The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-12
Democratic Committee Could
Easily Use More Money
PREPARING FOR GREAT FINISH
Chairman Taggart During Last End
of the Campaign Expects to Have
Most Enthusiastic Rallies in
country's History.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington September 11.r(Special)-
number of democrats prominent in poll
tical life were led to believe it would
be. In fact, according to reports reach
ing here from New York the commit
tee can expect from the east but little
more than is absolutely necessary to form
good organization. 1t takes big money
to run a campaign, and at the present
stage of proceeding the committee is
looking around for every available source.
A southern member of congress. who
was In Washington the other day. said
the south had contributed almost moth
ing to the democratic party and yet it
was the section of the country more
vitally interested in the result of the elec-
tion than any other.
South Should Contribute.
THE SOUTH said this member rs
prosperous. Many of our citizens have
made small fortunes in the past year
or past few years. The result of the
election means much to them, and K
seems to me that we of the south should
contribute something to help defray the
expenses of the campaign and oust Mr..
Roosevelt from office He has been of
great injury to the south and there is
no doubt that If he becomes an elected
President his peculiar social equality
views will be enforced vigorously wher-
ever the question arises Every man in
the south who can spare a dollar ought
to put 1t up against him. The national
committee and the congressional com
mittee can Of course, not afford to send
out an official appeal of this nature but
the hght is more Important to us than
any ON people. and evy demee. 4 In
the south ought to have the fact brought
nome to him. / am satisfied there ara
many democrats in the south who will
contribute to cause. 1t will be the biggest
paying investment they have ever made"
Present Campaign Is Slow.
Old timers say the present campaign
is the slowest on record Eight years ago
William Jennings Bryan had been speak
ing all over the country long before this
period of the campaign, and the same
thing occurred four years later The re-
publican candidate was also busy, in
bis way, receiving large delegations al
most daily and addressing them from the
front steps of mis- home in Canton, Ohio
The two national committees with their
congressional committees were hard at
work, the one trying to capture the cleo
toral votes Of states, the other seats
IN the house to launch legislation recon
mended by president. Spelblnders were
goining through all the doubtful states
singing the praises of the two parties.
and county political rallies were being
held everywhere. This year practically
all the speaking has been confined to the
states of Vermont and Maine
The democrats have been paying little
attention to either The republicans have.
because they put the reports out that
If the republicans could roll up stbstan-
tiai majorities 1t would have a tremefi.
dous Influence upon the result of the
| election. The same tactics could have
| as logically been pursued by the demo-
Gratis In the Arkansas election They were
not, however. Judge Parker well saws
that the national election is not to be de-
cided by results in hopelessly republican
states, but in the several doubtful states
where the democrats have at least a
chance to win.
viii Soon be Change.
At any rate the campaign thus far
has been dull There is no mistake about
that. Those who think, however, that
present conditions will continue for a
much longer period of time are in error
Probably by the first of October, GER
tairly by the middle of that month, the
campaign will be as hot, If not hotter,
than any of its predecessors. Over in
New York Chairman Taggart and his as
sistants are preparing for it. Tom Tag
CART was never believer in early cam
paigns. He believes the best work OF
a party can be accomplished almost upon
the eve of an election.
The voters at that time are Interested
and want to know how things are going
They are more easily impressed and when
haf mir dc 4
work at the last minute there is no one
to get them wrong again
From illinois to Connecticut the plan
OF the democratic managers is to give
during the last days of the campaign
the biggest and most enthusiastic series
of democratic rallies ever known in the
political history of the United States
In the meantime the committee has its
agents in every state and is keeping
closely In touch with the situation.
good organization is being formed, and
| the party managers are said to be do.
ing some very fine work in connection
with primary organization.
Are Extremely Confident.
"I have talked with leading democrats
from several of the doubtful states an6
have found them extremely confident
tnat the democratic ticket will be elect.
| ed II seems to me that the drift Is
towards Parker ana Delleve he Will bt
| elect cd -
Senator McCreary of Kentucky who IL
! in Washington for a few days on some
| departmental business made the above
| statement tonight.
ITO begin with continued the sena-
tor. I'VE got fine start at the st. Louis
convention. The delegates were the mos
enthusiastic have ever seen and have
been attending national conventions fol
thirty years, We parted in the best po
| iitical shape p.ssible. the party Is unitee
| and the feeling of confidence in the cleo
| ton of a democratic ticket is growing
] am satisfied that the great independent
vote of the country is with Judge Parker
| This vote is essential to the election o1
any candidate.
The independents in my opinion regard
| Roosevelt as unsafe. erratic and sensa-
| tional Parker on the contrary Is a mar
| whose life wor-- has been devoted to the
support of the constitution and the laws
of the land. This must appeal strongly
to the Independent vote. Should Parker