The morning call., 1894-08-21
PLANS OF BATTLE.
Both Sides Ready for the
Fray.
SEND OUT NO SPEAKERS.
Unless There Is Request From
the States.
THERE ARE PLENTY ON TAP.
All Efforts Concentrated Upon the
Capture of the House of
Representatives.
THERE ARE PLENTY ON TAP.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-With the close
OF Congress the managers of the Con-
gressiOnal national campaign committees
are preparing for the fall campaign with
much energy. Senator Faulkner. at the
mead OF the Democratic committee, is
directing his efforts toward holding a
Democratic majority in the House of
Representatives. Extensive headquarters
are In operation with the executive work
In charge of Secretary Lawrence Gardner.
The work thus far has been in preparing
full statistics of districts, writing the
campaign book and in circulating docu-
ments. The campaign book is about half
completed. 1t will be volume of about
800 pages, showing the work of Congress
and the reforms claimed to have been
made in the departmental service. 1t will
be furnished 10 speakers as a text for their
work on the stump. The statistics gath
cred are the most elaborate ever under
taken by the committee. They show not
only the votes by counties for the last four
Congressional elections, but in close dis
trictS the figures are carried ont to town
ships. wards and even precincts. In addi-
ton TO the numerical vote a system Of per-
centages has been adopted by which the
percentage of gain necessary TO success or
loss threatening defeat can be exactly de-
termined.
Another plan Of ready reference is by
shaded maps of the districts in various
coiors, showing the strength of the Repub-
licans. Democrats, Populists. Prohlbi-
tonists, etc., with the figures as to the
vote OF each party.
Campaign speakers will not be sent out
by the committee, as each Congressio nal
nominee will be lett to secure his own
speakers. II, however. a weak spot is de-
veloped where speakers are few the Ma
tional Committee will undertake to supply
orators. Documents are being shipped in
large quantities. but the main supply, par
ticularly on the tariff, will not go out until
Congress has adjourned and all uncer-
tainty on the question has been removed.
The Republican Congressional cam
paign. IN the absence of Secretary Odds, is
in charge of Assistant Secretary Thomas
II. Mckee. By the decision of the Repub-
lican National Committee the Congress
sional campaign is left entirely in the
hands OF the Congressional committee.
Chairman Manley acting in an advisory
capacity. The headquarters force is just
now engaged in getting together the cam
paign textbook, which Captain Mckee
expects to have issued by September l.
The committee has had its headquarters
open continuously from November l last,
and since that time has circulated 9, ZOO, 900
pieces of campaign literature. This work
will be pushed with even greater dill
gence from this time forward. The COM
mittee furnishes matter for a page each
week to several plate printing and press
associations, which Is said to be in de-
mand by all newspapers about the coun-
try.
A complete canvass has been made of
every Congressional district in the coun-
try and the work to be done. In States
where cam Daign is on the work will be
left in the hands of the State committees
entirely. Where there is no State cant
paign the Congressional district organiza-
ton will be co-Operated with directly.
There will be no speakers. because Con-
gressmen and candidates are found TO
prefer arranging for themselves. Every
assistance possible in securing speakers
will. however, be rendered where il is
asked for.