The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02
tParty Leaders Working With
/ Energy and Confident Of
/ Parkct's Election.
l!C'LEvER MEN AT THE HELM
YAH Sections Of the Country Rep
81 resented and MI Visitors
I Are Made Welcome.
By 1ohn Gordon.

)(Specal Correspondent or The Times.
h Dispatcl,.l
NEW YORK, Oct. ga morning spent
q 1t Democratic headqunrters In convcrsa.
tlon with the leading members OF the
/ National Committee failed absolutely tc
X reveal any Jar in he campaign ma
4 chinery, notwithstanding many actions to
the contrary Invented and circulated by
II Republican party managers With an en-
tergy worthy Of d better cause. Sunshine
and confidence permeate the Century
Building us though It's architectural ar
rangement were specially designed to adj
init OF no shadowy corners In tho Demo-
cratic edInce-either practically, politl-
cally or fguratively. 5
Shouderto shoulder and with an en-
thuslasm only to be engcndered by a
common aim and purpose, the Democratic
campaign leaders are perfectly aligned.
stnnd In sten. Apparently 1t has required
a nagnifyng Republican Imagination to
transform cyensn molehill OF fact into Il
mountain OF fancy. That only the need
of being In the West a t d specific time
4 In 5order@to best serve the interests OF.
the party prevented Chairman Taggart
from remaining In New York to receive
and welcome the Democratic nominee on
II his recent visit 10 the metropolis was
declared by one Of the most prominent
and best informed leaders at Democratic
4 headquarters. ii5s
IA Wonderful Machine.
The machine Of the Democratic ma
tional headquarters. situated in the ample
shadow OF the Waldorf-Astorias In New
y ork, Is remarka BILE machine. Men
venture In as progressed Republicans and
come out as finished Democrats. II is
Z q machine whose vibrations are hardly
y noticeable, but which are yet felt as
distinctly In the palace and counting
4 housc. as In the cottage or corner gro
Gerry where the classic American voter
fvaliantly whites away the sugar barrel
and saves the alton. Unless one Is
$thirty-third degree member OF the An
Client and Honorable Order Of Roosevelt
Admirers or has hcarKened to the spec
4 tous preachments OF an Alfred Henry
\ Lewis one can hardly avoid being con
$verted to Democratic doctrines by that
versatile method of moral success found
across from the yValdorf-Astorja. 5a55
az The machine runs while the nation
sleeps. and while Esopus and oyster Bay
dream dreams of White Houses and |
Whittier Squadrons OF State IA It was
wound up for twelve weeks when Tho
mas Taggart gentleman from Indiana.
was appointed Its chief engincer-ot her
wise chairman OF the Democratic Ma
ytional Committee. It's wheels will not stop
until November sth. III
Four floors of the Century bullding.I
5partittoned Oft into some score OF Offices \
In winch dynams OF facts, fuels per-
suasin and the kerosene OF controversy
are stored among other infammable ar
Euments supplied by many generous sub
.scrIbers q a 1901. 900 campaign fund.
The Machine Wide Awake.
/. Probably twenty or thirty million eyes
to-day are focused upon the mansprings I
Of the Century building ma chine, and as
many million ears are strained to catch 7
the whispers and FOOTBALLS OF score |,