The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-02
Campaign Committees of Both Parties Are Busy
 With Detail Work
DEMOCRATS WILL BORROW
 REPUBLICAN THUNDER
Speeches of LaFolIette, Cumming, Bev- eridge and Other Insurgents Are
 Expected to Aid in Defeating Grand Old Party
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEy

Washington, July 1-(Special) )--More campaign literature is being distributed this year than at any time in the history of political contests in this country. The G. O. P. is up against the fight of it's life and is counting upon the stand-pat and reactionary speeches delivered during the recent session of Congress on the cost of living, republican achievement in legisla- ton, and President Taft's efforts toward economy to turn the tide of public senti- ment toward the retention of the domi- nant party in the popular branch of Con- gress.
 During the campaign of 1908 the republic can congressional campaign committee sent out a grand total of 4.SOo000 docu- ments. This aggregate has already been exceeded by nearly round million copies and the campaign has only barely com menced. The aggregate number of docu- ments thus far sent out by the republican campaign committee is already 5.5Q0,000 copies. These consist principally of the speeches made by Representatives Bou- tell, Longworth and Payne on the tar1n, McKinley's speech on the tariff, President Taft's Lincoln day speech, the Gardner speech on the high cost of living. and the speech by the late Representative Cush- man of Washington on the lumber sched- ule.
 Millions of Circulars
 The democratic congressional campaign committee will also send out millions of circulars, mostly reprints of congress sional and other speeches, but no figures are yet available as to the number thus far distributed. Champ Clark's speech on the tariff will be the democratic headlfner in which he concluded with the battle cry Of Yayp hDys. and ai 'eill.1
 Sight has not been lost of the fact that the republican insurgents and the pro- gressives have made number of speeches which constitute excellent democratic campaign material, and these are to De sent out in large quantities for the pur- pose of alienating the votes of regulars and progressives in close republican dis tricts. A number of the speeches or La Toilette, Deliver, Cummins and Bristow on the tariff are to be distributed, also extracts from the speech which Senator Beveridge made at the Indianapolis state convention There has been great de- mand already for the great tarin speeches made by Representatives Floss or Massa- chusetts and Ravens of New York ana these will be distributed in large num- bers. e
 Experts at Work
 Experts and statisticians are also at work on the congressional campaign books The republican campaign bo9k will be out by August 15. and IS being pre- pared under the direction of Francis F. Curtis of the republican committee onices in this city. It's keynote will be the tarin. If will also point to economy" The dem ocratic campaign book will be out before August l. and will establish the issues which the republicans are to meet or att tempt to combat. The tariff will pc brought forward as the main issue, ands coupled with 1t will be the charge or ex- travagance in expenditures graft ana IT, reeularities in administration, with refer- ence specifically to the Ballinger, sugar trust. and friar lands scandals
 Headquarters of Parties
 The campaign headquarters of the res publicans will be opened in New York and Chicago on August 1. The literary bureau at New York will be in charge of Representative Iloudenslager Of NOW Jersey. vice chairman of the campaign and Chairman Mckinley or Illinois will take charge of the speakers headouarters at Chicago No branch wiil be maintained at Washington except .he usual secretary's office of the committees In charge of Secretary Curtis. The main headouarters of the democrats will be ios cated at Chicago in charge Of Chairman James T. Lloyd of Missouri. They may open bureau at New York. but tnis naa not been decided. The great fight Will pe waped in the trans Ohio and Central Miss sissinpi regions and Chicago will be the heart of the struggle.
 The democratic congressional campaign committee will soon issue an appeal 10 democrats for dollar contributions to pay legitimate expenditures of the campaisn and will make the announcement that no trusts need donate.