The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

feated He delivered his speech OF ac-
eeptance at Madison Square Garden. and
IN iitsc speech declared that New York
was the enemy's country" The chair
man Of his national committee, Senator
James X Jones. OF Arkansas. established
. his headquarters at Chicago. There was
not even regular branch headquarters
| in New York A kind OF ''bushwhackinE"
concern was established at the Hotel Bar
/ thoidL presided over by W P. St John.
who had been national bank president.
I and Elliot Danforth. who was supposed
| 70 look after the campaign in New York
I Mr. St John was an ardent advocate Of
[ free silver coinage before Bryan made il
the great issue OF the campaign Nobody
doubted hts sincerity. He died soon after
Bryan's defeat
DanfOrth Takes Charge.
Danforth did not care particularly for
the '1s-to-1" ratio. nor for the Chicago
platform. but he was always regular"
and cheerfully undertook the MANAGEMENT
Of the campaign In this State. He was
the Mark Tayley OF American politics.
When the newspaper reporters called on
him. he always told them that. IN his
opinion. the Democratic national and
State tickets were getting along finely.
He never gave out figures. but he said
that from his reports Everything looked
bright" He had a keen sense OF humor
and one day. when the reporters called on
him. he remarked that he had no news.
but that he would Try to think I'D a story
for them in ten or fifteen minutes He
thought for ten minutes. and then said:
You can look through my mail. and use
anything you md 10 make up an article"
There were about twenty letters on his
table and after going through them the
reporters found that there was nothing
whatever OF interest. excepting a few one
dollar bills that had been sent as cam
paisn contributions After the election
Mr. Danforth declared that If the cam
paign had lasted month longer McKin-
iey's majority in New York state would
have been reduced TO less thar 10000
Busy Mark Hanna.
In 1926 the Republican headquarters
were in the Metropolitan Life Building,
with a branch in Chicago. Marx Hanna
looked after both Most Of his time was
spent IN Chicago, but he kept a close
personal supervision over the New York
headquarters His chief assistants IN |
New York were Senator Nathan B. Scott. I
Of West Virginia. and Cornelius y. Bliss. /
Of this city Senator Quay often came IN /
20 offer his advice There vas no ques-
ton about tariff reform then It was alto
gether a sound-money campaign, and New
York was practically solid for the gold 1
standard.
Hanna never had any doubt about the 4
result after the "sound-money'' parade.
IN W1l-h there were nearly as many Dem /
Ocrats as Republicans. He was so sure. i
that two weeks before the election. he 4
made arrangements for a dinner at the 1
n~.NE
Chicago political reporters. at which they
were 10 receive gold medals. as en- !
blematic Of the gold standard campaign.
surmounted by brooms. indicating the
general sweep which he expected. The
dinner came or all right. and the medals
were handed round by Hanna's personal
representative. Perry Heath. afterward
assistant Postmaster General. and every
body present made a speech congratuIat-
ing Hanna
Medals Were Plated.
A short time sfterward one OF the
newspaper men, who was a chemist be-
fore he went on the stan OF a Chicago
newspaper. discovered that the gold
standard medals were made Of silver.
and when he published his discovery It
caused laugh throughout the country.
Hanna himself had a good laugh. too.
He appreciated the humor OF the thing {
that silver medals. with gold washing.
had been given out as emSlems OF
campaign against silver.
Mckinley ves elected by large cleo
toral and popular majority, and carried
even New York City.
IN 1900 Bryan and Mckinley were re-
nominated. the former at Kansas City.
the latter al Philadelphia. II appeared to
the Democrats that there was a chance {
of Bryan's election. because the Kansas Z
City platform did not make the free coin Z
age OF silver q paramount issue. BRYAN :
himself went IN for Imperialism as the I
great Issue. and tried 10 keep rs 20 I" "A
he background.
It was clear, however. that he had no I
hope OF carrying New York Senator +
Ioness the manager Of this campaign, as /