The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-28

papers. The congressional committees
crowd into them all the important
speeches upon political issues, the plat
| forms OF the parties, the leading ut
| terances of the ma JionaI leaders, and
statistics TO prove anything that any
! one may want to prove in a political
campaign.
/ Suppose John Brown has been called
upon to take part in one of those most
deadly of political pitfalls, the joint de,
bate. On his way to the meeting place
he learns that his opponent has a stock
! OF brand new arguments on cost of liv
j ing, protection, free trade, or any other
of dozen subjects.
| Down goes John Browns hand to his
! hip pocket, to extract therefrom a long.
narrow, fat book entitled Republican
!, Text Book or Democratic Text
! Book, as the case may be; and from
its pages, carefully indexed. is drawn
/ inspiration for any sort of an assault
! upon any established or proposed polit
zeal doctrine that ever was heard of.
i This campaign text book; the facts
4 and figures that are sent in great pro-
! fusion to voters, candidates, speakers.
, and newspapers; the general mapping
= out of the campaign: the weekly news
letter to friendly papers in the smaller
cities; the expert advice given to can
dldates in turbulent districts; all these
things are tasks undertaken by the con-
gressional committee long before the
campaign formally opens, or the public
has its attention called to the fact that
national body has taken hold Of af-
fairs.
The men who are openly at the head
Of the two big committees are not of
more Importance in the scheme of the
congressional campaign than are the
political sages in the background In
the Republican headquarters the work
will be conducted from New York by
Congressman Henry c. Loudenslager of
) New Jersey, secretary of the commit
tee through many campaigns. From
Chicago, Congressman William B. Me-
kinley from Illinois will run Western
affairs and direct the operation of the
speakers bureau. The latter will be
run entirely from the Chicago offices,
while the literary bureau will operate
from New York and Washington.
In the background is the staff of
consulting experts such as few or
CARNATIONS can boast Before his ele
walton to the second post in the gov
| tiHilltUl ' Ice TPSEuPHG James -. f~flpf-
man was the active head of the con.
gressional committee. and it is general
| ~ understood that he still occupies a
high place in the Republican councils.
Speaker Cannon, Congressman Tawney
of Minnesota. and Fassett of New
York, ana a host of others long den-
tilted with national campaigns are
rallied about the congressional commit
tee in the forthcoming fight and are
giving it aid and support.
The situation is much the same on
the Democratic side. Congressman
James T. LLOYD of Missouri chairman
of the committee. will open up the
headquarters in Chicago and remain in
charge OF them throughout the cam
pal On. In the background, however, is
the complete congressional organiza ton
of former years. and the counsel of
Congressman Champ Clark. Ollie James.
Swager Sherlnv. Oscar w Underwood,
Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, and other sue.
cessful party leaders. Tn every section
of the countrv. too. the local Repub-
lean and Democratic organizations
come into close and valuable coopera-
ton with the national committees of
their respective parties.
When the vigorous STUMP speaking
herins in September. the head0uarters
Of both parties in Chicago will take on
the aspect of rendezvous of an army
IN the field. Every congressman who
has not p hard fight for reelection in
his own diStrc is expected to give a
portion of his time to sneeches in other
districts Tn return the congressional
committee sends speakers of nasiona
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