompany Loomis to
AbySSinia, and was either to vouch for
him at Meneliks court or to be vouched
for by LOOMS as a man capable of engi-
neering country developing enterprises. In
this connection it has been limited that
the Loomises were also interested in some
of the concession schemes of which Ellis
was the head, but there is no confirma-
ton of this.
On June IA Loomis and Ellis sailed on
the Kaiser Wilhelm II. for Cherbourg
They occupied the same stateroom and
were much together on the voyage. On
Monday morning. the goth, it is said that
LOOMS was seen sitting upon the upper
deck Of the steamship Since that time
he has neither been seen nor heard from.
His disappearance was noted by Ellis and
search instituted. 1t was suggested
that he might have left the boat at Plym-
outh, where it touched about an hour
after he was last seen, but nothing has
been seen of him there, and the steam
ship company is certain that he did not
leave the ship. 1t has also been suggested
that he may have fallen overheard, but
the officers assert that in calm sea.
which prevailed on the goth, it would
have been impossible for him to have
done so without being seen by some one Of
the hundreds of persons stirring about
the decks.
Ellis Proceeds to Paris
At Cherbourg Ellis announced that he
hnI I'm ,tS I'M loft fhn heo&
served and would turn up in the French
capital. He went on to Paris After a
day or two there he received word from
Secretary of State Loomis TO take the
treaty from the luggage of Kent LOOMS
and proceed on to Abyssinia, his imme-
diate destination being the port of Dill
bouti, West Africa, from whence he will
travel to Abyssinia.
Among the unconfirmed rumors that
have emanated from Paris, where Gen.
Porter questioned Ellis and was appar-
emily satisfied with the story in view Of the
latter's continuing on his way, is one to
the effect that Ellis reported Loomis was
intoxicated a good part of the time dur
ing the latter part of the journey: and
another that Mrs LOOMS received word
from her husband that he was having
some trouble with Ellis as to which one
should carry the treaty.
The case has thrown into the light the
career of Ellis. One account of his life
insists that he is native of Texas,
where his parents, colored people. still re-
side. He is said to have been prominent
III politics In the Lone Star state for ssv-
eral years and to have taken prominent
paTt an the factional fight that elevated
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his. Mr.. Hanna'S career after the execu-
tive Craftsmanship of two successful cam
paignS was more satisfactory, perhaps,
than that of any man who has ever filed
the place. William P. st. John, who led
the Bryan campaign in 1896, died of
grief and disappointment, and John K.
Jones, of Arkansas, who conducted the
Bryan campaign in 1900. has not had
much power in public affairs in the last
four years.
There has been good deal Of change
in practical campaigning in presidential
years since 1884 The executive commit
tees work Is more extensive than former
ly, its employees are more numerous, and
it has to spend several times as much
money as 1t used to. There is a wide
spread notion that large proportion Of
the average campaign committees ex-
penditures are along lines that may not
be discussed in print, but this is certain
the legitimate expenses Of every execu-
tive committee, nowadays, are quite large
enough to tax severely any fund the
loyal members of it's party are likely
to advance.
Mr. Hanna had a good deal to do with
raising the funds for the two cam
probable that Mr.. Cortelyou will confine
himself more strictly to the executive
side of the work. Cornelius N. Bliss.
who will be treasurer, as he mas been
for three campaigns. will have direct
charge of the money getting, but Mr..
Cortelyou will have the absorbing task
of deciding how to spend it. This is.
bound to be puzzlng as well as absorb
ing.
AS far back as 1892 the committee
funds were so big In mere bulk that the
putting of them where they would do the
most good involved business acumen of
the highest order and the selection of
lot of lieutenants each of whom was
an expert in some practical line. Ever
since that. year the evolution of the ex-
ecutive committees work has been adj
vancing in. the same direction. Entirely
aside from the subtleties of political man.
agement Mr.. Cortelyou and his Demo
cratic opponent will this year have to
organize and conduct the following de-
partments:
Bureau of printing. for the production
of the millions of pieces" of "doeu
ments'' with which they will have to
flood the country.
Bureau Of distribution, for the circula-
ton Of these documents.
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NY O doubt MIR. Cortelyou for the
IN Republicans, and whoever may be
chosen executive chairman for
the Democrats this year, will be-
GIN the active campaign with due respect
for} the task which is before them. No
doubt, too. each will acquire increased
respect for his job In the months tina
VIII intervene between now and election
day.
There are many old and wise politicians
who believe much less really depends
upon the work of the executive commit
tee and its chairman than is popularity
supposed; that the election is really car
ried by sort of psycho-pelitical under
tow, so to speak, and that unless the yot-
ing public is very delicately balanced at
f1ei beginning of the campaign, the com
mpttee's efforts are really not of much
consequence
But even these men admit that two or
three technical blunders, half dozen ILL.,
ADVISED speeches-or even one for that
Ihattef-are suf1lclent to turn an almost
certain victory into disastrous defeat
as was Blaine's defeat in 1884 by Bur
cnard's famous three r" outbreak Be-
yond peradventure the executive chair
man whose campaign is not crowned
with victory this year will find his SUBJ
sequent political career thorny one. He
Will be almost as much of permanent
ly supposed to be.
1t does not follow. however, that the
winner will march on to great political
preferment William F. Harrity. of
PENNSYLVANIA, was the last Democratic
executive chairman to win a campaign
by ieiecting Cleveland in 1892, but he has
never cut so much OF a figure In political
life since as he did that year. Mr.. CIeve-
land rewarded him with nothing, the over
whelmingly Republican sentiment of
pennsylvania precluding his getting any
thing direct from the people, and the
world at large has heard little of him
In the last-dozen years.
Thomas II. Garter. Of Montana. his
opponent, on the other hand, who was
the last executive chairman to lead the
Republican forces to defeat, while never
holding cabinet place. or other position
OF national Importance. has served his
state a good part of the time in the
senate at Washington, and has stood
much higher in the councils of his party
that Mr.. Harrity has in the councils of
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M ILL the disappearance of Kent
wv j. LOOMS, brother of the as

"A ~ thO disappearance OF Kent
wv D. Loomis, brother of the as
sistant secretary of state, de-
selop INTO an international mystery?
Was the young man pushed from the
deck OF the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm IL
oh June by some persona certain per
son, In fact-who believed he would profit
by the young mans removal?
sOr, did he unsteady from drink. fall
overheard and sink beneath the waves
OF the ocean without his disappearance
BENG noted for several hours thereafter?
During the last week the state officials
and lis agents abroad, in England, France
and Germany, have puzzled over this
question, and at this writing there appears
to be no satisfactory solution to the mat
ter
The services of Scotland Yard. Eng
lands noted detective agency, have been
enlisted, and without result Loomis is
still missing. w. II. Ellis, his travelling
companion, is proceeding on the errand
which took him (Loomis) abroad. Mr..
Choate in London and Cen Porter in
Paris have investigated the matter with
out result.
The case may mark the elimination in
a life of romance and adventure pursued
by w. H. Ellis, said to be a Texas negro.
but who claims to be Cuban Or it
may be soon blotted from view as mex
plicable and beyond human solving. AT
any rate the facts as they exist present
most interesting story.
The History of Tnsaty
Kent Loomis is the brother of Francis
Is. LOOMS, assistant secretary of state.
he was a prominent newspaper man of
Parkersburg, w. Va, where dwell hts
wife and baby.
Recently he went to Washington to
accept commission rendered by his
brother, by which he agreed to transmit
to King Menelik, of Abyssinia. a com
mercIal treaty between that Ethiopian
Kingdom ard the United States. The
treaty was suggested and drawn by r.
7 Skinner, United States consul at Mar
seilles- Menelik, it is said, hoped to form
q commercial alliance with the United
States which would put a stop to the
European expressions of which he lives
In dread.
1t is also contended that the treaty.
was first proposed in Abyssinia by w. n
Ellis. the Cuban, who has offices as a
broker in. New York, and who has had a
remarkable career as a promoter. Ellis
ambition, 1t is claimed, is to be the ruler
OF Abyssinia, a position to which he be-
leyes he can ascend in course of time.
providing he can secure a footing in the
country.
Loomis Called In
Ellis has visited Menelik and is be-
lieved to be on very good terms with
the monarch. When the treaty arrange
ments progressed TO definite form it is
said to have been his ambition to carry
the paper to Abyssinia and offer it to
Menelik as an earnest Of his efforts in
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Three years later he thought Of coloniz-
ing Mexico with negroes from the United
States and his career as a promoter be-
gan
1T came to me- he said. that Mex
leo, with millions of acres of vacant
lands. rich as the richest land In this
country. was buying from 10000 TO S0,-
900 bales of cotton year from the United
States. If Mexico had immigrants who
understood tn raising of cotton she would
save the great expense of Importation. I
applied to the. Mexican government for
concession, which was granted in August.
1889. which gave me the right to bring
into Mexico 10000 foreign immigrants for
agricultural. mechanical and engineering
purposes. The colonists were exempted
from paying duty on agricultural imple-
ments, household furniture and provisions
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and were to be free from all taxes, except
municipal and stamp taxes, for fifteen
years. They had the right to import
horses and cattle for breeding purposes.
and to make their own colony laws, pro-
viding they were in accord with the con-
stitution of the republic and approved by
the state in which the colony was planted
AS coionizer
The concession gave me an option on
100000 acres of land at a specific price.
l was to receive S. for each immigrant
over twelve years of age, male or female.
brought into the republic under the CEN
cession. This head money was to be col
lected through the customs house. With
this valuable concession in my possess
sion organized the Mexican Coffee-Cot-
ton Colonization company, with capt.