New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-18
ITS CAMPAIGN WE'LL BEGUN
THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COM
MTTTEE HARD AT WORK.
IT Is SUPPLYING THE ENORMOUS DEMAND FOR
SOUND MONEY LITERATURE FROM TIE
WORKIN,iMEN VICE C1IhRMAN
AFsIEY's VIEWS
Icy TELEGRAPH To- THE TRIBUNE J

Uashi,gton Julv 1.-THE Republican Congress
s,onal Committee is hard work and Its daily con-
tribution TO the mail is already large N'thin '"e
nex, thirty DAYS probably 100000 campaign docu-
rnents will be sent where they VIII 90 good Inc
drand il wholly unprecedented. and it is fortunate
that the committee is better equipped and prepared
- supply the demand than II ever was before
Ia rye nroportion OF the demands for documents.
which are pi.ing in from every direction. are Tor
such as bea- the money question, and THESE de-
ands the committee is fortunately fully prepared 70
meet.
All these letters are on the money question. said
Vice-C Chancellor Apsley to-day as ne pointed 10
Milo ~ ,,issives before him He continued: I'm
my position AS vce-chairTnan OF the Consressiona!
Committee am daily receiving dozens OF letters
from workingmen and workingmen's clubs, not Only
Of England. but OF the Middle States and else
where which form barometrfc Indication OF the
temper Of those men. and tel you that when the
November election has come and gone VIII sur
,-sa peope how stanchly adherent TO honesty and
Intelligent government the great working masses OF
the population have proved themselves 10 be This
talk Of certain Democratic leaders who have not
repudiaied the Chicago platform OF making heavy
inroads among the factory operatives OF the East
and New England with their free-silver shbboeth
f. the veriest The factory operatives and
the workingmen OF the East. we'll as OF all sec
tons of the United States. have not forgotten thar
they were receiving higher wages in 1892 than they
have enioyed since and that the action OF the ll1d
Congress scaled down not only their pay but their
hours Of labor They have not forgotten that they
were happy and prosperous under Republican rule.
and that their prosperity ended with the close Of the
Republican Administration and the advent OF
Democratic Congress.
The working people Of the entire country are
thinking people" continued Mr.. Apsley. and the
wild and feather Drained propaganda will not con-
vert them. They have had one experience with
Democratic free trade and they paid dearly for IT,
II is absurd 10 imagine that they can be induced
TO desert the party that has always looked out for
their interests by providing them with work and
the means OF enjoying happiness to follow the
standard OF n party which. having made d failure
of running the Government. now takes up the dan-
perous rropositon to experiment with the finances
~ the country. II Mr.. Bryan in his speech 10 the
strongly 10 the people IL Is that the term business
80" - entitled IN a construction which shall In
clude the workingmen OF the country. To this SEN
timen, subscribe. The factory operatives. the
great cases Of workingmen and the farmers are all
of the country. But such. they are not gong
10 he carried away from the firm mornings OF our
,bojr irnnied ignorance OF the great issues which
affect ali channels Of trade alike go
las a rulc the workingmen OF our country are
thoroughly honest. They are not regulators. AMI
they will not consent to countenance the proposed
crime OF regulating 30 per cent OF all debts private
and public by voting 10 substitute uepaSeu Cyl
rancr Tor a financial system which. under Republl-
can management, has always insured happInesss
rd ,rosnerity the happiest eras In the history OF
~ ~ ro,,rl-, IL business men they coGlpe
~, 70 nudge the issues their employers; as
business they Will consult their own hpss
men bv preserving the financial integrity OF the
country To imagine that these men, WIN tne III
nerience OF the last four years 70 guide mem VIII
fcnoei, their ballots for candidate VINO STANDS OF
,rIatforrn which attacks the protective system anu
tiovernme guarantee OF redeHiptio' o'" -
an insult to their intelligence