The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-19
BEGINNING THE CAMPAIGN
The Printing Presses Sending Letters.

New YORK, Aug. $3.50 far this
has been paper-and-ink campaign
The Republican printing presses
have been pitted against the Demo
cratic printing presses and they both
have been pouring out documents by
the hundred thousand. The Demo
cratic committee have had printed
over three million documents and the
Republican committee have ordered
as many, although the Democrats
are the first in the field. The chief
Democratic documents are the presi-
dents tariff reform message, the plat
form and the speeches of speaker
Carlisle and congressman Mills and
Scott on the tariff. They have no
cartoons yet. The Republicans have
printed stacks of cartoons and cards,
with extracts from London papers on
them, and pictures of John Bull and
president Cleveland taking a stroll
together. The Republican committee
is not paying for the printing of the
document itself. The tariff league,
with offices in New. York, and the
home market club, with offices in
Boston, pay for the printing and turn
the documents over to the committee
to be distributed. All the docu-
ments' so far, are on the tariff.
These two organizations, the tariff
league and the home market club, are
different from ordinary political
clubs. The tariff league has for its
object the raising of an annual fund
of 100000 or more for the salvation
of the protective system. Each man
who joins the league pledges himself
to contribute 500 annually to the
league. The number of subscribers
is already over five hundred and new
subscribers are fast coming in. 1t is
not temporary thing, but a perma-
manent obligation. Among the sub
scribers are almost all the Pennsyl-
vania Republican senators and many
leading Philadelphia manufacturers.
Some Democratic names are found
on the. leagues list.
The home market club is a some
what similar organization, which in
cludes the New England manufac-
turers, while the tariff league has the
manufacturers Of the middle states
for its members.
CAMPAIGN DRINKS AND BADGES.
This is a great year for badges,
buttons, ribbons and drinks, all
named after, the candidates. A big
store ON Broadway has invented two
drinks, one of which it calls "The Red
Bandanna," and the other Harrison
and Morton" The red bandanna is
made out of red raspberry juice, with
syrup and carbonated water blown
into it to make it fizz Pink lemon
ade colored more to make it red
would do about rs well. The sign ad-
vertising this drink is red and a pict-
ure of the old Roman soldier is on the
sign. The Harrison and Morton
drink is more like ordinary soda wa
ter and there is less lurid display to
it. 1t also fzzes up more and has
more froth on top of it.
There are some two hundred and
twenty badges and buttons on sale
In New York now, and the number is
increasing. No one badge has caught
on to such an extent as to exclude
the others. The multitude of badges
does not convey much intelligence
about the politics of the wearer. The
most unmistakabIe buttons and
badges are those with the pictures of
the candidates on them. A porcelain
button, with Mrs. Cleveland's face re-
duced to the size of cent and kept
from falling out by glass front, costs
ten cents and is fairly popular These
buttons are also made to be worn as
a watch chain charm.