The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-01
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
ALL PARTIES HAVE HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN WASHINGTON.

Washington, July 31.-The democratic
headquarters of the congressional cam
paign committee are located in the build
ing adjoining Wormley's hotel; the re-
pubical headquarters Of the congressional
campaign committee are located at the
Hotel NOrmandie. The national committee
of the silver party have engaged head
quarters in the CorcOran building. The
peoples party have rented rooms for its
national committee at 1920 New York
avenue, and it is positively asserted by
friends of Senator Jones. chairman OF
the national committee of the democratic
party. that he has decided to procure
quarters here that will accommodate not
only his own committee, but also the
committees of the democratic allies, the
silver and peoples party men. Thus,
Washington outranks itself as a political
/ center.
There Is much TO be said i'm favor Of
this arrangement. The capital city is con-
servative; it has every facility for cam
paign work, and every side of the polit-
| ical question is assured equal prominence
from a news view point
Mr.. Lawrence Gardner. secretary of the
| league of democratic clubs, has charge of
| the democratic congressional headquar-
ters, while Congressman Babcock of Wis
consin is at the helm at the republican
| congressional rooms.
Mr. Turner of Georgia will have charge
| of the headquarters of the peoples (popu
| lisO party, and Mr.. A. II. Pile will be
| temporarily in charge Of the silver party
| Large clerical forces have already been
l employed by the several headquarters,
| and it is probable that these will be ma
| terially strengthened as the campaign pro-
! crosses.
Before leaving Washington for North
| Carolina, DIR. Mott, eX-chairman of the
/ national silver party, expressed the opin-
/ ion that there should be no trouble about
| fusion on the electoral tickets, and in
/ answer to the query, do you believe
| that Watson or Sewall will come off
| either ticket?" he said he had no idea
| what would be done in that direction but
even If each refused to get out Of the
| others way he did not see why that
| should cause much trouble. He believed
that an agreement could be reached by
which the candidate for Vice President
| receiving the largest vote would be united
| upon in the electoral college, conceding,
Of course, the claims of the silver men
| that they will have a majority in the
SO if Sewall gets a majority Of the votes
cast in November, the populist electors
will vote for him. On the other hand,
| If Watson gets a majority the democrats
| will vote for him.
Candidates Bryan has called a halt upon
| the further distribution of his famous Chi
| EDeGcn
| sional committee. Mr.. Bryan has discoY-
| cred that the printed copies of the speech,
now being so induStriously and extensively
| circulated by his democratic friends, is
| in need of revision, and he has notified
Senator Faulkner, the chairman of the
| democratic congressional committee, to
| suspend for the present further dtstrtbu-
| ton of the speech. The speech that gave
| Mr.. Bryan the nomination at Chicago, was
the most popular and most sought-after
| document in the hands of the committee,
| and the demand for copies OF 1t has been
| so general that hundreds of thousands of
copies have already been sent out. Just
what corrections Mr.. Bryan desires to
| make are unknown, but there are several
| statements which he feels should be mod
| flied, because the copy from which the
| committees print was made was never
| revised by the author. 1t will be interest
| ing to note whether the revised edition
! will differ materially from the original re-
! mort of the speech as it was delivered in
the convention hall. 1t is safe to predict
that he will not eliminate that catchy per-
oration about the "erown of thorns and
| the cross of gold.
| Perhaps Mr.. Bryan has not recovered
| from the desire to revise his remarks, a
| habit contracted while a member Of con-
| gress 1t is usual for congressman to re-
wise their remarks even if they utter but
! n few sentences. Sometimes they utter
but a few words in debate, but when the
! Congressional Record appears it contains
| several pages additional, inserted during
I the revising process. 1t is possible that
Mr.. Bryan wishes to add something to his
great Chicago speech, for at present 1t
| makes but a four-page pamphlet.
Senator German, accompanied by Rep
| resentative Harry Wells Rusk of Balti-
| more, visited democratic congressional
| headquarters to-day, to get some cam
| paign literature for circulation in Mary
| land. Representative Rusk is the dean or
! the Maryland delegation in the House of
Representativ and he has always been
| an advocate of the gold standard. He
/ saws his views on that subject have not
changed, but as democrat he feels
| obliged to support the nominee of the
/ Chicago convention. In Baltimore, he
| says the sentiment appears to be
! against free coinage, while in the couu-
| ties throughout the state the free silver
| idea prevails. The democrats are going to
| make vigorous effort to redeem the
| state from republican rule, and one OF
the grandest battles in the history of that
commonwealth is now about to com
| mence.
He says the democratic party in Mary
land will have to contend against the
! powerful opposition of the Baltimore Sun
/ again, for that paper has declared itself
| against the democratic ticket The rank
and file of the party in Baltimore is for
| Bryan and the present Indications accord
! ing to Mr.. Rusk's observations, are fav.
| orable to the election OF Bryan. AS an
| evidence of the growth of the free silver
| sentiment among the workingmen in Bal
! timore, Mr.. Rusk states that few
[ nights ago a DOll u Ant printers engaged
| on the Baltimore Sun was taken, and the
vote was overwhelmingly in favor of sill
yer. He says that a majority of the men,
bers of the editorial staH of that paper
is also in favor of the white metal
Senator German says he received a
letter a few days ago from a prominent
member of the free silver party, stating
that one of the features of the pending
| campaign will be the unique methods of
apDealing directly to the voters in all
narts of the country. 1t is proposed to
establish regular canp-meeting style
| of campaign. Tents are to be pitched in
various localities, where town halls are
inaccessible and daily and evening meet
ings are to be held. These meetings will
| last for a week or ten days, and during
that period there will be reading of the
scripture hymn singing and lectures on
the money question. These meetings are
10 be conducted on the most economical
plan. and those who participate in them
win be requested to observe the strictest
Simplicity in the matter of accommoda-
tions and provisions. In many instances
the campaign committee will provide the
| refreshments for those who do not feel
able to bring their own provisions. The
main object being to impress upon those
in attendance the benefits to be derived
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