Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-30
Bags of Campaign Literature
Sent Out by Democrats.
A BIG DAILY OUTPUT
SHIPMENTS WILL SOON BE
LARGELY INCREASED.
Great Demand for Kitchin's Speech At
lacking the President-A Try to
Be Made for Massachusetts,.

Every day big express wagons can be
seen on the G street side OF the Riggs
House loaded with bags. filled and ready
to be sent to the city post office. Therein
lies a tale Of democratic campaign energy.
The big bags are filled with campaign docu-
ments. For the past six weeks this trans
fer Of the documents from the Riggs House
to the post office has been going on with
considerable regularity.
The democratic congressional campaign
committee has its headquarters on the sec
ond floor Of the hotel, and down in the
basement a large room has been used by
the committee to accommodate people en-
ployed in placing the speeches Of demo-
cratic congressman in ranked envelopes
and in addressing them ready for distribu-
ton. For five or six weeks there have
been employed there about fifteen folders
Of documents. Each of them Is required to
fill 5000 envelopes q days work. That
makes 10000 envelopes that have been filled
daily. Many of the envelopes contain as
many as ten pamphlets
The quantity of literature to be shipped
daily will soon be Increased from 75, go
envelopes daily to about go. 600. 1t is not
expected that the daily output will be al
lowed to run below that number until the
campaign has SO far advanced that the
days for effective literature have passed.
The first and second speeches sent out by
the campaign committee are those of John
Sharp Williams on the tariff and reciproc-
ity. chiefly Canadian reciprocity. These
are being sent In large numbers all over
the country. Thousands of them are going
to Massa chusetts. Representative Sullivan
has assured the committee that the condi-
lions In Massachusetts are SO doubtful that
the democratic ticket has an excellent
chance there.
The democrats are counting on several
things to give them a show in Massachu-
sets. They declare that Senator Lodge Is
out OF harmony with his party in his stand
pat principles the tariff. They believe
there are many shoe manufacturers in
MaSSac huSetts to whom free hides are 50
attractive that they will favor Parker and
tar1n revision. They. are sending literature
crittcfStng the personal haracteriSticS of
President Roosevelt and expect some sup
port in that way. They believe that many
people in Massachusetts, favor reciprocity
with Canada. All these phases Of what is
declared to be democratic strength are act
Ing so favorably on the democrats that
they have decided to bestow a large share
OF their literature in test Of Massa chu-
sets.
The committee Is also sending out Sena-
tor Bacons tariff speech, laying emphasis
upon the discrimination in prices between
domestic and foreign consumers by Ameri-
can manufacturers. The speeches Of Rep
resentative Lind and Sullivan on the tariff
are embodied IN a pamphlet, while the per-
Sonal attack on the President by Represen-
tatives ,Kitchin. Patterson and Fitzgerald
are bound in one pamphlet and are in great
demand.
1t is said that more requests for the
speech of Kitchin have been received than
In reference to any other campaign docu-
ment. They are being sent throughout the
east with great Hberalfty. Great numbers
or that speech have been sent through the
upper part Of New York state. Indeed in
New York Tammany is being relied upon
largely to look after the city, while the
committee is using its influence by means
Of literature largely outside of Greater New
York. That course is based upon two rea-
sons. one is because New York city people
do not take to pamphlets and prefer to get
their information from the newspapers. and
the other is that Tammany Is regarded as
able to look after matters within the city
limits.
Extracts from speeches Of Senators Gull
berson and Carmack and Representatives
Livingston, Hitchcock and Burton, In ex-
PLANTATION Of the estimated deficit In the
treasury for the fiscal year ending July 1.
1900, are put In one pamphlet. All of these
are democrats except Burton of Ohio. and
Mr.. Burton said some things in his speech
which the democrats think will help them
IN their contention. to the effect that the
course of the government IS one that is
running it toward an embarrassing deficit.
Senator German on executive usurpation
and official corruption Is given pamphlet
to himself for parts of speeches delivered
by him last December. February and
March
Another subject that is treated In these
documents relates to the charges against
members Of the House Of Representatives
made In the Rristow report. This subject
Is treated In a. pamphlet containing extracts
from speeches by Representatives Cooper
of Wisconsin. William Alden Smith, Jen-
kins of Wisconsin. Calderhead and Gros-
yenor, republicans. and Representatives
Cowherd. Cochran. Pou. Moon. Williams of
Mississippi and De Almond. democrats.