The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-25
selecting the Candidate.

Ihr .1issli0n ii a candidate Tot ioNh
t.itr.entatiVe L. brought about IN various
Mays. ,.rnrialy hot over three msh ar
nrrrs.ay 10 puck a prospective candidate
Religion must alsays h. taken into oohsid
Grafton. II l. usless 10 consider a man
iaT the Isoslti0n Who will mol sprhd AT
lra.i slSp Suppos. thai two OF ihir'
mrn assoyla,. iof the purpose OF seleeuhs
a candidate They aIr entitled 70 rohipeh
saiion ioT their efforts and the amount
named will glse each only nominal i's
ior ~. services. II y better 10 decide upon
man that viii spend 500 or 5000 AZ an
indnormeng ior such man 10 eec1ine
candidate Il !, pIop-r % promise him a
rhaiunan,hip on samr legislative commit
tee that indulge, "a iunkris aud IN which
membership MAY bring some other ron'
isn,aiiun than honor Make the promise
whether % not yon ATE sure Of being able
10 iulhll Il.
Supporting tina, smith. Brown aud Jono,
have constituted themselves a. commit
tee Of strategy. liy The way, this com
mittse oi strategy must b. IN accord WIN
the policies VI the administration Let
the committee get together aud talk over
the matter ifankh, always keeping N mind
III. iari that a man Ia be- eligible must bc
willing 10 spend money lrglllmately, lie
n.-d not sprnd Il himself That matter
may br ptoirfly lett with the committee
on strategy. Having decided upon man
III one OF the committee scr him a. soon a.
convenient aud suggest 10 him that his
nanic ha. lstn mentioned a. town fepit
sentative. II your Town has large
fr-nchl auadian vote Il may b- advisable
TO M upon suinr person Of that nationality
a. a candidate providing be has a lev
hundred dollar. H. proiu.r IA promises
II your town i about evenly divided on
the liccnse question you can promise al q,
the license people that your candidate VIII
vote ior law emitting every man 10 sell
liquor Reverse the .top when talking
with temperance people. Don't let the
candidate do too much talking. Let nm
l,aS you ipr doing It.
Having selected a nan be- d.siduuus ~
mentioning hi name whenever you meet
voter. II platform j. demanded ny ~
one to .uit the man you may be talking
with Platforms should be elastic, They
are designed Tor no other purpose than
getting support tor candidate. The Use
of liquor ., entirely proper Il II l. done
ludiuinusly, II l. sale To 10y that 50 ia
vested ~ cheap whl-kry, OF lew kegs OF
beer. viii make more yotrs the night o. the
caucus than the same amount used ~
dozen other ways N man belong iu
three OF four secret societies you can tell
the candidate that hi friiernal affiliations
viii help him out. TIN, will make the
candidate believe that be- has twice the
number OF friends be really has.
Ia selecting a candidate II ], well, . po~.
.ihlc, To decide upon q man who Is liberal
In religion. Then you can tell the Baptists |
that he l. with them and the same story |
Fan he used to advantage with the Meiho |
lists and the Congregatlonalsts. Above |
all thing, be sure that your candidate has /
4 few hundred dollars which he will spend |
Don't ask him for the entire amount when |
you suggest TO him that ne has been men. |
Toned Suggest that it will be well Tor /
lim to spend a few dollars for a good man
10 canvass certain district OF the town.
ii YOU find that you have man IN your
own who j. "a good spcnder and i willing
o pay $1,000 for the honor, decide upon him
n preference TO popular man even though
'ou know that the man with the money
will not win the nomination. The com
nlttee will get the most of the money. In
Ntremc cases the committee may decide
hat il j. hest to Use a mans money 10 pro.
note the interests OF an opposing candi
late. hut such action should be taken only
fter mature deberation Having selected
candidate he must he groomed, but a.
hat is an operation distinctly different