The Washington herald., 1908-08-20

there is probably no man living that has
been through them VINO would disagree
with llama Leaving the political
work out altogether and considering L
solely from the business point Of view, the
conduct Of q Presidential campaign con-
mittee IS a tremendous proposition, espe-
cfally Of late years
Elaborate Organization.
The work involves the creation Of an
executive organization quite as elaborate
and complicated as that required TO carry
on the most extensive Of modern enter
prises. the collection and expenditure OF q
sum Of money 80 large as TO require seven
figures for its expression. and the seIec-
ton and employment. directly and inds-
-ectly. Of thousands Of workers. the gath
erlng and dissemination OF special infOr-
nation on scale not less extensive than
that Of & great telegrapEic news assOcia-
ton, and q hundred other things besides.
none Of which can safely be inJrusted 10
any one not an expert in his line More
over. the organization OF The committee
forces las 10 be effected from the ground
Up. and as its entire work must be ac-
complished in a little more than four
months at the outside. everything has 10
be done under the most intense and wear
ing pressure
In sense the press bureau is next in
importance TO the ct25rmau-S LeadG-Iar-
ters. since through II the reporters and
correspondents are furnished with such
news IS the committee wishes 10 give out
This bureau however. IS only a small
part Of the committees machinery for the
distribution OF political information. The
bureaus relations are mainly with the
teleS=sphic news associations. the metro
Qoiitan papers. and the special CORE
sponderts-
Helping the Country Press.
The country journals receive political
news through the medium OF the big pat
ent-inside publishing houses and the con-
Germs which supply plate-natter copy for
the patents. the plates being furnished
by an editorial stan employed esueciaIlv
Tor that purpose Often the platesz
sometimes the patents are furniS
the papers al The committees
One year one OF the Ereat pa
Piled between 2.5o9 and 1903 NJ
papers with virtually all theii
rea0lng IN this way throughout
campaign. While the other party So -
perhaps -tVvo-thirds as many
Intimately connected with the docuue j
mill Is the bureau OF department v-hi1
prepares political reading matter Z
voters who have not mastered English
the Films and the Nagyars. the Sca..1F-
navians and the Bohemians. tha Itcifafs.
the Poles. and all the - -of IRE Euro
pean. contingent Il has 1mmonIy. though
not always, been cons.d -red good commit
tee practice TO - -ansIations IN al
most every EuropFSI j. -zusze Of nearly
ali the documentsfgot CIT in English and
the troubles OF -. dictionary who has
10 look after 4 are simply 5nda-
scribable.
Fortul .eovery.
To begin with. nerauv and OF ne
oessity ignorant languages into
which the documen 10 fse translated.
and, therefore. quite ,rnpetenr 10 judge
the ability OF those 1rn he has 10 en-
gage as translators or leir work when L
Is finished. His only =afety lies III en-
gaging two persons IA liar with each Of
the unknown tongues into which the mat
ter IS TO be done To one Of these he in
trusts the translation: the other examines
4 II carefully when finished 20 see that no
error has been committed. What was
considered one OF the most important
documents in one campaign came near
being a boomerang. 50 far as the Films
were concerned The translator under
stood Finnish all right but his knowledge
! Of English was limited. and he trans
/ formed alternatives into negatives and
Z vice versa in a wholesale fashion that
made the document stand IN Finnish fer
exactly the reverse Of what il stood for
/ in English Fortunately the errors were
! discovered in time 10 prevent the Gistri-
I button Of any OF the UncOrrected copies OF
( the document though not until after the
& mates hna-
/ about half ton Of good. clean white pa
/ per had been spoiled Documents in Ger
/ man and French are easily handled. Of
l course, and generally by special bureaus
Money In wads and Rolls.
/ Of course, money IN wads and rolls and
/ bags is needed to keep the committee de-
! partments mentioned and Others. Of which
/ there is no room to speak IL operation,
t and the real storm center Of every ma
/ tional campaign committee IS the treas
, urer's Office How he gets ais cash no
I body but himself ever knows in fUil. and
i there is no doubt ~ al t1at ne and his
/ colIectorS-Tnore often Than not political
I Stars Of the first wafer-are driven 70 their
( wits ends 70 ga her the lee6fuL F'resi-
/ dental candidates themselves have rarely
I been able 20 90 So II may be mentioned
I in passing that while Presidential canGi-
dates seldom V-Slt lea1G -iart teTS. Ice
Presidential candidates often do The
late Nh Hos-e=- --as virtually in charge
Of the branch hea6cuarters IN New York
I yvherarer Mr.. Hanna was n Chicago.
which was more than haf the time al
itbrough the campaigns Of 1896 and 1850.
Chssrmen Raise Money.
4 Going hack TO the campaign funds. it
nav be added that the chairman general
1r has as much 10 do with their raising as
the treasurer, and the writing Of iupas-
J stoned appeals 70 tardy contributors has
occt1u5ed half rhe time OF more than one
/ committee head The chairman is also
\ generally a member ex-officio OF all the
I committees subcommittee. which vary
in number and scope. OF course. from
/ campaign 70 campaign, but rarely number
{ less than half dozen, and seldom meet
less frequently than once q day he IS
I also of necessity in close touch with com
/ rnittees- secret service work; in fact, he
/ Is generally the only man IN the outHr
/ vrho knows alI its ins and outs
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