The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-08
THEY'LL SPREAD THE GOSPEL
OF SOUND MONEY BY MEANS OF
SUPPLEMENTS AND PLATE
MATTER.
ALvAH EASTMAN is IN CHARGE
As EdftOr-in-Chief With Assistants
From Each Congressional
District.

| lican State Press association met at
the Windsor hotel yesterday after
| noon for the purpose Of discussing
plans to be adopted for the fall cam
paign. Representatives of Republican
papers were present from each con-
| gressional district and manifested an
animated interest and enthusiasm in
the different methods proposed for con-
| Quoting successful state and national
| campaign in Minnesota.
| The meeting was called at the request
of the Republican State Central COM
mittee, through Alvah M. Eastman, to
whom has been delegated the matter
OF looking after and aiding the state
| press in it's work. Mr.. Eastman was
| present and Immediately following
the call to order by President J. A.
Leonard, was accorded the floor to
explain what was expected of the press
and how the desired results could be
best accomplished. Very briefly Mr..
Eastman stated that the state central
committee had desired a conference Of
the editors in order that the most
| efficient line Of campaign might be de-
cided upon and that the committee
and Republican press might act under
campaign is to be one Of education, he
said, and the people must have their
intelligence disseminated through med
| 1ums which will reach those Of different
political faiths with equal potency.
These mediums are the newspapers
and it was more the speakers desire
to impress this fact and to have each
editor interest himself in the work
rather than to recommend ways and
means. Later the editors could act
as pest suited their constituencies
There were, however, two generally
accepted methods which the commit
tee favored, said Mr. Eastman. One
the use OF supplements containing
discussion Of the issues of the cam
palgn, and the other the use of plate
matter. 1t was for the purpose of al
lowing the publishers to discuss the
matter among themselves that the
meeting had been ordered, Mr.. Eastman
stated. 1t was not necessary though.
that the two forms alluded to be the
only ones considered. On the contrary.
1t was the desire of the state central
committee to entertain and assist any
plans which would mature to the ad-.
vantage of the Republican party.
Following Mr.. Eastman's remarks.
President Leonard stated that the
question to be considered was what
class Of matter should be used during
the campaign and invited q general
discussion Of the subject. Nearly
every one present had some ideas to
express, and though a number allowed
themselves to- depart from the matter
OF discussion to the extent Of political
speeches on the money question. their
remarks were listened to with attention
and interest. In fact, those who
dlgressed and endeavored to show the
faliacy of free silver, were accorded
the closest attention and at times re-
ceived with applause.
In the two hours which followed the
opening OF the meeting, a number Of
varied opinions were offered concern
ing the minor points Of various meth
] ods. but the sentiment almost unani-
mously prevailed that the editors
should and would control their edi
torial columns independently of the
matter furnished by the state central
committee. All were agreed. too. that
ehclent use could be made of sllpple
ments and of plate matter but to the
extent which either of these STYLES of
matter should be employed there was
Some
wanted to issue campaign supplement
every week, and others thought
once, or not to exceed twice. a month
sufficiently often. Those in favor of
frequent supplements believed those
containing the speeches of men like
Senator Davis, Congressman Clearv
and Senator Nelson in full would
90 much toward securing Republican
votes. This was held to be particu-
larly true in sections of the state
where the residents were foreie ners
and could obtain the views of one of
their own nationality upon a question
OF such vexing proportions as the
money question. Those opposed to the
liberal use of supplements held that
the readers OF a paper knew the con-
tents emanated from the state central
committee, and that the matter did
not carry with it the same conviction
as though 1T had come from one Of
thefr own numbers. Then, again. it
was claimed, the publication of
speeches in full was productive of con-
fusion to many readers who could
readily grasp extracts where they
could not comprehend the argument
in it's entirety. There were few peo-
pie also, 1T was said, among the agri-
cultural classes who had the time to
read all Of the contents of a supple
| ment. In general, the opinion seemed
to obtain that the use of supplement-
matter was advisable, but to a linn
tied degree, although where a publish
er so desires he may issue as much Of
it as he sees fit.
There was the same difference of
opinion in regard to plate matter.
Some were in favor Of its liberal use.
and others were opposed on about the
same grounds as were advanced
against the supplements. Plate was
easily recognized as emanating from
an outside source, though it was ad-
mitted to often contain the best of
matter. In such instances its use was
commended at about the rate of from
one to three columns an ISSUE
Other convincing methods recon-
mended were the use of cartoons and
extracts from the arguments Of prom
| inent sound money advocates, the lat
ter to be run in double column and
large type in different parts of the
paper, where they would attract the
most attention. The question of util-
izing articles from the editorial pages
of the city papers was also considered.
and while some were in favor of the
practice, the majority opinion seemed
to be against such a course, and par
tcularly SO where no credit was given
the publication from which the ex-
tract was taken.
After nearly every one had been
heard on the subject under considera-
ton. E. A Paradis, Of the Midway
News, was called upon. He made
quite an extended talk upon politics,
but referred only briefly to supple
ments and plates. He contended that
the Republican platform declared for
bimetallism, and that If the issue was