The record-union., 1896-08-04
Predicts the Triumphant Success Of the
Ticket.
Ex-National Committeeman Ben I.
Cable, One of the Leaders OF the
BOIting Democrats in Illinois, Read
Out of the Party at a rleeting OF
the State Central Committe.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Chairman
Faulkner, Chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee,
has returned from his home in Martins
burg w. Va, where he had gone to eS-
cape the heat over Sunday. He takes
q very rosy view of the situation, and
predicts the triumphant success OF the
ticket for which he is doing such en-
eTgetic work.
1T is the fashion in these days said
the Senator Ito point to strawS to
show how things are moving, and
Il they may be taken as an indication OF
the actual condition of affairs, l have
only to point to existing conditions in
my home county of Berkeley. This was
the only county in my State that sent
q sound money delegation to the con-
vention to select delegates to the Chi
cago Convention This was only a
month or so ago, and at that time the
sentiment appeared to be all on the side
of the gold men. How is it to-day? A
man could not be nominated and elected
TO the position of Constable" said Mr..
Faulkner, unless he stood squarely on
n free silver platform.
I'm my mail this morning / received
letter from Canton, O., announcing
the organization right in the home of
Major Mckinley of Republican Bryan
Free Silver Club, and the election of a
prominent Republican and wealthy
manufacturer as its temporary Chair
man. From another county l have re-
Ceived advices that after a Bryan club
had been organized thirty Republicans
and thirty-eight Populists enrolled
themselves as members, and are doing
good work for the Democratic ticket.
Up in Pennsylvania I have received
word that the silver sentiment is
spreading with great rapidity, and in
the Eleventh Congressional District one
that has always been heavily Repub-
lican we are assured that we have an
even chance of carrying the district for
the Democracy"
Asked when he thought the campaign
would be formally opened, Senator
Faulkner stated that he did not think
it wise to begin the speech-making ut-
til about the middle of September. TT
takes some little time" ne said, ito or
ganize a corps of speakers and arrange
for the canvass. / do not myself ap-
prove of too long campaign, but that
matter during a Presidential year is left
largely to the National Committee"
While Senator Jones will be guided
largely by the wishes of Mr.. Bryan, Mr..
Faulkner believes he will ultimately Sc
lect Washington as the headquarters
of the National Committee.
Speaking of the alleged revision of
the Chicago speech of Mr.. Bryan, SEN
ator Faulkner said: THE changes
made by Mr.. Bryan are immaterial, and
consist of a word here and there. The
stenographers had no means of know
jng-taking the speech as it fell from
<he lips of the speaker-where he had
used quotations, and in the revision 1t
viii be found that Mr.. Bryan places
quotation marks around the whole SEN
1ence referring to the crown of thorns
and the cross of gold The criticism of
this passage has been hypercritical, and
it would be but fair to Mr.. Bryan that
this speech should be printed properly
in every particular. | have ordered a
reprint of the speech to the extent Of
250, 900 copies. Altogether, our copies
of speeches will aggregate upward of
many millions. Bryan's money speech
in 1893, when the repeal Of the Sherman
Act was being debated, has had an un-
usual demand. 1t makes thirty pages,
printed OF Mr.. Teller's speech in the
Senate we have ordered a quarter of a
million for a starter, and 100000 of Mr.
Bailey's speech at Sherman, Texas. The
sixty-page speech OF Senator Daniel
during the last session. a speech in
tended to answer all the arguments ad-
vanced by Senator Sherman and others
has been condensed to sixteen pages
and an issue of 100000 printed.
The speech of Senator CockreH OF
Missouri dealing largely with statistics
and Overlooking with data on the finan-
ciaI question, together with the speech
of Senator Jones on the same subject
are in demand, and we have ordered
them printed by the hundreds of thou
sands. It would be difficult to say how
many copies we have issued of the
speech of Congressman Towne Gre
publican of Minnesota on the silver
question. It is one the speeches most
III demand. The same made be said OF
the speech of Representative w. l.
Terry of Arkansas, which deals with
the speech succinctly and presents for
ty-five propositions with respect to tht
silver question"
THE SITUATION IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Aug. Sex -Nationa
committeeman Ben Il. Cable. one o.
leaders of the bolting party in Illinois
was read out of the Democratic party
to-day at the meeting of the State
Central Committee. The committee
under the leadership of Chairman
Heinrichsen, began the work of draw
ing the line which marks the split il
Illinois by the silver or regular Dem
ocrats and the sound money men. A,
q result, the places of the followin,
were filled by new men: J. II. Hop
lins, Ben Gable, j. w Foreman and r
Z. Spangler, at large, and A. a. Good
rich, First District. OF these gentle
men, Messrs. Hopkins and Forema,
had already resigned, and Mr.. Spangle
handed his resignation to Chairman
Heinrichsen before the meeting wa
called to order.
Judge Goodrich, who had been de
posed at the Peoria Convention, wa
already disposed of. so that the com
mittee had practically only the case o
Ren Cable to handle. AS he is re
earded as the archconspirator agains