Word: stump
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...registered themselves as Republicans, 203 became members of the Harvard Republican Club. A thorough tabulation of the cards showed the following results: of age, 200; under age, 130; not voting on account of expense and lack of legal residence, 43; refusing to do campaign work, 168; willing to "stump," 29; willing to work at the polls and canvass votes, 148. These statistics will be forwarded to the National Republican College League, where they will be used as a basis of distributing campaign work. All Republicans who neglected to register yesterday, should do so immediately either at Leavitt & Peirce...
...young lawyer is most apt to disregard is the importance of knowing his opponent's side of the case with the same thoroughness as his own. Clearness, simplicity of language and conciseness are invaluable qualities in public speaking. The last-named in particular is an indispensable asset in stump speaking. A good rule is to have something to say, say it briefly, and sit down...
...personal anecdotes Mr. Guild went on to illustrate the main defects of a "stump" speaker, showing what trivial details may spoil the most finished address; as, for instance, the effect of a tactless introduction or the sensation caused over a brass band. In closing be related several interesting experiences of his campaign tour with Roosevelt through the western states...
...second and scarcely less important aim is to secure and put to the most effective use a body of active workers. The friends of good government need stump speakers; they need workers under the district leaders; they need watchers for the polls. In all these branches of service the college graduates gave valuable help in the successful campaign of 1901. But they lacked the organization which should direct the energies of each into the most effective channel...