St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-28
The Leaders of the Blaine Campaign
DespOndent.
They Can't Get the Money for Their Style Of
Fighting.

WASHINGTON, Aug. ga. W. Clapp, Of the
Republican finance committee, does not disguise
the fact that he keenly feels the sharp blows
which are being showered by the press upon the
heads of members of the com
mittee for their prosecution of
the poor department clerks. He said to-day:
''Some days ago Senator German said that the
committee must halt in its request for money to
carry on the Republican campaign. There are
clerks in the departments who hail this cry Of
matt with JOY. They are Democrats who have
not now, nor never had any sympathy with Re
publican principles, but who through some
trick or legerdemain have succeeded in securing
positions under Republican administration. They
wrote the committee in response to circulars
sent them to solicit contrib utions to aid the con-
tinuance of power III the hands of party which
Is tolerating and feeding them anonymous let
tiers, which are always cowardy, in the effect
that they propose to contribute to advance the
interests of Cleveland. They fancy that they
will escape discovery, but in that they are liable
to discover their mistake when it is too late for
their comfort and safety
Clapp's committee is not making any Roadway
in their demand with this threat. Not over fifty
contributions have been received and when it is
taken into consideration that there are no less
than 10000 department employees in Washington,
the influence and power of the committee can be
easily estimated. The Democrats are satisfied
that the Republicans will not be able to secure
substantial aid to any considerable amount from
government employees, and are quietly congratu-
lating themselves upon having cut off large
portion of the enemy's supplies.
The Republican National convention is grow
ing anxious, and there rumors afloat that a
finance convention will be appointed in
hopes that fresh means may be provided to scare
the clerks into contributing. From all accounts
there are several things at the bottom of the
troubles of the Republican National committee
at the present time it is virtually without funds
Considerable money has been collected already
the bulk of it coming from prominent members
of the convention, and men who at
the outlet of the campaign advertised
themselves as promising to give $50 much to
the campaign fund. Most sof this money was
sent to Maine, the little kept here being reserved
for clerk hire and incidental expenses of the
committee. The amount of money already sent
to Maine is SAID to be very large and no estimate
places it at less than 100000, and by many this
amount is said to have been largely exceeded.
and yet, with all this money sunk
simply to give Blaine a boom in his
own state, reports from there are any
thing but encouraging, and the cry still comes
for more ''soap." But just now the committee
has no ''soap'' to send. Desperate efforts to
raise funds from the usual quarters have been
lately made, but without eliciting the usual re-
Spouse. The merchants, bankers, and Wall
street brokers who gave literally for Garfield
have most of them fallen into line behind the
independent Republicans.
Those who Blaine men give some.
thing, but not with their old
time liberality, and excuse themselves
on the ground of losses by depreciation Of
stocks. 1t is the failure that for the time being
puts the Blaine managers on the verge of des.
pair, and the committee which they morage on
the brink of bankruptcy. Already complaints
have poured in to headquarters from all sections
of the country, and prominent Blaine men in
states like Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois
have repeatedly warned the committe that unless
something was done at once it would be useless
| to hope that their states would be carried foI
Blaine i'll November Steve Elliins, however,
says hat there will be plenty of money by the
LIST of October, and that localities needing help
will be literally provided for then.