The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-23

several eastern men, to whom we
promised cabinet offices and posts
abroad. 1 put all this money, not
far from two millions, into our cam
paign of education" and into those
importing delegations upon Burbank
at his rural retreat"
To attempt to combat Scarborough's
popularity with the rank and file of
his own party, was hopeless. l con-
tented myself with restoring order
and arousing enthusiasm in the main
body Of our partizans in the doubtful
and uneasy states. So ruinous had
been Goodrichs management that
even at that comparatively simple
task we should not have succeeded
but for the fortunate fact that the
great mass of partizans refuses to
hear anything from the other side;
they regard reasoning as disloyal-
which, curiously enough, it SO often
Is. Then, too, few newspapers in
the doubtful states printed the truth
about what Scarborough and his sup
porters were saying and doing. The
cost of this perversion Of publicity to
us--direct money cost, l mean-was
almost nothing. The big papers and
news associations were big proper
ties, and their rich proprietors were
interested in enterprises to which
Scarborough's election meant disas-
ter; a multitude of the smaller pa
pers, normally of the opposition, were
int
prises for the advertising that kept
them alive.
Perhaps the most ar-sighted-cer-
tainly, as the event showed, the most
fortunate-single stroke of my cam
paign was done in Illinois, That state
was vital to our success; also 1t was
one of the doubtful states where,
next to his own Indiana, Scarborough's
chances were best. 1 felt that we
must put a heavy handicap on his
popularity there. I had noticed that
in Illinois the violently radical wing
of the opposition was very strong. So
] sent Merrfweather to strengthen the
radicals still further. hoped to make
them strong enough to put through
their party's state convention plat
form that would be a scarecrow to
timid voters in Illinois and through
out the west; and 1 wished for
wild man" as the candidate for gov
ernor, but l didn't hope 1t, though
! told Merriweather it must be done.
Curiously enough, my calculation Of
the probabilities was Just reversed.
The radicals were beaten on plat
form; but, thanks to a desperate eff
fort of Merriweather's in "coaxing"
rural delegates frothing, wild-eyed,
political crank got the nomination.
And he never spoke during the cam
paign that he didn't drive voters
away from his ticket-and, therefore,
from Scarborough. And our machine
there sacrificed the local interests to
the geenral by nominating a popular
and not insincere reformer.
When Roebuck and 1 descended
upon Wall street on October 16,
three weeks before election, 1 had
| everything in readiness for my final
and real campaign.
Throughout the doubtful states,
Woodruff was IN touch with local ma
chine leaders of Scar boroughs party,
with corruptiDle labor and fraternal
order leaders, with every element
that would for a cash price deliver a
body of voters on election day. Also
he had arranged in those states for
the right sort" of election officers
at upward of 500 polling places, al
least half of them places where sew
! eral hundred votes could be shifted
without danger or suspicion. Also
/ Burbank. and our corps of "spellbind
! ers" had succeeded beyond my hopes
| in rousing partizan passion-but here
again part of the credit belongs te
| Woodruff. Never before had there
been so many free barbecueS, distribu
| tions of free uniforms to well-fnancet
Burbank and Howard Campaign clubs
and arrangings of those expensive pa
rades in which the average citizen de
lights. The wise Woodruff spen
neal9y one-third OF my education
money in this way.
One morning I found him laughing
over the bill for a grand Burbanl
rally at Indianapolis-about $4,000
as remember the figures.
What amuses you?" said L
Il was thinking what fools the PEG
pie are, never to ask themselvei
where all the money for these fret
shows comes from. and why thos,
who give are willing to give so much
and how they get it back. What Al
ass the public isl"
Fortunately" said I.
For US, said be.
And for ITSELF" I rejoined.
Perhaps" he admitted. TT wa
born to be plucked and I suppose GU
crowd does do the plucking NOR,
scientifically than less experience
hands would"
Il prefer to put 1t another vay
said l. Let's say that we save
from worse plucking"
J THAT is better" said Doc. For. O.
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