New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19
A CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
BOTH CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES SENDING OUT
FLOODS OF DOCUMENTS on THE
MONEY QUESTION.

MONEY QUESTION.
Washington. July $ (SpeciaD-"1 do not believe
there ever was such demand for campaign litera-
tlire as there this year. said Chairman Babcock
Of the Republican Congressional Committee. TO
Tribune correspondent to-day. He continued:
Election DAYS Is nearly four months of. and the
campaign has not yet been formally opened. and
We are already deuged-I might say swamped-
with demands for documents. one man has sent IN
a pressing request for 1000 for use in his Congress
district-enough to supply a copy TO every voter
should say / observe another unusual thing-in
fact do not suppose II ever happened before In
political compagn. We have received from proml-
nent Democrats who opposed TO the Chicago
platform and ticket orders FOR tens OF thousands OF
our documents for distribution among Democrats.
and have honored the orders"
How many copies Of documents have you al
ready ordered" asked the correspondent
About 10000, | believe and that number will
not begin to supply the demand.
The calls now are mainly for literature bearing
on the money question and the committee has
fortunately taken steps meet this demand
Among documents In press and which VIII be
ready next week is Secretary Carlisle speech de-
livered before an audience Of Chicago worklngmen
in April. This speech Is reproduced In full with
the addition of appropriate sub-headings. but WITH
out a word Of comment. There will be an enormous
demand for the document for circulation among
democrats who are opposed TO the Demo Populist
platform and candidates. as well as among Re-
publicans.
Other pamphlets on which the Republican Con-
gressiona Committee is relying are the history OF
Money and Financial Legislation In the United
States" which Is a reprint of the speech Of j. w.
Rabcock of Wisconsin. IN the House. and Mr. Bah
cocks Three Evenings with Silver and Money,
which f. rather unique in form. II purports 10 De
the talk OF four neigh bors-Mr. Smith. practical
business man and a student OF finance, Mr. Jones.
an intelligent farmer Mr.. Vance, formerly Green
hacker and Mr. Burns. a common -sense "A porer-
who discuss the financial question In every day put
highly interesting style. , ,
on the other hand the Democratic committee Il
sending out wholesale the speech Of Senator Teller
in favor of free coinage the only means OF equal
izinr exchange and bringing back prosperity De
vered I'm the Senate last April also the speech OF
Renresentative Towne of Minnesota. on the res
oration Of silver delivered IN the House last fcD-
ruarv They rank TO the famous free coinage
sreech of Sena tor Cockrell. delivered last March as
the most powerful arguments In favor OF the white
metal which they have in stock. The Democrats
also rake up the past in the form or historic
Narrative OF the Money Fight Beiween President
Andrew jackson and the United states BANK. pc
ing speech OF Major Charles II. Schrener, "A LIN
coin elecor for the Harrisburg district or Pennsyl-
yania in 1864 An article on The National kdiuee
o, Silver Mining" by MOrcton Frewen reprinted
from the English contemporary Review. Is also
one Of the features OF the Democratic campaign
literature while several silver treatises 10y General
A j Warner are also on the catalogue