Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13
FUNDS NEEDED NOW
Senator Hanna Talks of the Coming
Campaign.
INTERVIEW With MAYOR ASHBRIDGE
Democrats Have Already Begun
the Fight in the West.
LABOR AGITATORS AT WORK
special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
PHILADELPHIA, January Ex-senator
Mark Hanna, chairman of the republican
rational committee, in his interview with
Mayor Samuel Ashbridge of this city at the
mayors office this morning made public
the most important details of the coming
campaign that have yet come from an au-
thoritative source Senator Hanna speak
ing as the responsible head of the party's
management at this time declared: First
That the national issues Will be the pros
perity of the working people of the coun-
try, and. second, the retention of the Phil
ippines-
He declared that the republican party was
in pressing and immediate need of funds
TO carry on the work of the campaign, and
added: 1T must be begun without a mo-
ment's delay" The democratic party, he
said. has labor agitators at work through
out the west. and the republican campaign
committee finds it necessary to meet them
at every point.
The occasion of these most important ut
terances of Senator Hanna was his visit
to Mayor Ashbridge's Office in the company
OF w 5. P Shields and Henry Burke of
the local committee which mas in charge
the raising Of the 100000 fund which was
pledged by the citizens of Philadelphia for
the use of the republican national commit
tee in return for the bringing of the con-
vention 10 this City.
Senator Hanna States His Business.
The Senator and his companions re-
nained with Mayer Ashbridge for the Pc
riod of one hour. Senator Hanna said TO
the mayor: Mr.. Ashbridge, the object of
my visit to you today is TO ascertain how
quickly and how surely the money of your
cttys guaranteed fund can be raised and
De put INTO the possession of the national
committee for immediate utilization. 1t has
oeeA reported that the mayor of Philadel-
phla ana the projectors of the movement
which brought the national convention to
your city were at variance
Mayor AShbridge assured him that SUCH
was not the case Senator Hanna ex-
pressed his qualification and proceeded with
his explanation OF the condition of national
political affairs Your city has under
taken to raise 100000 for the republican
campaign fund. / must press upon YOU
the exceeding Importance of the immediate
furnishing of at least a portion o. this
money. The coming campaign will be an
exceedingly vigorous one, and II will ne
upon two Questions-the question of the
Prosperity of the working people OF the
United States and the question of the re-
tention OF The philippines. The democratic
party Is already at work on the former
question throughout the western part Of
the country. II has engaged numerous la
Dor dSttators TO foment among the working
people OF the entire west as much diSsatis-
racuon with existing conditions as lies in
their power.
Meeting Them on Their Own Ground
The republican campaign management Is
now meeting the agitators on their own
ground by the employment of men to coun-
teract their Influence
our men are the better in character and
OF higher standing. but the democrats have
soppiemenIed the work of its labor agita-
tors by the distribution of a great quantity
OF campaign literature. We need PhiIadel-
phias campaign fund of 100000 in order
to distribute literature at once, which shall
counteract the effect of the democratic
Campaign material l say to you that 81 of
campaign funds today is worth So three
months hence.
THE democrats are bent upon making a
most bitter campaign. 1t is their object to
create strikes and to paralyZe the industries
OF the country 1t is for this purpose their
ag1tators are working throughout the west
Inc efforts of the agitators are being ex-
tended eastward Only by the utmost In
teiIigence and assiduity can the truly pros
porous condition of the United States be
made continually apparent. Now Is the
time for the merchants and manufacturers
and bankers OF this country TO get their
ermOr on.
There was a general discussion between
Mr.. Ashbridge and Mr.. Hanna, Mr.. Shields
and Mr. Burke over the political condition as
presented by the chairman of the repubIi-
can committee, and the mayor assured the
SENATOR that the raising of the money was
In thooughly competent hands. At II
O'Clock Senator Hanna accompanied the
other members Of the national committee
to the convention hall in West Philadelphia
convinced that the money would be speedily
forthcoming. and well pleased with his in
terFiew with Philadelphias mayor.