The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-28
FIFTY MILLION SPEECHES
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY REPUB- LICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

Demand for Campaign Literature Un-
 precedepted, Especially From Middle
 Western States, New York, Pennsylvania
 and New England-senator Mitchell Un-
 decided-Congression Records Being
 Searched for Available Currency Ad-
 dresses.
 Washington, July 27.-The demand for campaign literature at republican and democratic congressional head quarters is unprecedented. Singularly enough the requests for sound money literature come largely from the doubt full middle western states which the democrats are confident of carrying On the other hand the greatest interest in shown in silver literature in such of the eastern states as are believed to be reliably republican. This is espec- ially true of New York, Pennsylvania and New England.
 Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin has been the only conspicuous caller at democratic headquarters during the week. At that time Senator Mitchell was undecided whether to support the Chicago ticket or not. He is reported to have said that he was elected by gold democrats and did not see how he could consistently favor an economic policy in contradiction of their wishes.
 tnr nf rl cha iJ,ro a n of the democratic national committee will return to Washington within few days and this is interpreted to mean that the visit will be made in pursuance of his purpose to establish himself herh during the campaign.
 There Is much qualification express ed at republican headquarters at the receipt of letter from Miles Hazard an extensive rice planter of George town. S. C., in which he takes strong ground against free coinage. The let ter closes in these words:
 While free silver will increase the wealth of silver miners and more mon- ey not suitable to the trade will be in circulation, 1t is not going to benefit the rice planters and sugar planters who will still have to cope with foreign com petition, which means rice and sugar made so cheap by cheap labor that we canont cope with them. For myself I shall vote for Major Mckinley as he represents sound money and protection We have lived under 1t, prospered un- der it, and know that there is no, ex- pertinent Free silver and free trade do not suit our industry.
 "The day Is not far distant when cotton planters will be forced to ask for protection from the increased an- nual shipment of cotton from Egypt, and the factories from the formidable competition that will arise from Japan and China. These branches of our southern industries have not yet felt the blight as we have in coping with Japanese, Chinese and Egyptian cheap labor. Is is prudent for them to aid in Keeping sound money and protection apart?"
 The announcement is made at repub- lican headquarters that arrangements have been perfected whereby the state committeeman will be supplied with all tn campaign literature prepared by the congressional committee.
 The principal speeches sent out from republican headquarters are Mo Cleary's reply to Towne showing that the fluctuations of silver have had no bearing upon the prices of farm prod- ucts; "Babcock on Money" and the speech of Judge George N. Aldridge of Dallas, Tex, on the free coinage of sil- yer, which Senator Caffrey of Louisia- na had printed in the Congressional Record last winter. It is estimated that more than 50,O00,000 copies of speeches of all kinds will be distributed by the republican committee alone.