The sun., 1912-07-21

young man in politics was"-he smiled
and paraphrased. .-'the man to do the Job. :
"But why a young man rather than
all old one2" I interrupted.
Because he possesses the enthusiasm
and the spontanety that win Marathons
and elections" replied Mr.. McCombs.
,, Because he has higher Ideals than older
men and the courage and energy to work
for them"
He raised his voice and the egg
was forgotten. Even the toast was
forgotten. A typical young mar IN
politics was speaking-the excmplifica-
tion OF his words-an inspired, enthusi.
astic young man In politics who had
just made a Presidential nomination
posi- ible. II was an unusual exhilaration
for Mr.. McCo,nbs. even in the manufac-
ture OF campaign documents.
For in manner the new chairman OF
the Democratic National COMMITTEES is
not an exuberant man. lie ia q pleasing.
polished. intellectual man with musical
drawing voice which rises and Fails
agreeably as he speaks Except when he
speaks about great figure In national
! politics. Then a suggestion OF the pro-
phetic comes upon him az lie raises his
! hand and tho rising and falling tones
become oven.
/ His gesticulations change too to .
! long. slow motion as he points toward
New Jersey He talks judiciously. with
q full knowledge of the value OF words
and has a tendency TO sum up with oc-
casional briliance. Al the end OF u
thought he pausee and balances out a
/ final sentence with an evident enjoyment
OF the process
And your new campaign methods
which have been 80 widely discussed?' !
suggested.
-Lie principally In directness and the
open air answered Mr. McCombs. his
voice rising and falling equally again.
1T compares with the older methods OF
campaigning in abou. the same way
that the old methods OF diplomacy com
pare with the new ones.
The old diplomacy" he smiled, was
devious. You didn't do anything directly
il you could possibly do il indirectly.
When John Hay bccar,s Secretary of
state diplomacy altered It's fashions. and
today tho Lloyd Georges and the Church
lis diss r,n opponents Ivy very frankness
and elaborate indirect ne sses h1ve fallen
into disreputc,
$50 il Is with what vow gent,crcn are
pleased to name my methods OF cam
paiSn, which. however. il tn" case OF -
Ie1pec'ei II mctaHhor cmbodvilg that i'm
prcssive figure again Governor Wilson,
the ,asc WA eisv. tor his assoc tion
with Young mon and his understanding
- 4, liza
ton for them.
They were waiting Tor leader that
Possessed both that progressvencss which
the ag" demands and the high ideals
whl-l youth sets Mp. And Woodrow
wilson possessed them. II was only fo'
the to push the acquaintance said he
lingering appreciatlvely on his little turn
OF speech. And tho movement needed
Only to be started fo gain impetus.
Young men. particularly college men
threw themselves into il. Four hundred
Woodrow Wilson clubs we,c formed
dominated by that uneauail"d energy
which youth possesses We had tire
mcndous engine Of enthusiasm. SO fat
AS | knew We had haruessrd "A new force
IN our public life. With this TO worh
upon " tRpVU1S onlS ~ Tict'VI ~
gent organization to develop the move
tnent.
so va divided the country into dis
tr,cts. and in each district we had mol
pledged To cover n certain area of II 10y
personal work. during social visits anc
on every possible occasion. We gath
cred up ~ GO OF these friends of ours
mostly Young people. pledged To thu
work. making p little army of conversion
N practically every district Of the country
We were called fanatics and we ware
proud Of the tit,c. We had their names
~ .o0o. count ON" sald Mr. Mc,'omb'
smi'iug. up IN INV Office. We called II
our Dromsday Book II was this thick,
Nr McJombs Indicated that il was very
thick indeed. 1t wss one wonan's sols
WORK for year to keep that Doomsday
Book up to date. u was my sole worl
for fourteen months -er 10 compose IL
SO with this dynamo Of sentiment I've
hind us we didn't I need 10 evolve mystcri
ous tactics or 10 sond people about Tho
country with rubber shoes. We sent very
few joople about. and We didn't have
pair "f rubber shoes in the office. II