The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-14
METHODS M CAMPAIGNS
By Fredric J. Haskin.
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be continually keeping the National Man. agers posted Their information as to To- esi conditlons IS derived from the heads | or the local organizations.
 During the campaign of 1900 however. Chairman Johnson of the Democratic Exc cutive Committee revived the idea of hay ing direct representative in every election precinct throughout the United States. Abram S. Hewitt originated 1t. He did 1t in the campaign of 1878 when managing the canvass of Samuel J. TiIden for Presi- dent Mr. Hewitt had two sets of blanks prepared for every election precinct. One was a preliminary, the other a final can
 The experiment. however, was not entire be too volamino1s s fos N sSs NS.iona a Iu1 Com. @ mittee to undertake. hence the latter body continued to depend upon the state or Chairman Harrity did so to a great extert in the eampaign of 1892. That year the information received by him was accurate enough to enable a calculation coming with in two of the electoral votes that Grover Cleveland received
 For campaign purposes the states are di- vided Into three classes. The first arc those that are doubtful. with chances fav- bring the ticket. Much attention is con- one. and sometimes even more than one member of the Campaign Committee doing nothing but attending to the campaign several times a day are received. so close is the attention paid. The second class of states is those that are 1ouotful. though
 
 The press bureau is composed of two sets of Those who do nothing bu. read the newspapers and magazines in search of campaign material. This work is both inn portant and laborious. The second-class are the men who write the articles sent out for publication by the Bureau. Willis J. Abbott of the Bryan forces. is one of the veterans in this ciass of work. Another is George F. Parker who was with the Demo- crats last campaign A third is Francis Curtis who is now with the Taft bureau. During the campaign of 1900 the Republi- men in its press bureau. Five were read CTS, while two got up the articles. The country weeklies get this matter in the shape of patent fnsidee. the country dailies as stereotyped stuff. while proof sheets are mailed to the more important papers and to publication. During the 1900 campaign Q list of country papers with circulation of 165. 900 received from one side three and half columns of matter every week; an- other whose circulation was a million re- ceived plate matter. Statements were also supplied to three special classes of country daily and weekly papers their combined circulation being in the neighborhood of three million. The most difficult papers to get matter in are those independent in politics. They are particularly desirable as mediums and special matter of high CT class is usually prepared for them. Dur ing one of the Bryan campaigns. the late Murat Halstead, Republican, and Willis J. Abbott Democrat. engaged in debate fin the columns of the Kansas City Star. paper hostile to the NebrasIIan.
 Most of the literature ts written around the campaign text book which both sides get out after the letter of acceptance is made public The text book is not intend ed for general circulation. It Is more of guide for the various committees and spell