The evening times., 1896-08-19
FIRING POLITICAL GUNS
Millions Of Campaign Docu-
mentS Sent Out.
DEMAND FOR LITERATURE
Both Committees Having Hard Work
to supply It-PrintinR OFFICES Com
PEELED to Run Day and Night This
Promises to BE the Banner Reading
: Campaign" OF Politics.

Sipce tue opening or the campaign the
Republican Congressional committee has
sent out u little more than thirteen millions
or documents On Saturday alonc 337 =
600 copies OF various speeches were started
on their way
So great has Lcen the demands for liter
ature that tile committee has been cogi-
peilcd to again enlarge its quarters. The
speech for which lhere is the greatest de-
n.aDd is that of Mr.. McCleary, OF Minne-
sofa, In reply to representative Towne,
one OF the EDITING Republicans at the st.
Louis convention. very large edition OF
Secretary CarIisle's Chicago speech to
workiDgmen has been exhausted and an
other is Oh the press. Another popular
tract that has been printed by the hun
dred thousand is " rittcn In a converse tional
vein and entitled Three Evenings with
Money"
JUDGEALDRIDGE'SS SPEECH POPULAR.
One of the most popular things issued by
this committee Is speech made on the
stump in Texas by Judge Aldrdge. Singu-
larly enough. this Comes to them under the
ranking privilege through the agency OF a
Democrat Senator Caffery OF Louisiana,
who. in u speech in the Senate on the finan-
cialquestion, n,incorporatejthis Texas speech.
The Committee has lifted it and made
separate document of it.
Over at the Democratic headquarters the
committee finds 1t impossible To keep up
with the demands that come from all sec
tions of the country. The Stateof 4 rkansas.
the home of Chairman Jones, admitted on
all sides to be absolutely certain for the
Dpfpner nv h.o
majority. is clarnorous for free silver lit.
erature. AID the names OF hundreds of Re-
publicans are being sent in with the re.
quest that this sort OF thing be matted 10
them. ff.i-
The middle Western states are consuming
vast quantities. OF free silver literature
and the printers having contracts with the
committee are forced to operate their
works to the limit To come anywhere near
getting the wofk out In Ohio, alone, tons
OF literature have been distributed and ey-
cry line of iE pertains solely To the finan-
eial problem. xt,r, - - i.fa4
ALL REQUESTS HoNORED. = -'s
Thousands and thousands OF Republicans
Whose names are secured by the Democratic
workers are regularly supplied with this
food and the increasing demands for II in
letters written by the recipients themselves
is one of the things that leads the commit
tee to believe that the State is to be over
turned atthe comm & election.
The chairncn OF both committees agree
that never before was there such a read
ing" campaign. The publication and prepa-
ration or this literature FOR Distribution
will cost hundreds OF thousands of dollars.
No one Is turned down, and every letter
asking for Information at each headquarters
IS referred TO some particular individual
and an answer written
II 1t can be replied to with printed mat
ter, such is used; II not, written letter
is sent. Thus the committee is kept. 10
touch not only with the political worker,
but with the voter himself. The mailing
rooms of the two committees are vast
beehives, where every ennploye puts in
from eight to ten hours work a day, and
frequently another force is engaged until
midnight on the same work.