The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-27
SHAW FIAsCO Is LAID TO UREsI-
DENT.
secretary's Friends Express Indignation
over His Cold Reception at COL
lexe Point.

secrstnry's Friends Express Indignation
over His Cold Reception at Col
=, lege Point.
New York Herald.
=. Grave apprehension exists among
the republican national and state lead
ers over the almost unprecedented apa-
thy that is being shown by republicans
throughout the country One of the
most serious problems that confront the
campaign managers is the question OF
now TO arouse enthusiasm for their
This difference was shown in the
National Convention to a marked de-
gree. 1t was exhibited again in this
Guy at the ratification meeting OF
the Republican Club in Cooper Union
and In the refusal of several members
OF the Union League Club to serve on
the Campaign Committee of the club.
est In the national fight was on Satur-
gay at the republican meeting of Col
lege Point. where Secretary of the
treasury Shaw addressed an audience OF
declined even to give him patient
As the Secretary's speech was to have
Deen the opening gum of the cam
has had a depressing effect upon the
republican leaders. 1t had been pro-
missed that at least 10000 republicans
would assemble to hear him.
peen held has apathy been encountered
but the same conditions have been
round to exist among the business men
who have been accustomed to give gen
erously to the republican campaign
fund: Cornelius N. Bliss. treasurer of
the Republican National Committee,
has met with the most unsatisfactory
results in his appeals for funds with
the campaign. while the attempts Of
governor Odel1 to raise money in the
financial districts have been little
Leaders Are Anxious.
In the opinion of the republican
leaders nothing short of a widespread
and actual belief that the democrats
are going to elect their ticket will
arouse the rank and file of the party
to activity and cause the business men
to loosen their purse strings. The
campaign managers last night predicted
that the republicans throughout the
country were destined to experience "a
good scare" in the near future. and
they are not sorry that the scare" is
coming.
There are two reasons why the lead
ers dread the continuance of the list
lessness with which their campaign has
begun. The most immediate is con-
the men whose political faith or person
al interests lead them to desire a con-
tinuance of republican rule can be
brought to believe that the republican
poign contributions will be decidedly
gloomy
With the disappearance Of socialistic
features from the democratic platform
affected every community in the last
two Presidential campaigns has been
removed. Even the beneficiaries of the
protective tariff. secure in tt" -
that the Senate at least will remain
republican, thus preventing any radical
change in the tariff schedules. declined
to take the alarm. and are scaling down
their campaign checks on the plea that
business Is stagnant and they cannot
afford to give what they gave four
years ago.
Another peril that in the opinion of
the republican leaders. is likely to fol-
low continuance of the prevailing
lack of interest in the fortunes of the
party. is the probability that the re-
publican vote will fail to come out"
unless Indifference is removed. 1t was
the fear of commercial disaster that
brought out the enormous vote that
gave President Mckinley his great
pluralities despite the fact that Bryan
polled the heaviest vote ever cast for
q democratic candidate for President.
Orators Are Lacking.
With President Roosevelt debarred
by his position from taking the stump
the republicans lack campaign oratory
of character to stir up the party.
and they see no way of achieving the
results that they desire except through
general alarm over the results of the
election.
President Roosevelt is blamed for
the fasco that attended Secretary
Shaw's addresses in College Point on
that although the Secretary is one of
the most important of the republican
speakers. neither Chairman Cortelyou,
of the Republican National Committee,
nor Chairman Odell. of the Republican
state Committee, was consulted regard
Ing the meeting.
AS a matter of fact. the gathering
was nothing more than an "outing"
planned by the republicans of Queens
county. 1t was smaller than scores
of similar outings that are held every
year by the district leaders of the city.
In their search for attractions the
scheme of asking the President to at
tend. 1t was said last night that he
offered to go ig they would defer the
celebration until after he had been noti-
fled. This they declined to do. and the
President thereupon wrote to Secretary
Shaw requesting him to make a speech
at tho meeting.
Secretary Shaw was billed in the ad-
vertisements, along with the baseball
comes and sack races. as ono of the
features of the occasion. AS many
other effort seems to have been made
to insure the attendance of an audience
or even to obtain suitable surroundings
for the delivery of the speech,
IF they had put up tent capable of
holding 5000 people and if there had
been seats" Secretary shaw said last
night, there might have been better
results. 1t is hard to ask crowd that
has been on its feet since one o'clock
watching ball games and races, to
come into hall at half past four
o'clock and stand there for two hours
listening to a political speech"
While Secretary Shaw had no word
~ complaint to make it was evident
that he was disappointed in the gather
ing. His friends openly expressed in
dignation that, as they said. the Secre-
tary had been made "a side show for an
outinS crowd"