New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-31
The REPUBLiCAN C4MPAIGY.
TIE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

TIE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
AMOUNT OF WORK DONE AT THE REPUBLICAN
HEADoUARTERs-THE CALLERS, TEE MAIL-BiGs,
AND THE DOCUMENT RooMs-SoU1HERN INso-
LENCE.
Few of the thousands who visit the National Re-
publican Headquarters and stay only short time
in its quiet have any idea of the large amount
of work that is actually performed there. Tho vis-
itors themselves consume great deal OF the time of
Ex-Governor Jewell and Colonel Hooker and after
seeing one of these gentlemen lelsurely chatting
first with one visitor and then with another, one can
scarcely believe that they are busying their heads
as to the best plan TO ecOnomize time. Ex-Gov-
ernOr Jewell especially has a very pleasant genial
manner with visitor but lie also possesses the art
of choking of " a caller at the earliest possible
moment without giving the slightest offence. As
the visitors number from one to five hundred day.
most of them calling upon what they believe TO be
business of the greatest importance to the success
of the Republican canvass, such a gift as that of
ex Governor JewelPs is invaluable.
In addition an enormous daily mail has TO be at
tended TO- This contains the current copy of every
Republican paper published in the country. and
these are referred to Mr. Smith, who has charge of
the document room. He looks them through and
when journal contains anything especially valua-
bic to the party, special edition OF II Is ordered
for canvass purposes Inc letters average rom pm
the chairman and assistant secretary, and the re-
niles are dictated 10 stenographers. The letters are
then folded and ed. and "a docket Is kept OF them
so that any may be Instantly referred 10.
clerk is employed for this special DUTY linen there
is tine document room i'll the basement under the
care of Mr.. Smith, 1t has the appearance oil large
nnhhshiuQ house, and there many publishing
firms that would be pleased 10 send out as much
literature is daily delivered from these rooms he
amount sent by mail each day averages one ton.
These are packages of assorted campaign dOcu-
ments costing from 10 TO 20 cents
each, for POSTAGE N9' sInge H uocuiaen' ,l %. OF
nublIcans from the adjacent districts who call at
headquarters and carry away packages OF docu-
ments with them, and large quantities are also schU
ant nv EXPRESS All the express companies wagons
drive up two OF three times day. and often carry
heavy loads The documents are printed III Eng
lish French and German, and recently some nave
Leen translated into the Scandinavian tongue Tor
nae among Uhe settlers OF that nation IN Wisconsin
and Minnesota. Altogether nearly TWO Tons OF
nr nted matter sent from headquarters every
day except Sunday, when MI Smith ana BIS TWO
assoc lates take Il lesJ. ., .,
Amonp the correspondence yesterday was The fol-
loving letter from D. NJ. Hammond an attorney of
Fernandina Fla, in regard to the impertncnt
manner III which Southerners treat the Unlon nag,
and the expectation which they entertain ABOUT
being paid for their slaves;
us rot generally known. and seldom see any mon
,ion of IT, there fixed aud growing impression
among the late Shareholders tnat the eleo1oh OF
namocratic President Is sure TO be followed by meas
ures looking the reimbursement OF an wno os' ner
save- property by tue enancipaton ooin eioie aso
anne lady from the vicinity " Gainesyile region
sl2vehelders nOurisneu before the war; was
vis,tng lady friend IN this CITY Inc CONVERSATION
sItna nolitica :urn The young lady quite innocentY
ssrred her friend ali expect 10 get phd Ior
ayery one OF nizgers set free By the akees wnn
Tsncock ia elected" she went on To tell what earnest
i1n among rubbish l0r records contain
80 the name and age or tue slaves o"heu
he each planter this expectation had gwen rlse
y, Where the records lost suppleInenafy tNl-
wss obtained. she said from thoss who had been
and neighnOrs In days gone Dy Ihere 10 uoC
~ doubt that ruch expectations ana purposes are
t ssated in the minds OF the wealthy casses ana
p.sdily pervade all classes who held slaves here In
rrata "A
tnc emauc of his saves was not an outrage
on rights OF properly wao NOT COMMIT thsnse YES
ANYTHING out where got an opinion IL was
\ uniformly as that above Al. ,o..,.~ -, .no
IL 70 c"ntbern men by a.certsning how many OF the
ya.,y companics ut the South armed Win the Cntru
S,aies arms, and having the ~ ~aeoouaemeh's @ n,r
n,shed them by the United ota'es uo'ereu., uary
Cr .re cases here the members nave cut away tnc
i,a marked U. g. A." and have sup Dsttueu soins olu
PsboI of their los: cause marked u D a nane
here Of infantry anu one " W W ill.,
lNo oX ned used OF carried nag. lnef
~ .on,e Northern and forelguers 70 DoiIVN .e
Cns,om House fAgs ornament tne sa o ,e,,e ~ Vv
casions but nobody has et See nars, tht thew Shall
~ ainoed when they are used, whsre sv'nsln popse
DO pnat Compelled TO walk under them. I Know thess
are little things, but strws sno" r.ht to snow The
hasa especially II he Is IN danger VI Fotius iof 'e
| nsmccratc candidate for President
| Tbsr, ia book kept at the rooms OF the Commit
- sr visitors to register their names, Dui conpaf-
seS a,;yeiy Jew take the trouble. Among the NAMES
a;stsred Yesterday were III. A. wilson, AIaga ia
Philip s. Goodwin, CincinnaSa m-Worb. baeS sann-
sios' srs and Robert Harlan Cincinnati 3tephen
ders nn anu WvominQ: Barney A. FiegeL New-Jersey;