Evening star., 1896-11-03
UP IN THE MILLIONS
Literature Sent Out by the Different
Campaign Committees.
DOCUMENTS MOST IN DEMANI
Never Before Has So Much Read
ing Matter Been Issued.
THE WORK CLOSED UP

Evidences of the close Of the campaign
are very plentiful about the political head
quarters in this city, the work of closing
up the headquarters offices already hav-
ing been begun. Whatever may be the
variety of opinions on the merits of the
candidates voted for today. all agree that
never before in the history of the country
has a political campaign been waged by
the use of literature so hotly during
the past three months. 1t has been cam
paign of education. however the contend
ing parties may condemn the arguments of
the text books used by one side or the
other. Only in country flooded with
newspapers for many years could such a
campaign have been carried on, for in no
other country could people have been in
duced to read the arguments put forth
by counsel on either side of the contest.
From the political headquarters here it is
safe to say that enough documents have
been sent out to supply every voter in the
country with two pamphlets, and five times
as many have been distributed from Chi
Cago.
The grand total of pieces of campaign
literature sent out by republicans, demo-
Gratis, populists and silveri'es. from their
headquarters here and in Chicago, is
placed by those who make conservative es-
Inmates at not less than 2U,tO0,tE0, or about
thirteen for each of the fifteen millions of
voters in the United States. Iii addition to
these publications there has been vast
circulation of campaign literature through
the newspapers of the country and in docu-
ments printed for individuals, which would
swell The quantity of campaign literature to
many thousand millions of pieces.
The Republican Committee.
The republican congressional committee
opened it's headquarters in the Normandie
about August l. with additional quarters
for the handling of literature within half
square OF the hotel. Representatives
Babcock and Apsley, well versed In their
work in former campaigns. took charge,
with the assistance of Representative Mer-
Ger OF Nebraska and Fred +. Schrader, the
well-knoWn newspaper corresponden f
this city. The work of the committee WAS
laid out with a comprehensiveneSS and eX
actness Iever before attempted in pol!t-
iCal campaign. When the battle of ballots
TO cuiminate today was opeEed the con-
greSsional committee found itself in d pre-
dicament that was al once overcome. 1t
had looked upon the tariff as the great
issue CT the campaign, but the action Of
the Chicago convention yeerCd the issues
around SO completely that it was seen that
free silver was to be the paramount issue.
There had been extensive preparation
for campaign on the tariff. Plates had
been prepared of the best speech hes in Con-
81 esS on that subject but they were found
of the managers of the campaign, how
ever. had caused plates to be made on the
money question, and these We're added to
rapidly, and so extensive was the work of
circulating literature that about 22GOO,OUD
documents have been sent out of which
l9,GoUU were on the financial issue.
Character of Literature Sent Out
The most widely circula ted of any of the
documents was McCleary's "Silver and
Gold Wages and Prices" an answer to
Representative Townes free silver speech
in Congress, which was the most effective
congressional speech circulated by the DEM
ocrats Secretary Carlisle'S address to the
workingnen of Chicago and Chairman
Babcock's Three Evenings With Silver
and Money were among the most popular
documents. The record books at republi-
can headquarters here show the circulation
of the various campaign pamphlets sent
out there to be as follows:
McCieary's silver and Gold Wages and
Prices" 2,W,24; Three Evenings With
Silver an1 Money" ,579,u95; Secretary Car
isles address to workingmcn of Chicago.
1,jS1 ,33l; Babcock on money, 1.:}S6,9G9 cop
les in English and 519,a91 copies in Ger
man; Blaine aga -nst free coinage at IL to l.
..;''22 24l; Aldridge cn free silver, 400, 1874 ;
Senator Sherman on deficiency of revenue
the cause OF financial difficulty. 97S, 4sO:
995 4o5: Apsley. Protection and Recproci-
ty" 9S.O6O: Johnson Silver and
Wheat" 133s.9O5; "A Populist Humbug
Exploded" ,22S; republican platform and
Chairman Thurston's address at the ST
Louis convention, 6iS.375; Grosvenor on
The Wilson Bill and the Farmers" 5.9-
sos; Reed or the tariff, 529,O15; Mercer
An Honest Dollar Needs no Apology
l2o 255; Blalne's reply to Gladstone. AT ,225 !;
Looking Forward 5S'.9.6; McCieary
"Silver and the Farmer" 374,114; Senator
Sherman's Complete History of the Alleg-
eo Crime of ~" 255s,s1l, Bryan's free trade
arguments. 191 N5: Culom on Sound
Money, Honest Coinage" 143.a20; James S.
Sherman on Ranking and Currency" 49,
1G5: McCleary's "Siver and the Debtor"
1910.
The above documents were all franka BILE.
and in addition to the numbers given over
n million copies of all classes of this Ntera-
ture were sent out as samples, of which no
strict record was kept. non-frankable
document containing democratic opinions
on tie Chicago platform. as taken from
democratic newspapers. was sent out to the
number Of G9,510
Democratic Work.
The democratic campaign committee
opened its headquarters in the annex to the
old Wormley Hotel. while the populists
took up quarters on the first floor Of the
north end Of the buil1lng. with the silver