Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-27

lar jim" as n reward There was
never any considerable response to the
Invitation, and the nickname was
about all that resulted
From which 81 may hc Inferred that
II is almost absolutely necessary for
some one OF the committee to have
good sized private bank account Con
tributions to the campaign fund are
apt TO be spasmodic. and the trying
period just before the close of the
campaign is sometimes made even
more trying by the emptiness OF the
treasury Sometimes at the end OF the
campaign there Is a deficit for large
expenses incurred az the last moment,
when shortage OF this description
occurs somebody is expected To make
/ it good, and that somebody is quite
| often the chairman. In 1884 Benjamin
| i. Jones. chairman of the Republican
| committee. made UP out of his own
/ pocket deficiency Of 100000. In
| 1858 Calvin ) Brice liquidatcd the OBJ
| legations " the Democratic national
committee to the tune OF 100000
v
Perhaps the most difRcult duty OF the
national committee is to place most
effectively the funds aud forces at its
command Time and money must not
be used where they are not needed, and
at an carly stage OF the game the
doubtful states become the battle
ground of the campaign. This is a
feature of campaigning which is apt
to breed no end of trouble. The com
mittee is often criticised severely for
its failure TO appreciate the exact sit
us,ion and for its inability to obtain
exact Information as to where the real
battle-ground is to be found. The COM
mittee is frequently charged with d.
vertng money to the aid OF this or
that local candidate at the eXponse of
some other who stood in greater need
of support.
In former years the money paid 10
spellbinders was the largest item in
the bin of campaign expenses, but II
is so no longer Nowadays the great
majority of campaign speakers re
ceive no recompense aside from theil
necessary expenses. Those OF the frs
magnitude in the political world never
DO This does not include a certain
number of campaign orators who ma!
he said to belong to the professional
class. These receive all the way from
500 to 81 600 week for their services
although the fact that they are paid Il
kept as closely as possible for 1t ha
been observed that the arguments .
paid speakers carry little politica
weight. Indeed. the profitable result o
this hood of campaign oratory Is by NJ
means certain. Since Democratic mas
meetings are attended chiefly by thos
of that party, and the gatherings o
other parties are made up similarly.
would seem that the number of aetna
converts must be small. Still, the,
serve a purpose in creating enthus
assn. in improving discipline and il
closing up the ranks. The advantage
OF congressional speeches Is that the,
may be sent through the mail as pub
lie documents, thus saving postage.
Norman +. Mack, the new chairman
of the Democratic national committee
is a newspaper man, the proprietor o
the Buffalo Daily Times. Now that i
is all over and no harm came of /
after all it may be said of Mr. Mack
vice presidential boom at Denver tina
even had II expanded into greater pro
portions some student of who's VIII
In America" would have risen in hi