The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-04
SHORT CAMPAIGN FAVORED
Senator Faulkner Does Not
Want It Opened Early.
BRYAN's SPEECH REVISED
1t Is Declared to BE Merely COrrec-
ton of Unimportant Phrases and
General Editing-Work at the
Congressional Committee Rooms
Being Pushed.

Senator Faulkner, chairman Of the Demo
cratic Congressional campaign committee,
returned yesterday from his home in Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, where he had gone to
escape the heat over Sunday. He takes a
very rosy view Of the situa ton and predicts
the triumphant success of the ticket for
which he is doing such energetic work.
1t Is the fashion in these days." said the
Senator, ito point to straws to show how
thingsa 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 my State that
sent sound money delegation to tie cOnven-
ton To select delegates TO the Chicago
conv ention.
This was only a month or SO ago, and
at that time the sentiment appeared to
lie Oh the side OF the gold men. How S it
today? A man could, not lie nominated and
elected 10 the position of constable" said
Mr.. Faulkner, unless he stood sGuarely
Oh u free silver platform.
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Asked wheuJhe thought the campaign
would be formally opened, Senator Faux
ner stated that he did not think it wise TO
begin the experimenting until about the
middle OF September.
1T takes some little time" said he, Ito
organize a corps of speakers and arrange
for the canvass. Co not myself approve
OF too Icing campaign. but that mater.
during IA Presidential year, is left largely
to the national committee"
While Senator Jones, chairman OF the
D.
by the wishes OF Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Faulkner
believes he will ultimately select Wash
iDgton as the headquarters OF the national
committee.
Speaking of the alleged revision OF the
Chicago speech Of Mr.. Bryan, Senator
Faulkner said:
The changes made by Mr.. Bryan are
immateriai and consist OF 4 word here and
there. The steDographers had no means
of knowing-takinS the speech as it fell
from the lips of the speaker-where he had
used quotations, and in the revision il will
be found that Mr.. Bryan places quotation
marks around the whole sentence refer
ring to the crown OF thorns and the cross
of gold.''
The criticism of this passage has
been hypercritical and 1t was but fair To
Mr.. Bryan that this speech should be
printed properly in every particular. 1
have ordered reprint OF the speech to the
extent OF $50, Zoo copies.
MILLIONS OF SPEECHES.
Altogether our Copies OF speeches will
aggregate upward or many millions. Bry-
ans money speech in 1898 when the repeal
OF the Sherman act was being debated has
had an unusual demand. II makes thirty
pages and We are having half a million
copies printed
"of Mr.. Teiier's speech In the Senate
we have ordered a quarter Of a million for
starter and 100000 OF Mr. Bai!ey's
speech at Sherman, Tex. Tbe-sixty-page
speech of Senator Daniel during the last
session, a speech intended to answer all
the arguments advanced by Senator Sher-
man and Others, has been condensed to
sixteen pages and au issue Of 100000
printed.
The speech OF Senator CockreIl OF
Missouri. dealing largely with statistics
and overfio wing with data on the financial
question, together with he speech of Senator
Jones OF Arka nsas on the same subject are
in great demand and we have endea voredto
have them printed by the hundred thou
sands, SO as to meet the call upon our
committee for this literature.
1T would be difficult to say how many
copies we have issued OF the speech OF
Congressman Towpe, Republican, Mime
sofa, on the silver question. 1t is one OF
the speeches most in demand. The same
may be said OF the speech OF Representative
william L. Terry of Arkansas, which deals
with the subject succlnciy and presents
forty-tive propositions with respect to the
silver question: