Evening star., 1898-08-10
FOR THE FALL CAMPAIGN
Work Being Done by the Republican Con-
gressional Committee.
Cannot Tell What Literature Will BE
Needed-POIitical Issues as
Viewed at Present.

The absence from the city of all the
members of the republican congressional
committee causes dearth of news about
the headquarters of the committee in the
Normandie II
The hand book lis nearly ready for the
printers, but has not yet been approved by
the committee. It will probably be ap-
proved sufficiently to be put in type by the
middle of next week, the final approval of
all Its details to be delayed until members
of the committee, can have proof sheets of
the matter that has been prepared for the
handbook. - f-g .A5f-f
Campaign Literature.
The committee has already done consid-
cradle work in the preparation of literature
to be circulated during the campaign. The
foreign policy to be pursued by thu admin
istration will probably be the most i'm
portant issue of the campaign, and for this
reason the Presidents Instructions to the
peace commissioners when peace shall have
BEEN declared between the United States
ard Spain will give the keynote of the re-
publican policy on that important question.
Hawaiian Annexation.
AS justification of the republican policy
in annexing Hawaii a pamphlet has been
published containing extracts from remarks
of Senator Morgan and Representative
Grosvenor in Congress, and extracts giving
arguments by Capt. Mahan of the navy,
Gen. Schofield. U. S. A, retired; Admiral
Dupont and prominent labor leaders.
A pamphlet has been prepared in which
Is shown democratic opposition to war
measures. There are four pamphlets on
tariff and money and parts of speeches by
Senators German and Lindsay and Repre-
sentative Cummings favoring the issuance
OF bonds to carry on the war, are given.
Kind Of Ijferature Needed
The committee has learned in past cam
paigns that it is about impossible to an
ticipate the needs Of the campaigns for lit
erature in respect to the subjects to be
covered by it. In the last national cam
paign the republican congressional COM
mittee was making preparations for an
enormous quantity of tariff literature and
had comparatively little literature in oppo-
sition to free silver AS soon as the cam
paign got under way their mistake became
apparent and candidates insisted that tinan-
cial literature was what was wanted At
the present time the committee can provide
literature only in the way of precaution
and 1t will not be until later that the rea!
issues of the campaign can be determined.
1t now appears that the democrats will
endeavor to make imperialism leading
issue, and public sentiment on the subject
OF the acquisition Of territory that has been
taken from Spain shown in the near future
Will determine whether the cry of IMPERIAL
ism will be successful or not. The money
question now appears to be in the back
ground. and the tariff does not appear a
very promising subject for the democrats.
Candidates Must Say What They
Want.
The fact is whsn the campaign is on
candidates will see the danger in their own
districts and will write for the kind of lit
erature they are in need of, and until that
takes place the committee will proceed
cautiously, endeavoring all the while to
prepare for any emergency, but not plac-
Ing their largest orders for printing until
they know what will be wanted In the yari-
GUS congressional districts.
1t is not the duty of the committee to do
more thin assist candidates in various dis
tricts and they have to rely upon the can
didates themselves to learn how this assist
ance can best be rendered.