The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-19
BREEZY BATCH Of
POLITICAL NEWS

American people; not the old, old
home songs, but the campaign song
that comes into being every four
years.
The crop that has been reaching
democratic national headquarters is
larger than usual, this year.
Josephus Daniels, chairman of the
publicity committee, does not claim
to be musician, but he has been Civ
ing due attention to each author, until
he has acquired the habit of humming
various tunes. 1t became case of
either humming while talking to his
callers and answering his avalanche
Of letters or turning the songs over to
one of the employees of the publicity
bureau.
A winsome young stenographer was
found who said she could play the
piano just as well as she could use
the typewriter. For two days she play
ed tunes after Office hours, but today
it was found she was writing her let
ters in B sharp or F fat and now Mr..
Daniels is wondering if he should not
employ regular musical editor to Sc
lect the songs for the campaign.
If congressional committee ever
cares to Investigate the democratic
national committee campaign fund Of
1912, they will find one entry on the
cash books of Treasurer Rolla Wells
that he will be unable to give them
any information about
In his morning mail, Treasurer
Wells foun da dollar bill, in a highly
scented piece of letter paper and was
signed "Only a Suffragette" This
was duly entered on the books
A political headquarters during a
national campaign is about the last
place a man would expect to spend a
vacation, but that is what William
Rufus Hollister, private secretary to
Senator Stone of Missouri is doing
Mr. Hollister is in Chairman Nc
Combs private Office and to him falls
the duty of answering many of the
letters that reach headquarters. Mr..
Hollister was selected for the impor-
tant post, because he has a reputation
in Washington of being able to keep
a half dozen stenographers busy writ
ing letters.
But ] am having vacation" ex-
planned Mr.. Hollister from behind a
yard high of letters. Senator Stone
every four years, declares it is wrong
for any one to eat or sleep
"a political battle is like war to
him. He goes nthe theory that a
man who is engaged in a real war,
when the shot and shells are doing
business. has no time to stop to eat
and sleep. A political fight is like
war to Senator Stone, 50 he refuses
to eat or sleep until the victory is
won.
That's why | am sort of glad to
get into the busy headquarters. I will
at least, get some sleep and can eat
now and then
But there is another reason why Mr..
Hollister is glad to come to New York.
Mr.. HOLSTERS own family and Sena-
tor Stone are about the only people
who know his middle name is Gufus.
He is not happy over that middle
name-Rufus-as Mr. Hollister comes
from jefferson City, Mo.
When Senator Stone is about to
buckle on his sword and get real busy
in national campaign, he forgets his
private secretary's' dislike for his mid
die name, and starts calling him
Rufus"
when Hollister hears Rufus,
said Colonel Thomas Jones Pence, he
knows the famous Missouri senator
is starting to forget his dislike for
Rufus and aluso to forget to eat or
sleep.
The Ladies World. one of the Nc
Clure publications, just completed a
political contest in their magazine
In a letter to Chairman W. F. Nc
Combs, Frederick L. Collins, president
of the Mcclure Publications Inc.
writes:
eThe 100000 readers Of this maga
zine were invited to express their po
ltical preference for president and
their reasons therefor.
"The response was overwhelmingly
large and the result shows that of the
replies, ,6s per cent were for Woodrow
Wilson the other 30 per cent being
scattered between the republicans
progressives, prohibitionists and SO
cialists.9
sergeant-at-Arms John 4 Martin
was busily engaged in directing the