New-York tribune., 1896-10-04

.,so,os FOR Congress-. In this campaign the
committee occupies the entire second "oo' "a .
Hotel Norma ndic for its executive lorce'
NJ editorial writer's stenographers. cierhs anu
messengers; and near by the committee h"S .
tvo buildings where about one hundred ana ni'.
clerks and packers are emp'o!eu III
shipping documents. . ,, ,or,oor
The committee rooms at the Nofmaiiuie 1890
Mcpherson Square. There are atose'hei' "" r
c,ous apartments including two basement ioo,n''
where some Of the light packing is done rN.
rooms are occupied by Che committee oircers anu
their assistants The rest are reception rooms anu
apartments devoted 10 the use OF tne e"e''
staff typewriters. and telephone a''ehua"'s'
The oficers of the Committee are Represeh'auNe
1o.enh ". Babcock. of Wisconsin, chairman; KEEP
.n,ot,ye Louis D. Apsley Of Massachusetts,
xcechairman: Representative David H. Mercer OF
Nebraska secretary; Warner +. Sutton. assistant
..cretarv and William b. Thompson OF Washihs-
ton. treasurer.
THE WORK BEGUN EARLY
with happy foresight there this year much
earlier organization of the committee : "oi h'i'e
force than usual The Republican National CON
..,,,on noe hold June lS but several weeks before
,hot tho energetic chairman of the committee hao
q force at work preparing the printed nat'ei 'n"'
was to be sent out during the campaign Az una.
tirne II was supposed that the issue Wouiu pe wen
defined between the Mckinley protective tarih anu
@ha Wilson law. Few statesmen anticipated ''a'
.h. .,v.r question would project itself into the po-
i,tieuI arena The declaration Of the ST. Louis Con-
yen,ion for the gold standard sounded the kes"o'e
of the campaign but the gage OF bat'ie hau ho' yet
btco picked up by the opposition
Then came the Chicago Convention free coinage
no. declared to be the policy OF the Democrats
Tho nominated Mr. Bryan. and the hottest poiti-
cal campaign since the war was begun Long be-
fore the managers had recovered from their
surprise long before the excitement which was
.n.enaered by this bold divergence OF po-
had
-. Committee was at work. Even before
the men had been selected who were TO direc'
th. campaign as members Of the National commit
Toe half a dozen printing presses were running ana
thou.an nds upon thousands of documents presenting
the sound money side Of the question were gong
o,,, from the Washington headquarters to the Var1-
ou. States where Republican success was In dan
ger BY the early days OF September uP"aru VI
half q million documents a day were being maied
Jmmediately after the organization OF the Ma
.,ora, Committee Chairman Babcock. OF the Con
-..s Committed went to Cleveland and had
conference withsChairman Hanna lie was able
IN report that 100000 documents were gong ou'
from Congress headquarters each day and that or
ders had been placed to increase the amount to
6Oo00o While the Democrats and Popuiists were
.,,u looking about for suitable headquarters. tht
Republican chairman was sending out his nrst Io'
900 edition Of the Campaign Text Book, widcf
WAS soon supplemented with further editions reach
ing an aggregate Of &, 600. Chairman Hanna com
rnended the work of the pushing Westerner IL
terms of the highest. praise. As the result OF th'
conference the Jurisdiction Of the Congress Com
rnittee was largely extended, and the chairman wa
authorized to take the State Committees as wei
"a the Congress nominees under his care.
SMOOTHLY WORKING MACHINERY.
All the campaign work of the Congress Commit
tee Is done under the personal supervision OF th'
chairman assisted by Nice-Charman Apsey anC
Representative Mercer The organization, how
ever is wholly the work of the chairman. How ad
mirably the committee machinery operates is Illus
trated BY the circumstance that carload of litera
ture numbering 2s1 900 do cun ents was received at
o'clock Friday afternoon September IL. and by
o'clock 10000 OF the documents had been placed Il
envelopes and reshipped 10 different States TIL
whole system Of bookkeeping by which thes
thousands Of pamphlets are kept account Of. 81
that n glance at the record will show how man.
documents Of any description are on hand. hov
many have been issued what number are bein
printed, etc, was the plan of the chairman AS
result there has been confusion, no laundering
no delay but every part. OF the work has bee
., pushed with a steady energy that has challenge
the praise of the Republican leaders in all parts o
the country
Under Mr. Babcocks management the Congress
Committee has developed from institution aux
ii,ary in charactcr-except in a Congress campaig
to one of important influence a working de
partment Of the Republican organization
Another factor In the successful upbuidin
NJ the committee IL Vice-Chairman Apsey
4 one Of the most popular members OF the Massa
chusetts delegation in the House Of Representa-
tsves and was associated with MIR. Babcock In tn
uanagement Of the Congress campaign In 1894 II