The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-02
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES
ON PREPARATORY WORK
Literature" Will Be Prepared by
the Ton, in Readiness for Its
Later Distribution.
PLACES NOT YET FIXED
Though Congressional Campaigns
Probably Will Be Directed from
the National Capital.
PLACES NOT YET FIXEI
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WASHINGTON, May LIN a very short
time the campaign committees which will
have charge of the work of watching and
assisting in the doubtful congressional dis
tricts will open their headquarters and be-
gin their operations for the season. II is
not yet definitely settled whether the Re-
publican congressional committee shall
have its headquarters in Washington or in
New York. Much depends on what the Re
publican national committee decides re-
garding its occupation of the New York
field for headquarters purposes. Chair
man Babcock, of the congressional COM
mittee is in favor of having the headquar-
ters in Washington this year, as he re-
CARDS this the best city from which to
send out literature and the newspaper state
ments which the committee makes from
time to time during campaign. The
Democratic committee has practically de-
cided on Washington as the city for its
headquarters.
The coming month will be devoted by the
campaign managers TO the preparation of
literature for campaign circulation. The
records of Congress will be ransacked sys-
tematically for literature of this kind and
speeches will be prepared for the widest
possible dissemination. The antitrust
speeches will be utilized by the millions
cellent material in the tariff speeches by
Senator Gallinger and the tariff and reci-
procity speeches by Representatives Dali
zell and Littlefield in the House. The trust
speeches by Senator Dollver and Repre-
sentative Hamilton will be widely used.
The Democrats are banking on the use
of many speeches made by Leader Williams
in the House and speeches by Champ
Clark and Bourke Cochran. The Demo-
cratic senators made few contributions to
the campaign literature and with the ex-
ception of the extended speech by Senator
Bacon,l of Georgia, discussing the tariff
question. they are short of senatorial ma
terial this year.
Even the supporters of Judge Parker
among the Eastern Democrats not
wholly convinced that the power and influ-
ence of the Hearst boom has been destroyed
by the apparent collapse of that boom since
the action of the New York state Democ-
racy in instructing for Judge Parker. The
Parker leaders believe that there will be an
element of destruction clinging to the
Hearst movement which will be powerfully
felt in the ST. Louis convention. What is
gathered together of the Hearst following
in the convention. and it will not be a small
number, with the aid which the influence of
Mr.. Bryan will exert in the convention, the
Parker adherents admit they see breakers
ahead and that ii will require the most
careful and persistent efforts TO overcome
the influences of Hearst and Bryan.
Not all of the Eastern Democrats who are
unfavorable to the nomination of Judge
Parker favor Hearst. Moreover, they do
not favor any candidate who would be Sc
lected by Mr.. Bryan. 1t is rather remark
able that among the Democratic leaders
who have centered i'm Washington during
the winter the most outspoken opponents of
the Parker movement are not Hearst ad-
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