The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-10
SPEECHES ON SILVER.
MILLIONS OF COPIES BEING DIS
- UTED By SENATOR'S.
It's IN Expensive Undertaking and the
Cost Falls ON the Senators Them-
selves Populists Using Ono speech.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l0.-Nearly half q
million copies of speeches on the silver
question have been distributed or are be-
ing distributed throughout the country at
the expense Of Individual senators. The
cost OF this distribution would be a serious
item IL each senator footed his W bill,
but the custom among them is to sn'-
scribe for each others speeches. It fire.
quently happens, however, among the
more liberal senators that by the time a
senator has gone the rounds Of all the
speeches delivered on a particular question
It 10 about As expensive for him as II he
had footed the bill for the circulation OF
his own speech in the first instance.
The complete list Of senators who have
contributed TO the literature of the day on
the silver question In the shape Of speeches
issued as pamphlets IL a. follows: Allen,
Allison, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Butler.
Gallery, Camden, Cameron, Chandler,
Coke, Cullom, Daniel, Dolph, Dubois,
Faulkner, Gallinger, George, Gordon,
Gray, Hahsbrongh, Harris, Higgins, Hill,
Hoar, Jones, OF Arkansas; Lindsey, Mills,
Mcmillan. Mitchell, OF Oregon; Morgan C2),
Palmer, Pasco, PETER o.. Perkins, Platt,
Power, Pugh, Sherman, Shoup, Stewart (3),
Teller, Turpie, Vance, Vest, voorhees,,
Walthall, Washburn, Wolcott and White,
Of California. OF these speeches 26 have
been against repeal and "a for 1t. Other
speeches have been made, however, which
do not figure in this list.
The most expensive speech was that
of Mr.. Daniel, of Virginia, the government
printing Office charging him SIS a thous-
and for il. This was due to its length.
Senator Sherman's cost $16 a thousand;
Mr.. Allison's $12. The average speech in
length, like that of Mr.. Voorhees,, cost $40
a thousand, these figures being the actual
cost OF printing.
The greatest individual demand has been
made for the speeches Of Senators Sher-
man, Allision and Mills on the repeal side
of the question, and of Senators Daniel, of
Virginia, and Cameron, Of Pennsylvania,
in advocacy of silver. By individual de-
mand is meant the requests of people who
apply for single copies for their own read
ing.
Other speeches, when 1t comes to general
circulation have been printed in pamphlet
form in far greater quantities. The
largest issue Of any one speech was that OF
Mr.. Vest, OF Missouri, against repeal,
which ran up to 100, 900 and is being used
largely by the Pholpulists In their cam
paigns.
Next to this will probably be the speech
Of Mr.. Cameron, of Penn, which he il
circulating himself and which is expected
TO approach close to the 100, 900 mark.
Mr.. Cameron sends a personal letter to
every person asking him for a copy of his
speech and 10 receiving hundreds daily
from farmers and working men. Mr..
Wolcott, Of Colorado Issued so, 900 copies
Of bis speech as there is heavy demand
for IL from the west.
1t is impossible to approximate even the
number Of copies OF the speech OF Mr..
Daniel that have been put in circulation,
for the reason that 1t has been copied by
the Populists and reprinted from their
private press and circulated ia exceedingly
large numbers for distribution throughout
Virginia in the campaign.
At the government printing Office, an
edition of 80, 600 has been run of and a
similar number has been printed of the
keynote speech Of Mr.. Voorhees, early In
the debate. The number printed OF other
speeches Is about as follows: Mr.. Allison.
90, 900; Mr.. Sherman, 5000; Mr.. Vance,
1900; Mr.. Faulkner, 90 900; Mr.. Hill,
20, 900; Mr.. Hoai, 10, 900.
Many of the more recent speeches have
not yet appeared in pamphlet form though
they will soon be scattered throughout the