The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-05
AT HEADQUARTERS
The De!uge of Requests for Literature Still
Continues

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The Demo-
! cratic congressional headquarters has
become the rendezvous for Democratic
leaders until headquarters are estab-
lished. The chairman was at work there
TODAY on his mail. Later Chairman
Faulkner of the congressional commit
tee, was joined by Senator German, Sem
ator Stewart. Ex-Governor Black, pres
ident of the Association of Democratic
clubs, Chairman Chiffon of the West
Virginia state committee, and Repre-
sentative Capenheart of West Virginia.
The talk was on general politics, al
though Senators German and Faulkner
went into secret session on certain
branches of campaign work Mr. Faux
ner and his associates expressed much
satisfaction with the results in Ala
bama. and al Brunswick, Maryland yes
terday, where the Democrats carried the
town, they assert, on the silver ques-
ton.
I'VE have been willing to discuss any
economic question" said Senator
Faulkner, "but our opponents will not
discuss the silver question further than
to ridicule it and assail its opponents.
1 regret to see that the opposition is
surely forcing a dangerous class issue
to the front"
Chairman Chiffon, of the West Vir-
ginia committee, reports that silver
clubs are springing up throughout the
state.
AT Republican congressional head
quarters half a million pieces of litera-
ture have been sent out within the last
tWenty-four hours. OF these a quarter
of a million are small "pasters' giving
McKinleys views on money. The COM
mttee continues to be deluged with re-
quests for literature. One of Acting
Chairman Apsley's letters from Indiana
today said:
The silver craze is dying out and we
must go at 'em with tariff literature"
Workmen are busy cleaning up
Wormleys hotel, which adds to the i'm
preston that the old hostelery will be-
come the national Democratic head
quarters. Chairman Jones of the Dem
ocratic national committee, today cor
rected certain misrepresentation which
have arisen from published interviews
with him within the last day or two.
Il did not say that Mr.. Bryan would
not accept the Populist nomination"
said Chairman Jones, for l have no
authority to say that. / did not say
that as a general rule the Southern
Populsts We're not a creditable class.
On the contrary 1 said that most of
them were patriotic men who were
working for a cause; that they were
Populists because they believed they
could promote their cause best through
a new party and that now they would
( support Bryan because it was shown
| that their patriotic objects could be at
tanned only through his election. This
is what | said of the Southern Populists
as rule. AS an exception, | spoke of
the class who were not creditable said
there were some who We're Pouplists
merely for their personal advancement.
Some who have become Populists
through selfish and not patriotic mo-
tives. I spoke of these as the exception
class who would not support Mr. Bryan.
I said that as a rule the Populists in the
South would follow the patriotic course
and support Mr.. Bryan; that there were
some who from selfish motives would
not do so but would prefer to have Nc
Kinley elected"
Chairman Faulkner received a re-
quest which he regarded as significant.
1t came from leading retail dealer in
Huntington, W. Va, asking where he
could buy 500 Bryan cabinet photo
graphs, which he said were the strongest
kind of campaign documents. The pho
tographs We're to be distributed with
purchases.
Representative Pearson of Asheville,
n. c.. district WaT at Republican head
quarters during the day and said intense
feeling had been aroused among the
Southern Populists by Chairman Jones'
interview concerning them.