Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29
INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Will 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 thing for the campaign COM
| rnittees that the new railway rate laws
| anti-pass provision does not go into eject
until January 1 next Seeing how bar,
times be. at best. with the corporations ALI
| scared to death, the insurance companies
hoioing on to their wallets like grim death
ana the manufacturers not getting scared
over free trade at ali. Il certainly would n,
tough on the committees IT, they could not
| get pass now and then.
There are all their speIlhnders N he
taken around the country. the bows To he
sent home to VOTE trips Of all kinds 70 be
made by the principals. and nary a sc,,do
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.
Stiii II is pretty bad. at that. No passes
are to be had east OF Chicago and tha Mis-
sissippi river. not on account of the Law,
but as result of the hard hearted rule
adopted by the eastern railroads the first
OF the year. II would be easier for a rich
through the needles eye than TO get n mass
on the eastern railroads now. The Penn
syfvania, the B. and o. the C. and O. the
New York Central the Jersey Cen,roi a,S
III the Dig roads between Chicago and New
ork are closed tight as drum against the
pass CRATER '
This means a great deal to the campaign
committees Money Is tight with them al
best. and railroad travel is a big item
however, In the west there will be open-
ings this fan. 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
ialthfui TO tear OF n pass now and then
1t is admitted that both Congressional
committees are hard up this year That
does not necessarily imply a reproach
Ihere are certain campaign expenses that
are legitimate. For example IL costs money
TO print speeches. Nothing could be more
legitimate than TO send out speeches: that
rs 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 viii be advertised
ana suitable hall must be engaged. the
lights paid for and the expenses of the
orator at the hotel On election dat wagons
nave 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 TO be pro-
vided.
Heretofore these funds have been pro-
vided largely by subscriptions of corpora
tons. This year n new rule seems To be
prevailing. The corporations are both un-
willing and afraid to contribute Public
sentiment antagonistic to IL was 80 thor
oughly aroused in the insurance scandals
that the large corporations will hesitate
about chipping in.
The campaign funds this year will be
raised largely by individual subscription
Half dozen rich men in the House and
"a nxra =fa Tod rta de for fI.a
committees and the hat will he passed
around again.