The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-28
TONS or LITERATURE.

Never BEFORE Has There such = Read,p,
sahpsiEn-Millions OF Copies OF Doe
uments Hearing ON the Great Financial
Issue being shipped Out by the Cam.
paisn Committees at washington-Ac
one Turned Down.
NAsHINGToN. Aug. 10 Since the
opening Of the campaign the Rrpu b.
lean congressional committee has sens
out q little more than thirteen millior
documents. On saturday. alone. Az.
Vup copies OF various speeches were
started on their way. 20 great has
been the demand for literature
that the committee has been com.
PEELED 10 again enlarge their quar-.
tiers. The speech FOR which there 4
the greatest demand Is that 81 Mr.. Nc
1ieary, ~ Minnesota. ia reply to Rep
rcscntaiive Townc. one ~ tie boiling
republicans al the ST. Louis conven-
tion. A very large edition OF Secretary
tArlisle's Chicago spo ech 10 wors.iny.
men has been exhausted and another
- on the press. Another tract that
mas been printed by the hundred ihou-
sand Is written in conversational
vein, and entitled Three Evenings
with Money"
One Of the most popular thin - IS
sued by this committee is speech
made on the stump in Texas bv Judge
Aldridge. Singularly enough this
comes to them under the Thanking
privilege through the agency IF a
democrat Gen. Gallery. Of Louisiana,
who IN speech in the senate on the \
the silver question Incorporated this .
Texas speech. The committee has
made separate document OF il.
Over at the democratic headouar.
tiers the committee find il impossible
% keep up with the demand that comes
from all sections of the country. The
state OF Arkansas. the home OF Chair
man Jones. admitted on all sides To he
absolutely certain for the demo .ratic
ticket by very handsome majority.
: ciamorous for frec-silver literature.
ma the names of hundreds of repnb-
leans are being sent in with the re-
quest that this sort OF thing be mailed
10 them.
The middle western states are con-
uming vast quantities az free silver
iterature. ana the printers having con-
racts with the committee are forced
q operate their works t. the limit 10
'ome anywhere near getting the work
ut. la Ohio alone tons Of
literature have been distributed.
nj every line OF it pertains
plely TO the financial prob
I'm. Thousands and thousands Of
epnolicans whose names are secured
v democratic workers. are regularly
applied with this food. and he in
rrasing demands for il in letters writ
IN by the recipients themselves Is one !
the things that leads the committee y
, believe that the state is to be OYER.
irned at the coming election.
The chairman OF both committees q
gree that never before was there such ,
reading campaign. The puhlica- T
on and preparation Of this literature \
II distribution will cost hundreds Of ;
lousands Of dollars. No one 4, &
armed down. and every letter ask Y
u for information at each head >
larters j. referred 10 some par :
cuiar individual and an answer :
ritten- II IL can be replied To
ith printed matter. such is used, il y
y a written letter is sent. Thus the .
nmittee is kept in touch not only =
i'm the political worker. but with the ;
ter himself The mailing rooms of -
e two committees are vast bee-hives. A
here each employe puts in from eight
J. hours work day. and often is Il,
gr ged until midnight on the same
ork