The National tribune., 1908-08-06
THE TAGGING CAMPAIGN.
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more than a score who were not adj
vocatfng the nomination of some other
than Bryan. OF course not all of these
are orators and so the list of avail
able Congressional speakers from the
South this year Is very limited, indeed.
There are still other reasons why the
Southern orators are not as acceptable
to the Democratic Congressional man.
agement as they used to be. They
may be eloquent and entertaining, but
they are inclined to be abusive rather
than agumentative toward opponents.
They have had their political training
in communities and States where DEM
ocrats always win and where 1t is Gus
tomary to pummel the Republicans.
Northern candidates for Congress on
the Democratic ticket must look for
votes from the present dominant party.
To win such votes the managers and
orators must speak softly. argue dip
lomatically and avoid giving offense.
They must not inveigh too strongly
against Roosevelt, and this becomes
more and more true the farther West
the orator goes.
Difference Between Two Schools.
The difference between the two
schools of public speakers. it was point
ed out here this week, was illustrated
at Denver by the speech of Temporary
Chairman Bell, of California, and Per-
manent Chairman Clayton, of Alabama
The first speech has already become
one of the foremost utterances of the
campaign. The second speech-the
Democrats are trying to forget it.
AS matter of fact the Democratic
Congressional Committee is very much
in accord with Bryan in this selection
of campaign orators. He has been
speaking softly and has been calling
no one hard names. While nothing is
known about it here, the idea prevails
that the Southern orators will not be
encouraged much to go into the gen.
eral campaign. A few of the out and
out Byranites may be welcomed. The
situation is taken to mean that the
South is not to be allowed a seat in
the saddle. Western Democrats are
running things, Congressional and
Presidential, this year.
Accordingly the supply of Demo-
cratic Congressman for stumping pur-
poses will be limited. More tasks In
eloquence will be placed upon the COM
paratively few Democratic Congress
men from the North, and the Demo-
Gratis will have to rely more than ever
in their Congressional contests upon
local speakers. But there are a loi
Committee has a glad hand for all the
effective speakers in that class.
In the West the Democratic Congress
sional Committee is preparing to M IKE
the most of the issue against Cannon
ism and to emphasize the Democratic
intention to revise the rules and meth
DDS of transacting business after March
4. next, If the Republicans lose the
House. Orators of the minority party
are to be schooled thoroly in that is
sue. They will also bear down hard
upon the tariff. The promise of the
Republican platform to revise so that
there shall be reasonable profit fol
the manufacturer and Nominee Taft's
statement that some Of the schedules
should be revised upward furnishes the
Democracy two welcome themes.
Speaker Cannon, as the Republican
leader of the House, and also as the
target for the Democratic attack. viii
sound the keynote for the Republican
Congressional campaign. He will be
on the stump, travelling and speaking
day and night, by early Autumn: Other
Republican orators are likely to take
their cue largely from him. Next tC
the utterances of the two Presidential
candidates, the Speakers words will
probably be of most importance in the
campaign. 1t may turn out that he
will be the most conspicuous Repub
lican orator on the road this Autumn
unless Vice Presidential candidate
Sherman convalesces into robus
health.