The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-08-18
Good Campaign Work Done
BY the Congressional
Committee.
A Quarter Million Copies of Senator
Carlisle's Great Speech Dis
tributed.
Many Thousands of Other Documents
On the Tarii'and the Force
Bill.

WASHINGTON, Aug 17.-Business il
rushing at political headquarters in
this city. Especially is this the case
at the headquarters of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee
The committee is in touch with every
district in the country, and the wants
OF the party are promptly attended to.
Just now the clerks of the commit.
tee are devoting all their time to direc.
ing wrappers and sending out to dis
tricts where they will do the most good
campaign documents, which are large.
ly speeches. OF the speeches that are
being sent out the greater demand is
for the tariff speech delivered by Sena-
tor Carlisle. Already here are orders
for 250,000 of these. Then lots of peo-
pie want Representative w. L. Viii.
sons speech on duties on wool and
woolen goods. There is also considera-
bic cry for Mr.. Wilson's speech of 1890
on trusts. Representative Bryan's
speech on the same subject is also
being loudly called for throughout the
Northwest. The tariff speech deliver
ed by Speaker Crisp two years ago is
going out quite numerously, and so
are the remarks of Representative Nc
Creary on WOODEN goods. Representa-
tive McKinneyss speech on pensions
is being widely circulated, bnt no more
SO than the anti-Force bill effort OF
Senator Mcpherson. Henry Georges
protection or Free Trade?" is having
phenomenal circulation. In the
South there is large demand for the
speech delivered by Congressman d.
D. Henderson on ex-Representative
Weaver, wherein the Presidential can
didate OF the Peoples party is pilloried
crucifed, hanged, drawn, quartered
and incinerated, During the last day
or two there have been many inquiries
for copies of Senator Stewards speech
on the Force bill. Half a million cop
les of the speech OF Representative
White, of Iowa, are being printed in
German large number have already
been printed in English and distribut.
ed. The committee is we'll supplied
with speeches, and particular atten.
ton is given to all doubtful districts.
Mr.. Lawrence Gardner, Secretary OF
the National League of Democratic
Clubs, has returned from a visit to the
Democratic headquarters in New
York. "They are just shaping things
now, getting ready for work, said Mr.
Gardner tonight. "The campaign has
hardly begun only few preliminary
shots have been fired. We can only
talk now of what is going to be done
OF course, the atmosphere is full d
| business around the headquarters, anC
the plans Of campaign are being laid
carefully, All of the documents which
have been sent out have gone from
the League headquarters here. Al
the committee quarters in New Yorl
a record will be kept OF every speake.
in the field, and it will be known where
each man speaks on any given night
"Certainly our fight against a Fore,
bill will not be relaxed" Mr.. Gardne
replied when asked about a report
that the Democrats would cease t,
make that an issue. "That is one O.
the most important issues between Tia
two parties, and the party will con
tinue to tight on that line. The Fore
bill idea is opposed to one of the mos
vital and fundamental principles 9
Democracy, the principles of HON
Rule. 1t is embodied in the Republi
: can platform, and the two parties ar
, as tar apart as light and darkness
: Let me show you one of our campaig