The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-24
IN The CAMPAIGN
PILOT HOUSES
Odds and Ends From the Republican and
Democratic Headquarters.

| The respective. air OF assurance at Demo
cratic and Republican Congressional cam
paign headquarters is refreshing, even II
rot coHeiusiveto a nor-partisan, this latter
Class being somewhat scarce.
This statement refers, however, to the
secretaries of ahc committees. Chairman
Faulkner, who is steering the at present
nondescript Democratic party, while en-
/ thusiastic, is careful. Ii is his famiiy ira
| dition to be fair-niDded, as can be inferred
from a story he told the other day about
bis first transfer from the puternal eye to
u college.
His fatherimpressed two things on him as
necessary TO success; first, to tie sure to
| attend In the class rooms after breakfast,
/ and the other to read u Democrat paper and
a Wing paper. Why two papers?' in
| CURED the Ingenious youth. ITO hear 10th
sides, WIS the answer. 1t was perhups
even then in the sta rs that Senator Faulkner
would be chairman OF the Democratic Con-
| gressionai Committee and that one OF his
functions would be 10 keep an eye wide
open an the other side, or, as they had 1t a I
ooliege, Audi aiterain partcm.''
Senator Faulkner (as it all happened SO
long ago. discusses now without any visible
L .>Ss.Ao s's> s.'SsoSsss Va IAC Blu" t@S6s .SSS
| cnlured. can't-possibiy be other wise state
ments and prophecies he made about the
tremendous sweeping victory which was to
mark the close Of the last Congressional
| campaign, when BILLY" Wilson, who was
| to carry his district by 700, was sn owed
| under By more than 2 600 Republican otes.
That was. however, before West Virginia
| was inocuiated with the 16 10 virus.
Senator Faulkner and Congressman Bah
cock may be ii little ca utious, but not so
| with their secretaries, who get reports
red-hot from the districts ia which they q 70
tearing The passion to tatters.
Here is how you get the news. Mr..
Stuart WALKER of MartinsburS. w. Va,
| a first Gass lawyer, who has Travelled
recently from county seat to county seat,
was at democratic headquarters yester-
day and told about the various conven-
tons be had attended. The summation
OF uls observations was that the State,
which is close. within a thousan. votes
either way, will 60 silver. or Democratic,
by about $4,000 majority.
The secretary of the Republican COM
mittee was seen about this at once. The
facts as gathered at Democratic head
quarters for publication were reported TO
him. Mr.. Mercer, who was very busy.
glanced up from letter he was inditing.
and said, with a positive emphasis on the
negative, They will not carry West Viz
ginia. They had better be looking out
for Kentucky, Alabama. and louisiana
On wednesday a seeker after truth, as
IL is understood at the Faulkner factory,
called at his headquarters and asked for
some literature. =
What kina?" .
"Silvef'' 4
ANY particular document7"
mo; just 50 long as its silver =
-At-
MrsHepburn OF Iowa was at Republican
headquarters yesterday. He reported Iowa
in good shape. He also brought the news
that even in Boise City, Idaho. they have
! recently FORMED u Nick fnie Y Hobart club OF
nearly 800 smembers. This is certainly
not free silver club.
Secretary Ga rtlner reported yesterday that
there are requests from even New Yorkcity
for charters for the formation OF Bryan
clubs and that there are requests for the
silver propaganda from business men OF
Washington. II is not yet epidemic here,
although the physicians say there are some
! bad sporadic cases.
Among the visitors at Democratic head
quarters yesterday was Senator Mitchell
OF Wisconsin. He ran over here from
Atlantic City on political business, after
having transacted which he win go back
to Atlantic City and finish lis salt water
course in hygiene.
Fred T. Schrader, of the Republican
committee staff, is in Philadelphia. per
fecting arrangements for the printing of
the campaign book. 1t is expected that
the work will be ready for distribution
against the LIST Of August.
Tom Coakiey, the Tammanyite attache
of the House, has Just returned from New
York and is taking a turn al helping things
along in the Democratic headquarters
He expresses the utmost confidence in the
Democrats being able to more than hold
their own in New York. Ind believes that
they will carry the State az well as the
CITY. He thinks that Mr.. StanchfieId.
Senator Hill's law partner. will be the
Democratic nominee for governor.
John R. Lynch. auditor of the Treasury
under President. Harrison's administration.
was visitor at Republican headquarters
yesterday and had u talk with Chairman
Babcock In regard to the plans for the cam
paign work in the South.
Much interest is being felt at both Con-
gressional headquarters as to the outcome
of the State elections which will be held
in Vermont and Maine on September IA,
and which will furnish the first reliable
straws indicating the real direction Of the
political wind.
For the past quarter of a century Yer