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CHICAGO. Aug. 23.-Chairman Jones OF th,
Popocratio National Committee some day
ago appointed Thomas Gahan, on behalf o.
tho COMMITTEES, 70 act in conjunction with
Chairman Cantrell OF the State Board ri
Warehouse Commissioners 20 ascertain the
cost and other details for publication Of q sill
ver morning newspaper in Chicago during the
campaign. Tho figures were submitted u
Chairman Jones yesterday, and some tint
was spent with Committeeman Gnhan and
johnson on this business. Tho question oi
starting such paper will not be decided unit
q full meeting of tho committee, probably
tomorrow.
The plan 10 10 start At once an eiRht-pagc
newspaper, the editor to be named by tho Ma
honal Committee, and the business manage
ment 70 be controlled by Chicago citizens who
will subscribe to the stock. The paper will bs
subsidiEed by the National and State Com
mittees, and thousands Of COPIES distributed
throughout the West It is proposed to max,
the price one cent everywhere. The necessity
for such paper in Chicago is admitted by
the committee, but the cost Of printing II
found TO be higher than expected.
Tho following appeal for campaign funds
was made to- night in an address ITO the Peo-
pie Of the United States:'
THE Democratic party in the present con-
test 10 engaged in tho defence OF the plain peo.
plo against the encroachmonts OF the favored
classes. This is purely an economic issue. In
its Importance, however, ~ overshsdows every
question which has occupied public attention
sinca tho tragic campaign Of 1850. IT pre-.
sents an alternative at once imperative and
take from us the.possibiIity Of choice and terri.
bio because of tho diro consequences which
must follow failure.
enough. and patriotic enough to have Its o Nn
financial polioy7 II not, thon We are the serfs
IN sh and 10
vassalaRe moro iRnominious and moro degrad-
ing than that against which our fathers fought
the fruits of our industry. tho integrity OF our
homes, everything that enlightened men hold
dear-an these are the playtnings of aliens and
"The American people arc not ready to sur
render the liberties for which their forcfathers
shed their blood, We believe that liberty and
self. government are destined to remain the
heritage of this splendid nation; that We shall
nSs % to osS9%s Spg one 10
only the mask Of freedom.
we have allied against us in this contest
subsidized press and all the monopolies and
trusts here at homo, who are determined, II
possible, to fix forever their relentless yoke on
labor for all time.
triotiem and heroic manliness OF the plain peo-
speculators absorb. With unlimited money In
their hands, our enemies are printing and dis.
tributnK misleading and untruthrul state
menta; hired speakers and emissaries arc ev-
erywhere attempting TO mslead and delude
the people.
tribute documents for the dissemination Of the
truth; We must explode their fallacies, their
misstatements. and their utter seltishness.
TO do so we need money at once, and can
only hope for help from the plain people. We az
only for the necessary means to conduct Wig
orous and aggressive campaign. No Matter in
how small sums, no matter what humble con-
tributions, let tho friends OF liberty and ma
tionai honor contribute all they can to the good
cause. 10 tho overnowing treasury of the
money mower we will oppose the accumulated
offerings of the masses, lighting 10 be free
and ask the ruler Of the universe for His bless
ing.
der office. remittances may easily be made to
William =. St John, Treasurer of the National
Democratic Committee, Hotel Bartholdi. New
York city. A receipt will be returned in every
instance.
When victory is achieved over the unscru-
pulous combination which are endeavoring to
thrust William Mckinley in % the Presiden-
tial chair tho recorded list Of The contributors
to this good cause will be a roll OF honor o1
which any ono may well be Proud.
Chairman Democratic National Committee "