Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-29


were on the job. Why. you couldn't
throw stick in any room at national or
congressional headquarters without hit
| ting Washington man. almost.
| In point of fact. Chairman Hitchcock
himself ought to be called Washing
tonian. He has spent the best part of his
life in our town. and certainly has re-
ceived his boost there. Furthermore
doubt if you will be able to separate him
from Washington life in the future-very
easily.
Oulahan Is Called.
The first thing Hitchcock did when he
took hold was to summon Richard v.
Oulahan to be the head of the literary
bureau. Oulahan is Washingtonian
born and bred, who has grown up with "a
lot of us, and who is known and be-
loved in his own town
He has been engaged in newspaper
work ever since he came out of school.
AT the time of his selection to run the
literary campaign he was chief of the
New York Suns Washington bureau.
| The literary bureau of the republican
national committee has done a power of
work IN this campaign. although Dick
not declare it. You have to ascertain
the facts from other sources. The bu-
reau has issued about sixty different
pamphlets. the total number of copies cir
culated being close on to .5aOo.0t0
In addition to the English literature the
bureau has sent out pamphlets in Ger
| man, Polish. Slovak. Bohemian Lithua-
MAN, Hungarian. Italian Yiddish. Swed-
| 1sh Norwegian and French to foreign
born and foreign speaking voters.
An important feature of the work has
been the preparation of advertisements
for weekly and monthly periodicals, set
| ting forth the aims of the republican
party and the character of the republican
candidates. This requires careful writing
and commands the best talent Oulahan
! had in his bureau.
Huge posters were prepared and sent
ont TO doubtful states. Important speeches
and correspondence were made public
Interviews with prominent callers were
prepared and issued daily
The plate service" and the weekly and
daily newspaper service was one of the
most arduOuS and trying features of the
bureaus work. involving the preparation
OF an immense amount of copy on politi-
cal topics. The country weekles or re-
publican persuasion were supplied with
pages each week of political comment,
sent out in plates ready for the press.
Some 80 cartoons were also supplied.
Thousands of country papers were fur
nished with printed slips for clipping
Toward the end of the campaign daily
papers were given a New York letter
| every day, while important events were
| supplied by wire.
Some of the Bunch.
Oulahan was assisted by the following
Washington people: David S. Barry,
| Francis E. Curtis. director of the literary
bureau of the congressional campaign
committee: John f. Monk, Charles E.
Taylor. formerly of The Washington Star:
Jesse l.. Suter, Carl d. Sheppard. John p
1nYlNy of f1,p l.,
Norborne Robinson, Angus Erly, William
B. Stewart, Lester L. Sargent Miss Isabel
McIlwaine. w. Don Lundy E. B. Sails
bury and Carroll III. Dawson.
Other Washingtonians participated in
the work of the national committee in
different branches. Hitchcocks secretary
Jackson Elliott, formerly of the Assoc
| ciated Press. is a well known Washing
ton man. James T. Williams associated
with Hitchcock, is also we'll known among
Washington newspaper men cor
respondent Of the Boston Journal.
Other Washingtonians in the various bu-
| reaus of the national committee are r. 7.
Rogers, Warren Mitchell. Charles w.
Harry c. Mclean. jr., T. L. Weed, Walter
Barnum, Frank Gardner, George Weigle.
Charles w. Heating, Thomas Butler and
James Peterson.
On the road with Mr. Taft are Gus j.
karger. James T. Williams and Thomas
Brahaney, newspaper men of the National
capital
At republican congressional headquar-
ters the Washington people who assisted
Secretary Loudenslager were William J.
| Browning Frank H. Barto. Norris D.
Parham. Horace d. Norton and Edward
Reichard: not forgetting Harry Parker,
| the faithful colored handy man.
| Washington was also represented in the
democratic campaign The leading light
OF the democratic literary bureau at Chi
cago, after Josephus Daniels. We're Thorn
as j. Pence and Frank Lord. Joe Breckons
was at republican headquarters in Chi
| caso and Charley Edwards represented
Washington in democratic headquarters in
New York. n. o. Nj.