Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-06-24

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IN as43cae Aor the Washington Post on
- party mnchinefy q the head
QnAfteTs Of the Republican National
GOengnittee tn Waabin9ton. IL 10 well
N0fed reading, % IL gives much informs
904 c00ceTning the magnificent scope
on6E plan az the work being done for the
enhrrAtonment OF the voters. The per.
1aNont headquarters or the National
Hopubltcen COMMITTEES are located on
tAe eighth 6Oor OF the great granite
building q the corner Of Ninth and F
stteeeA. Tho general headquarters are
II The Piasa Hotsl In New York City,
eI4 bfanch Offices are located in
Phtlad0lphia and Chicago. but the
MeL9 b4ssnes. of the committee is trans
It'd y Washington. The location
ok the permanent headquarters of
the clear foresight OF Gen. Uarkson, the
chairman Of the committee. Mr..
C1gfkson has been an active member Of
The National Republican Committee for
sixteen years, though now serving for
the f1rst time ~ Ito chairman. The
committee occupies . suite Of eight
4oonas perfectly equipped for the work
IN hand. The machinery" 10 sucn rs
will b found in amy first-clasS news
paper ofBce-excepting, Of course, the
type and presses.
Many hundreds of papers reach the
committee ROOM daily. Every polit-
ical editorial, every comment and criti-
cism In whatever form, and every msn-
ton Of prominent politicians, socially,
politically or otherwise, is clipped and
dled IN : novel scrap-filing case, the i'm
vention Of Capt. T. H, Mckee, who is
acting assistant secretary in full charge
Of the Washington Office, in the illness
Of Gen. Garrison. After the clipping is
done, the papers are tied in bundles
tan journals from Bangor to San Fran
cisco are kept In regular newspaper
files.
In the adjoining room are four stem
ORraphors, four typewriting machines
and two monographs. From morning
till night those machines are kept hot
making copies for the printer, arranging
lista OF. names, inditing letters and adj
dressing them. The library occupies
one room. The books, which line the
wall from floor to ceiling, form. one of
the most complete political reference
libraries In existence. In the next
DON shout = dozen people are at work
addressing wrappers and envelopes,
which are to enclose political literature
70 tho voters OF every section of the
United States. As there are something
over half . million namesof voters in the
hands of the committee, and a fairly rap
Id ponman car get rid Of 500 addresses
! day, II will be seen that the con-
sumption Of postage is something enor-
NOUS. This Q il arranged with cases
for each state. At q glance the chief of
tho department ar probably give the
names Of two-thirds Of the voters in q
gTven state, can tell the county, town,
congressional district, whether he casts
his maiden vote this year, whether he
ID . Democrat; Republican, Third
party, Mugwump. or doubtful. OF the
literature that 10 being prepared for dis
tfipution, there are twenty-five docu-
ments, of which 3,0O0,O0O copies have
been printed for distribution as sam
pies. Three room OF the suite are
packed with these documents. They
cover Ill questions ut issue between the
swa parties.
The principal document of the list is a
pamphlet, in five parts, termed 1.-THE
Tariff Riddle" and 10 the work of Well
kef Given. The National Committee
has exclusive control of one large edi-
ton Of this work. It is an incomparabiy
fine bit of literature, and exasperating-
~ convincing. During the recent
round-upin Congress, when Jerry Simp-
son committed the Democrats and
Third-party to absolute free trade
By reading Henry Georges book,
Protection or Free Trade" in
to the Congressional Record, the Re-
publicans submitted gracefully. aud
sending to the National Republican
Committee for campaign lite al be-
gan to read 1t into the Record. The
Democrats stood a good dose of "from
Plymouth Rock to Mckinley" but
when the tariff riddle" was produced
the Democrats got right up and howled,
and forthwith proceeded to cut oil all
leave to print in the Record. They
couldn't stand that bit of diamond
pointed satire.
Ingersolps "Why Am | q Republican p
ance to more beautiful sentiments.
""Bab,' that plqnant, saucy little butter
ay, has contributed q eerio-comic study
on going to England to buy u wardrobe
IN . free trade country, and how she
paid her passage both ways and saved
money ct last by buying in RIGA.
Other pamphlets ara American Ideas
! conquered,' abraham Lincoln"
"rariH Catechism, y Farm Implements
Abroad" Free Traders Unveiled
Farm Mortgages MOI an Evidence ol
Distress" and q dozen others.