The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-19
Modest Campaign Fund. Now Lack
ing, Will Insure Democratic
Victory in the State.
HANNA HAS MILLIONS TO USE.
Yet One Hundred Thousand Dol.
lars, Declares James Creelman,
Will Defeat Mckinley in New
York and in the Nation.
BY JAMES CREELMAN.

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Saratoga. Aug. 1S.-If any man IN the
! country has an idea that New York State
cannot be won by Mr.. Bryan this year. he
| should, If he Is sufficiently interested in the
subject. talk with the Democratic leaders
| who have been listening to reports from
every county of the STATE within the past
four or five days. This State is the hinge
! of the struggle for control of the national
| Government.
| Everything shows tha: Mr.. Mckinley s
! majority of four years ago has been com
pletey destroyed by the brutal and corrupt
| policy of the Republican Darty. New York
| at this moment seems to be Il Democratic
! State.
! Hapna's Advantage Is Financial.
Inc ore advantage which Mr.. Hanna has
| IN New York Is his swollen campaign fund
Know of my own knowledge that the
| democratic organization In that State has
| peeA unsuccessful in raising money for le
| Eltlrnatc work In 1899, when MIR. Cleveland
! carried New York. the State Committee
| ti'.d AT ITS disposed $4,000. This money was
| largely contributed by business men. But
| Nh ~ &isse.oniy four years later.the State
| SolniAlttee which .nanases. Mr.. Bry:.ns
| with.
This year thousands of business men have
! come back 20 the support of the Democrat
iS party. but they do not seem TO realize
the importance of contributing to the Dem
| ocr;stlc campaign funds.
Are there no pa atr,otic men Of wealth In
| New tofk willing 10 hold UP the hands of
u Il party which has undertaken TO save the
| Repuh!ic from the crime OF imperialism and
trust system?
a hundred thousand dollars In the hands
| OF the Democratic State Committee will
! make ma, New York decidedly Democistic. a
| few few pub!ic-spi,ited citizens could contribute
| that sum and hardly miss 1t.
How Bryan Ma! he Elected.
GIVE put one-ninth part Of the Democratic
1und that was USED in the campaign of
1872 and Mr.. Bryan will be the next Pres!-
dent OF the United States.
i have been in Indiana, and that State is
clearly. Democratic this year Even the
Republicans admit it in private CONVERSE
Kentucky and Maryland are safe. With
New York added, Mr.. Bryans election is
This year Mr.. Hanna must defend Ohio.
West Virginia Delaware. Illinois and Mich
lgan. and he never had TO defend them be-
fore States like Minnesota, North Dakota
gains. Mr.. Eryan may be elected without
the electoral vote of New York but with il
a democratic victory is put beyond ques-
The rough preliminary estimate made for
the state Committee shows average gain
since 1886 of something like 1000 votes in
NeW York ana Brooklyn An average of
1908 votes in each of these counties taken
from Mckinley and added to Bryan would
make an effective change of 2a2,0o0 votes
MI Croker and his lieutenants agree with
1he Brooklyn Democratic leaders that the
VIII peseb a. papsity o IN the two counties
Figures Show Bryan Majority.
As New York and Brooklyn together gave
MMchlniey NJ almost 5000 plurality, the effect
would mean an effective change of 22S 900
votes In New York and Brooklyn This.
added to change of 232,0O0 votes in the
oil,
ity In New York State of 1S7.0O votes
assuming that these estimates are ex-
travagant. and taking off ,one-,nird of the
mate Of the STATE, Mr.. Bryan would sin
have a plurality of 5000 votes.
,ho! give prominence to these figures because
a state canvass, and rest upon examna-
tons OF the various counties by the man
OF all men who ought to know what the
real situation is.
The vital. the dramatic fact IS tha. the
reports made uy letters from every part Of
the State who have had no opportunity
OF meeting and comparing notes. average
up to urs.lity of $4,000 votes for Bryan
": New York State.
No wonder that Mr.. Hanna is clamoring
for millions of dollars to add to the already
swollen Republican campaign fund. Moth
ing but money can help him now.
All the leaders report that the popular
tlue IS sweeping powerfully everywhere
toward Mr.. Bryan.
What Trusts Did for Mckinley.
In 1896, Mr.. Carnegie and his friends In
the steel trade alone raised SO, ,0O0.OOO for Mr..
Hanna's fund. MIR. Carnegie IS himself the
authority for this statement He said it in
the fsi,,l presence Of Horace l.. Chapman of
tie group Of men! Think of it. three mil
lions from the steel trade.
What did the Standard OIL Trust, the
Sugar Trust. the Beef Trust and the other
corporate combinations contribute?
And remember that the Democratic Ma
" mi n ion
State Committee had only 5000, and in |
States like West Virginia. Ohio. Indiana |
and and Illinois the committees had something |
Ike ten or twelve thousand dollars each. |
with the responsibility of caring for State |
candidates added to the national campaign !
Struggle Left to Poor Men. |
American politics when the cause Of good !
government stood so much in need of |
financial assistance. There, are a hundred |
bly, and openly In this State. But the rich |
men of the Democratic party, as a rule. |
have kept their noney in their pockets
fense of American institutions to poor men.
Is there no patriotism In wealth; is the |
commercial spirit becoming incompatible |
with the maintenance Of Democratic :nsti-
tutions?
Thus far the Democratic organization in
the State is in fourishingn - condition The
Bryan. Whatever bitter feeling may be en-
gendeled by the attempt Of alr Hill to re-
cover leaQeTSnlp, WHICH, lie iOSl ny
ing four years ago. does not extend in the
slightest degree TO the national ticket. l
have carefully watched for a sign of Dem
ocratic treachery or detection and l have
found none.
Organized Labor for Bryan.
One of the most important discoveries
made within the past week Is the fact that
organized as well unorGanized labor is
swinging over to Mr.. Bryan in this State.
not alone on account OF the opposition of
to imperialism, militarism.
trusts and the other dangers which press
on the tolers of the country. but the offer
of the Democratic party in its platform to
give labor representative in the Cabinet |
at Washington is awakening the men in
the factories and shops to the possibilities
Of working directly for their own interest |
at the polls this year.
This is new element In the campagn. |
The Democracy still holds out great prize
to the workingmen of the United States
With a Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet |
the wealth producers of the nation can
press successfully for reasonable legisla-
lion in their interest and present their
grievances In a manner hitherto impossible.
All the reports from industrial centers in
New York indicate that this promise of
Of thousands of men who have until now
the party of trusts.
AS former Senator Creamer said to-day:
There are eight thousand million dollars
of untaXed wealth in the State of New
York, and the millions of men who have |
made that wealth by their labor have to
pay the taxes of the few men who own it,"