The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16
Mr., BOUTELLE
WILL COME HERE
The Statesman From Maine
to Speak in Cali
fornia.
One of the Most Noted Authori.
ties on the Financial
Issue.
REED OF MAINE MAY COME.
Good Work by the Republican State
Central Committee Literature in
All Tongues.

The Republican State Central Commit
tee has secured the services of Congress
man BoutelIe of Maine for several speeches
in this State during the present campaign.
Mr.. Boutelle will speak in the Auditorium
Tuesday night. corner of Jones and Eddy
streets, under the auspices OF the commit
tee.
The standing rule of going there early
in order to be assured of standing-room
will, on this occasion, be more imperative
than ever. Ladies and their escorts will
have access to the galleries as usual.
Congressman Boutelle is a prominent
figure in National politics, ana as an au-
tnority on finance stands second only to
John Sherman, but he will be remembered
best by his course in Congress with refer
ence to Hawaiian affairs.
He will speak in Sacramento on Wednes-
day and in Los Angeles on Saturday of
next week.
Major Mclaughlin, chairman, and M.
r. higgins, secretary, OF the Republican
State Central Committee, have been in
correspondence for several weeks past
with Thomas B. Reed of Maine with the
view of having him speak in California.
A telegram was received from Mr.. Reed
yesterday morning to the effect that he
was uncertain whether he could come or
not, but that he would give definite an
swer to the com NIT tee in day or two.
The committee is more rushed with
work than ever. There are no cobwebs In
the State Central Committees headquar-
ters in the Palace Hotel. Several stenog-
raphers and typewriters are kept busy
every day in replying to the volumlnous
mass of correspondence handled by the
committee. In the entresoi on the floor
below a large force OF clerks is working
full time in mailing campaign literature.
1t is surprising to learn what great
inquiry there is from all parts Of the State
for this literature. The favorites seem to
be the speech of Hon. w. Bourke Cochran
at Madison-square garden in reply to Mr..
Bryan's Casa blanca speech; the speech of
John Sherman on August 15, 1856, on the
monetary history of the country; Major
McKinley's letter OF acceptance; speech
of John G.. Carlisle before the workingmen
of Chicago August 15, 1895; j. L. Nc
Cleary of Minnesota on silver and gold,
wages and prices; speech of James 6.
Blaine of Maine in the Senate of the
United States February Z, 1878, against
free coinage at 16 TO l; an article from
Street Railway Review August, 1896, en-
titled What Free Coinage of Silver Means
to Street Railways and Street-railway En-
ployes," and several other selections bear
ing upon the financial and protection
issues.
Most of the speeches have been trans
lated into half dozen modern languages,
and there are several pamphlets on special
topics addressed to naturalized citizens
and printed in the languages of the coun-
tries from which they hail Among some
OF the titles are: Bryan Contro Gil Itali-
ami" 20 Motive Porque Os Portuguezes
Devem Votar Por Mckinley" besides
other brochures in French, Spanish, Ger
man, Scandinavian and Slavonian.
The majority of the inquirers ask for
pamphlets on protection, and this fact is
regarded as a good omen as indicating
that the people in the interior have re-
covered from the glamour of free silver and
are seeking for light on an issue that
directly affects them.
Enthusiastic Republicans from the
country pay visit TO the State Central
Committee rooms before they go any,
where else to report the change in senti-
ment that has taken place since the open
ing of the campaign, and which is now
continuing in intensity. They tell also OF
the large number of old-line Democrats
who have come out from under the an
archistic Chicago platform, and who say
they propose to vote for Mckinley and
protection.
are worked like dray horses, and they do
not receive dollars remuneration for it,
but they feel cheered and forget their ia
tigue when they hear the fattering reports
of Republican gains coming from all parts
of the State in person and by letter.
Registrar Hinton rested in peace yes
terday after the arduous work OF the
past few weeks. All the tickets had been
| filed on the day before, and no protests
had come before him Yesterday, so that
| he was happy. No name, even to fill q
vacancy, can be put on the ballot now, and
no candidate can withdraw after the 18th,
next Monday.