Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-26

Ee&slrd 4. Shepard. but II was said that
Nj. Shepa-i would cot allow his ncne to
b. mentioned Augustus Van wyck is
ccyly hoping that Richard Croker may
force his nomination, but the politicians
hardly regard this rs likely. John B.
Stanchfield. Elliot Danforth. Senator Mackey
and others are prominently spoken c., but
no decision Is in sg.i;. If Hill and Croker
abandon all hope. they will doubtless. 50 it
vas said last nigat put up some ore to be
chopped to Pieces If they think il:cy have
G-y chance, It is intinna:cd tnat some man
sUch as Shepard or Coler will be drafted
to carry the standard. In Ike meant me all
The democrats seem to be awaiting develop
Er2;s.
Tammany's Big Campaign Fund.
TGmn:any's campaign fu..d dis year will
fill little short Of s2.JCO.0D. according to
good authority. 1t may cvta exceed ti.is
s::r if the leaders deci1e that they ne"d
the money and deem 1t wise to exert th-.r
~ wer to collect II. Herr is the prcliniEa.
estimate of the fund which will fill the
tigers campaign Golfers:
Assessments on Office ;Io!dcs. 5000. 900:
ass',zs'.reEts on protected interests, ST.
DD0]0; from othcr sources. s5o9.0oO. Total.
Sa.JDo.OOO.
These figures are regarded as moderate
by men who are faInilar with Tamrna N.Y.
sources of income. Tic city spends be-
thttu Stu,Ub,N" ana Sot,Op.Up YER III
salSries and wages Tee Usual rate of a..
ssssnent is 3 per cent. About S2D.WU,0O
gees to office holders in Tammary's juris-
dict.on. who can be reacheC: BY tie political
assessors. Though assessments for cam
pGign purposes are in villa ton Of the civil
service law. everybody k-ows that they are
levied and paid wis-nSvcr there IS an cleo
ton The collectors IN some Instances meet
with a refusal and in such cases tie recall
cit-ant officials ere likely to be locking for
work soon after election dry. 1t IS the Gus
tom to pay and say no.Eing Among the
protected interests which are counted
Cpcn to supply the second million are in
Guided saloons. pooircoms. muse halls.
gambling houses. policy Stops and similar
resorts which are permitted to violate the
law by favor of the police. These pay q
stated price for the privilege which they
enjoy, but the campaign contribution IS
usual and expected. Frcm miscellaneous
sources, such as unsolicited contributions.
assessments on candidates ard money re-
ce.ved from corporations and firms Which
have reason to wish to starI we'll with the
ruling organiza ton comes the last half mil
lion.
Campaign Paraphernalia.
The great quadrennial boom In political
campaign paraphernalia has now begun.
The demand for torches, marching uni
forms and transparencies will not be felt
until late in the fall, when torchlight pro-
cessions begin. but orders for street flags
and banners started almost as soon as the
candidates were selected. and is increasing
every day. Any sign painter can con-
struct some sort of campaign banner. but
many of them make such botches of it
that most of the business has come into
the hands of the few firms employing spe-
cial artists for their portrait work. These
firms report a business for the season
even greater than in the notwithstanding
campaign Of 1896. AS soon as the nomi-
mating conventions were over the great
siSn-painting firms called in their best
men from the noble work of desecrating
rocks and fences with advertising legends
and set them to painting heroic portraits
of the candidates. Every tendency in po-
litical platforms or politics Is reflected in
the campaign banner. On the basis of a
series of them history of political thought
could be written. -Four years ago nearly
every republican banner bore the Sound
money legend This year the democratic
standards will illustrate the attempt of the
party to shift attention from that issue.
Republic or Empire, "Anti-Imperialism'
and NO Trusts will be displayed as prom
inently. The republicans, whose convention
was held first. are also more prompt In
ordering their banners. I'VE have sold
thus far three times as many republican
as democratic banners" said one dealer.
1t has been surprise to me that so few
OF them bear any Of the campaign catch
phrases An eagle grasping a Sound
NAoney' frotecuOn. prosperity scroll Is the
only one can recall" One Of the comic
papers recently published as a front-page
cartoon flag bearing portraits Of the re-
publican nominees and underneath a work.
mans tin pail The legend was "McKin-
ley. Roosevelt and a full dinner pail"
That flag was well received by republic
cans that hundred copies of 1t twenty by
thirty feet in size have been ordered for
the use of campaign clubs.
For every Mckinley and Roosevelt ban
ner or flag that is suspended across Broad
way Richard Croker purposes display
ing similar emblem bearing the pictures
or names of the democratic candidates.
Croker remembers the phenomenal display
OF American flags made by the republicans
Tour years ago, and he attributes McKin-
leys majority in the city largely to that
cause. This year he intends to carry out
the patriotic idea as far as possible To
counterfeit the influence of the large ban
ner which the republican national commit
tee will swing across 23d street. east of
Madison avenue. Croker is having made
gigantic banner. which will hang from
poles erected on the 23d street side OF
the Bartholdi Hotel. 1t will cost s2,5OO