The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

At the rate the Republican commit
tee is spending money these days II
won't take long to reach the bottom
of even Ezra's barrel. Evidences Of a
free distribution Of cash are plentiful
everywhere. The boys are burning it
,Ip as if it was hay. A twenty dollar
note doesn't look any bigger 10 Dennis
I1ichnor these days than nickel USED
70 look.
Realizing that the only earthly
chance to elect Thompson is Democratic
apathy and the getting out of the en-
tire Republican vote, the committee mas
concluded to put a small army OF hired
workers out on the next registration
day as well as on election day. To do
this viii require an amount OF cash
sufficient TO cause the ordinary man TO
gasp.
Colonel Up to Snuff.
But it doesn't worry Dennis little
bit. He knew that Colonel Lannan was
I'D to snuff when he insisted first, that
q, Gentle candidate be named by his
convention and second, that that can
didate be the poSSeSSor of barrel.
The search was long and at times dis
couragiDg.
There were some Gentiles who would
have accepted the nomination but they
didn't have the barrel. Others had the
barrel but not the desire to sacrifice
themselves in the cause of Colonel
Iannan. Finally Ezra, who combined
both requisites was hit upon He tried
hard to break away, but he couldn
withstand the colonels pressure.
Now what they are doing to that
barrel is a gorgeous sufficiency. AS
has been said before, a small army of
hired men will be put to work on the
nd on plSQ-
lion day. Fifteen pluggerS at Sc per
day each viii be used Oct. 81 in each
voting district. This means an army
If $50 men at an expense Of $2,S4O.
Heavy Livery Bills.
In addition there will be the cost OF
carriages. which Dennis has openly
boosted about securing. The livery bill
alone on Oct. 81 will reach the tidy
sum of $3.50. That is only a meager part
of the expense, however.
on election day $40 men will be en-
ployed at a cost of 81, $50. There will
be another big livery bill and it can
be seen that the various items will
quickly run into a large amount OF
money. Five thousand dollars is con-
sidered a very moderate estimate OF the
total cost of THE feature.
There is another little $1,000 item
which will go down in Dennis books as
"incidentals" In it will come such
things as beer for the faithful, cigars by
the hundred. campaign material and
supplies of q more or less necessary
character and other things that will
suggest themselves to a manager who
has been instructed to run his game
without a limit.
None of the items detailed can prop
erly be classed under the head of le-
climate campaign expenses. Under
this classification viii come the rent OF
halls for rallies, the hiring of bands
printing of campaign literature and
clerical help around headquarters
Headquarters at $4,000.
That item of headquarters expenses
will cost somebody not less than s., 600
The committee doesn't consider one
room big enough for it. Instead o1
being contented with something mod
est, Dennis has rented a three-story
block and he occupies all of il. There
is an army of clerks and stenographers
ana an array of men whose duty it is
to make callers happy.
Everything is furnished up to the
handle" There are carpets on the
floors, handsome desks, big, comfort
able lounging chairs and desk chairs
and other things that cost money. Z
man who knows what it costs to run a
campaign, after a visit to Republican
headquarters, estimated that the COM
nittee couldn't possibly get out for less
than $4,000.
This is considered a moderate guess
for anything the boys ask for they are
getting. Eichnor has a wad of bills
in one drawer of his desk and enough
coin to sink a skiff in another 1t is
there for anybody and everybody who
eVineeS the slightest desire for If