Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-11-03
SOME STARTLING FIGURES.
What it Costs to Keep the Republicans
In Power.

WASHINGTON, y. G. Nov. 1.-The
assessment of Republicans for national
campaign purposes aggregates the
sum of thirty million dollars. This is
the statement as it has been made by
both Democratic and Independent pa
pers and it has not yet been denied.
Ii Is also the statement reported to
have been made by a Republican In
Chicago after Hanna's conference
there. The Republicans hope to OBJ
tain little over seven million votes
in order TO reflect President MeKin-
ley. This makes the national CAM
paign fund average four dollars for
every Republican vote cast. 1t is
| known that The expense OF the Repub-
llcan national committee in 1896 av-
eragea two dollars and half for each
Republican vote cast, The expense
of each Republican vote in 1888 was
only one dollar The Democratic
committee had the largest fund in
| 1892 that it has ever had and expend-
ed that year twenty cents for each
vote cast. In 1896 the Democratic
national committee expended less than
five cents per Democratic vote. In
1900 the Democratic Committee will
be satisfied with fifteen cents expend-
itnre for each vote while twenty-five
cents would. insure the election of
Bryan by tremendous majority.
The Republican campaign eontribu-
lions are given in large amounts while
the Democratic campaign contribu-
tions are all in small sums. The Re-
pubicans are compelled in order to
obtain the contributions to dispose OF
the leading offices and to promise leg
islation which will reimburse the
contributors and afford them hand
some profits. 1t is absolutely neces-
sary for the Republican party to carry
both the legislative and executive
branches OF the Government in order
to continue existence. The cost of
obtaining Republican votes has be-
come SO enormous that it is no longer
easy for the Republican managers TO
raise the immense sums necessary to
carry the country. Ii the Republi-
cans lose Congress or the Executive at
the coming election it will be impossi-
Bile for them to carry out their cam
paign promises or reimburse those
who have invested these large sums OF
money in the campaign. If the next
Congress Is Democratic or the. Execu-
tive is Democratic at the next election
the Republican party will be without
large funds and have to rely upon
small contributions. As it requires
an average Of four dollars for each
Repu oliean vote it can readily be seen
that when mouey is no longer forth
coming with which TO corrupt the
ballot-box the Republican party will
go out of existence in its present form
1t will have to change its form al
though probably not its name and the
people will then divide upon questions
of principle and policy. The Replb-
lican leaders are fully aware Of the
fact that when the people do thus
divide the United States is Demo-
cratic by an overwhelming majority.
This is the reason that SO much at
tention is being paid by the Republi-
cans to the Congressional election.
The Democratic managers are begin.
ming 70 grow desperate and are send
ing out hundreds Of thousands OF doc
uments urging the Republicans in ev-
ry Congressional district TO stand by
their Congressman. II the RepuDli-
can party is to lose either the electoral
vote or Congress they prefer TO lose
the electoral vote. They can then at
least prevent all forms Of Democratic
legislation and can show that they re-
main loyal to the moneyed interests
which furnish campaign contributions
and thus raise another large fund in
1904.