Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29
INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
viii Be Largely Depended Upon by
Both Parties.
THE ANTI PASS PROVISION
OF New Rate Law Does Not Go Into
Effect Until January and It's
Easy in the West.

It's good fk4iss fGr tie campaign COM
mittees ttat tie new railway rate laws
anti-paSs pYosssleA GOES 40, 70 into erect
nntn January ] ssska E@essE how hard
times be, a. best. vita rs Corporations all
scared 70 asssh. TIE lnsssrahea companies
hoioihs on :" uasaf wallets Ike grim death
ana the manufacturers not getting scared
over free trsSe a. al, :; certainly would be
tough OF tie committees u they could not
get pass row ard then
There are al tg.eir speilbinders IN hs
taken around the country. the boys 10 be
sent home TO vote. trips Of all kinds to be
made by the principals. and nary a scudo
IN the treasury, hardly Somebody was
mighty thoughtful when the provision was
put IN the bill postponing the anti-pass
provision until after election.
None East of Chicago.
Still IT is pretty bad. AT that No nassas
are TO be had east OF Chicago and the Mis-
sissippi river. not on account OF the law
out as result Of the hard-hearted rule
adopted by the eastern railroads the frs,
Oh the year II would be easier for a rich
man to enter heaven or the camel to pass
through the needles eye than TO get a pass
sn .ne eastern ste railroads now The Penn
New York Central. the Jersey Central and
all the big roads between Chicago and New
aEvat srQ#
pass CRATER. S
This means a great deal to the campaisn
committees. Money IL tight with them at
pest and railroad travel is a big item
however, in the west there VIII be open
lngs this fall. The anti-pass rule OF the
railroads has not been put into effect be-
yond chicago. and out there. where the
distances are great and railroad fares
mount up, IL viii still be possible for the
faithful to tear off pass now and then.
II is admitted that both congressional
too
does not necessarily imply a reproach
There are certain campaign expenses that
are legitimate. For example It costs money
to print speeches. Nothing could be moro
legitimate than TO send out speeches: that
is In the line OF educating the people Print
ers must be paid and four or five million
speeches run UP into money.
Then. there are halls to be hired In the
small towns speakers will be advertised
and a suitable hall must be engaged the
lights paid for and the expenses of the
orator at the hotel On election day wagons
have to be hired TO bring the voters TO the
polls. All this must be done in numerous
districts, and the sum total counts up.
Big Guns of the Campaign
Special trains have to be engaged for the
big guns of the campaign. and they mean
hundreds OF dollars per day. These are the
legitimate expenses OF the campaign which
total immense sums and have 10 be pro-
vided
heretofore these funds have been pro-
vided largely by subscriptions of corpora
TONS This year new. rule seems to be
prevailing. The corporations are both I'M
willing and afraid TO contribute. Public
sentiment antagonistic to IL was so thor
oughly aroused in the insurance scandals
that the large corporations viii hesitate
about chipping in.
The campaign funds this year will be
raised largely by individual subscription.
Half dozen rich men in the House and
Senate have started the funds for the two
committees and the hat win be passed
around again.