The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-01

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BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
New York, Aug. 1.-(Spccial This
Is the place where they make presl-
dents. No doubt there are l5,C00.O0O
men and women between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans and the great lakes
and the Rio Grande who think that
they make the president and are look
Ing forward to the performance of that
duty next November.
or course all those voting people are
very useful In this quadrennial per
Torrance, and everything possible is
going to be done for them. They are
going TO be shown how to elect the
next president, but the operators OF
the scheme will be In New York. In
other words, New York is to be the
political center from now until the
polls close on the Tth OF November.
The first thing after the national
conventions il the establishment Of po-
litical headquarters In New York. In
one or two campaigns Chicago has
been made the political headquarters,
but only nominally. New York IL the
political center OF the country In a
presidential year.
New York Will Decide.
New York-the state-will decide
who shall be the next president. I
know that clever political mathemati-
clans car sit down with a pencil and a
sheet of note paper and figure u how
one party or the other IA elect a
president without New York. But be
Ing somewhat practical in my political
for Mr.. Wilson or Mr.. Hughes In car
rying New York.
Not since 1868 has a president been
chosen without having the support OF
New York. Ii In true that oftentimes
there have been 100 or more electoral
votes TO spare. but the fact IL that the
forces and sentiment which carry the
great pivotal state Of New York for
either party prevail to a great extent
throughout the whole country.
Same Great Game.
The same great game is being played,
and TO some extent by the same men.
There are a number OF new faces, of
course. but the machinery is run by
old hands and pretty much In the same
old way. IL the people are expecting
new stunts this year they are going TO
be disappointed. One can see that by
looking at the preparations In progress.
The only man who introduced new
business was Mark Hanna in 1890 and
1900. and he had money 10 do every
thing that came TO his mind. An at
tempt in subsequent campaigns to In
troduce the Hanna methods fell fat.
And until another political genius
arises we will have the regulation
methods of conducting a campaign,
with the speakers bureau, publicity
bureau. advisory committee, finance
all doing their level best to elect a
president.
our Year Plants.
Who are all these men2" asked a
woman at one of the headquarters who
had come to tell the chairman how to
capture the women vote In the west.
She alluded TO the score or more of
patient walters who are always found
around headquarters at the beginning
OF a campaign. They were the four
YEAR plaufs Thav bfbarpa,~ opparoot
ly for three years. but bloom and come
TO headquarters TO gather fruit the
fourth year. They are spellbinders. the
fellows with political devices. public
fty stunts, patent eye openers and all
the various ideas which they hope may
attach them to the payroll of the ma
tional committee during the campaign
Movement Uptown.
When first began looking after ma
ttonal campaigns the headquarters OF
the committee were down about Tween.
ty-third street. This year the Demo.
srats are on Forty-second street near
Fifth avenue, and the Republicans are
on Forty-third street near Fifth ave.
nue.. The location of the political
headquarters Is an indication Of the
general uptown movement.
Wilcox and Mccormick.
Both OF the chairmen are new In tn,
national political game. Neither Mr.
Wilcox nor Mr.. Mccormick has eveI
been associated with the management
Of national campaigns, and their faces
are not familiar to the politicians. Blu
they will be known before the election
The man who manages a national can
vass is apt to meet a great many PEG
pie. He not only sees the real men o
his W party, but a vast army O
workers, many trying to work him.
Wilson's Legislative Program.
The fact that President Wilson ha.
gone ahead with his legislative pro
gram Is regarded by Democrats as o.
great Importance. His determination
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