Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-04
DON'T HURRY!
Fau|kner's Representations on
the Political Situation.
Senator Predicts Democratic Victory
and One for Free Silver.
He Also Says Tons Of Campaign Literature
Will Be Distributed.

w dSHlIiSl Dii, AUG. o.--soeIidtOi Il AUX
ner, chairman Of the Democratic Con
sressional campaign committee, re
turned, this morning, from his home
in Martinsburg, w Va. He took a
very rosy view of the situation and
predicted the triumphant success of
the ticket for which he is doing such
energetic work. III is the fashion in
| these days" said the senator, Ito
point to straws to show how things
| are moving, if they may be taken as
Indications of the actual condition of
affairs.
Il have only to point to the existing
conditions in my home county of Derk-
| ley. This was the only county in the
state that sent sound money delega-
ton to the convention to select dele
gates to the Chicago convention. This
was only a month or so ago. At that
time the sentiment appeared to be all
on the side of the gold men. How is
il. today? A man could not be nom
| mated and elected to the position of
constable unless he stood squarely on
a free silver platform. In my mail
this morning, | received a letter from
Canton, ohio. announcing the organ
| ization right in the home Of Major
Mckinley. of Republican Bryan
| free silver club, and the election of a
prominent Republican and wealthy
manufacturer as its temporary presi-
dent. From another county | received
advices that after a Bryan club had.
been organized 30 Republicans and 81
Populsts enrolled themselves as MEM
bers and are doing good work for the
Democratic ticket
UP in Pennsylvania | have received
word that the silver sentiment is
spreading with great rapidly. In the
l1th Congressional district. one that
has always been heavily Republican.
we are assured that we have an even
chance Of carrying the district for De
mocracy.' Asked when he thought
the campaign would be formally
opened. Senator Faulkner stated that
he did not think ii wise to begin
speech making until about the middle
of September. 1t takes some LITTLE
time" said he. Ito organize a corps OF
speakers and arrange for canvass
| do not myself approve Of too long a
campaign. That matter. during {
Presidential year, is left largely to the
national committee"
While Senator Jones, chairman o.
International committee. will be guided
largely by the wishes of Mr. Bryan, Nj
Faulkner believed he would ultimately
select Washington as the headquarter.
of the national committee. Speaking
of the alleged revision of the Chicagt
speech of Mr. Bryan. Senator Faux
ner said: The changes made by Mr. |
Bryan are immaterial and consist of a
word here and there. The steno- |
Sraphers had no means of knowing |
taking the speech as it fell from III, |
lips Of the speaker. where he had useG |
the quotations. and in the revision il !
will he found that Mr., Bryan places |
quotation marks around the Who'll, |
sentence referring to "croWn of thorns |
and cross of gold. The criticism of |
this passage has been hypercritical |
and il was but fair to Mr.. Bryan tina |
this speech should be printed properly |
in every particular. | have ordered q |
reprint of the speech to the extent OF |
200 900 copies. Altogether our copies o
speeches viii aggregate upwards O. |
many millions.
"Ryran's money speech made in 1899
when the repeal of the sherman act
was being debated. had an unusual de
mand. We are having 4 half milliol
copies printed of Mr.. Telers speech in
the Senate. We have ordered a quarter
ter of a million for n starter and 100-
600 of Mr., Bailey's speech at Sherman.
Texas. The 60paSe speech of Senator
Daniel during the last session speech
intended to answer all arguments ad
vanced by Senator Sherman and Others
have been condensed to l6 pages and ar
jSclIp a ontl cd Tho T. |
Senator Cockrell of Missouri dealing
largely with statistics and overtlown
with data on the financial question
together with the speech Of Senator
Jones of Arkansas on the same sub
iect are in great demand. We have
endeavored to have them printed by
the hundred thousand 1t would be
difficult to say how many copies we have
issued of the speech of Congressman
Townc of Minnesota on the silver
question. 1t is one of the speeches
most in demand. The same may be
said of the speech of Representative
Terry of Kansas which dates with the
subject succintly and presents As prop
ositions With respect to the silver ques-
ton"
Senator Jones. chairman Of the Dem
ocfat1c natlonal committee, was closet | ;
ed with the officers of the campaign
committee most of the day. it having ;
been his last opportunity of getting
acquainted With the work thus far done
by that committee and the plans it /
has mapped out for the future. Among
his callers at the headquarters We're 7
Senator German of Maryland and ex-
Clerk of the House Kerr of Pennsylva-
mia. The committee representing the D.,
local central committee of the various $
state organizations and clubs in the |
District of Columbia called upon Mr. n
Jones this afternoon. to persuade him
to arrange to have Mr.. Byran deliver t
his speech here. No conclusion on the l.
matter will be reached until after Mr. e
Byran has been notified in New York t
on the 18th. L