The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

on the committee staff are always
much more numerous than the places
and all the applicants are pretty we'll
backed by men who are influential in
the party's councils. The mere selec-
ton of committee employees is almost
always made matter of politics.
Sometimes this adds materially to the
chairman's perplexities.
Great Work to BE Done.
1t is isn't likely. as a matter of fact.
that all departments mentioned win
be formally organized in the manner
indicated, but all the sorts of work
named and many more will have to be
done and the closer the organization,
the more definite the dividing line be-
tween the departments, the more eff
fectively will the campaign be run.
Besides, there will have to be an
editorial council, or Document Commit
tee, or something of the sort, to de-
eide upon and put into form the gen.
eral facts which the committee as a
whole believe should be fed out to the
public, and the arguments which
should be used to drive them home.
This, of course. is one of the most i'm
portant tasks before the Executive
Committee. Naturally, each committee
has it's own way of going about it. In
the Bryan campaigns it is understood
that the candidate himself had the final
word on all the great documents. Mr..
McKinley's voice was certainly a po-
tent factor in deciding what should DE
put out in his two campaigns, and
there is at least a possibility that Mr..
Roosevelt will have something to say
about the Republican documents this
year. But no matter who else has a
finger in the 'document" pie, the
chairman must necessarily exercise the
guiding hand If he is to be chairman in
fact as well as in name. Mr.. Hanna
understood this very well, and exer-
cised mis- provocative accordingly.
The Campaign Text Book.
The campaign text book is beyond all
others the most important document
of the campaign, and its preparation
involves the most anxious care. It
must present practically all the strong
points of the party and the candidate.
1t must be packed with facts and fig
ures, and the facts and figures must be
so accurate and so well arranged that
the opposition cannot easily pull them
apart or refute them. The book must
not only present the strong points Of
it's own party and candidate, but it
must select the weakest points Of the
opposing party. 1t must be well in
dexed, too, and II must cover all loop
holes since ii Is to be used as a book
Of reference both by the speakers who
go forth to convince the voters, and
the editors of the party papers in ali
parts of the republic.
Generally, the text book is the
product of many trained minds. SEN
ators and representatives, famous po-
ltical leader writer's, financiers and
tariff specialists all take a hand each
furnishing something for the chapters
about the subject on which he is best
informed. There was a text book one
year. however, which was produced
almost without help by a politico-jour
nalistic genius, who shut himself utter
ly away from the world for the space
OF a fortnight while he turned out the
work.
No one in authority except the chair
man meant 10 have the text book got
up I'm that way. and there was much
grumbling about II while the book was
being put together. The grumbling be-
came a howl OF dismay soon after the
first copies were received at headquar-
tiers. when IL was discovered that the
genius had forgot all about the index.
The bowling was redoubled when II
was seen that one of the chapters took
ground on a certain important ques-
ton in a diametrical opposition to the
published and known views OF the
there followed the most frantic efforts
70 prevent the opposition from getting
hold OF an early copy. an index was az
once prepared. and the Objectionable
chapter was changed radically.
He'd Letter Day nt Headquarters.
The arrival Of the nrst copies % ths