New-York tribune., 1896-10-04

Is president and treasurer OF the Apsley Rubber
Company. Of Massachusetts,. and like his Wiscon-
sin associate. is not in politics for the salary but
for the pleasure of it. He has helped TO Introduce
business methods into political campaigning ana 10
redeem practical politics from the reproach and
odum Of corrupt methods.
Representative Mercer. the secretary OF the COM
mttee, represents the Omaha district in the House
a better choice could not have been made lie is
another type of the progressive Wcsterner-popu-
lar sef-reliant and practical He has worked as
a harvest hand in the summer, taught school IN
the winter and practsed politics between times. A
man OF broad experience in many fields OF enter
prise, he has proven of the best working MEM
bers of the House. II was natural that man VINO
had overcome untold difficulties TO pass "a bill IN
the last hours of Congress approprlating $4,000 to
support a trans-Missssippi exposition at Omaha
should not escape a keen observer like Babcock IN
organizing his committee. He was asked 10 take
the secretaryship and accepted It,
William b. Thompson, the treasurer. and warner
p Sutton, assistant secretary. are not members Oh
Congress. The former is a business man OF WASH
ington. whose interest In the Republican cause is
Of the most sincere and disinterested chaiac'ci'
and the latter is experienced politician VINO
served his country for many years with marked
ability Consul-General to Mexico, ana as ch'ei
clerk, by Mr.. Blaine's appointment. or the ran
American Congress Mr.. Thompson has served the
committee as treasurer in several previous cam
paigns.
THE DOCUMENTS PRINTED.
The committee has far printed twenty-three
different documents. The most popular one Is
sixteen-page condensation of the speech delivered
by Representative James T. McCleary. OF Mime
sota in the House last February. The speech was
made In reply to his colleague Representatives
Towne who was generally credited with making I'M:
the best es f has already
sued 25OOOOO copies of McClearys speech. Next IN
t@ininS q the speech Of Representative Babcock on
History Of Money and Financial onnisr mGssisDn Socm
ment is the already referred TO- consisting CONSISTING Gi %
forty pages and dealing with the silver question IN
senator Sherman is represented in the list BY two
speeches. one attrbung the nanca1 sr6odyne his
famous speech in the Senate Of August 80 lsss IN
Tscn he aci ne Of SIss @ showing that the
Senators. including Stewart ana Jones % a1'en e He
ne sur on in '"1 the Senate While he himself voted
against it, This pamphle, gives sopous sxirass tnrss
delivered in 1874 in advocacy of the geld standard
mS1hs mon GF s Srme m bsy ." now
It, The practice of silver organs and silver orators %
sxtsnanf @ opposnS syeh the TO silver
speech delivered in the Senate In 1873 ind1cTd % .e
of the document which has been sent into every
part OF the country The committee mas repor,s p
s Repuhiicans who for time became welded 10 the
| free-silver doctrines is exceedingly marked
THE TARIFF QUESTION AEATED.
The LIST also includes speeches delivered by +. D.
Apsley Representative Dngley. of Maine: Repre-
| sentative Martin ~ Johnson. of North Dakota an
able refutaton OF the Seven Financial Conspira-
cies': a speech by Representative Mercer. and
Reeds great tariff speech OF 1894 The tarin ques
tion by-he-way. is treated directly In but four OF
| the documents issued by the committee. They are
| Apsley's on reciprocity; Reeds. on tho tarin;
Blaine's reply to Gladstone, reprinted from Ihe
North American Review" and Grosvenor. on the
effects of the Wilson bill Indirectly. In connection
with the money question, the tariff is touched upon
| in the speech of Congressman Mercer. and IN a
| document. in conversational form. entitled Inc
One Of the most fetching documents issued by the
committee the speech of Judge George w Aldredse
of Texas which handles the silver question VIII Win
| humor Judge Adredge is Democrat lie denV-
cred his interesting speech some months before the
National conventions held, and Senator CaHery
OF Louisiana having inserted 1t in his remarks In the
Senate it becomes frankable matter and Is sent oni
| by the committee in franked envelopes by tens OF
Among the ammunition used by the Republicans
in the Southern States where they have nghtlne
chance is the address of secretary Carlisle to the
workingmen of Chicago. delivered last April. Ihere Re
| Kentucky Texas and Missouri. One of the latest
documents prepared by the committee for CIRCULATION
is compilation of the leading features OF the anti
tariff utterances OF Mr. Bryan in the House. Marcf
l6 1892 and January l3. 1894 ... ~,
| The committee finds that In sections where M
| silver question has Heen thoroughly covered in IN,
way of documents. the tariff question Is Slowly pu
demands for tariff literature came from southerr
States A great many orders came from me facn''
Coast In the Eastern and Middle States the demaht
was wholly for sound money literature: Within M
last two weeks however; orders are ncIeasi,xa a T. 4
| gradually extending eastward Chairman i5abcocf
ard his associates regard this as one OF unt ino m
favorable symptoms OF ars o @ viii see tn
| tariff question entering more cohSP'Cuo"9s ''''' -"
| campaign.