The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-08-17
ELKINS'S SEARCH FOR MONEY
THB REPUBLICAN, SOAP MANS TROU.
BLEsOME TASK.

THB REPUBLICAN, SOAP MANS TROU.
BLEsOME TASK.
FaNAs Csoias Very Slowly MspsA ants.
Cleric, Pslltieisns All Observation-Disclosures
They Aass Have Cash for the Canpaiss.
WARRINGTON. Aug. 13.-Mr. Elkins, tho
energetic manager Of tho Republican canvass.
said recently that victory for tho good old
party was simply . question OF finance. This
question oinnanos to which Mr. Elkins referred
was not 30 much how best to distribute money
- how to Retit II Mr.. Elkins and tho shrewd
politicians who are associated with him have
purse. very few puzzling questions Of finance
will arise respecting the use OF it. Mr.. Elkins
already finds that he must get up early In the
morning and work hard all day II any such
campaign fund - that which Dorsey handled
10 TO be at the disposal Of Mr.. Blsine's commit
tee. Promises for subscriptions 90 far have
not been vory encouraging. Tho Wall street
bankers and brokers. who through Levi p.
Morton raised million dollars In $780, seem to
be utterly Indifferent now. The steady decline
In prices Of stocks that began whom Garfield
was shot; the depression Of trade: tho failur>
Of Congress to do anything to relieve the banks
In respect to the smbarrassments OF curtailed
circulation. and the general indifference re-
gardlng the results Of the election have made
the men from whom the big subscriptions used
to come rather miserly. Mr.. Elkins is reported
TO have said to . distinguished Democratic
friend-now little lukewarm-as they sat on
the vsrands Of the Deer Park Cottage. that II he
could get up scare. the business mon would
come down. Yet 1t 10 curious fact that some
Of Mr., Blaine's most enthusiastic friends here
have said that nothing short Of a business panic
could beat him.
The business mon who wore known a. Star
reuters will mako the basis Of the subscription
fund that Mr.. Elkins expects to obtain. but
these will not be the Star reuters who were re-
Gently prosecuted BY the Government. Dorsey
IL attending his cattle ranch. and is reputed to
bo brown. hearty. and healthy. sick OF nothing
but politics. Gen. Brady has received as yet
no letter. either asking for . subscription or
how the departments are doing. But Mr.. San
derson. who made great deal OF money out OF
the Star route contracts. who is a relative OF
Mr.. Blaine. and the failure to prosecute whom
was ono OF the many curious mysteries Of the
Star route scandals. will make q handsome
contribution. Mr.. Elkins himself Is reputed to
have put down $4,000 aud as Mr.. Elkins Ia
known to have never planted seed without
reaping harvest he plainly does not regard
that largo sum.of money a. thrown away simply
for the honor and hard work that are entailed
BY being Chairman Of tho Executive Commit
tee. Mr.. William Walter Phelps expects to he.
and probably will be. made Envoy Extraor.
binary and Minister Plenipotentiary to tho
Court Of st. James in case Mr.. Blaine Ia elected
President. His subscription is said to be 800.
600. Mr.. Levi p. Morton. who expected tho
place Of Secretary Of the Treasury under Gar
nsld. and who got tho French mission. has ao.
oording TO the reports received here. consented
to be drawn upon for q proper amount"
Some other rich men are down for good figures,
but the amount does not begin to be enough.
Ohio IL begging for money. though the local
managers arc informed that they ought to be-
able to raise enough in their own State for tho
October election. Wisconsin pleads for cash.
90 docs Maine and even Republican Vermont
wants help. West Virginia demands green.
backs. and will get Thorn. too; but unless Mr..
Elkinss campaign fund gets q good deal big
ger than 1t now promises to be there Is going
places. The Government clerks 80 far have
fund. Although Grandfather Clam ia eyadino
the civil services law with all bis old-time an
orgy and shrewdness, the clerks have as vet
hardly subscribed enough to nav for room
rent and the printing and postage for tho cir,
understood that less than 81 600 has hem
raised hero in tho departments. Already the
clerks are beg, aninR to BIO informed that while
they are protected BY law 30 far as assessments
are concerned, there 10 nothing In the civil
service law that will stand between them and
removal in case the Republican party is beaten.
Inc pressure that such an argument will cause
10 e1pecteo iater IN the canvass to squeeze out
aeooo man! ooiiars.
ine administration does little as vet. II