The Portland daily press., 1896-08-04
.SPEECHES By Thu TON,
Nr Faulkner Catalogues Democratic
Campaign Documents.
By WHICH I'll APPEARS READING
MATTER WILL BE PLENTY.
Committee Takes Rosy View of Situ-
ation-Consults With Chairman Jones.


Committee Takes Rosy View of situ-
ation-Consults With Chairman Jones.
Washington, August 3.-Senator
Faulkner, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional campaign committee re-
turned this morning from his homo In
Martinsburg, W. Va. He took very
rosy view Of the situation and predicted
the triumphant success of the ticket for
which he is doing such energetic work.
It's the fashion in these days to point
to straws to show how things are moving
which are taken MS an Indication OF the
the actual condition of affairs. III have
only to point to the existing conditions
In my home county. This was the only
county in the state that sent a sound
money delegation to the convention to
select delegates to the Chicago conven-
tion. This was only month or so ago,
and at that time tho sentiment appeared
to be ali on the side OF the gold men.
How is 1t today? A man could not be
nominated and elected to the position of
constable unless he stood squarely ON a
free silver platform. In my mail this
morning, / received letter from Can
ton, Ohio, announcing the organization,
right IN the home of Mckinley, of a Re-
publican Bryan free silver club, and the
election of "a prominent Republican and
wealthy manufacturer, as its temporary
| president.
From another county I received advioes
that after Bryan club was organized,
| thirty Republicans and 81 Populists en-
| rolled themselves as member Up in
| Pennsy lvania / have received word that
| the silver sentiment is spreading with
great rapidity in the Eleventh congress
sional district, one that has always been
have an even chance of carrying the dis
trict for the Democracy"
Asked when he thought the campaign
| would be formally opened, he stated that
he did not think it wise to begin speech
making until about the middle of Sep
tember. 1T takes some little time, +"
said he, 'tO organize corps Of speakers
and arrange for the canvass. l do not
| myself approve of too long u campaign
That matter during a Presidential year,
is left largely to the national commit
| tee. -
While Senator Jones' chairman Of the
national committee, will be guided large
ly by the wishes of Mr.. Bryan, Mr.
Faulkner believed that he would ulti-
mately use Washington as the headquar-
ters of the national committee.
He said the changes made by Bryan In
his Chioago speoh are immaterial and
consist of word here and there. The
stenographers had no means of knowing,
taking the speech as it fell from the
lips of the speaker, where he had used
| quotations, and in revision it will be
-, ~.
marks around the whole sentence refer
ring to ''the crown of thorns and CROSS OF
gold." Criticism of this passage has been
| hyperoritical and IL was but fair to
Bryan that this speech should be printed
properly in every par6Ioular. have
ordered the reprint Of the speech to the
extent Of 200, 900 copies. Altogether our
copies of speeches will aggregate up
wards Of many millions. Bryan's money
speech made in 1893, when the repeal OF
the Sherman act was being debated,
has had unusual demand. We are having
half million copies printed of Mr.. Tel
ler's speech in the Senate and wo have
ordered % quarter million for starter
and 100, 600 Of Mr.. Bailey g speech at
Sherman, Tex. The 60-page speech OF
Senator Daniel, during the last session
has been condensed to 16 pages and the
issue of 200 900 printed. We have endeav-
ored TO have the speeohea printed by hun
dreds OF thousands. It would be diff
Quilt to say how many copies we have
| issued of the speech of Congressman Town
of Minnesota on the silver question. It
| is one of the speeches most in demand.
The same may be said of the speech OF
Representative Terry of Arkansas. which
deals with the subject sufficiently and
presents 10 propositions with respect to
the silver question.
Senator Jones, chairman of the Demo.
cratic national committee was closeted
with tho officers of the congressional
campaign committee most of the day, il
having been his first opportunity OF get
ting acquainted with the work thus far
by that committee, and the plans mapped
out for the future. Among his callers
at the headquarters today were Senator
German Of Maryland, and ex-Clerk OF
the House Kerr of Pennsy lvania; COM
mittee representing the local central COM
mittee of the various stats organization
and clubs in the District of Colum bia.
called upon Mr.. Jones this afternoon, to
persuade him to arrange to have Bryan
deliver a speech here. No conclusion on
the matter will be reached until after
Mr.. Bryan is notified in New York.