Evening star., 1896-11-03
UP IN THE MILLIONS
Literature Sent Out by the Different
Campaign Committees.
DOCUMENTS MOST IN DEMAND
Never Before Has So Much Read
ing Matter Been Issued.
THE WORK CLOSED [ Z

Evidences of the close of the campaign
are very plentiful about the political head
quarters in this city. the work of closing
up the headquarters offices already hav-
ing been begun. Whatever may be the
variety of opinions on the merits OF the
candidates voted for today. all agree that
never before in the history of the country
has a political campaign been waged by
the use of literature So hotly during
the past three months. 1t has been cam
paign of education. however the contend
ing parties may condemn the arguments of
the text books used by side or the
other. only in country flooded with
newspapers for many years could such
campaign have been carried on, for in no
other country could people have been in
duced TO T, ad the arguments put forth
by counsel on either side of the contest.
From the political headquarters here it is
safe to say that enough documents have
been sent out 10 supply every voter in the
country with two pamphlets, and five times
as many have been distributed from Chi
Cago.
The grand total OF pieces of campaign
literature. sent out by republicans, demo-
Gratis pOpuiISts and siivCri'es. from their
heaGuuartcrS here and III Chicago, is
Il1ccI by those y no make conservative es-
Inmates at not less than 2J'E'I,@j, or about
thirteen for each of the fifteen millions of
these Publications there has been vast
circulation OF campaign literature through
the NEWSPAPERS of the country and in docu-
mentS printed for individuals, which would
swell the. quantity OF campaign literature u
many Thousand millions of pieces.
The Republican Committee.
The republican congtes s,onal committee
opened its headquarters in the Norman1ie
about August l. with additional quarters
frr 5. han pf y,-i-n hi hal
d square of the hotel. Representatives
Eabccck and Apsey we'll versed ir their
work IN former campaigns. took charge.
with the assistance of Representative Mer-
Ger OF Nebraska and Fred r. Schrader, the
weli-known newspaper correspondent #
this city. The work of the committee WIS
laid ont with cOmprehens!veness and
actness rcver before attempted in poiit-
iCal campaign. When the battle of ballots
to culnInate today opered the con-
greSSiondl committee found itself in Il pre-
dicamcnt that al once overcome. 1t
had locked upon the tariff the great
issue CT the campaign. but the action Of
the Chicago convention ve.rId the issues
around 50 completely that II was seen that
free silver was to tie the paramount issue.
There had been an extensive preparation.
FOR ii campaign on the tariff Plates hau
been prepared OF the best speec hes in Con-
giess OIL that subject. but they were found
to he but little in demand. The foresight
of the managers of the campaign now
ever. had caused plates TO be made on th..
money question, and these were added to
rapidly. and SO extensive was the work of
circulating literature that about trH
documents have been sent out. OF which
13.1p.HD Were on the financial issue
Character of Literature Sent Out
The most widely circulated of any of the
documents was McCleary's Silver and
Gold Wages and Prices an answer to
Representative Towne's free silver speech
in Congress, which was the most effective
congressional speech circulated by the DEM
ocrats- Secretary Carlis.e's address to the
workingmen OF Chicago and Chairman
BabcoCks Three Evenings With Silver
and Money Were among the most popular
documents. The record books al ,epubli-
can headquarters here show the circulation
of the various campaign pamphlets sent
out there to be follows:
McCiedry's Silver and Gold Wages and
Prices 2.G2.G; Three Evenings With
Silver AMI Money" 1.J19,E9J; Secretary Car
isles address to workingmcn of Chicago
1.-n.l 81; BabcOck on money. ;;Stj,gtsy cop
les in English and Jl9:,.0 copies in Ger
man: Blaine against free coinage at Ii to L.
.,312l4; Aliridge free silver. HOO 1S4:
Senator Sherman deficiency of revenue
the cause of financial difficulty, Y7S 4sO,
Dingley The Treasury Condition"
G6 io5: Arsley. Protection and Reciproci-
ty." %6.ota': Johnson on Silver and
Wheat" l3.;S 9.5: "A Populist Humbug
Chairman Thurston's address at the ST.
Louis convention, 6IS.31J; Grosyenor on
the Wilson Bill and the Farmers" 500
sn5; Reed or the tariff. 529.O15: Mercer
IAN Honest Dollar Needs no Apology"
42l255: BlaIne's reply to Gladstone. All, ,:2,2l5:
Looking Forward 5S3.46: McCleary
silver AMI the Farmer. 314.114; Senator
Sherman's Complete History of the Alleg-
co Crime of 'I3. .5S.Sl4. Bryan's free trade
arguments 91.D5: Cullom on Sound
Money, Honest Coinage" 14392o: James s
Sherman on Banking and Currency" 49,.
1o5. McCleary's Silver and the Debtor,
1J. }1U.
The above documents were all frankable.
and in addition tc the numbers given over
a million copies of all classes of this ltera-
ture were sent out samples, of which no
strict record was kept. A non-frankable
document containing democratic opinions
on the Chicago platform. taken from
democratic newspapers, was sent out to the
number of 99.510.
Democratic Work.
The democratic campaign committee
apeued itS haadu1arferS in he appey 70 tho