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Show Ml RED BUT II CAMPAIGN H Republicans Are Now 1 Planning. 2- v4 Will Start Ball Rolling About J i August 1 and Keep I; It Moving. ' D I' Greatest Political Orators in Party B Enlisted, nnd Every Stump to ' I - Bo Covered. j j fprtJal to The Tribune. -Jf rtASHINGTON, July 3. Within j illl Vl sS the next ten days the most F powerful Republican membera fl'j of Congress will-call on Fresl- 1 i d-nt Roosevelt and discuss with him A jjj general plans for the success of I K ti Republican ticket, "fl !l Tbe younger members of the National VjI if rtinmlttec, Judging by a telegram re-B re-B il cfived rom Chicago toaa'. believe not f caly In an early and aggressive enm-I enm-I psIgTi. but in one that will keep the 'I ptmocrats busy in holding States like I 1 Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Utah, " chlch were won by Bryan against I - McKlnley four years ago It is 1 ' also proposed to hold Deleware ' I ' ind Maryland in the Republican cloc- loral column and to pay particular tvt-''I tvt-''I lentlon to "West Virginia. New York, I Yerscj, Connecticut, Indiana and I .j Illinois are not regarded as debatable f 1 1 States by the beat Informed men who 5 'I.J hive talked with the President and I j Secretary Shaw in the last six weeks, I It but for the purposes of the campaign l J Mr. Cortelyou and his Immediate as- i I-JJ joclates will regard them as doubtful j States, and every voter at all Interested ii In the success of the Republican party jj or in the defeat of the Democratic ! party as now organized will be reached either by campaign speakers or by llt-H llt-H crature. New Men in Command, j The campaign will not be very old j tefore voters will observe that Henry J C Payne of Wisconsin, Nathan B. Scott j of Weal Virginia, Powell Clayton of j Arkansas, John W. Yerges of Ken-fc Ken-fc ' tQikynd Louis E. McComas of Mnry- , land will have little to do in directing the policy of the party or in bringing R-' forward the main issues on which tho j l- battle will be fought at the polls. All I ' ? the old Ilanna men will, by the force IH of circumstances, go into the back- j; p-ound, and In their places will be ft members of the National committee i f who believe In appealing directly to .1 Americans on Issues that Interest the i 1 voters, and In making pledges to the Ii Sectors that everything promised in the J national platform will be carried out 3 by a fearless President. 1 The active men In directing' the cam-i cam-i palgn will be George B. Cortelyou, "W. A Murray Crane bf Massachusetts. Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania. William L. P "Ward of New York, Frank O. Lowden ,1 of Illinois, Myron T. Herrlck of Ohio, 3 and Harry S. New of Indiana. They ,i will be the smallest and youngest group j . of men, taken as a whole, that ever dl- , reeled a campaign for a great party, ; but they are not only In sympathy with ; the President and his Cabinet, as well i as the platform adopted In Chicago, but ere enthusiastic in their belief that tho , confidence of the voters Is to be won by J keeping In the straight path that knows II no dalliance with corporations or with j any persons interested in the sale of ! I law or the twisting of legislation for I v . one man as against another. They have Implicit belief that the voters will Ii i look their way, and they propose to ;j conduct a clean campaign and have what they represent presented by the ablest speakers now in public life. A Great Campaign. At no time, perhaps, has the Repub- llcan party been so fortunate In hav- lng men to define the Issues who are sot only good upcakers but have the ill., confidence of Americans generally. IV', Senator Knox of Pennsylvania will be one of the mo3t active campaigners. J . Ellhu B. Root has offered his services J from the first of September, and the . famous Secretary of War undoubtedly , will prove a great figure In the cam- ipalgn in his swing through Indiana, II-' II-' Hnols and Wisconsin. Former Gover-, Gover-, nor Fran!-: S. Black will be heard in , ' Xew York, Indiana, Wisconsin and Tlli-; Tlli-; , nols, ! It Is recognized that no man Is a noro convincing- speaker than Leslie B. Shew, Secretary of the Treasury. Ills , ( services were offered to Mr. Cortelyou yesterday and promptly accepted. Republicans Re-publicans and Democrats alike want to j near the homely wisdom of Speaker J1 Cannon. These men in themselves would be sufficient to keep at hlgh-jvater hlgh-jvater mark a great political campaign, out they will have as usslstnnts George . A. Knight of California, Senator Fora--1 otT of 0n,. Senator Dolllver of Iowa, t- Senator Beverldge of Indiana, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. Gov. Herrlck ti I , of Ohio, Gov. Odell of New York, -'J Cliauncey M. Depew, Gov. Cummins I of Iowa, Gov La Follette of Wisconsin, J- Seth Low of New York, Gov. Yates of V Illinois and Senator" Spooner of Wln- , I cousin. These men are enlisted actively !j : for the campaign, and it is freely pre-P pre-P ( dieted here by those who know the pro-Kramme pro-Kramme that the Democrats, no matter U I who may be their candidate, will be $ kept on the defensive from the begln-j begln-j f n'ntr to the end. |