The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-31


is for an Honest Dollar and . Chance "a
Earn it by Honest Toii-It IL the Inven-
tion of William AicKinIey-ThIngs Look.
ing up In the West.
Washington, July 3o.-.-The Republi-
can party stands for honest money and
the chance to earn it with honest toll"
This extract from Major Mckinley
address before the Marquette club Of
Chicago has been selected as a cam
paigr shIbbolth by the Republican con-
gresslonai Campaign committee. With
IN short time this sentence VIII bios
som out from Maine 10 California on
fence boards, at railway stations. in
business houses, and everywhere that
the eye Of the pubic can be attracted
| TO At Millions OF pastors bearing this
declara ton are beng sent out to be dis
| tributed by local committees, and al
ready every Mckinley man in Washing
ton is wearing one pasted inside his
| hat
Accompanying this paeter is neat
rubber stamp. bearing the same SEN
tence, with mixing cushion, that Is be-
ing sent 10 merchants and business men
in every village and hamlet in the Unit
ed States. Every such person in favor
Of honest money and in favor of a tariff
that VIII permit men to earn honest
money Will use this stamp on the wrap
pers or his goods TO invite the attention
OF his customers to the great issues of
the campaign The declaration embraces
the two great issues Of the day, a sound
money po4lcy and an adequate protec-
tive tariff. The industry with which
the committee is distributing these pas
tiers and stamps is but one illustra ton
OF how actively the leaders are at work
and how fully they appreciate the fact
that free silver campaigners have been
IN the field anead of them They are
losing no time TO get educational mat
ter into the hands Of the people.
Vice President Apsley returned from
Massachusetts yesterday, and is in
charge OF the committee work for the
present. He and Chairman Faulkner of
the Democratic congressional committee
tell different tales OF the sentiment
throughout the east.
Chairman Faulkner returned from his
home in West Virginia this afternoon.
and before he reached his committee
headquarters he began telling about the
wonderful spread OF the free silver ele-
ment throughout the east
/ have 900 letters already from peo-
pie in New England states and New
York and Pennsylvania asking for free
silver Literature" said Mr.. Faulkner 10
the correspondent Of the Inter Ocean.
Ihey are from doctors, lawyers and
business men and individual laooring
men, and not from organIZ-. tons that
might De naturally expected 10 want
that sort OF campaign material"
I" hen Mr.. Apsley was asked with re-
gard 10 this alleged silver wave ID the
east he said:
All this talk OF free silver making in
roads n the laboring classes of New
England IS nonsense. The voters were
mislead in the campaign four years ago
by the Democratic doctrine advanced at
that time, and they are anxious now 20
return TO the prosperity which reigned
prior TO the advent of the Democratic
administration with its poverty produc-
ing doctrine Instead of hearing Of ac-
cessions TO the free silver ranks among
the people of my section, am constant
y hearing Of Democrats declaring their |
intention to vote against the Bryan and !
Sewan ticket and platform A number
OF Democrats have come TO me person !
opposed to their ticket"
In speaking about the work Of the !
campaign Mr.. Apsley said this after |
noon that they We're sending out mil |
lions OF short crisp statements on the 1
money question, but this did not mean |
that they were neglecting solid argu- /
ments
THE cry was raised early IN the cam /
paign, that the voters Of the coun- !
try did not have time to read lengthy I
arguments on any political subjects, +
and the proper way TO get the issues be- /
fore the people was by leaflets and short |
pithy statements. We are acceding to
the argument and are supplying such |
documents. but We are very much sur
prised and encouraged 10 find that the
bulk of our correspondence contains re-
quests for full arguments on the money
question. The large pamphlet We are
sending out is entitled: Three Evenings
with Silver and Money" It contains
forty pages, and We had some doubt as
TO the advisa bility OF distributing such
q bulky document. The greatest de-
mand we have now for documents IS for
this particular one. We get hundreds
and thousands OF individual requests
and they are invariably for something
a
against the free coinage Of silver Our
correspondents write US that unless they
a-e fully posted they cannot meet the ar
yuments OF the advocates of the free coin
age OF silver. They also write that the
voters IN their section are anxious 20 /
read all the literature upon the money
question they can get hold Of This is
10 us a very encouraging sign. because
Z We get the people TO thinking and
studying for themselves We have no
fear of the result
Most encouraging reports are being
eceived from the middle western states,
where the money question has been
f0rmost for several campaigns. Repre-
sentative George W. Smith OF the
Twenty-second Illinois district was a
visitor at committee headquarters TO
lay. Mr. Smith reports conditions n
his district as normal
Things looked a little blue in our
section Just after the Republican cor
vention." said Mr.. Smith today. The
impression got abroad that the Repubii-
cans had declared a new financial policy
n their s. Louis platform The Dem
ocTauc free silver a-itazors did ell IN
their power 70 oonhrm this impression
and hundreds Of people were led TO be-
ieve that the Republicans had declared
IN favor OF soOlishiEls the use OF silver
rs money and compelling the exclusive
Use OF gold Fortunately. the voters
have studied the platform. and they
-sahze now that the Republican party
stands where II has always stood. and
s n favor or The Use Of both metals IN
their proper7eia tons and proportions.
They are no< very indignant az being
fooled By the arguments OF free silver
people. ana a reaction has set in. The
,o-siitlons u nv distrie- can -,n-r b.