The Washington herald., 1914-04-25
Political Procession.
By r. b. G,

The activity and eloquence Of Joseph
I-G. Butler. eminent business man, OF
Youngstown. In urging the nomination OF
David Tod. also business man, for gov
ernor Of Ohio, reminds that the busi-
ness man in politics has always been
a successful proposition, especially In
| the matter OF campaign management
While private citizen Butler, manu-
I featuring magnate. may not be ambitious
to achieve fame as campaign manager,
he has already become conspicuous in the
impending Ohio contest, and he can point
to long list OF political managers, State
| and national, who have been men high
up in commercial and financial affairs
This is especially true in the history OF
Republican national committees. When
the party was organized in 1856, Edwin
d. Morgan, of New York, was the first
chairman, and he continued in 1850. win
ming the party's first victory. Morgan
was originally a wholesale grocer in
Hartford, then in New York, later be-
coming a banker and financier. Politics
with Morgan was an incident and di-
version rather than business, and while
he became Senator and held many high
political positions he never let go of the
big business propositions that made him
rich and powerful.
William CIafiin. of Massachusetts,, fol-
lowed Morgan as chairman of the Repub-
lical National Committee, and he too.
was a banker and manufacturer of high
degree. He was manager Of the first
Grant campaign in 1868. and year later
was governor OF his State. having pre-
viously held many minor local offices.
After leaving the governors Office he
came to Washington two terms from the
Newton, Mass. district. retiring in 1883,
and dying in 1896 at the age of eighty
seven.
Zach Chandler. of Michigan. was chair
man of the Grant campaign in Is72. and
continued through the Hayes campaign
of lsI6 Chandler was "A lumber baron
and much else in the Michigan country
amassing great fortune and welding an
iron hand in keeping his State in line for
the Republican party. Like Morgan and
Claflin he had been active in the Organi-
zation of the party in 1876. and had been
an old-line Whig. He was the first Re
publican Senator from Michigan. succeed
ing Lewis Cass in 157 He had several
terms in the Senate and was Secretary Of
the Interior in Grants Cabinet He died
few months after a fourth election to
the Senate.
Marshall. Jewell. Of Connecticut, was
tn" Garfield executive committee chair
man in 1850 and he was a shoe manu-
facturer. eminent also in financial af-
fairs at Hartford. He had served ia
Grants Cabinet as Postmaster General !
and was ever prominent in Republican
national affairs.
F. JCnes. an iron and stel magnate |
of Pittsburgh. was the blaine chairman I
ih 1884 and the campaign was a memo-- |
able one even il II did not quite put /
Blaine in the White House.
1t has since been admitted that he was
ont by methods peculiar to New (
York hut he abided by the chances Of /
war. Mark Hanna. a business man of /!
high degree and with the iron hand Of |
Chandler. took hold of the Mckinley I
for nomination and election /
in 1896
Hanna continued in 1Sco with a cam
paign Of vigOr and victory.
George r. COrtelyou, the chairman Of /
the Roosevelt campaign in 1904. was not /
exactly business man. hut he had never
figured as a politician seeking elective Of !
hce.
He had been secretary to President !
Mckinley and in executive place as a
Cabinet officer under Roosevelt. Charles
Dewey Hilles had been at the head Of |
several institutions and an Assistant Sec
-etary of the Treasury before going to
The White House as secretary to Taft.
Frank II. Hitchcock, who managed tha
irst Taft campaign 81 spleRdidIy. had
been an Assistant Postmanter General
and inclined TO business operations rather
han politics.
The whole list of Republican chairmen
indicates that the business man rather
han professional politician and candi-
late has been the preference and has
achieved the best results. Possibly the
Of David Tod. the business
,andidate for governor. will keep this in /
mind If they nominate their man and
start out to put Ohio back in the Re |
publican column for the first time since
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