The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
Ex-President Harrison Will Make
Short-Trip Speeches From a
Special Train.
CALIFORNIA NEEDS ATTENTION
Sugge stion That Protection Should Be
Made the Issue Here to Insure
Party Victory.

CHICAGO, Ill. July 21.-Ex- Congress
man Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio and
William z. Mason of Chicago have been
added to the party OF stump-speakers who
will open the Republican campaign with
sound-money speeches in Nebraska the
flrst week of August, thence proceeding
through Minnesota, the Dakotas and into
Washington and Oregon, dealing exclus-
lively with the money issue according to
the campaign policy agreed on by the ex-
ecutlve committee for the Western States
during the first half of the battle for votes.
The orators will travel together in the
large towns and separate in the agricul-
tural regions and small towns.
The party leaders in Indiana will,
through Executive Committeeman Dur
bin, send an urgent request to Benjamin
Harrison in his summer retreat in the
Adirondacks to reconsider his refusal to
open the campaign in that State about the
middle of August, and consent to make
one of his famous short-talk trips through
Indiana from the platform of a special
train. He will also be asked to continue
this train speech-making through Ohio
and Pennsylvania on his return to his
mountain home. The ex-President has
formally consented to take the stump
from the 1st of October until the eve of
election day.
Perry S. Heath, chief of the Depart
ment of Publicity and Printing of the Re-
publican National Committee, asked the
United Press to-day to announce that the
department desired to keep on file at head
quarters in the Auditorium building here
all sound money Democratic and Repub-
lican newspapers. and publishers are asked
to send copies to him. A clipping bureau
will be establ:s ed so as to keep up with
current sentiment and the tide OF the cam
paign in all directions.
Jules Guthridge of the United Press staff
in Washington. D. c., has been appoint ed
the Eastern press agent of the National
Committee. All the campaign matter will
be printed here and sent to the New York
headquarters for distribution. Major
Charles Dick of Cleveland will come to
headquarters here this week to act as Sec
retary of the committee.
The roster OF the finance committee,
which is to have the collection and dis
tribution OF campaign funds for the West
ern headquarters, was made public to-day
by Samuel w. Allerton after a conference
with National Committeeman Jameson.
There are 103 members. bankers and capi-
talists being largely represented. Mr.. AL
lerton is likely to be made chairman at to-
morrow's meeting.
letter was received at the Republican
League headquarters from President Kin
ney of the California League, admittin g
that the silver sentiment was almost over
whelming among the three parties, and
that there was absolutely no enthusiasm
among Republicans, although few cam
paign clubs had been formed. Protection
must be made the party issue in that
State to avoid Democratic victory.
A league worker in BurlIngame, Kans.,
wrote to the secretary: Nothing but a
vigorous educational campaign and un-
ceasing toll in the way of personal work
will ever save Kansas this year."
All the Western letters indicate that the
people of the prairies are talking money
and nothing else political.
Among the letters received at the gold
Democrats headquarters was one from
Frank Snyder, chairman of the Nemaha
County Democratic Central Committee of
Nebraska, stating that the new-conven-
ton sentiment prevailed among the Demo-
Gratis of that State, and that Bryan's fol-
lowers had always been too closely allied
to the Populists to be considered Demo-