The evening world., 1916-06-28

syivania boosters have endless COM
plimcnts and secrets 10 give out.
Here arc some OF them:
Ho Is forty-Hve years old. but
doesn't look II. He Is handsome.
charming and rich. lie lives In Har-
rlsburg. Pa. with his mother and Sis
ter, In a big house close by the state
Capitol lie has a farm ten miles out
OF town, a country gentlcmans place
called Rosebank. with herds OF flnc
cattle and many fast horses.
LIKE HUGHES, HE QUIT BEING A
JUDGE.
His most serious thought in life Is
for politics; his daily recreation 10
his hobbies ara three-namely. sports.
farming and being Judge at county
fairs. Mccormick was judging tho
prize cattle at the Hogestown, Cum
herland County. fair when word came
that President Wilson had selected
him to run the national campaign.
He went right on down the line Of
Alderney, Jersey and red polled stock
until all the ribbons were awarded,
and then. like Mr.. Hughes, quit being
n judge to accept, on the spot. the
nomination.
While unknown to most Of the po-
litical world outside of Pennsylvania,
Mccormick Is no novice In the game
and has learned It from the two
points of view OF candidate and man =
ager.
He had the courage TO run for Gov.
ernor OF Pennsylvania on the Demo.
! cratic ticket two years ago, and a
Democrat In Pennsylvania has about
as much chance Of election as a Re-
publican in South Carolina. But with
Endorsement Of the Independent Wash,
ington Party he lost by only $1,000
votes. which is considered a remark
ably good showing in the State thai
usually gives two or three times that
much Republican plurality.
Personally, the thing that impresse.
! one the most about this new Demo
cratic leader is his frank. winning
way OF meeting strangers, his cordia
smile. his simplicity OF manner anC
his peculiar knack Of getting straigh
at the point OF things.
Rather undersized, 90 far a. heigh
Is concerned. but a bit overweight 10
football now, Mccormick 10 a trim
we'll knit figure, strong In muscl,
clear-eyed, keen visioned, full Of figh
and unlimited IN his supply Of perse
verance. determination and courag,
II he had a bit bigger jaw and
somewhat more bulgtng forehead, h
could be ella ssed in resemblance to tn
fine type Of clean-cut, clean shaver
gray tinged. ruddy checked. up-to
date American.
NOTHING OF THE THEoRIs'
ABOUT THIS MAN.
There is nothing Of the dreame
or the theorist about Vance McCoy
mick. He is all action, but not i'm
pulsive, reckless action. His intimate
say that underneath there lies
streak Of cold, Unconditional plannin
in his methods, a little caution befol
making the final plunge. not OF hes
fancy. but Of calculation.
He thinks out in advance the gen
eral outline Of a campaign, not In a
it's details OF Of the card index kline
but q broad, general scheme coverin
the main Issues. With this in min
he jumps In for attack all along tn
line. with special Concentration upo
some one particular spot which h
believes to be the enemy's weakes
point.
, lie mas no pet theories, no HoDDle
Of method. but will change his tactic
whenever new conditions arise {
= new opportunity offers.
The spellbinders will And him n
easy mark. for the 1912 Pennsylvani
campaign developed Mccormick in
rafting good stump speaker. II
has the happy faculty of being alb
to put a proposition in direct, under
standable form and drive the arHl
ment home to the minds Of II
masses, holding his audience whi
7. jamming sound doctrine into the
=, ears.
= As in the first Wilson campaig
), when Chairman McCombs rallied
wonderful group Of devoted your
}, men to the Democratic standard, I
= Chairman Mccormick, in 1915, expec
y to bring into active service thousand
!, of enthusiastic new men to insure II