Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-04-15
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
How the Necessary Money T. Raised aud
Handled Tor Carrying Elections.


Handled TOR Carrying Elections.
During a political campaign the first
and Ia most cases the chief source of
revenue i The assessment of candidates.
The amount 81 these assessments varies
in different localities ana under differ
ent circumstances. A common assess
ment In Illinois. for example, in districts
that are not considered especially doubt
full in ordinary elections. is 3 per cent.
Of the annual salary, and II is expected
that all candidates, unless there is some
special reason for exception, viii pay
this assessment However, it not infre-
quent,y happens that the most valuable
candidate for the party is poor man,
who is unable TO pay the regular assess.
meut. In that case, the committee, TAX
ing all the circumstances into account,
ask him 10 pay what seems reasonable,
or he may be- even entirely exempted
from assessment, ms in the case of a
crippled candidate for county recorder
III Indiana IA 1870. A wealthy candi-
date, who can well afford to pay more,
is sometimes assessed lump sum with.
ont any especial reference 70 the salary
/ that he is to receive If elected.
In national elections local county com.
/ mittees expect 10 receive money also
/ from the national committee. usually
/ through the hands Of the state commit
tee. In the campaign Of 1883 the Re
publican committee IN one county oi
Indiana received 500 from the state com
mittee, which they Supposed, rs mat
ter Of course. came from the nationa
committee.
In the campaign Of 1880, IN that SAINT
state. the two leading county manager
OF one Of the parties Went to lndianapo
Lis and met there representative iron
the national committee. They went 4
his room in the hotel to talk with hin
regarding funds When he asked thei
needs II was replied that they did no
come 10 beg money from the nationa
committee, but that their county stoo
ready to match dollar ordollar whateye
sum he was willing to give them
"You're the kind Of men have bee
wanting 10 sec, replied the gratitied rel
resentatlye from New York. you ca
have as much money a. you want; hel
yourselves. He took down two valisei
and threw them open, showing then
packed full of bills. One of the most a:
; tute Of New York political managers
: Of the opinion that while they doubles
: took what they needed they failed ,
, keep their promise to match the sun
:, "dullar for dollar" from their own coui
~; but they dil keep their word.
Another source of revenue, and on
: that is much larger than we should G.
: pect. IT we did not consider the great el
thusiasm that close campaign arouse
1 Is voluntary contributions. | am M
: speaking here Of the large sums that al
raised by national committees froi
wealthy men, especially from those WI
y feel that they have much at stake in N
! tional legislation, but the amount that
contributed TO county and city commi
4 tees in local campaigns. In the can
paign Of lSSS, in the same county in!
received $500 from the national canmi
tee, one liltle city of I.OO0 inhabtan
!, . raised $1,000 day or two before II
: election, after the assessments had he,
, collected The money was given volu
? tarily by enthusiastic men. In that car
y paign, in that county, some $1,000 VI
spent by one party alone. Profess
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