The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-04
RAISING A CAMrA1aN PuND.
The Renublican Conores.;ons, e,

The Republican Congressional Com
mittee are still laboring for the mastery
OF the next House Of Representatives,
and are throwing great deal of their
energy into the business OF raising funds
for campaign land personal) purposes.
Inasmuch as the polite missives sent out
by them requesting such a contribution
as the liberality of tho various officers
might dictate has failed to accomplish
the desired result Of filling their treasury,
these patriots have changed fhc form of
their request by designating the mini
mum sum which It would afford them
pleasure TO receive from the holders Of
federal Offices. The circular which we
Published two weeks ago has been re-
vised and improved on, 10 that better
financial resu'to are expected to be de-
rived from its circulation. We have in
our possession now circular emanating
from the headquarters of the Republican
Congressional Committee, addressed to
federal official in this section of the State,
which is the same 40 the circular hereto
fore published, with the exception of the
first clause, which, in the new circular,
reads as follows,
WAslINGrON, d. c., May 27, 1878.
SIR: This Committee, charged with
laboring for the success of the RepubIi-
can cause in the coming campaign for
the election of Members Of Congress, call
with confidence upon you, as O RepuJli-
can, for sIch contribution in money as
you may feel willing to make, hoping
that it may not be less than $i2. The
Committee deem it proper, in thus up.
pealing to Republicans generally, TO In.
form those who happen to be in federal
employ that there will he no objection in
any official quarter to such voluntary
contribution.
Then II concludes:
Please make prompt and favorable re-
spOnse to this letter, and remit ut once.
by draft or postal money order, to "Sid-
ney +. Austin, Esq, Treasurer, &C., Ger
man.American National Bank, Washing
ton, D. c."
by order Of the Committee,
GEO. @. GORHAM, Secretary. .
This circular shows the determination
of the Republicans to again use the Off
ces of the government TO secure perpet-
uation of their power in the government,
and that they intend to force contribu-
tons in money for that purpose. at fsst
the request was an indefinite one, left for
each office-holder to decide for himself,
and as this does not seem to have panned
out enough, they have actually made an
assessment which, if ell the federal off,
cers pay OF the same rate according to
their salary, will raise over one and o
half million dollars. This 10 the force
against which we will have to contend in
the coming campaign, and should induce
our people to remain solid. We raise no
campaign fund by an assessment of office
holders, and hence the Democratic can.
didates will go before the country simply
on their merits, and the canvass VII be
conducted on funds voluntarily given 81
private citizens, while the Republicans
go into the race relying ON the money
Which thei- officers are willing to nay for
their places. 1t is an indirect method of
political bribery, and the people ought to
retire the men who practice IL from power
In our government.