The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
Amusing Incidents Which Fur J
nisl, Food for Laughter III Bit
terly Waged Campaigns.
I EXPERIENCES WERE RARE.
President Buchanan and Honest
Folks Of Lancastcr--Lilly's
Wit and Part it Played in
81 Pennsylvania Politics.

Pennsylvania Politics.
BY Rufus Rockwell Wilson.
tAuthor OF "Ramblcs in Colonial BY.
H ways" etc)
The late Leonard SWEET. speaking from.
hrst.hant knowledge of the facts, once
said that the whole expense of Lincoln's
first nomination for President, Including
A the cost OF headquarters, kilograms, mt
sic, fares OF delegates and incidentats.
Il did not exceed 500. II cost the Republi-
& can national committee less to elect Lin
coin in 1860 than it does TO conduct man
4 a State canvass Of the present time,
..That committee said Mr.. SWEET.
..spent a sum that would now seem con-
temptible, but 1t did its work as thor
oughly and successfully as any commit
1 tee the party has had since IN 1854. az "
tile most critical hour in the history OF
the nation, the sum of 100000 was all
81 IL, q was 9snent 10 secure the reelection
&of lincoln" e. II 55 III.
& is we'll within the bounds to say that y
! We'll within the bounds to say that 1T
Z will cost moro than 100000 to elect a
Il President this year. This sum VIII re
spent by the national committee OF the
Il two great parties, and does not Incl ude
/ The funds collected and sdsbursed BY the
several State committees ana II o '.l,s.
# smaller agencies. NE use OF large sums n 81
3Hof money in politics. as has bee N = A.
N ,r..,d. lis 4; growth of the last forty years
previous Is that time political campaig,,--
II An = was largely a matter of hurrah and
K sentiment: but In the later SOS business
NJ al en- alert, sfrewd {! and fond of system
"a and a order began to take the manage
4 mept Of politics into their hand s,&'snd a a
wonderful change in methods and meas
slIt.es was speedily effected. 10 Samuel
g. i. Tildcn more than to any other ma Ia
is due the credit of perfectinE the ne d 81
IF TEN Of ca mpa igninE u n vs. ile
had a. gift for the management OF lI, 'sil
an large scale that amounted TO gen
i,,s. He h saw that great issues hich
NJ arouse tie enthusiasm Of the masses
Though most essential, are not IN them
\ saves suficicnt to insure success In n
=, ,,,paign, but that much Of the ork5
IN be effective must be done in I sec ret
e. and that 1t was of the first Importance
II IN i every voter should be brought into
X direct personal contact with the ca M ~
III Ign smanag cement This req req req isgs 2
comprehensive system. great volumes ON q 9,
correspondence and al almost nn ll
60 Of printed matter--ln5 q $"ord, an an
4
gbraced every home and fireside in the
3 nd q nd the operation OF which inYolYcd
q the expenditure of vast sums OF money.
\. Put to Legitimate Uses.
5 3-r,,,,,a ~, m,nea #,Tilden's methods with
u the5' seal Of success. and they have taken
he place Of those formerly employ cd
& s. 4 q 1870 more than $500 900 was objected
and spent blythe campaign mana ger1s
al s. the two great parties. -Four years
y later they had at thelr8 disposal m ore
NJ ta \ 81. 900 900, and in 1894 the campaign
disbursements were half as much AGAIN. Gam
e In 1855 the Harrison-C Cleveland campo lsns
a cost not less than sl.s0 900 ana In ,, "
& campaign OF 1892 the expenditures OF me
Il two national committees were ute ".
ltfo, 200 Finally, i'm 1896 more than s4,-
n nnn oOO and In 1900 an even larger amount
S ,,assed through the hands Of Chairman
Hanna and Chairman Jones and their
IA q associates. But4Sthe charge that the
greater part Of these vast sums is used
to corrupt voters is false and silly one,
Il Nearly, If not all, of the moneys collect
III ed are anticipated by the legitimate en-
AS penses OF the campaign. These cover a
vide range, and their volume sWellss
Il with every succeeding campaign.
,I'he first work Of a national committee.
is to prepare campa ign literature. These
81 buf give to orp tors and writer's mass.
OF facts and, arguments. They are in the.
Z main the speeches OF leading Senators and
congressman. but often brief and trench
II ant cards and circulars, which pierce
with a single shaft the armor OF the
VI enemy, arc employed with telling effect.
1884 the famous Rum, Romanism and
81 Rebellion" iutternnce Of Dr.. Burchard
\ was printed on small cards and distribute
ed before the doors of all the Catholic
churches Of the country the Sunday be-
4 fore election The effect was mos, dis
astrous. and as there was little or no
time In which to counteract it. 1t had
much to, do in determining the result o
the election. This year the two national
committees will probably spend fully
4f s;,l0.O00 In the preparation, publication ana
4 circulations OF documents. This represents
4, mass Of printed matter large enough
4 to fill a small freight train and It Is an
OMEN question whether or not too much
Il money is not spent III this way. stu
SO shrewd politician as ex-senator ilill
is of the opinion that this plan of appeal
4. has more influence on the wnyering and
< doubtful than any other.
The New Bureaus Work.
Each of the national committees also
maintains throughout the campaign II
news bureau, which. under the direction
+ of experienced political writer's. supplies
partisan news and arguments to the
Z smaller newspapers A good many news
Il papers are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s In for
eign tongues, and certain class journals.
There are hundreds of these kinds In the
larger cities and TOWING, nearly every one