The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-19
Daily Wall Street Gossip
BY HOLLAND.

New York, June K-(SpeciaL)-The cit izens of New York and the delegates who found seats in the national republican convention have returned. and among other reports they made to their friends is the statement that within a few hours of the nomination of Senator Harding it was substantially, although informally, agreed that chief, perhaps, among the features of the public campaigning will be the visits made to the candidate at lis home Marion, O. These visits will probably when completed represent every state in the union
 The campaign is speedily to begin, and that was made evident by the fact that at the Union League Club campaign organization was perfected two days after the nominatio was made.
 It seemed to be the impression of those who reported that a front porch and lawn campaigning which will be carried on until near election day at Senator Harding's home will also be the plan followed by the democratic campaign managers whoever the candidate of the democratic party may be.
 This is sometimes called the Mckinley plan. It was conspicuous feature of the Mckinley campaign in 1895. Friends of Mckinley afterwards said that he had in mind the disastrous experience which James G. Blaine met with when he was the candidate of the republican party in 1SS4 Mckinley could never understand why Blaine and the managers of his cam paign permitted the Rev. Dr. Burchard to deliver an address at the reception rendered to Mir. Blaine in New York without any one but Dr. Burchard know ing what he was about to say. Mckinley thought it was a queer lapse on the part of Blaine that he did not insist upon reading the Burchard prepared address before it was delivered. For if hes had he surely would have stricken out the unfortunate reference to ''Rumanism and Rebellion" reference which. with other misfortune, caused the defeat of Blaine.
 Therefore. when Mckinley decided that his own campaign so far as personally conducted should be made upon the lawn in front of his house at Canton, O., he also insisted that he be permitted to read every address before it was delivered and have sufficient time to give to every ad- dress careful consideration.
 M'KINLEY'S BLUE PENCIL
 McKinleys. friends after the election said that it was fortunate that he per- n:itted no address to be made until he had first read it, for he found in some of the addresses comments and epigrams which might have done him harm, and he did not hesitate to run his blue pencil through them. He was in that way the editor of many addresses before they were delivered, and he was also prepared to make appropriate reply.
 Not mistake occurred, not an lnltiai binder remained undiscovered, although there were some ambitious orators who confessed to disappointment that certain choice phrases in their planned addresses had been eliminated
 Senator Harding is himself master of the blue pencil, and although he can make an excellent extempore speech, 1t is presumed that he willinsist upon read ing every address before it is delivered just as Mckinley did, and having done that, will prepare his own answer. II may be- therefore. that the campaign of both parties will be made conspicuous by reason of the adoption of the so- called Mckinley plan of home campaign- ing. Of course, the presidential candl- date is not to be held responsible for anything that is said upon the stump, when he is not present, but he is held responsible, as Blaine was, for such a