The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-11-13

mad charge OF the Speakers
bureau. He assigned more than
one hundred speakers and ar
ranged more than one thousand
meetings for them, besides fur
nishing speakers for special oc-
casions, and arranging the de-
tails of the trips of Taft and
Cannon and other National speak
ers through the State. His cor
respondence by mail and by wire
was extensive, requiring the as
sistance of two stenographers at
all times and occasionally the aid
of others.
The press bureau was in charge
OF H. II. Mitchell, of the Joplin
News-Herald and Boonville Re-
publican, who conducted the
printing and distribution of Sup
plements to weekly newspapers
and of letters and special reports
to the Republican newspapers of
the State. All of the writing and
editing of this department was
done by Ben Deering of the
Watchman-Advo ocate, who had
entire charge during the last fif-
teen days of the campaign. Mr..
Mitchell having been assigned to
aid Mr.. Morris in the, increased
work OF the Speakers bureau.
From the press bureau emanat-
ed some of the most effective
ideas, circulars and documents of
the campaign. as we'll as the
newspaper letters and special
articles. which were freely used
by the Republican newspapers of
the State. The "Crawfish" idea,
the "Children in the Mansion," +"
story, the sketches of the candi-
d ates, the information about the
records of Republican state off,
cials, the now celebrated cartoon
showing Cowherd starting on his
campaign from a gravey yard
mounted on the"Old Guard"Mule
the expose of the famous Robin
son circular, and the special fold
81. shout Hadley's position or
moral issues all originated in the
press bureau, which had the
hearty cooperation of tho Re-
publican editors of the State.
The mailing bureau was a sep.
arate department, handling the
literature from the National com.
mittee and the general literature
and printing of the campaign
From that department went out
a million or more circular letters
m allied directly to voters, more
than million leaflets and folders
thousands and thousands of let.
tiers to party workers, and blanks
of every kind for reports from che
field. In this department abou
thirty .typewriters and two spec
ial letter presses were in constan
use, often from early morning un'
til midnight. At times the large
room occupied by this burea,
was crowded with pretty youns
ladies, folding letters, addressing
envelopes, indexing addresse
and compiling reports. 1t was {
busy place for six weeks and wa
only stopped when the the tele
phone instruments and compiler
of election returns took the plac
of stenographers, folders an,
clerks the day of the election. Mr.
A. G. Dodson, an experienced ad
vertising man had charge OF tn
department, and originated many
printed documents that went ou
from it.
Col. Cyrus P. Waldridge
Treasurer of the State Committe
was personally represented b.
, Mr.. Dunn, who conducted wha
was called the Treasury Depart
ment. Mr.. Henry Allard, Secre
tary to the Chairman, received al
bills and it was his work to Sc
, that they were in accord with tn
, orders, bids or estimates; for Al
printing supplies and purchase
were subject to bids or estimates
| When claims were first passed up
!, on by Mr.. Allard they were sub
. mitted to the chairman, with
: check order for his 80. X" whic
| was necessary for payment of tn
, smallest claim before the Treas