The morning times., 1896-10-25
In Politics.

The cnrnIri ittees at the various Congress
sioual headquarters are getting ready To
20 home 10 vote Next week not u great
deal of work Will he cone. OF course The
committees Will be in touch with the var
ious States, and Will give out all lnfcr-
nation received. but tie heavy work OF
the campaign has been finished.
Senator Butler leaves next week for
North Carolina He has recovered from
tie effects Of his fan from his bicycle.
Secretary EdeertOn Will remain in charge
If headquarters Mr.. Edgerton thinks his
state is so safe for Bryan that there is no
necessity of his vote. Assistant Secretary
Pirtie leaves this morning. and VIII not
retlirn to the city until the middle OF No
vembcr.
AT democratic headquarters most of the
members Of the committee live 50 near
Washington that they can run home in
haIf a day. so there will be but little
difference there.
Secretary Mercer. Of tie Republican COM
mittee, will leave early in the week as
puSsible, providing his wifcs health will
permit. She has been quite i'll, and this
has disarranged some of Ills plans.
Tie claim that North Carolina will go
Republican seems to have more basis than
appears ON the surface The party in that
state has been most Systematically or
ganized
By great effort the Republicans have
secured larger registrations This year
than the Democrats. The figures are
placed at from twelve 10 fifteen thousand.
This result is said to be largely due 10 the
eXertions of Senator Prichard. 1t is
said there will be no difficulty i'll securing
a fair count of the vote.
Uncle sam is taking a large interest in
this carupaiGn, larger than ever before. II
is costing him Il great deal OF money and
there will be nice little deficiency 10
make up when Congress meets.
In the Senate folding room alone there
will be a deficiency of about 5000. TIL at
much money was appropriateda and keptthc
folding room going one month. But this
did not approach the amount needed and the
entire force has been kept Going an extra
month. This work was dCne on faith, but
Il s all the political parties were beneliciaries
there will be no trouble in getting the de-
ficiency through.
But this is not all. The Government
Printing office has been furnishing all the
frank envelopes used. The Republicans
used about twenty Millions the Democrats
twenty-five, and the Peoples party one
million. These envelopes cost aboutS1 500
n million. This alone then cost the gov
ernment about $500 No estimate can
| be made of the extra cost of handling the
tons Of matter this campaign Of education
has sent through the mails.
Secretary Diffcnderfe-, of the silver COM
mittee. Will still keep his headquarters
open. but he has stopped mailing liter
ature. He has figured the result out sat
isractorily to himself and now says he is
prepared. .Nnthing that can happen " ill
surprise me- is the way he puts 1t.
Republican voters living in Washin gton
have taken Il great interest in this cam
paien. This is shown by the number who
have gone home to register and to vote
AT Republican headquarters betw cen fiji
| teen and seventeen hundred voters have
taken advantage OF the special rates.
The Democratic Congressional committee
! is still payingits respects to Hon. ] Sterling
| Morton. They are sending all through the
| country a letter he " rote proposing fusion
| With the Alliance or Peoples liarty in
, 1890. " hen he was seeking Gubernatorial
honors. The letter after claiming that
| the aims OF the two parties were the
| same, says.
I'm this election the Democracy were
| against high taxation. whether for State
| revenues or the pockets OF protectionists,
| and the Alliance antagoniZed the same
evils. Each organization helped the
other. and together they have fairly and
! deServedly whipped the long-entrenched.
,eminently venai, and perpetually pro-
| tecting, by unjust taxes upon all of MS to
| enrich a few of us Republican rioters in
Nebraska. A convention to form a more
| perfect union between the Alliance men
and the Democrats. made up of conserva-
| tive. thinking, discreet men, to be held
in Lincoln on. say Jackson's Day. January
8. 1891, might prove tudicious move.