The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-18
Popular Subscriptions to the
Parker Campaign Fund
Show the Trend Of
Public Opinion.
PEOPLE TIRED OF HIGH TARIFF
Negro Vote Alienated From
the Republican Party
Effect Of Bryan's
Stand. !.
PEOPLE TIRED OF HIGH TARIFF

sections of the country. Never in any
previous campaign has such general in
terest in the result been shown as this
election. The Democrats have not the
trusts and other protected interests to re-
1y upon for big campaign contributions
as have the Republicans. 1t has, there
fore, been necessary to ask the masses to
help financially the running of this years
campaign. George Foster Peabody, in
response to his last appeal for funds has
received replies from every State in the
union. Strange as it may seem, large
number Of these have been from women,
the first such, being from woman in
/ one of the States in the Far West, which
extends the franchise to the female sex.
Fhe majority of the checks sent by wo-
men were for comparatively small
amounts, but were heartily welcomed by
Mr. Peabody. He believes that thu NOR
al effect will be great because the woman
.
of the household is naturally the first to
feel the effects on the family purse of the
Republican protective tariff system and
its consequent increase in the prices of
the necessaries of life. The following are
extracts from some of the letters receiy-
ed by Mr.. Peabody during the last few
days. An old soldier in Washington
City writes:-
s'Judge Parker's letter seems to have,
set the Democrats of this city on fire
with enthusiasm. regard it as the
strongest document ever placed before
he American people, and, as we used to
say during the war, if we can't win the
| fight with such ticket and with such
letter we had better burn our bridges and
retire.'''
"A contributor from Southern city
writes
In consideration of the fact that there
are some states in our beloved Union
that require aid in order to effect their
| conversion to Democratic principles. we.
therefore. hereby subscribe
| From New Jersey comes this
'Why is it-that some of the interests
in and around Wall street. who formerly
were sore on Roosevelt, are now support
ing him? We. both know the answer,
guess, and I. enclose my check for what
I can afford to assist in preventing the
outright sale of the presidency. I.hope
Judge Parker, when elected wilI. discard
his ermine and go in his shirts sleeves
long enough to whip the barterers ofSpub-
lie contracts out of Office, and put in a
conspicuous place the legend sthou shalt
not steal,' refers to public servants as
well as private individuals"
From contributor in Montana:--
\ "Watch the other fellows This was
the entire letter, but the check enclosed
| was substantial one.
From the Indian Territory, a check of
a goodly amount was sent by a man, who
! said that he had noticed the appeal for
assistance in a Texas paper, and he en-
closed his check for all he could afford
An Indiana man writes
/ 81 enclose my personal check, which I
will thank you to use in the interest of
| the National campaign"
From Pennsylvania comes the request
s'Please accept this mite to help the
cause along. It is always the penny
weight that tips the scale in every human
effort
'James a. Rdss who has charge Of the
Negro Bureau of the Democratic Nation
al Committee, has been making thor
ough Investigation of the probable vote of
the members of his race at the coming
election. He has made the following re-
| port to the National Chairman Taggart:
1--WE have received letters from various
towns and sections in the states of New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, stating
that the Republicans, seeing that they
are losing the negro votes in these states
| are importing hundreds of negroes from
Virginia, the Carolinas, and from PhiIa-
delphia into Camden, Newark and Jersey
City, New Jersey; into New York City
and Brooklyn, and into Bridgeport, New
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Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protuding
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