The San Francisco call., 1896-07-24
Encouraging Reports Already
Rolling In at the State
Headquarters.
tn DISTRICT POLITICS.
FIFTH
The Congressional Convention Will
Be Called in a Few Days to Name
a Congressman.

The Republican State campaign has
fairly struck the speedy gait and entered
on the aggressive activity that will char
acterize it from now until November g.
The appearance and buoyant feeling of
campaign life pervades the rooms of the
State Cen trail Committee, and early next
week those who visit the said headquar-
ters will realize the fact that activity has
begun.
For one thing there will next week be
issued by Wholesale the first patches of
campaign literature. The literary COM
mittee, consisting of A. B. Lennon,
Chairman Mclaughlin, Secretary Hig-
gins, H. 2. Osborne, W. F. Parker and
E. F. Preston, have in preparation and in
press pamphlets and effective campaign
material in other forms which will next
week be scattered broadcast through the
State through county committees and
other agencies.
The first campaign document was issued
yesterday, in fact. 1t is an attractive and
artistically designed little hanger, about
6x14 inches in size, presenting excellent
pictures of William Mckinley and Garret
a. Hobart and the slogan, patriotism,
Protection and Prosperity" About 90, 900
of these will be scattered through the
State TO be hung up any and every where,
framed or unframed, by Republicans who
are proud of their National ticket.
The correspondence of the executive
committee, conducted mainly by Secretary
NJ r. Higgins and Chairman McLaugh-
lin, is already becoming voluminous.
The committee is in constant correspond
ence with the county committees and
party leaders throughout the State, there
KnQF rY1or in TOM with rfr Of
fairs in every section. The reports of the
chairmen and secretaries of county COM
Inittees not written for publication, but to
give accurate and confidential informa-
ton, are all highly hattering to the party
prospects.
Congressman Bowers. for instance,
writes from San Diego:
The situation here is as elsewhere. A
few Republicans are of on silver, but
many will come back into camp before
election. We will gain more Democrats
than we will lose Republicans"
From the County Committee of Ventura
County comes this report:
every thing here points to a good vote
for Mckinley. A large number of in
fuential Democrats will decline to sup
port free silver, and there are no losses on
the Republican side."
Communication from Napa County
contains this report, which is typical of
uldIy JULIUS
1.-THE silver craze that swept over this
county short time ago has about died
out, as the people see that there is nothing
in it."
letter from Orange County says:
Registration is slow, but every indica-
tion is favorable to the Republican ticket. "
From every quarter come reports of the
intense feeling that protection is the ch ief
issue of the campaign. The chief indus
tries of the State are languishing, and the
people realize that free trade is what is
the matter with them. From Fresno the
following was received yesterday by Secre-
tary Higgins:
with the wool, raisin and lumber in
terests the protective tariff is the vital
question in this county, overshadowing
the silver issue. We are satisfied that we
will gain more Democrats whose interests
are affected by the tariff than we will lose
Republicans on account of silver.'