ABSTRACT
The candidates, on behalf of whom the election campaign is conducted, of course have their place marked on the list of orators, which, however, is not the most important one; they are lost in the crowd of speakers who have to fight for the ticket. Especially at the general elections of the presidential year, when all the notabilities of the party descend into the arena, Senators of the United States, State Governors, or even ex-Presidents of the Republic. Election campaign meetings are attended almost exclusively by the faithful followers of the party; not only have the adherents of the opposite party but even the "doubtful" electors kept away from them. As in the case of the other methods of electoral propaganda, the distribution of "documents" occurs only during the presidential campaign; and it is only by way of exception that it takes place on the occasion of other election campaigns.
