The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02
NATIONAL DEMOCRAT lC HEADQUARTERS ALIVE I'M EVERY
Conversation the Watchword,.
Though All Leaders Look
for Success at Polls.
#TAGGART, BELMONT, NlCoLL
These Three and Others Bend
ing Every Energy t. Insure
Victory at the Polls. NJ

body about the Century building knows
body bout the Century Building Knows
who he Is, but there Is considerable doubt
as to what he Is. AS a matter Of fact,
during the absence OF Chairman Taggart..
his chair is occupied. not to say filed
by his alter ego Tanning. Life With him
Is serious business, and tins campal Ign.
Is no smiling matter with him. JUST,
now the Democratic trlumvlrate which Is
governing the destinies of the campaign
are August Belmont, De Lancey Nicoll,
and Joseph #. flaming. When Chairman
Taggart Is at headquarters one cannot
sec him without having given the co,1n-s
man of the Indiana state Committee, ana
also chairman Of the Democratic Com
mittce Of the Seventh Indiana Congress
sional District In indianapolis He meets
all Corners. giving to one fifteen minutes
to another five minutes, and to an
other thirty seconds, as the case may be-
Ho eats, brsathes and lives politics. and
to him the game is too sacred and secret;
Z to permit Of casual conversation. His
confidence In the result has been growing
steadily since his arrival on the scene.
/ but II one wanted to write a column OF
political news on short notice It would be
like extracting sunbeams from cucumbers
The German Bureau.
An Innovation no less unusual than
promising, has been made by the Demo-
Gratis in this campaign in the creation
Of a German bureau with offices on the
fourth floor OF the Century building with,
Editor Herman Rdder in chalHe. I u Isl
known as the German-American Parker
Union and under the dual direction of 4
Messrs. l1ldder and Carl schurz the bus
reau$is pledged to round up and corral thes
German vote in all parts of the country.
Judge McConville, OF a Ohio, who has :
charge Of the ratorical pyro technics Nof &
the campai gn.5 has one OF the most im-s
portant posts on the committee For heS
is the captain OF a spelbindlng army, in-a
Guiding w. Bourke Cochran, I'm G.. Car
Isle, liam j % Bryan Jud son Harmon;
.Hoke Smith, Melville q. /; ingalls,, Patrick
A. Collins, Charles "a. Towne, n Senator
Sharp Williams. Edward M. Shepard
Senator liam J. Stone, s and Carter
Harrison and even Judge Parker him i
self One may trace the din1cultiesy be
setting Judge 8AlcConvllle by@his deeply-s
lined face and corrugated @ forehead
Nearly $500, 900 will pas throug b his hands y
within the next few weeks III Into; RI 4 hesas
who will get their cues from the snation.a
al headquarters III 33ss53 Sss
While most Of these campaign lead ers q
and directors will receive their reward In "
the havendof party triumph, IL maj orit Is b
OF the ttaches at the ID emocrntlcgshe head Bsg
quarters are drawing sala ries, hut II imust.S
be ADM tied they are well earned 4 hey ~
arc to j. dictated TO-, to be cour teous and v
patient und err all circunlstan and he III
fore all sorts and conditions ss OF men,
must mle-ins S hort, perform all h chose
miracles OF coming votes 4 upon Nj VIII cnSs
Democratic success will hinge In Novern-