The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01

Hughes. Senator Beveridge, Leslie
NJ. Shaw, James Wilson, the secre-
tary of agriculture, Senator julius
Caeser Burrows OF Michigan and
other topliners of the political vau-
deville circuit are kept busy travel
ing from the last OF August to cleo
ton day. Their railroad fares and
hotel bills mount high, even where
they are not paid Chautauqua rates
for preaching patriotism.
Men Of equal distinction with these
have been known to demand It. The
candidates special train Is a heavy
item Then there are q host OF
lesser lights whose Grea of oral dis
turbance Is narrower, and the list
runs down to brass voiced young
sters who cover the stockyards and
MONDAY shop meetings.
Organization work is the bdgin-
ming and end of the campaign end
II moons, first of all. securing infor-
nation in order to direct the fire OF
campaign literature and oratory.
The lTTanna strategy calls for a can
vass in August an attack on the
weak spots beginning about Sept. I
second report late in September to
show the effect, narrowing down
OF effort TO meet the situation shown
by the second report, and third
investigation by the middle of Oc-
tober. On this Last and on eleventh
hour reports depends the distribu-
tion of money to help swell the
registration and to get out the vote.
Senator Hanna bought the best
| intelligence he could get for his
scouting department and he he'd ex-
perts on hand to check up the polls
taken in the several doubtful states.
| Chairman Hitchcock, having no
money. was compelled to organize
q volunteer corps end he turned to
the secretaries and clerks OF con-
gressmen. He also threw the big
burden of securing information on
the state committees. which have
been trained 10 depend on the nat
ionai committee reports to check
Iup their own polls or to save them
from securing any.
Whgt frightened the veteran Re-
publican leaders most was their fear
that the Hitchcock filing case would
fail in the most important particulaI
the securing of information about
certain classes OF voters who must
be considered on a national scale
Neither the reports OF state commit
tees nor the secretaries OF congress.
men. can tell accurately, for instance
what the raiIw9g men will do. or the
negroes, or speculate on the success
OF Samuel Gompers hostile efforts
with organized labor. Dealing in q
lalige national way with such classes
of voters was The strong point o.
the Hanna organization In 1895 ant
1900. Much money was spent OF
sleuthing and more on campaign lit
eratme, spellbinders and indivdua
workers TO solve such problems al
the foreign vote and the labor vot'
presented, Long before election da!
the Republican leaders could estimate
with pretty fai accuracy wher'
they stood.
The Republican leaders cannot hop
this year for the accurate informa
tion on which they have always de
pended. Their campaign Is probabl.
six weeks behind precedent. To |
certain extent they must shoot ran
dom volleys in to the underbrush
trusting to make fair percentag
of hits Not knowing exactly wher
they do stand they will be demorallz
ed to q certain extent until tn
!, end of the chapter.
!. President Roosevelt has supple,
them with much and valuable pub
liety, all of its free advertising an,
t all OF il printed In the news column
OF the papers and on the front page
Senator Crane is showing signs o
: being able to produce certai
> amount of money, enough to pro
, vide speakers, red fire and stll
more publicity for the month remain
= ing before the election. In tn
whoop end hurry OF all this the
: will hnaye a chance TO forget partial
n vi the unhappy feeling that the
: don't know quite what they ar
!, doing and that their leader and hi
$ illng cases may have led them int
; an ambush But the feeling will b
q there w 8. COUCE