The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-19
CITIZENS CLUB
TO START FUND
FOR NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
AT CAUCUS TOMORROW NIGHT
DEMOCRATS OF STATE WILL
BE APPEALED TO.

1t Is Proposed to Raise a Fund in
Democratic Ticket in the Coming
Presidential Election and Snvan-
nah VIII Start the Ball Rolling.
George Foster Peabody Sometime
Ago Sought Aid of Southern States
in Raising Campaign Fund, but
Nothing Was Done in Georgia.
New Plan VIII Probably Succeed.
At the Citizens Club caucus, to be
held at the Marching Club tomorrow
night, a movement will be started to
raise a campaign fund in Georgia, to
be used in the presidential election. As
the election is now only about three
weeks off. immediate action will have
to be taken, so the work will be start
ed on the morning following the eau
Gus.
J. Robert Dreamer. clerk of Council,
will introduce resolutions providing for
raising the fund at the caucus, and it
is understood that several speeches in
support of the resolutions Will be
made A prominent member Of the
Citizens Club, who has been active in
getting UP the plan, said yesterday
that the South was more vitality inter-
ested in having a Democratic Presi-
dent elected than any other section,
and that Georgia, therefore, together
with all other Southern sections, should
contribute to the campaign funds of
the party.
PeabOdy's Appeal.
1t will be recalled that George Fos-
ter Peabody, the treasurer of the Ma
tional Democratic campaign fund,
wrote to three prominent bankers in
Georgia, Mayor Herman Myers and
Mr.. Mills B. Lane, of Savannah, and
Mr.. Robert F. Maddox, of Atlanta,
asking them to undertake the work
of raising funds in this state for the
party In his letter to these three gen
tlemen, he pointed out that the Demo-
cratic party had no protected interests
upon which they could draw, as was
the case with the Republicans. He
also showed just why the South, as
never before, should do all possible to
see that a Democrat was the next Pres
ident.
All three of the men to whom the
national treasurer wrote, agreed that
Southern States should contribute to
the campaign fund and offered to make
donations themselves. They thought,
however, that the work of raising the
money should be carried on by the
State Executive Committee and not by
individuals. They so wrote Mr. Peo-
body and suggested that he at once
take the matter up with the chairman
of the State Executive Committee.
What the outcome was is not known
here. Nothing further was ever heard
of the matter in Savannah.
Plan for Caucus.
The plan for the caucus Thursday
night is the introduction and passage
of resolutions calling upon the good
Democrats of the state to come to the
aid of the party in the national cam
paign. Immediately upon the adop-
ton of the resolution a telegram will
be sent to Chairman NJ. J. Yeomans
of the State Executive Committee, ask
ing his cooperation in raising funds
all over the state. A committee will
be appointed to solicit funds here in
Chatham county, and Chairman Yeo-
mans and his committee will be ex-
pected to see that the matter is taken
up in the other counties of the state.
With Savannah's example it is be-
lieved large sum can be raised in
Georgia. Prominent people in various
parts of the state will be commune
Gated with and asked to see that a
fund is raised in their sections. Con-
tributions from all over the South.
though they were not received until
the very last week before the election,
might be the means of gaining a Dem
ocratic victory, said a prominent To-
cal politician yesterday. Indeed, it
will be during this last week of the
campaign that money will be needed
the most, it is said. If the present
plan meets with success, Savannah and
the state generally will give their
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