The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31

which, being In he addle, is perfected 10
a hi CHER degree than the opposi ton, IS
l8tosmake he first call upon the higher Of
.hce-hold ers en- who either ornn,a agtvt
large salaries OF Il else have independent
means From this source in 1900 nearly
three hundred thousand dollars. or enough
togstart the campaig Ign in good shape, WAS
realized BY the time hea Quarters were
opened. s x Ss5s
BY the time he@working force Is vel
lined Alip plans have been laid for Turing
the dollars from the better sources OF
supply and. once begun, 1t Is pros scnted
up to- the exc OF election. The Republic
can mana gers feel this year that will.
be necessary to collect as large a fund
as was done in the last two ca mpaigns,s
but their abilities at those tines could
possibly be epeated 4 & the enlerg ency ex--$5
listed. I. 5 ",
When In 1900; through the subordination5
of the silver plank in the Democratic
plat form. the Republican mana gers got a
scare on account 8siof y the popularity OF
Bryan's warfare onatrusts, Senator Hanna
utilized these fears TO the benefit OF the
Republican war chest with unprecedented
success. a concerted attnck was made all,
along the line with the redoubtab bic Han
ma In the van set ting example that all
admired and few could follow. Il.
SE85 Wall Street bore esbrunt 10 { the gold
hunters, OF course. and MI ter Cornelius
N. Bliss and the la tie National 8Committee-3
man, Fred. s. Gibbs had won a cold mill
lion and similar success had met lie eff
forts Of the Western headquarters n,and-
gers the second onslaught began. q this
time the fund wa s. low g'cx pcnses had been
high and business Interests were Begin
ming to lose their fear of ll3rya,, and
apathy had succeeded to enthusiasm
Thenst WAS that Mr,E TIanna fcllNupon the!
scene and In a whlrlwnd campaign TINT
took him from New York TO Rostn to
Philadelphia TO Chicago, drew forth near
lyt two million dollars 81 & thesreluc AIT spld
from the Golfers OF A the corpora items. "
Next:tosth the financial clrlces as sEmeansss
sof keeping the ball roll ng. the part man,
ayers rely upon the al my3o Of Office hoil.rss!
for ii large share Of the slneWs OF wal.
CIVIL service laws forbid. In theory at
least the assessment of government em-
ployes for politcal purposes. This pro-
shihition sSthe best means to the accom-,
spllshment OF the other end In practices,
however, and while contributions are en-.
acted ii is dane IN such a wayS as %
lcnYe nothing to tho Imagination Q the
person lmportuned, and yet not offeild
against existing statutes,e 5ja
# The possibilities of8nloney wringin tac-l
ties OF the administration are has exeln-
plhed by5a case in the local pos ctlice
which came under the Writer'S obserya-..
tion during the first few month 8 OF MIR.
Me,inley's second term. III III
Sealed His Own Doom,
The sufferer Was asman who had enter.
ed the Federal service nearly twenty
years ago, underStlie spells system as a
Democrat Placed In the civil kfryics by
the nav order OF things he had yctai1ei
his place and had advanced until lei was
receiving $500 a year. Year by Seaf he
had constituted to{the campaign fund ~,
his own raitS and had5aided his political
|sfoes by acGuiescing when called upon for
money. Ii 1900 however,, No hecalne in,-
hned With the idea that Bryan aas d, lie 4 !,
Win, and when the II from the Rspub,.
49, ysrs reached him through Nh