The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-15

ticians of repute who live in Chicago.
Armed with these letters he called
last week upon number of our local
Democrats. set forth the plans to
them, and asked financial aid. He
was told that the proposition would
be carefully considered, and was
invited to show his canvass books
and make an explicit statement 10 a
number Of Democrats, one of whom
was Calvin s. Brice. Day before
yesterday this representative met
these Democrats. and the first thing
he did was to explain the canvass
books. He declared that with $l0,-
900 subscribed by the New York
Democrats the Iowa Democracy
could carry six out of ten Congress
sional districts at the election in next
November.
Some of the local Democrats, par
ticuIarly Mr.. Brice, seemed to be
greatly impressed with this show
ing. For Mr.. Brice it was fascinat-
ing idea subject it seemed to him to
afford him an opportunity of show
ing that his campaign theory OF 1888
was not such rainbow chasing after
all as it had been described to he.
He said that he would see that the
money was raised. and would sub.
scribe a handsome figure himself.
Other Democrats promised to SUBJ
scribe from $500 to $1,000 apiece, and
in short time the fund was raised
on paper.
Before paying over the money
however, the local Democrats in
sisted upon one promise or bargain.
They finally said to the Iowa man.
"If you will promise and enter into
an agreement on your honor to con-
fer with the Reform Club of this
city, and to use no Tariff documents
except such as are prepared By the
Reform Clubs Educational Com
mittee, and send no editorials or
other articles to the newspapers of
Iowa excepting such as have been
written by the Reform Club and
passsd upon by its officers, then
you shall have this money. We 90
not propose to have our money
} wasted any more. The trouble with
you Western fellows has been that
you have sent one sort of Tariff Re-
} sort documents to doctor, another
: sort to minister and still different
kind to the farmer, and the result
has been vagueness and the worst
kind of mixed-up ideas about the
matter through the West"
J The Iowa man was asked to look
over the documents which are being
prepared by the Reform" Club, and
to talk with the agents who have
: charge of it's educational bureau. He
} went there, and seems to have been
highly impressed with the dOcu-
ments, and, after telegraphing to his
friends in Iowa, he saw Mr.. BrIce,
and agreed that the educational cam
paign should be run from the build
ing at the corner of Fifth avenue and
Twenty.seventh street, which is the
Reform" Clubs sumptuous home,
He will therefore. receive the $40, 900,
and will 60 back to Iowa in a day or
two. He will then send to the IRE
form" Club directions for shipping
the tracts and articles. essays and
editorials, and the $4,000 is to be
used in paying for the distribution of
them and for the insertion of editor.
ials and reading matter in the Iowa
newspapers. Mr.. Brice is in quite
high feather oyer this experience.
He declares that the Iowa delegation
will he sure to be six Democrats to
four Republicans in the next House
of Representatives. and asserts that
such victory is cheap enough at the
price of $4,000.
The "Retorm" Club is now turning
its attention to New York and Con.
necticut. A very large campaign
fund has been promised. 40 that the
literature of the club may be distri-
buted throughout this State and Con.
neticut. 1t is the intention of the
managers that every voter shall re-
ceive at least one comprehensive es.
say. two tracts, and collection of the
speeches and briefer utterances of
prominent Democrats upon the sub.
jects of the Tariff. In addition to
that it is hoped that they will be able
to send into every household during
the campaign at least one newspaper,
in which will appear weekly editor
ials and articles intended to set forth
the glories and beauties of the Free
Trade notion.
The value of this information to
the Republicans Is to be found in the
hint which it conveys of the zeal and
desperate purpose of the low Tariff