. Review of reviews and world's work. as eager as the otherto stand in with the protected interests. predicts that the Democrats this yearwill have a larger campaign fund than the Re- publicans. The methods of Mr. Bryan havebeen discarded for those of Samuel J. Mr. Wellman puts it. it is the HudsonRiver school of politics that now controls theDemocracy rather than the school of the RiverPlatte. This means that the Democratic man-agers of this year intend to engage the enemywith their own weapons ; to fight fire with fire ;to have thorough organization and rigid dis-cipline
. Review of reviews and world's work. as eager as the otherto stand in with the protected interests. predicts that the Democrats this yearwill have a larger campaign fund than the Re- publicans. The methods of Mr. Bryan havebeen discarded for those of Samuel J. Mr. Wellman puts it. it is the HudsonRiver school of politics that now controls theDemocracy rather than the school of the RiverPlatte. This means that the Democratic man-agers of this year intend to engage the enemywith their own weapons ; to fight fire with fire ;to have thorough organization and rigid dis-cipline ; to go in for practical politics insteadof trusting to sentiment, high-sounding rhetoric,and eloquent speeches. This seems to be thecommonly accepted view of the situation. AUGUST BELMONT, FINANCIER AND POLITICIAN. ONE of the prominent figures in this yearsPresidential campaign is a man who longago achieved distinction in lines of effort thathad little relation to practical politics. AugustBelmont has been known successively as the. Copyright, 1904, by Pach N. Y. MR. AUGCST BELMONT. heir to his fathers business interests ; as thechampion polo-player of the United States ; asa leader in American sports and in society ;as one of the most aggressive of Wall Streetsfinanciers ; as the builder of the New York sub-way, and, finally, as one of the quartet of poli-ticians to whom is accredited the nomination ofJudge Parker for the Presidency. In a two-page sketch of this interesting per-sonality, contributed to the September numberof Leslies Monthly, Mr. Frederick T. Birchall re-minds us that the house of Belmont is by nomeans new in our national politics. It is re-called that August Belmont, founder of thefamous banking-house which, for many years,has represented the Rothschild interests in thiscountry, was a friend of Samuel J. Tilden. andchairman of the National Democratic Committee,as well as minister to The Hague. His secondson, and namesake, aspires to the character
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