New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-18
BOTHERED RY THE MONEY QUESTION.
TROUBLES OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE ~ SUPPLYING; CAM
PArGN LITERATURE

PAIGN LITERATURE
Washington July r. (Spscai)-The Democrats
Congressional Committee. whose chairman r. sena"
tor Faulkner Of West Virginia. II actively engages
I'm the preparation Of campaign literature TOR ais
tributlon and considerable curiosity Il naturally
felt and expressed TO what sort or sorts OF III.
.ra,ura II will Distribute. Careful inquiries have
resulted In creating the impression that Sens'ov
Fsulkner's committee r. considerably emoarTsse7s
BIZ the money question. and rnat II II ospoeW
to relieve itself far possible By assaults upon
the head Of the Republican National ticket IN
fact there is good reason 20 believe That Tnomas y
rla,t.s attacks upon Major Mckinley which are
regarded as hot stuff AT Democratic headouaf-
ters will be repubshed and sown nroadcast oy
the Congressional Committee. But even this y
regarded as weak expedient on the whole, ana
as matter Of fact Chairman Faulkner IL in
necL If trouble" He has been regarded as a moi
crate sound money man, but h" has Dina fs"a
I'm the infallibility OF Democratic party organ
izatlon and utterances. The party AZ Chicago a.
clared IN favor of free coinage. FIAT money. res
riots and so on. and Faulkner stands by the dec
larations In a letter to the Editor OF the
Evening star under date of July IS Senator
Faulkner writes:
In your issue of the 18th inst. IN stating ny
Your parer uses the following language: Senator
Faulkner is in thorough sympathy WIN tne S Ens-
not correctly define my position. and ! feel ur r
willing let IT pass by IN silence J believe ne
sttuted assembly OF delegates commissioned oy
the mil and Of wishes the perth pc the e
10 that hat Convention should no. have voted
several respects it does not give expression 20
my views On certain public questions 4
convention. however adopted that declaration
of principles. Such majority can alone oe.
party The minority has but one OF two eou re,
STORM f. must then Seek aancs viii, political
organization whose declaration OF principies &C
nounced by the platform on the whole are more
in accordance with the views held by the minority
ii;ical parties IN my Judgment Il Is the right :n1
the duty of the minority 10 yield to the voice OF the
majority fairly and regularly expressed There can
be but one Democratic party and but one Demo
cratic organization. and when once that party.
ted its candidates and declared its policies there
he middle ground upon which democrats
san S'Ird name o srp rs orgazation Bsliev,
ing that the candidates nominated and the plat
form adopted at Chicago taken in connection with
nearly express my views in reference TO public
questions than the Republican candidates nomi;
shall give my earnest support to the nominees OF
the Chicago Convention.
A strong majority Of the Democratic Congress-
lonal Committee agrees with Senator Faulkner. and
the question that "sound-money' Democrats will
be likely TO ask is: What is to become of the
sound-noney Democratic candidates nominated for
Congress-" They cannot expect 10 receive either
campaign literature the "sinews OF war; from
Senator Faulkners committee. One answer to the
question given at the headquarters OF the Con-
Money League would probably furnish all the doc
uments needed for distribution by Democratic gold
candidates for Congress"
Under these circumstances the contributions Of
sound money Democrats the campaign fund
which is be handled by Senator Faulkner and
his free-silver committee Will not be likely to as
sumo enormous proportions