The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-04
.TAW,NEY''s PLANS
FOR THE WEST
DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF
SPEAKERS OUTLINES POLICY.
spelIbinders from the National and
Congressional Committees to Be AS
signed to the State Committee
Not SO Many Needed in the West as
in Years Before.
Special to The Journal.

special 70 Inc journal.
Winona, Mimi, Aug. 4.-Congress-
man James A. Tawney is home for
few days before actively taking up the
work connected with the position of
director of the bureau of speakers of
the national republican committee,
with headquarters at Chicago. He will
leave on Sunday evening for New
York to attend a conference between
the executive committee in charge of
1.-THE national headquarters in sthe east
and the executive committee Of the
national congressional committee. It
will be necessary for him to spend his
time almost continuously from then
until the first of October at the head
quarters in Chicago. He is planning
to spend as much time as possible on
his home district in October. In
speaking of the conduct of the cam
Epaign in the west Mr.. 7TaWney said:
| Heretofore the speakers bureau of the
national committee has been under the
direction of member of the executive
committee. The chairman of the bureau,
Mr.. Hedges of Ohio, reported to this mem
Der Of the executive committee and not
| to the chairman. In the present organ
ization Mr.. Cortelyou has dispensed with
all bureaus except the speakers bureau
and has changed the title Of the head Of
| the bureau from chairman to that of di-
rector, and has made the position of di-
rector Of the bureau equivalent o%that Of
| d
and also requiring the director of the
/ speakers bureau to meet daily with the
members of the executive committee at
/ Chicago, who are in charge Of the cam
paign This action on the part of the
| chairman makes the position of director
of the speakers, bureau far4-more impor-
/ tant5 than it ever has been in the past.
! In addition to this the congressional and
national committees have consolidated the
+: work Of the speakers bureaus of the two
/ committees in the west, SO that speak
ers assigned by the congressional commit
tee to congressional districts will be as
signed by the speakers. bureau at Chicago
the same as speakers who are assigned to
state committees.
It is my purpose SO far as possible to
assign speakers from the national: and con-
gressional committees to the state COM
nlittees, so that the responsibility for the
selection of places and the itinerary OF
speakers within any state will rest with
the committee, 1t is natural that the
determine where speakers are most need
ed than the national executive committee
would be. It is equally true that the
state committee is far more competent to
arrange satisfactorily the local itineraries
of outside speakers. In my judgment the
plan vii obViate a great deal of confusion
land no little annoyance that the speak
:. ers as well as the people have heretofore
: experienced as a result of sending speak.
ers direct from the central bureau to 10.
caiities upon the application of local com.
| Inittees.
Four years ago the speakers bureau
: at Chicago had under it's control over five
: hundred speakers. In my judgment 81
large a number will not be necessary il
the west in this campaign. OF course, ",
will make provision to supply all that arr
necessary.