The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-20
DEMOCRATS WITH ARDOR
ENTER UPON THE CAMPAIGN
Spirit and Determination Exhibited by the
Party Leaders

Although some of the veteran Re-
puDlcan leaders, who were relegated
70 the retired list by the action of the
chicago Convention, continue to growl
ana grumble because of their positions
IN the invalid corps, the strenuous ele-
ment IN the Roosevelt camp is full of
business. The Republican Campaign
Committee is supplying all of the party
organs in the rural districts with
boiler plate" campaign material, for
pubncauon. Such contributions not
only save composition in a country
newspaper office, but they furnish in
terestlng reading to the voters in those
communities. If more substantial en-
couragement is required by the county
editor. to assist in the cause of Re
publicanism, the Fat Fryer GeneraT
Is notified. and as the campaign ad-
VanceS the hard times" sign comes
down in the country newspaper office,
ana purse proud prosperity" is in evil
dence.
The Democratic committee is not so
generous in dealing with it's army of
country editors. The committee will
furnish any quantity of campaign
copy which has to be set up before
being printed. The boiler plate" sys-
tenn has been suggested to Chairman
CoWherd and he now has the subject
under serious consideration. The tough
est problem he has to contend with
just now is how to choke off some of
the congressional applicants for cam
palgn notoriety. Almost every Demo-
cratic Congressman who delivered
speech during the last session is anx-
iouS to have his individual views sent
out to the voters of the country by the
Campaign Committee. Chairman Cow
herd is a practical man. and he is not
welded to the old-style practice of dis
tributing millions of copies of certain
speeches simply to crafty the vanity OF
ambitious Congressman. He knows
that an article in a little country news
paper will have a greater number of
readers than thousands of copies of
printed speech in pamphlet form. For
instance, in the last Congressional cam
paign a carload of free silver speeches
was sent to New York city to be cir
culated among the voters of that cita-
del of sound money. l have it on the
authority of a New York Congressman
that the carload of speeches was con-
signed to the flames as soon as they
reached the point of distribution.
Experts in physical culture, who are
familiar with the rival candidates for
the vice presidency, declare that
Henry G.. Davis, in spite of his ad-
vanced years, is gifted with more vital
the first place Mr.. Davis does not look
much older than Mr. Fairbanks, and
those who saw the former at st. Louis
and the latter at Chicago, agree that
Mr.. Davis displayed greater activity
in the convention, in the hotel corri-
doris and in the party councils than
his elongated, slow-going Republican
rival. A wager was made at Chair
man Cortelyou's headquarters yester-
day that Mr.. Davis could beat Senator
Fairbanks in a hundred yard foot race.
There are few men in public life to-
day, young or old, who can surpass
Mr.. Davis in mental or physical en-
ergy. He moves along with quick
elastic step, thinks quick and acts
promptly and can see a business prop
osition without the aid of a micro
scope. During the twelve years he
served in the United States Senate. he
was regarded as one of the wisest
councillors in his party, and he fire.
ouently presided over the Senate with
dignity and marked ability. Senator
Fairbanks is a negative man while Mr.
Davis is of a positive nature. There
is never any doubt as to his position
on any subject in which he is interest
ed. and he has the faculty of express
ing his views so that they will be
clearly understood.