Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-07
STRAWS FAVOR DEMOCRATS
Mr.. Faulkner Much EncOuraged-What the
Chairman of the Congressional Com
mittee Says of the Outlook
(Massl Republican.

Springfield (MasS.) Republican.
Senator Faulkner, chairman of the
democratic congressional campaign COM
mittee returned to Washington yester-
day morning from his home in Maritime
burg, w. Va. He took very rosy view
of the situation and predicted the trium-
phant success of the ticket for which he
is doing such energetic work.
TT is the fashion in these days" said
the senator, ito point to straws to show
how things are moving, and IL they may
be taken as an indication of the actual
condition of affairs [ have only to point
to existing conditions in my home county
of Berkeley. This was the only county
in the state that sent sound money del
egation to the convention to select dele
gates to the Chicago convention. This
was only a month or so ago, and at that
time the sentiment appeared to be all
on the side of the gold men. How is 1t to-
day? A man could not be nominated and
elected to the position of constable up-
less he stood squarely on free silver
platform.
I'm MY mail this morning I received
letter from Canton o., announcing tie
organization right in the home of Major
Mckinley of a republican Bryan free sill
yer club and the election of a prominent
republican and wealthy manufacturer as
its temporary president. From another
county have received advices that after
d
republicans and thirty-seven populists
enrolled themselves as membsrs and are
doing good work for the democratic tick
ct. Up in Pennsylvania l have received
word that the silver sentiment is spread
ing with great rapidity, and in the EieV-
enth Congressional district, one that has
always been heavily republican, we are
assured that we have an even chance or
carrying the district for the democracy"
Asked when he thought the campaign
would be formally opened, Senator
Faulkner stated that he did not think 1t
wise to begin the speech-making until
about the middle of September 1t
takes some little time" said he, Ito or
ganize a corps of speakers and arrange
for the canvass. 1 do not myself APP
prove of too long campaign but that
matter, during presidential year, is LETT
largely to the national committee
While Senator Jones, chairman OF the
national committee will be guided large
gly by the wishes of Mr.. Bryan, Mr..
Faulkner believed he would ultimately
OF the national committee. Speaking OF
: the alleged revision of the Chicago
speech of Mr. Bryan, Senator Faulkner
said: 1.-The changes made by Mr. Bryan
are immaterial and consist OF a WORD
here and there The stenographerS had
no means of knowing-taktng the speech
as it fell from the lips of the speaker
where ne had used quotations, and In the
revision it will be found that Mr.. Bryan
places quotation marks around whole
sentence referring to the crown or
thorns and the cross of gold.' The criti-
cism of this passage has been hypercrit-
ical and 1t was but fair to Mr.. Bryan
that this speech would be printed prop
erly in every particular. l nave ordered
reprint of the speech to the extent OF
250, 900 copies.
Altogether our copies of speeches will
aggregate upward of many millions.
Bryan's money speech made in 1893,
when the repeal of the Sherman act
was being debated, has had an unusual
demand 1t makes thirty pages and we
are having half a million copies printed.
OF Mr. Teller's speech in the senate we
have ordered 25000O for starter and
100000 of Mr.. Bailey's speech at Sher-
man, Tex. The sixty page speech of Sen
ator Daniel during the last session,
speech intended to answer all the argu-
ments advanced by Senator Sherman
and others, has been condensed to six
teen pages and an issue of 100000 print
ed.
1.-THE speech of Senator Cockrell of
Missouri dealing largely with statistics
and overlooking with data on the f1nan-
cial question, together with the speech
of Senator Jones of Arkansas on the
same subject are in great demand and
we have endeavored to have them print
ed by the hundred thousands. 1t would
be difficult to say how many copies we
have issued of the speech of Congress
man Towne 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
Arkansas, which deals with the subject
succintly and presents forty-fve propo-
sitions with respect to the silver ques-
tions."
Seria tor JONES' chairman of the DEM
ocratic national committee, was closeted
with the officers of the congressional
committee at Washington most OF the
day yesterday, it having been his first
opportunity of getting acquainted with
the work that has thus far been done by
that committee and the plans 1t has
mapped out for the future. Among his
callers at the headquarters were Senator
German of Maryland and Ex-Clerk of the
House Kerr of Pennsylvania. A commit
tee representing the local central COM
mittee, the various state organizations
and the clubs in the District of Columbia
called upon Mr.. Jones in the afternoon
to persuade him to arrange to have Mr..
Bryan deliver a speech in Washington.
No conclusion on the matter will be
reached until after Mr.. Bryan has been
notified in New York on the 18th and ar
rangements have been made for his sub
sequent movements.
Ex-Clerk Kerr will be given charge of
the campaign in Pennsylvania, owing to
the retirement of Mr.. Harrity, who is not
In sympathy with either the ticket or the
platform. Representative Pearson OF
North Carolina at republican headquar-
tiers reported a very satisfactory cond1-
ton of things in his state.