Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
TO SWAY THE VOTER
Literature Sent Out by the
Democratic Committee.
FIGHT ON LlTTLEFIELD
Extracts From Speeches Oh Labor
Questions.
PAMPHLETS ON THE TARIFF
Arguments for Revision Will Be Ship
ped to Massachusetts, and Other
Northern States.
PAMPHLETS ON THE TARIFF

The democratic campaign committee in
this city is now daily adding to its litera-
ture and for the coming campaign, and
Is sending out considerable amount of
pamphlets, according to the demands that
are being made upon 1t. OF course, the
state Of Maine with its election on the
10th of September is the battle that Is
closest at hand, and the district of Rep
resentative Littlefield Is the hottest CEN
ter Of the contest. To that district large
amount of literature is being sent.
The committee Is not getting out long
speeches, but is pursuing the plan Of send
Ing out extracts embodying the most inter-
esting parts OF speeches it wishes to have
distributed. The latest publication which Is
now coming from the press relates to the
party's record on labor legislation. 1t con-
tains extracts from speeches of Represent
tatives Charles A. Towne, William Sulzer.
Henry T. Rainey. w. w. Rucker. John
Sharp Williams, David A. DeArmond, Will
liam T. Zenor. Thomas Spght and Henry
NJ. Goldfogle These extracts Of speeches
OF members of the House Of Representa-
tives bear on the two important labor bills
that were before the recent session Of Con-
gesss, but which were not acted upon be-
fore adjournment. They relate largely to
the question concerning the establishment
of the eight-hour law and the anti-injunc-
ton bill. They record the approval of these
bills by the men VINO are quoted and chide
the republican majority for being slow TO
take action on them
A large number of these speeches will go
Into Mr. Littlehelds district in the effort
that Is being made for a combination be-
tween the democrats and the labor organi-
cations to defeat his reelection, as he was
opposed to the legislation urged by the
Federation Of Labor in the form In which
1, was placed before the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
On Tariff Revision.
The committee has six other pamphlets
that are being sent out to various parts of
the country. according to the demand that
is had for them. They relate to tariff re-
vision almost wholly. Mr.. John Sharp
Williams is naturally honored as the minor
ity leader by having three of the pamphlets
devoted to his speeches delivered In the
House, all OF which were characterized by
the great ability of the Mississippian
One OF these pamphlets Is entitled What
Democracy Stands For" another THE
Shabbiest Fraud and the third Mr. Will
liams' Reply to Mr.. Boutell" These ex-
tracts are all from his speech delivered on
April 2T last.
Another pamphlet being put out by the
committee contains remarks on tariff reyi-
sion by Representative Champ Clark a re-
vision or the tarn schedules by Repre-
sentative Henry T. Rainey, and on tariff
falaCies by Representative E. w. Pau. All
OF the speeches were delivered In the House
during the present calendar year. That
of Mr.. Clark was delivered January 5, Mr.
Rainey's April and and Mr. Pau's
June %.
This literature Is chiefly for circulation
In the north. where the tariff issue is being
fought. They will go largely to Iowa, ILL
nois. New York and Massachusetts, as well
as to many other localities where the tariff
Issue bids fair to be prominent. In Massa-
chusetts especially there will be an effort to
secure wide circulation of this literature
In order to convince the republican faction
that Is rending its party in a terrible way
In that state and that the democratic party
is the one political organization that can be
depended upon to put through revision.
South Safe for Democracy.
The fact is. in the southern states the
democracy has practically nothing to do
this year, as there seems little likelihood
that there will be even as much activity as
has been experienced in the past on the
part or men DESTROYS of breaking the solid
south SO far as known at this time there
will be no contests of democratic suprem-
acy In the south outside of the districts of
Representative Bennett In Kentucky and
Representative Blackburn in North Caro-
lima. There will be serious contests there
1t is also possible that the Asheville, N
c. district will be contested by a repub-
lican, and that Is district in which the