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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAIIA , SUNDAY MOILING. SEPTEMBER G , 1S9G TWENTY PAGES. SINGI.1D COW PfVE CENTS.
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CAMPAIGN ORATORS AT WORK
Characteristics and Methods of Noted Men
on the Stump.
SOME OF THE PARTY SPELLBINDERS
KltilrVt llrjnn , Heed , Ilepoiv ,
CoeUrati , Srlmrx , VllnH , Daniel
mill Oilifrx llrllllnitt Men
( lit UlC HllNltllKH. .
( Copyilght , HOC.
Political maiiaR'-'rs sometimes declare tlmt
the daf of Iho campaign orntor lias passed
inayi ami no ono will deny that tlio multl-
plication , of tlio telegraph and the printing
press has struck a fatal blow to his prestige
ns a. creator and moulder of public opinion
J * Tlmo was , but Is no longer , when men
waited for the famous orators of their Marty
to define and announce the Issues of a polit
ical contest. However , mass meetings arc
still a very popular feature In political cam
paigns , and play an Important part In deter
mining results. The- orator who addresses
them performs an Indispensable- service In
arousing- political Interest , and thus Im
pelling the people to discharge the duty
of citizenship on the day of election. Ills
spoken word has a power peculiar to It-
considered one of ( ho most eloquent political
speakers In the northwest , never writes out
his speeches In advance , but this docs not
prevent them from being direct , logical and
convincing. His vernacular Is the purest
Anglo-Saxon , nnd ho never talks over the
heads -of hla hearers. This latter quality
often mnkcn him more effective before a
mixed audience than his former colleague
In the senate- , John J Ingalls of Kansas , who
Is also an elociucnt stump speaker. Mr. In
galls , who , It ho writes his speeches , must
dip his pen In vitriol , Is a masltr of jibes nnd
sneers , and never gives nor asks for quar
ter In a war of word's. Other men always
sure of a worm welcome by a western audience
ence- are Senator William H. Allison of Ion a
and Senator Edward O. "U'olcott of Colorado.
Tlio former Is a plniu , maltcr-ot-fact
speaker , whoso carefully considered utter
ances always carry weight with tlio people
of his own state. Senator Wolcott Is with
out a peer as an orator In the body In which
he Is n member. He possesses a musical and
powerful voice ; his diction Is almost perfect
nnd his utterances are marked by a manly ,
seemingly unstudied candor that Is Itself
most winning.
\ new generation has grown up since tlio
days when General Stewart L. Woodford
was a recognized power on.the stump , but
tlio speeches he Is making In tliu present
contest show that ho has lost none of his
power as a robust and vlrllu speaker , es
pecially effective In rough and ready cam
paigning. Another republican veteran prom
inent In the present campaign Is Roswull 0.
Herr of Michigan. Mr. Herr looks like an
up-to-dato edition of Uncle Sam , and his
democratic ways , his quaint speech nnd hla
homely wit make him extremely popular
with the masses. He can be depended upon
to make republican Speeches almost dally
during a republican campaign , and the same
democratic campaign orators would Include
Rlihard I' . Bland , David H. Hill , Charles F.
Crisp , Stephen At. White , General Adonlram
J. Warner , Hogcr Q. Mills , George G. Vest ,
Joseph S. C. Illackburn , John W. Daniel ,
Den It. Tlllman and John M. Allen. Mr.
Illand has been a power on the stump In ihe
west and south for a dozen years or more.
Sound common sense and wisdom of the
homely sort , which appeals to tlio under
standing of the masses , mark all his
speeches. Ho Is a fighter who Is at his best
when the odds are against him , and the
same Is , In n measure , true of Senator Hill.
The latter Is alwajs adroit In the selection
of his points of attack and defense , and his
audacity Is equal to every emergency. Hut
Senator Hilt's chief source of Influence on
the stump Is his unfailing good humor. HP
controls his temper under all provocation ,
and thereby often achieves success where the
general conditions are against him.
Senator White , who Is one of the ablest
of tlio new leaders of tlio democracy , has
long been the foremost orator of his party
on the Pacific const. On the stump ho Is
nothing If not earnest , and his candor and
frankness seldom fall to move and Impress
even an hostile audience. General Warner
has been nil enthusiast for n third of a llfc-
tlmo on the silver question and generally
succeeds In Imparting much of his en
thusiasm to an audience. Rx-Spcaker Crisp
always comes to tlio platform thoroughly
prepared. His speeches lack eloquence , but
are always logical , lucid and convincing.
In no mo ways they resemble those of Hogcr
Q. Mills , who Is one of the most capable of
the democratic orators of the south. Sen
ator Vest always gives one the Impression
of being very much In earnest , and as n
speaker he has few equals In the senate.
Ucforo a larger body he Is handicapped by
self , and as he addresses the people on sub
jects In which both they and he are deeply
Interested , he has no difficulty In obtaining
an audience. Ho docs not have to drum
up the people. They come of their own ac
cord. The questions about which he talks
are foremost In their thoughts and furnish
the staple of the dally conversation. They
cannot hear too much about them or read too
many discussions of them. Perhaps never
In our history has tliero been before the
public n larger number of brilliant and ef
fective campaign speakers than there Is at
the present time.
At the head of the list of republican
campaign orators stands by common consent
the name of the party's candidate. Major
McKlnley. All will remember that In the
campaign of 1S92 he was the most popular
of the republican stump speakers. Men
flocked to hear him , not alone because the
doctrine of protection , with which his name
was identified , was on trial , but also for Un
reason that his speeches were of the kind
that peculiarly suited the masses. Their
simplicity and lucidity appealed to the mul
titude. The speaker's methods were those
of a man talking to his neighbors with re
gard to the crops and the markets , the taxes
and the store bills ; and they were pleased
and Impressed because ho seemed In sym
pathy with them , and Invested their affairs
with dlstlnco Importance.
The oratory of Thomas H. Ilced occupies
In the present campaign much the same posi
tion BB that held by Major McKlnley four
years ago. Heed Is not an orator In the
popularly accepted sense of the term ; far
from It. His voice Is shrill , his gestures
ungainly , his language never florid nor
ornate. Hut he Is a logical , persuasive ,
and when occasion demands It , n singularly
effective speaker. The baiting of opposition
never disturbs him. On the contrary. It al
ways serves to flro his latent mental ener
gies. At such times ho Is at the same
moment humorous and serious , deprecatory
and defiant , while his sallies and repartees
are always pungent , sharp and telling , and
sting like blows from a rawhide. Mr. Heed's
speeches are carefully thought out In ad
vance , but never written down and com
mitted to memory. He fixes clearly In
mind tlio principal Joints of a proposed ad
dress , and then relics upon his own abilities
and the enthusiasm of his audience to do
the rest. .
Chaunccy M. Dnpew , who has figured as
nn orator In every national campaign slnco
that of 1SGO. has the nlmblo wit , but not
the acidity of Mr. Heed. Still , many people
prefer his oratory to that of the man from
Maine. Mr. Dcpew believes that the orator
Is born , not mode. As a rule , he never
makes notes , savn mental ones , and trusts
to the occasion for Inspiration. His popu
larity as an orator Is duo In the main to
Ills ability to adapt himself to the most
wtilnlv vnrvlncr circumstances , to his power
to meet with readiness and case any demand
mndo upon him , and the gift which ho en
joys In rare degree of combining the serious
with the humorous In the same speech. It
Is probably for the latter reason that people
ple never tire of listening to him , be the oc
casion what It may.
Colonel Robert G. Iiigcrsoll Is expected
to spcftk inoro frequently In the present
campaign thrn has been his custom In re
cent years. Ago Is telling upon him a bit ,
but he is still ono of the most brilliant
speakers of ( he English language lu any
land on HIP globe. Ingorsoll , like Depew ,
was born an orntor , and , llko htm , ho has
made the most of tmtuio'n gifts , Some ono
once asked him how long It took him to
write thu speech which ho niado nt Cincin
nati putting Mr. lllalno In nomination for
the presidency , nnd also lion' long hn wns
engaged in the composition of his famous
Decoration day speech. The colonel replied
that It took him about .1 half hour to write
each ot tlio /speeches , and about fifteen
years to prepare thorn , meaning tlmt he had
turned ( ivr and over again lu hla mind the
Ideas "which , when the lime came to use
them , weie easily put on paper. Thus , ho
said , all great composition is performed ,
and , ho added , that a purely extemporaneous
fcpeerh is generally a sorry affair.
In their way , thn speeches ot Carl Schurz ,
who came to the front as a campaign orator
about tint sumo tlmo ns Ingerr.oll , have never
been excelled on a polltlr.il platform. Ills
command nf Knglish in marvelous , when It
Is remembered that ho could not speak n
word nf the language until after ho was 21
years old. The defense of some great prin
ciple arouses every energy nnd ovcry ncrvo
fibre of his BOU ) . and at such ( lutes this red-
beardedl nnd grlrzled Teuton possesses the
vocabulary of Shakespeare nnd the eloquence
of Kossuth , However. Mr. Schurz Is not an
Impromptu speaker. Ho often devotes weeks
to a single speech rewriting and pollxhliiK
with tireless raic. Ho hax a splendid verbal
memory , and the single reading of a speech
in manuscript fixes It Indelibly In his mem
ory , Tlilu year , It Is said , Mr Schurz will
takn ( ho Mump. In the west III support of
Major MeKlnley and the gold platform ,
No campaign orator U more popular with
western republicans than Senator Joseph
I ) . Koraker of Ohio. Ho Is nt all times n
stout and unyielding p.irtl > an , and as n
Btumo speaker Is fprvl-1 nnd Impr.saloncd.
His style of oratory rctombleg In many re-
epecU that of Senator JuMus Caesar Ilur-
ro\\E nt Michigan , with this < ! I ( Terence : that
wlillo Senator Fnrskrr'a speeches nro , n a
rule , largely Impromptu ihr p ol Senator
Furrow ere prcpirIn * advance and wllh
Iho utmost cue. Rci'o jiorirnn regard the {
latter as ono of the mo-t pii'Ming of Jiving ;
orators. Added 11 careful preparation , ho I
lias a jungiiltVetit voiro eiul his delivery IK I
I'esy mid graceful. I.lko Mr Schurz , ho It 1
able to commit n cpcor-h to memory by read-
IIIK It over a couple of t < m s
On the othpr hand , nx-Si-nator John C.
M'KINLEY THE ORATOR.
Is true of General George A. Sheridan , for
merly of Louisiana nnd now of New York.
Sheridan , aside from signal gifts of elo
quence , IB n natural wit , and of his eam
imlgnlng toius many amusing stories are
told. During the campaign of 1STG ho wa > . .
billed to speak ouo night In n town In
western Ohio , Ho was In the midst of hla '
speech , a financial ono , when a long haired
man stood up In the audience nnd said :
"General Sheridan. I inay bo wrong , but
I would like to ask you a question. "
"There are nine chances out of ten that
you arc wrong , " was the general's reply ,
"but I will answer you.1. " ' "
"What I want to ask , " continued the
long-lialrod man , "Is this : Do you mean
to say that If the government of the
United States takes A plero of paper nnd
prints on ono side of it the worda , 'This '
Is ono dollar , ' nnd under it that it I-- legal
tender for nil debts , cutomn and public' '
dues , and on the bark ot It prints the I
words , 'This is n dollar' do you menu I
to say tlmt it docH not male It a good
dollar , and as good for UKO r.s any gold or
silver coin In the United BUtoa ? "
Quick r.s a Hash canto the response :
"My friend , I will answer your question
by a-sklng you another : Suppose the gov
ernment of the United St.itos should take
you and stamp on your forehead the words
'Daniel Webster , ' Suppose they should
pick you up nnd run' you through one of
the great government printing offices nnd
stump on your back In letters n foot lung ,
'Daniel Webster. ' Now. would that make
you a United States senator ! " I
Tlio audlonco icared and laughed , end
the long-haired man eat down. |
As In the rr.EO of Major McKiiiley nnd
the republicans , Candidate Ui'ynu stands
by common concent at tl-.t- heat ! of the list
of democratic campaign ur.-.tors. Mr ,
Ilryan wnu born an ointor , anil his great
fcpccrhcii before tha Chicago convention
tint in M diKon Squaio Garden prove the
lofty flights of whirl : ho is capable when
fully oinuNOd. Physically , ho Is n splen
did gpc.clir.eii ot manhood , lurKC-cycd ,
brond-chontrd and full-jawed. Ills voter Is
melodious nnd powerful , his nesturrs nat- j
ural and gracefu' , and bin diction direct ,
and chAKte. Zealous and luipetuoue , lie ,
leaves behind him' the Impression of IID- . ,
Moving In what he says , hut a great ncca- ,
clan IK needed to rail frrth the full c-xfr-
else of hla powc'n. He believes that n man ,
In order to make a gicat rpecwh sliorlil be
antagonized , sjunp. nvU wero. to effort
"Ordinary spccrhinakliwr. " he euro raid ( o
me. "Is vapid ( .nd Icadtua nothing M any
rate , It bores me Ufeen a miull'ior of
thine * whcro two fartuaa are -liMus for n
prli'tipal a thron j > r 'i M fi \v" " ntevtr It
U , nud ttirrr U when * oratory sbus like n
star Hut la tulk fir the eiikt * t-f tAlling
Jujt lu inikn invre i-Irnsnuii-in and plu'l-
tVtlrj , that U not oratory "
in
n thin , shrill voice' . Ills speeches are bet
ter read than heard.
Vest Is most effective when filling the
role of critic , and the same can bo said of
Senator ntackburn , who Is ono of the most
brilliant Impromptu orators living , dreaded
j by bin rivals In the senate or on the stump ,
Senator Daniel's oratory Is of the old-faBh
loned flowery kind , but it Is always vigor
oils and forceful , and has made him the
most popular stump speaker In the south
Senator Tlllman Is at his best when aroused
and addressing a mlddla-class southern an
dlenee. Ucforo northern auditors he seems
uneasy and out of place , but on bis native
heath ho piles the tomahawk nnd bowic
knife with vigor and dispatch , and his or
atorical search for scalps Is always a suc
cessful one. The southern 6rator most pop-
ujar with northern offices Is John M. Allen
He is a wit , whoso humor Is of the mosl
ill oil and fetching kind , and he Is an Idea !
ttory-leller. After Allen has been talking
a quarter of nn hour his audience is with
him , and ho fills on the stump the place
formerly occupied by Tom Corwln and Sun-
Bet Cox.
Three of the most conspicuous advocates
of democracy In former campaigns Imvo this
year taKcn the stump In support of Major
JU'Klnley. They arc : W. nourko Cockran ,
John R. Fellows and William F. Vilas. Mr.
Cockran has a splendid delivery , but his ex
cellence lie * more In his manner than his
matter , and hU speeches sound better than
they rend. Colonel Fellows is In some re-
sjiectf , an abler man than Cockran , and nar
rowly escapes real greatness as an orator.
He Is , pciliajis , tlio nearest to a purely ex
temporaneous speaker of any eastern stump
BpeaKcr , His witty utterances and effective
sarcasms are not the Inspiration of the mo
ment. He has thought of them before and
put them away in his memory , but In the
ordinary sense there U no preparation. Thh
Is also true of Mr , Cockran , Senator Vilas ,
nn the other hand , U , In a , certain sense , a
nliiKlt * speech-maker , The speech with
which ho begins a canvass Is practically the
same with which he ends It. Different
pen'/u-a may vary In arrangement and II-
tnitratlon , but tbo argument and the main
line of thought are tbo same. This , however ,
doia not detract from the charm and force
of his oratory ; ou the contrary , It helps to
mnku him ono of the most brilliant nnd
effective campaign orators In the west ,
GOSSIP AIIOUT MTii > I'KOI'M * .
A romantic story Is told of the wife of
Thomcs E. Walton , populist poinfuve for vice
president After one of tbo batthe of our
civil war a rl'hly dressed baby Was found
onions the dead and wounded No parents
tnne to claim the child They say that
/ the'ami mother had perished in the strife
U U not known whether they were on the
northern or the southern side. Hut u touth-
gJ \vlteLippkjhejclina.at
their own. The years passed and the little
girl grew to bo a handsome ! and cultivated
woman. Then young Tom Watson , farmer ,
lawyer , married her , and they have- lived
happily ever since. * '
Upon a certain occasion ! during his
senatorial career Daniel Webster had been
getting the best of a southern senator In
a discussion , when his 'opponent , rising ,
went to the window , ami obklng out re
marked , "I say , Webster } , come here n
moment. A number ot yowr constituents arc
passing. " Mr. Webster obeyed the sum
mons , and saw a droveof mules headed In
a southerly direction. "Ah7 ye , " ho replied ,
promptly ; "I understand1) ) ' * They are going
south to tench school. " |
She read the sign , "Do liot- speak to the
motorman , " nnd she snldi .1 wonder why
not. " Then In winsome voice1 she Inquired
of that functionary , "Wh/'mustn't ono talk
to the motorman ? " Ho'told her It was
against the rules , "nut wh > ' Is U against
the rules ? " "Because It,1 W. " "Then yon
don't like to be talked tor1 "Oh , yes , but
thunder ! I came within an 'nee of running
down that old gent. " "Hut'I should think
It would be nice to have soniebody to speak
to Instead of talking to nobody nil day
long. " "Lady , you arc going to stop talking ,
or' ' tliero Is going to be n smash-up on this
line , and a big one see"The hateful
thing ! And I did so want \o \ be coclnble like.
Ho's married , I'll bet ; he's Just like Henry
when ho's got the paper under his nose. "
The Into William Henry Smith , to whom
wcro left the letters and papers of Ruther
ford I ) . Hayes , had completed about two-
thirds of his proposed biography before
death overtook him , and had left the material
for the remainder so collated and arranged
that his son , Mr. Delevan Smith , and his
son-in-law , Mr. Charlts R. Williams , will
bo able to take It up nnd complete It In
accordance with his original plan. The
completed part Is left In manuscript , ready
for the printers. The scope of the worlc
had been so widened as to make It a much
larger contribution to the history of the
country than a mcro life of General Hayes ,
nnd Mr. Smith's previous , publications ot
this kind give assurance of capable and con
scientious .
wor- r
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Dr. Pajot , the great French accoucheur ,
who has just passed away , was about as
famous for his wit as his professional skill.
Indeed , bU talent for epigram rather
hindered his social success and certainly
caused his exclusion from thd academy.
Tn1rtf tt.ntil.l linrrllv linvn .lipnn n T.Vnnpll-
man had he not Indulged la'sarcasm against
la belle mere. "As soon as a child Is born , "
ho used to tell his class , "lay.It on a table ,
and not on a chair. If you neglect this
hint your patient's heavy mother Is safe to
come in and" sit upon It. " Ilesldcs the
swarm of fellow creatures whom he ushered
Into the world Pajot prevented sixteen des
perate mortals from Voluntarily quitting It.
A keen angler , he vns woit ) to spend his
nights In a bent under Pont Marie , where
would-be suicides often Interrupted his sport.
For his life-saving exploits he was nick
named by Tardleu "The Newfoundland dog
ot the faculty. "
When the late Sir John Mlllals was In the
Scottish mountains , making studies for Ills
"Chill October , " a braw Scotsman came up
to him , and , watching him. as lie" painted ,
asked : "Man , did ye never try photog
raphy ? " "No. never , " answered Mlllals.
"It's a deal quicker , " continued the braw
Scotsman. "Yes , I suppose'so , " admitted
Mlllals. "And , " wound up the braxr Scots
man , " 'tis a deal llker the place. " Ono
day Thomas Carlyle --went .With Mlllals to
look at the latter's house , and , after gazing
with wonder at all Its spleridprs , Its marble
pavementsi Its -white imiVble'columns , Us
stately staircase and beautiful' ' daiTost 'Re"
turned to Mlllala and asked , In his brusque
manner : "Has paint doVe all this , Mr.
Mlllals ? " The painter laiiglied and replied :
"It has. " "Then , " rejoined the dweller In
the modest house at Cholsl > 'ac"all I ha-io to
say Is there are more fo"ols > in the world
than I thought there were- !
The retirement from th\ - army of Major
George E. Robinson brings : to mind the
Incident which led to his advancement. He
had enlisted as a private-'during the war
and wns soon afterward tran-ifcrred to the
hospital corps stationed' it' Washington.
Secretary Stanton had been thiov.-n from his
carriage , nnd , needing the , services of a
professional nurse , Robinon * wcs assigned
to look after him. On thd u.ifue night that
Booth assassinated Lincoln.Payne madb an
attempt to take Stanton's Ili'e. .Robinson
was In the roam and seized ; tie assassin ns
he was attacking the secre'tarj. Had It not
been for Robinson's prompt services Mr.
Stanton might have been kilted. Congress
gave him n gold medal , and , when Hayes
became president he was made a major and
paymaster In the United States army.
SOMI2 ( ) I.I-'I'IJIiHS.
Field Marshal Count von Blumenthal. at
80. has started on a long tour of Sweden
and Norway.
Candidate Ilryan has n great-grandmother ,
a well-preserved old lady In her 35th year ,
who lives In Now London , Ind.
Robert Spp ! , the violin teacher of Richard
Wagner , who Is now 90 yiars of age , was
present at this summer's performances at
Mrs. Longcrman of North Adams , Mass. ,
S3 years old , on a visit to Whltlnghnm. Vt. ,
recognized A horse which she had sold as a
colt twenty-five years before.
Amerlcus Symmes , 83 years old , has Just
died at Louisville , Ky , lie was a son of
John Clevo Synunes , who wan an Arctic
explorer and maintained tlfat the world was
hollow and tho'entranco to the Interior could
be found at the poles.
George W. Dunn , an octo'penarlan natural
ist oj California , who hag been there slnco
1849 , Is making a collection of the butter
flies of the Pacific slope forl3aron ! do Roths
child , to bo added to the baron's entomologi
cal museum at Trig , Englkpd.
Mme. Slniounet , whose nkfl of 103 years and
5 months is well authenticated. Is the oldest
poison In Paris. She was born In 1793 In
Paris , and has always' ifved there. Her
memory is very good , and .she likes to talk
of Napoleon , Josephine , Louis XVIII and
the other great people she saw when she
was a girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Columbus Shaw
of Mllford , N. H. celebrated their golden
wedding recently. Mr , Shaw is the presi
dent of the New Hampshire Horticultural
society and of the Veteran Spiritualists'
association of America. Ho is a Mason of
high degree , and a prominent member of
the New Hampshire Grange , Patrons of Hus
bandry ,
A , H. Jones of Newmsn'county , Georgia , Is
72 years old , hns a wife to support nnd
only has ono arm with which to work. Ho
owns a little homo of twenty-seven acres ,
all Uplands , nnd yet on this ho is making
a good living. Ho raises no" cotton , but has
an abundance of corn' , meat nnd the usual
farm supplies. Ho Is independent and out of
debt. - I
Martin fiarra , theoldest voter In Cali
fornia , Is 104 years old ; find lives In a
country homo In the beautiful valley of
Santa Clara. For the irnst sixteen years
ho has lived In this gardeb spot of the
golden state In a small' ' f tfUi surrounded
by a grove of oak trees. lid earns his llv
Ini : by chopping wood , and In this occu
pation ho Is assisted by U'O partners , the
junior nf whom Is more than 70 years aid.
Uarra 1s a native of Qulib Cblll. .
Ai\ful sirVia.
Indianapolis Journal : . T-ho-fcur champion
prlzo lighters of the world came out on tho-
utage , bowed toIho audlhfce as they wcro
Introduced , took their s ktv , and the great
battle was oa.
Tliu silence was awful. At the end of one
minute ono champion had fallen to rise no
more. Then dropped another and another ,
and at the expiration of six minutes more
but one remained There was u light of
triumph in tils eyes , bat the sweat was
pouring down bU fuco and every limb was
trembling.
Hut ho had won Ho bad remained silent
( or sown lulnutt-
MACHINERY OF A CAMPAIGN
Process of Manufacturing Sentiment and
Stirring Up Enthusiasm.
NEW YORK REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS
The Chief HiiKliiecrn nn Tlicy .Vpiienr
t Their null- Work .lii
ItiK SUOIICM ami I'lulur-
v i-nitiiu YlxitorN.
( CoiiyrlRht , 1S9C , by S. S. AfcClurc Company. )
NEW YORK. Sep. 3. There Is probably
no ptcco of mechanism that requires such
careful poise , such nicety in handling , and
such close attention as the central national
organization of a great political party. It
is welded together from a thousand diverse
parts ; it consists of wheels within wheels ,
and the task of keeping all these parts work *
Ing in harmony , of making the wheels re
volve at once and In the same direction ,
requires not only a master mind to direct
them , but able lieutenants to carry out
his orders. Thuro must be no friction , and ,
above all , there must be no mistakes , for
in a political campaign a mistake once
made Is often Impossible to remedy.
To one who pictures the political ma
chine from the result It produces the first
sight Is apt to bo disappointing. The re
publican national campaign committee oc
cupies eighteen rooms In the big white build
ing of the Metropolitan Life association ,
which stands in Madison square , close to
the eddying whirl of the center of tliu great
city's life. The rooms resemble tbo olllces
fused ; he considers the suggestion of this
politician or that for the conduct of the
campaign In some particular state or sec
tion ; and ho Is In constant communica
tion with the absent members of the
committee. Ilcsldcs his desk Is a long distance
tance- telephone giving direct connection
with the Chicago headquarters and reports
are exchanged between the two places once
or more every day. Tlih Is enough to keep
any ono busy , but It Is only a part of Gen
eral Osborno's work. Ho receives hundreds
of callers , listens patiently to their sugges
tions and tries to send them all away nails-
fled. Ho succeeds pretty well , too , and the
man who wants to be placed in charge of the
campaign In his section or to have the com
mittee take up some pretty scheme that liu
lias devised goes away smiling happily over
the memory of the secretary's cordial hand
clasp nnd the secretary's cheerful words ,
forgetting , until he Is well outside the buildIng -
Ing at least , that so far as the advancement
of his cause Is concerned he Is exactly whcro
ho was before , so far as can bo ascertained.
The chairman of the committee divides his
time between the Now York and Chicago
headquarters , and In his absence- most of his
duties devolve upon the secretary.
TUB TIDE OF VISITORS.
While the secretary has been looking over
the morning's mall his associates have come
In and the crowd of visitors has begun to
arrive , This ceaseless tide of callers tlmt
Hews up and down tliu long halls all day
long Is made up of alt sorts and renditions.
It reaches the Hood early In the afternoon
and does not ebb away till the end of the
day. There are politicians from everywhere
and nowhere , here a congressman from Oro-
{ on , and there a heeler from the Eighth
ward ; there are men with largo schemes to
make republican success certain If they
'all hero they will go over to the democratic
Headquarters ; there are lean and hungry
Individuals and fat persons wreathed In
smiles and bathed In pcrspliatlon ; tliero are
orators , male and female , white , colored and
nondescript ; there- are fakirs great and
small , agents , peddlers and bunco men ;
there are women whose husbands or fathers
belonged to the party ; there are newspaper
men. messengers and scrub women ; the
sombrero of the Texan brushes against the
shiny nllk hat of the eastern senator ; ( he
vagrant breeze that wanders In at the win
dow sighs through the almost populstU | >
whiskers of the man from Kansas and tans
the smooth-shaven cheek of his fellow re
publican from Maine , the picturesque dress .
of the southerner Is side by sldo with the
conventional garb of the New York financier
It Is an Ill-assorted crowd alike In thla thing
only , that nine out of every ten have sonic
scheme to extract money from the sup
posedly exuaustless store of the campaign
committee.
THE CALM OK STORMS.
The tide breaks about Colonel Storms , the
sergeant-at-ariiiH of the national committee.
Tall , erect , handsome , suave anil graceful
lu iiiatiner , he keep * bis post ail day , re
ceives everybody , talks with everybody
passes that one along to the proper person for
him to see. dismisses this ono with ft pleasant
"Good-day" and a courtly wa\o of the hand
His task Is a most trying one , but his
temper 1ms been tried by every form of an
noyance In successive campaigns and noth
ing can move him now. A man came Into
the office today with dandruff on his coal
collar and dust on his eye-glasses ; there was
excitement In his eye , and ho came to the
point at once.
"I'm from Turple , Ind. , " ho said , "and 1
want the national committee to let me havt
$100.000 to start a newspaper there. It wll
bo a great thing for the cause. Like tin ,
stone of David , the truth phAll smite the
Goliath of " / , ' ,
" 1 am very sorry , " said-ho ( colonel , his
voice full of regret , "but Just at present Ihe
financial condition of the committee doesn't
warrant such a largo expenditure. I trust
however , that you will continue to labsr
zealously for the cause. " And the man
from Turplo , Hid. , found himself moving to
ward the door before ho realized what hai
happened.
A woman was waiting for the colonel when
he returned ,
"I Imvo here a letter for Mr. Hanna ; m >
husband was n republican ; ho used to be
postmaster at Speonk ; I wish that you wouli
give my daughter a place as typewriter
can't you ? "
The colonel's voice was full of tears as
ho assured the woman that at present no
addition to the clerical force would be
made.
A llttlo later there was an Invasion o
men with Ideas for campaign devices. One
man bore a papier macho elephant with thi.
word "Gold" lettered on his side ,
"Very latest thing , " ho began ; "the com
mittee should order 10,000 of them at once. '
"Excellent thing , " said the colonel , "but
you see wo are not purchasing campalgi
emblems now ; wo lenVo that to the clubs. '
A MUSEUM.
The room occupied by Colonel Storms Is
COR.irJLIUS N. BLISS. GENERAL CLAYTON.
MARK HANNA. SECRETARY OSBORNE.
of a big corporation more than anything
else. There Is nothing of the atmosphere of
Intense excitement that characterizes the
nominating convention1'or the high strung
enthusiasm of the political meeting. There
Is less noise and more business. Only when
the work of the day is well under way ,
when the managers are at their desks , and
the long procession of visitors begins to
arrive , is added the clement of picturesque
that makes the scene full of Interest.
BEGINNING OPERATIONS.
The day begins early at the political head
quarters. Hy eight o'clock the rooms are
cpcn , the attendants are on post , and the
clerks and assistants have begun to arrive.
Half an hour later the heads of the vari
ous departments begin to come in. The
first arrival Is a solidly built man who wears
a blue suit and n somewhat battered straw
hat. His gray beard Is closely trimmed
and his blue eyes have a pleasant look In
them as he speaks to his assistants. He
Is deliberate , oven slow , of. motion , but
when ho situ down at his desk this air of
deliberation disappears and he goes rapidly
through the work before him. For half an
hour the two assistants have been sorting
over a hugh pile of mall that covers a table
at one end of the room and now they place
a big stack of letters before the gray-bearded
man , who sits down at the desk and pitches
Into the work without stopping to take off
his hat. lie Is General Osborne , the secre
tary of the national committee and the man
who , after the chairman. Is dik-fly responsi
ble for the conduct of its affairs. From
500 to 800 letters are received and answered
every day at the headquarters and the ma
jority of these come directly to the atten
tion of General Osborne. He decides
whether the appeal of the county or state
committee In OHhkoah shall ho submitted
to the executive committee or politely re-
the museum of the headquarters. It is filled
with specimens of n | | kinds of campaign
devices left there by th'eso .visitors. The
elephant referred to above Is the latest addi
tion to the collection. He stands proudly on
the top of a desk with a tuft of rod , white
and biuo feathers sticking from his trunk
and looking like an animated feather duster.
On the walls are hung a great number of
pictures of .McKlnley and Hobart , In which
they are represented as belonging to every
nationality from Scandinavian to Hottentot.
The most Interesting of these alleged portraits
traits are a couple In which the noble fea
tures of the republican candidates arc
stamped upon American tin. Against the wall
stands a huge oil painting of Major McKInley -
loy which Is a wonder In its way. The candi
date Is pictured standing In the attitude
affected by cigar store Indians and others of
that Ilk. Ills right arm outstretched sup
ports the American standard , the folds of
which float gracefully behind him. On the
other sldo of Mr. McKlnley Is a curious
looking bird , which strongly resembles the
molting crow , but which Is in reality In
tended to represent the great American
eagle. These arc but a few of the exhibits
which Include campaign buttons , badges and
emblems In the greatest variety.
A few doors down the hall Is the room
whcro the campaign orators congregate ;
this Is the headquarters of General Powell
Clayton of Arkansas , who has charge of UK ,
bureau of tlio speakers. General Clayton
comes from a hot state , but tliero Is noth
ing sluggish about his methods of doing
business , and ho puts in longer hours than
anybody clbe about the headquarters. He
orrpules a very trying position , for the
natural eagerness of each state committee
to secure tlio most brilliant orators makes
the assignment of speakers a ill III cult task ,
and he Is overrun with applicants who want
to expound republican doctrines at the expense
penseof the committee. Of late tliero has
been a great influx of boy orators. The lat-
' st applicant was an 11-year-old , whoso
parents had brought him from a small vil
lage up the Hudson to display his poworn.
"This Is " said the father. "
my son , . "He
A TALKING WONDER.
can glvo Ilryan cards and spades and heal
him on the stump. "
"He's n regular wonder , " broke in the
mother. "You should hoar him speak 'Kos-
czlosko. ' Henry , speak 'Koscilosko' tor the
gentleman. "
Henry began in a shrill , piping voice
that would Jiavo been us effective as a
puiuy whistle in addressing apolitical meet
ing. The general controlled his emotion ns
wall as ho could , and explained that It
wouldn't bo giving the opposition candidate
a fair show to pit such oratorical ability as
Henry's nenlnst him.
Next door to General Claytnn Is the room
of National Commlttconian ficott of West
Virginia , who represents the committee in
its relations with the state and other sub
committees. Politicians of inorti or lesa
note from every part of the union are to
hn found here , talking over tlio
progress of the campalftn In thnlr
own sections , and the room Is Iho HceVd
of almost rnnslnnt consultation. It Is In
fact the anti-room to the quarters of the
chairman. This Is thy corner room , the
largest and pleusantcst of all , and suggests
Itself as the keystone- the series. It Is
occupied only by Mr. Ilannn and Mr. Hobart ,
the candidate for viceprcbMimt , who takes
an active part In the wanaijnmcnt of the
campaign and is In almost dally attendance
at the headquarters. Thin room Is the goal
of almost every caller at the headquarters.
They all want to sen Mr. Hanna , but very
few of them really get to bee him. They are
carefully sifted as they pass along the line
nnd a colored man stands at the door of the
corner room to guard against Intrusion. Even
with this careIho occupant of the joom is
kept busy receiving single callers or visiting
delegations.
delegations.WHEN
WHEN HANNA COMES.
When Mr. Hanna IH in New York ho us
ually spends his mornings In receiving cal
lers at the Hotel Waldorf and arrives at the
headquarters about noon. There arc always
several men awaiting him and his anlval
causes n i > niall buzz of excitement. There
uro whispers of "That's him , " "See , that's '
Hanna , " as the great man maid's his way
through Iho walling throng , pausing only
to speak to those ulth whom ho la ac
quainted.- goes at once to his own room
.qji.d as soon as liu Is settled behind the heavy
oak ilei.lt In the heavy opk Jialr which ho
easily fills , ho Is toady ( Of business Mr.
Manna's manner In dc-allng\Ylth the quts-
tloiib that como before Iilt/i / for dt-ciidou
Is sharp nnd dpclslve , but always pleasant
Ho kccpfi lilmtclt In a cheerful frame of
mind , and though not * . hujnornus man , ho
can appreciate- good joke nnd frwjuently
gets oil a wlltlrlim of bit * own. It Is thv
politician' biibtneus to smile , but Mr.
Datum's smile * seem to coma from Inherent
good nature. What chiefly Impresses onu
about the man who controls the political sit
uation today so far as the republican party
Is concerned , Is the fact that he Is at alt
times master of the situation. The some
what heavy Jnw and Iho firm lines of tho.
mouth tell of the love of power and the nbll-
Ity to wield It. This Is Indeed the key
note of Mr. Hanna's character ! ho Is master ,
ful. He tr a unique figure In contemporary
politics and would be Impossibleoutside of
America.
With the arrival of the chairman the busi
ness of the day Is lu full swing. In n sulto
of three rooms , not far from Mr. Hnnna's ,
the national treasurer , Mr. Cornelius N.
Ullss. Is onconced. The management of-
the financial end of the national campaign
Is far from being Us least Important part.
To the minds of many politicians It over
shadows nil others. Hut the work of tho-
treasurer Is done very quietly. His consulta
tions arc usually held with men who talk
\ery little , but very much to the point , or
with the chairman himself. The manage
ment of the- campaign finances lies almost
entirely with these two men , and llttlo Is
known about them to anybody else.
As the afternoon wears on the executive-
committee Is called Into session In a small
room adjoining that of the chairman , There
the whole political situation Is discussed AS
It develops from day to day. nnd the commit
tee's plan of action Is outlined. They form
an Impiesslve group , thiso men , ns they
gather about the table tn discuss the meas
ures that may mean so much to their party
and to the country , but In appearance they
me business men rather than typical poli
ticians. They might bo the directors of a
great railway with Ilobart , sitting one side ,
saying little , but listening with keen Inter
est to everything that goes on , for their
counsel.
CLOSING OF A DAY.
With the conclusion of the meeting of tlio
executive committee the work of the day
begins to draw toward Its close. Letters
are sent out , decisions on points that wcro
In abeyance are announced and the various
departments prepare for the close of busi
ness. Hut there Is ono department in
which Iho activity never lags from the be
ginning to the close of the day. That Is
the publication bureau. H Is In chnrgo ot
Guthrldge , a former Washington correspond
ent , and Is a branch of the main publication
bureau which Is located In Chicago , and la
In charge of Colonel Heiith. From thcso
publication bureaus campaign literature Is
sent out by the ton , wlillo fresh pamphlets.
Intended to convince the voter , are all the
tlmo In preparation. From here the "cam
paign of education" Is carried nn , and It Is
nn unusually Important department this
year.
"It ! s almost Incredible'said
, Mr. Guth-
itdgc , "the demand for campaign literature.
We hnvc been utterly unable to meet It thus
far. Already forty different pamphlets , most
ot them dealing with the money question ,
have been prepared and 30.000,000 copies ot
thum are to bo printed. From present Indi
cations that won't be a bit too much. "
There Is no regular closing hour at the
republican headquarters. With the coming
of G o'clock most of the visitors depart ; ono
by ono the hands of the various departments
and their numerous assistants follow. Finally
two colored men come down bearing between
them a largo sack filled v. llh the mall which
has accumulated during the day. The loiters
ters go forth all over the lend bearing the
Cold orders of the commanders to the great
army that Is at work In every part of the
country for the success of their parties'
? r.usc.
The two colored men are the lost to leave ) j
the building except one. The elevator man * '
who runs the special lift retained for the
service of the republican managers waits
In Impatience and finally locks the elevator
shaft ' and goes home. Still the man upstairs
In 'tho corner room sits alone In his heavy
oak chair behind the heavy oak desk , think
ing , possibly , of tjio splendid structure ho
has built tip , looking perhaps Into the fu-
tuie. perhaps Into the past , but btlll sitting
there while Iho twinkling lights como out
along the streets nnd the great city under
goes Its nightly transformation from a work
shop to a play ground. At last ho rises , puts
on his hnt nnd walks slowly down the stairs
the last to leave the building.
_ _ _ _ B. W. MAYO.
sir A.M ) .mi. k
TV. T. Lnrncil In New York Sun.
Me nn1 Jim Jen' kinder ngrco ;
I stick by him nn' he sticks by me.
Never wns much thet I csuld do.
Hut Homehow 'r other be sex me through. .
Never did talk mlieli , nfore or sencc , , /
'Hout It , but there's u coincidence ,
Somehow 'r other cnn't Jc-j' mnko out-
Tlmt brlngH him 'roun' ' when there's trouble
about.
SLots /
Lots o1 others thet like nm , too ,
Hard to say what they wouldn't do ;
Hnrd to say whnt they wouldn't shnrt
When there WUH plenty uncl some to Hpnre.
But , somehow 'r other , when you're barfy
Seems' they don't happen to hear of It. '
An' there wns n woman once , nn' she
Kinder believed that she kcercd for me ;
'Lowed thet she loved me b coz we'd ben
Coin1 together uo loim ; Lut when
PlanH worn n'mnkln' to KO through life
Settled nn' cany as man u.V wllu ,
Suddenly foiin' thet sbo'd rather go
'Long with another she didn't Know.
So , It set mo to Htmlyln' : Love is mennt
Kor thum us don't meet with no accident )
Or mebbo thorn n ken rlcV : nn' choose
In the crowd whcro thcj'vo t'ot no frlenuj
to lose.
While the feelln' n rnnn linn for n man
Don't fool Itself with u bettor plan ,
Or come to grief through n Ihlnkln * spell *
Thet we're too much aillco to mateh right
well.
4/
An1 thet's the ronson thet I purpose
To tic to Jim to tbo very clone.
Fact o' the rnnttcr , wo're fond o' him ,
'Coz you know you can always count ov
Jlrn. '
There nro at present thirteen Unltarlam
churches in Iowa , as against seven four
years ago ,
The African Methodist Episcopal church
requires every preacher In the annual con-
Terence to subscribe and pay for a cliurcJ *
[ mprr befon his character can be passed ,
On a recent Sunday In a church In Dublin
Ihe choir was startled during the singing of
: lie psalm by the appearance of the organ
blower's ficad. who shouted out ; "Sing lllto
ja/cs | ; the bellows Is butted ! "
liev. Mr. Adarhl , a Japanese student la
VandoiblR university , preached In Memphis ,
renn. , last Sunday. Ills command of English
s gnod and hn held the eloko attention of a
argo congregation In ono of the leading
Methodist churches.
The Missionary HaptUt Church association ,
of southern and western Kentucky at Dan
ville lost v.'cclt passed resolutions coiiileinna-
ory of Dr. Whltectt of Louisville , declaring
hat ho "was guilty of heresy In stating and
icllovlng that for some years Immersion ,
vas a lost art In Knt'lnnd. "
All the land on which ancient Babylon
once stood , where the Jews wcro held In
exile , whcro Daniel was cast Into the lions'
Icn nd the "Hebrew children"
> were- cast
ute ( ho fiery furnace , has lately como by
mrcbaso Into the hands of two Hebrews ,
vhlch leads the Presbyterian Review to com
ment upon the wonderful pemlstrnco of tlio
lewlEU race , which has outlived Us con
querors nnd oppretsura of theuges past.
A clergyman named Robertson of Qlas-
; ow , Scotland , is mippblng the pulpit ot
'remont temple , liottou , during l > r , Lorl-
mer's absence , A Dontnii paper quotes him
as expressing some nil her extraordinary
leuu , Unitarians , ho Is represented a
ylue , are outside the pain of Christianity
ml would not be tolerated In Scotland , Ha
opposed to the Institutional church and
egards U as evldcn"e that Christianity la
tip Tutted States has KOIIO to seed. Ha
hlnkn that the time U rot far distant when
ho star * nnd strlpa will bo greeted wltU
bUsc * and dcrjsloa lit the strtcuU ot Boston.
