The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-20

or proof copy, favoring the platform
and ticket of the party for which thew
stand. This material goes forward in
copious quantities. In some instances
the campaign management pays for
its insertion by ordering so many thou
sand copies Of the paper. But, paid or
free, it costs money to edit and deliver
the matter to the press.
Then there is the speakers bureau
in connection with headquarters, with
branch speakers bureaus at state com.
mittee headquarters. Hundreds of
spellbinders permeate the atmosphere
with oratory. For the most part the
speakers invade the doubtful states.
with trend toward the weak spots.
Their oratory. Republican or Demo.
cratic, is calculated to win votes to
their respective candidates. Compare
lively few Of the campaign orators get
paid for their work. Practically all re-
mighty hole into the fund. Many of
the orators are distinguished senators
and congressman, who do not eat at
the free lunch counters and sleep in
day coaches. They come high, even
for expense accounts only, but we
must have 'em. What would a cam
paign be without burst of eloquence
every so often? Americans demand
the campaign speech above all other
Drms Of free shows.
Republican Chairman Frank Harris
Hitchcock and Democratic Chairman
Norman E. Mack at Chicago have their
hands chock full Of reins, for it is
multiplicity Of horses they must drive
| on the big home run for Washington.
They must know whether the Ate
ward in st. Louis is properly organ
| lied, with the right size Of Taft and
Sherman or Bryan and Kern banner
strung across the street from the cor
| nice of Slupsky's shoeshop to the
gable end of Schweitzer's beer garden.
They must know if the campaign club
at Crossroads Corners is organized and
doing good work. They must keep
sharp lookout along the whole line to
see if the enthusiasm is hot enough
and make sure that the shouting is suf-
| flciently loud to drown the other fel-
lows voices. In fact, the amount of
detail information which these party
bosses must acquire and the mass of
political wires they must pull are
enough to stagger ordinary humanity.
Busy Times For the Party Bosses
AS a rule, ordinary humanity does
not get into a national craftsmanship
Usually it is hustler who holds down
the high chair. For instance, there
was Mark Hanna, who handled the
two campaigns Of President Mckinley
and won out both times. Mr.. Hanna
had had lifetime experience as
manipulation of great business con-
Germs. He had executive ability to
spare ordinarily, but he used just
about all Of it in managing the two
anti-Bryan fights. Hanna was
shrewd man. He knew very we'll
that the opposition to free silver coin
age was just as strong in 1900 as in
1896, and he worried the Democracy
into second defeat that year by fight
ing the battle along the Identical lines
Of the first campaign despite the fact
that the Democratic platform declared
with emphasis that imperialism was
the paramount issue. Chairman Han
ma would not be sidetracked. He
fought out the issue chiefly in the east
ern states which now and then 20
Democratic, utterly ignoring the i'm
perialism issue.
In 1892 the Democrats had strong
character at the head of the national
committee. William F. Harrity Of
Philadelphia was chairman. President
Cleveland had been defeated in 1888,
largely on his firm stand regarding
tariff reform. Mr.. Harrity perceived
that Mr.. Cleveland was not revolu-
Zionist and that public opinion had
changed greatly in four years on the
tariff. Cleveland stuck rigidly to his
position favoring tariff reform. Har-
rfty conducted an educational cam
paign, preaching to business men that
Cleveland was ':safe and conserva-
tive These tactics won, President
Harrison being retired by big cleo
oral majority.
Campaign Deficiencies.