| Show i i N 1 9 oles o IY f as asS 1 l i li 1 l j 1 v iII I Hii I S N s i i r l t lh 1 1 1 17 i 7 L I if 1 I i Ten 1110 Iri au Ii 11 ho I J 1 I it itu u I 1 t 1 ia 1111 I or i AT LJ 1 L R J i I r ril i w i I t il I It ItI I iii l I l J I I f I II J i I 5 tt 1 1 11 t 1 1 1 11 5 k j SPELLBINDERS I If rr f r M I I t I i j t t 1 1110 i J 0 1 NI I t 1 l t I I i lil L I l g w b NF of the mot mat Important features 1 0 or of a pr especially a campaign Is the Iho speak peak speakIng I Ing The people b by thousands to enjoy enJo the spell cut over them by thedy the I dy eloquent expounders of their favorite d and the men mot most attractive II IId rk theo the candidates to the voters r are the orators orator ot of the Thos the these or of the th platform wear r an n air Ir ot of self sufficiency and for tor forthe the time being seem Im to carry carrr the rp re tor the welfare lit at the Ibe lIa a tr Ion upon their Individual shoulders they tiler are re but parts part of 01 a groat cat machIne that has baa It Its spirit and nt lu its method of operating It wu vu tor Cor the of learning something bout about r low hoW th this branch of the work of a treat t I campaign campal wu carried on that I visited the national headquarters or of the two treat t parties and asked aked for audiences t with the chairmen of their respective speaker bureaus bureau Mn Men do not jump Jum up of their tern own toO so ion and asing a party la label l ro go upon r the busting u the prophets of the i party or of their choice Nor are they ee or accepted u as a matter malter of cou course When they present prent themselves as a can for tor the wreath th of 01 the spellbind r es 81 A speakers bUu is III a business 1 The Th man at Il Its head must bt be aE a 11 leader Iter and director by nature if J ht he II to te mace makl a success of hI work II ile ilen n must be able ble t to between the orator the talker and the should know how to dispose of the ther r speaking Urn or of the representatives of several claun home men will i o elicit unbounded and ami win will I COrt III ht communities and under dr clr where others win will bp be wet I and send everybody home from trow a meeting disgusted The Th capa of a chairman 0 of speakers and the ot of his hll management are aret t measured b by these tests HoW flow dos doe he know knowl Well Nell In the first pla place he knows know or soon lOOn learns what hat each Moh speaker did In the previous E kind of talks talk he mil milInd made F and Ind how he wu u received Then by thea the f use UN of hi his nAtural ability to else Ille men I IIII n a up III h he II 11 able to clap classify them This Thill I I Is recorded ed on the books I of Ctt the and hI he I le enabled by reference to his hi rt records Ird to see lee a at t a all II thus the oratorical history ot of an any one onet t of h hie men With a tle new man mall one who I la entering for tor the Ant time upon th the career of a spellbinder he must adopt one olle or both bolh of at two plans II Fie must RC ne i cent the opinion or of some IOme mutual as ac or le he must mut try tIe the new reo re upon seine safe platform where Jw he will do little dam damage It If lie be lant up UI to toIl th Il the soothsayers listed tine tIle next I to thern et t work un best it With i dt the he belt cond condition With the na nat t l bureau one of the Hie lint thin things F after and the listing or of the 1 U to Inform the stale tBt commit committee tee as to the personnel or of the Iho speaking corps and request their desires u to tonice the services nice of their respective favor tavor E j It Its during the campaign The mot most part or of the work com comes When hi he I Is compelled to d decide ld 1 b the claims claim of 01 several states JJ specially U It one or more of them be what Is II called for the services t y ot of some IOme tar star speaker Again certain 1 men lIn may be counted a as particularly t string speakers for certain localities because or of or other olber reasons uon and hers her tle chairmen charman must mut be judicious amt discreet It I is true the chairman of the bureau buu of speakers hu has the hens bene benent c nt ot of counseling with the chairman and other members s of 01 the national m but In the Anal analysis after the campaign n is III over he h has to toland land the brunt of all blunders In his hll I le sometime held for mote than his hll share harp ot of Ih the defeat But ButI Butin In the Rte event of victory Well I know the Ule gentlemen In charge of the Ibe Demo critic and bureau this i I r are too loo modest to 10 lay la claim to 21 t IDO titan their tte t lair fair Iha share re or of credit I IThe The Republican national committee J 1 has two speaker bureaus this year ear one In Chicago and one OOl In New York q Henry C a prominent law w 1 yer er or of 0 Is ut met th the head of oft ofa t a vv M d Ills especial diversion duro dur lug Ih the hu y III II of the Ihl has hati oen round found In III the cartoons In which h he was 11 the central figure printed by the op opp press The morning I called he wu marking markin one of 01 then caricatures tures and rolling the part papers up to send letI FIFTEEN OF THE CLEVER WHO ARE IN TIrE THE CAMPAIGN H 1 J Ut r T I I f y rr sr r iAP M ly I I e t tr r a j r YAN YANa a 15 1 r 0 6 N I ft p t raw r OPPE r r r 1 tL f ff 1 f t 1 j c f J Jf tr 4 t a 2 ui 1 1 HOMER r 94 t tN N Y N Y JOURNAL t p r g to friends la In part or of the country With Senator u as assistant is II IL II Wilson ot of meson City Ma o Mr r Wilson I ii as al long as senator Scott I Is thick and nd le I se H serious rious lOll and solemn In demeanor At AI th the head or of the Democratic na l speakers bureau is II lion Daniel of Ohio and Washington lien Is a gentleman who can ean tell whether R a man can make a good speech and where hI he will but lit in by simply limply looking at the shape of his hll head had II 11 Is II goal humor personified but the man who expects expect to 10 palm oft off time the remarks of Marc Antony at the bier of Cear A as n II speech suitable ulta ble for Cor the campaign of 1900 should apply allI elsewhere than to the lion DanIel McConville for tor a job Time The astern end of the Democratic bureau la II b by Stone ot of who I Is vice chairman of the national committee and I ls also some somewhat what of n a spellbinder himself and Ilon Joseph D On or of Tennessee chairman of the Democratic committee Both Mr Stone and Congressman do consider considerable able speaking especially at meetings In inthe the la larger r cities or of course courll it was WAI out of the question to get either of the bureau bUNau chiefs to say lay who was their ther star Itar orator In this I campaign A As a matter of tact fact It would be If pot not to get a decided opinion O on this point from the the national candi candidates dates of cour course e from the contest But ButIn ButIn In each Instance J I learned halt half haltI dOH or m mare re of the w were I most moet to tn demand I Pa Governor Roosevelt the most Ire culled for tor ar are S I Foraker Frye ry Lodge land and Wolcott Sec Secretary of War Rout though h lie hM ham Iw been n too ill III to do much campaigning Postmaster Smith General I j Daniel F Sickles and General Stewart I to Spain Tc I this hiM lIt list of stars might be added hun bun of names or of men less but a as one or of the chairmen said eaM to III me many or of th them m probably lust Just u rood good and Ind fruitful Amon tbt these are aru lion Hun C G E of Maine aille IfOn i D U B J I 1 Dolliver and uli Victor II If D ot of Iowa Winter I Miller and Frank of New York O 0 F Williams to and John Harrell Barrett ex to stam atam Colonel J Hop hogs and John Jehn S WI Wise ot of Virginia resident ot of Cornell college Senators Fairbanks tr aw awI and Beveridge of Indiana Curtis Curti Jr Boston and Senators Burroughs I Spooner Do vii Charles and 1114 The Republican bureau al also hat has A I let tet of experienced nl negro speakers kera on Ils hP J yI ry 1 U ft f I t f l 4 el I x t r r rw t 4 U t 4 r a ar lisle The They are Congressman George II 11 White of North Carolina l 1 B S of Louisiana Charles ChAri Anderson of New el York Yore John C Dancy of North Carolina I After th the standard bearer of the every tery good Demo Democrat Democrat crat believes I Is without a peer on the most orators or of that party this year ore are David H D Hili Charles Charle A Towne Davie John p W Cochran John J Lentz nod SInator Wellington There are ar hundreds hundred of others from ey es cry state and territory who are but lit T L rr I 1 1 i L t lYk ti r I r 4 t r K 14 t t k a p pp p r 1 i tea teai i 1 rr alt altA A 1 O n O n I Ni J r law I I Ih Iu by SENATOR SCOTT HON DANIEL fANIEL directs 1 I tt pt Who has hUll or of l J the Chicago bureau He is I a veteran In inc c i D work amid aud hat has been n connect t III ad with the bureau or of which he is III now t t the western head thI three national ru Amater N P II Noet tt of West Virginia Ilea of th the eastern bureau with 1 V n In New York f 7 is II all an even enD tempered l long In headed tie If leu prominent as al expounders of tie the doctrines of Jefferson and Jc Jackson than the galaxy of stare already mention mentioned ed Amo Among th times are George Fred Wll 1111 llama and I P A Collins Collin ot of sets etl A P Gorman ot of Maryland aryland wn fl liam lam J Slone and lid lion A M Dockery ot TOIl JO lOn Hon JamPI roN N and nd Maor JOh of Ohio and an jj B I o Shively of It In Indiana diana JIa nu Senator ICI ot of Virginia May Mayor ur or II If ot of Cht Chicago Sell Sen alor M AI Teller r of Colorado Sen Senator ator White Whit or of California Johnson Cam CaIn dell deri ot of prat F lat al altson of Luther F Mc McKinney Ic Kinney of 01 Maine alne Augustus Thomas and William Sulzer of Nw New York and andl Dr l r I L W tn ot of A number ol of well n women are also adding tn t the public speaking end or of the campaign And nd the Dame J emo u also IIO have their or of negro or store Ifill hai iT Bishop J Milton Turner minister to LIberia under resident rant rantA A question that often arisen 11 In the mind ut the lay citizen I is that of the stumpers remuneration Then I is considerable misunderstanding among the people on this I point The Th facts are aret t that lt raw of U the speakers Art are paid more mort mortIll Ill n expenses do not Mt uk or expect more mar and in Inan many eases the they pay par their oWn fare and hotel bills billa The latter I is generally the rule In the ot holder of at n a pout Some speakers are It Itis is III e but these thele are generally the fellows who address ward and meetings It takes mont tP II a speakers bureau but front tron what hat goes to I lay the mentioned the greater reater Phi 10 i Ut 8 In work and fn tt hall rent fares lAnd and andI I ke JOSEPH H t BUCHANIN |
