The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-20

the carrageS there were for hire two
weeks II advance and i we had had
the money. we could not have got
them On election day
The REM bill for Democratic head
quarters n this city and branch head
quarters IA Chicago this year VIZ ap-
ET0xl11ate $1l9o Chairman Sherman
Wiz pay something more than that for
his headquarters N New York and for
branch headquarters IN Chicago. In Z
normal campaign each party distrzl-
Utes three Or four million documents
The printing Of these costs about $1,000
per nillioa. Each headquarters en-
ploys scne thirty or forty wozren
folders for a few weeks 81 the cam
palgn al wages aggregating about $500
a week Most Of the headquarters
fierce except few stenos~a pliers.
generally work without compensation.
The Republican committee Is differed
by Representatives and By employees Of
the House The Democrats have few
minority employees whose services are
also enlisted for the campaign without
extra charge
Democratic headquarters here spent
s75 last week for postage. The biuI
runs along AT something like that fg-l
IRE for five or six months. but the post
age for a Congressional campaign. out-l
side Of the ranked mail amounts 70
S12oo or $500 There are also consider
able items for teIephonIng and TeIe-
graphing. Notwithstanding the fart
that nearly every member Of the
House. Democrat and Republican. has
q personal frank over both teiegra ph |
lines.
COST OF GpETT PJNDEpS
The big item Of expense Is in send
ing speakers The Republicans very
cleyerly made the antf-pass clause of |
the railway rate Law effective January |
next. which leaves chance for them
To secure a little transportation this /
year for their speakers. But the East
ern roads are not writing passes row
and probably the Republicans viii have |
10 pay railroad fare for most Of their
orators east of Chicago this year. /
Both headquarters viii be called uFon /
10 spend lot Of money in that way. |
although the local committees in mum
erous instances VIII have 10 pass the
hat III meet bills for travel as well as /
for hall rent and hotel expenses.
Considerable ammunition Is wasted /
IN every campaign BY the Congressian-I /
al committees making fights in dis /
tricus where there IS little or no hope
If winning approximately there are
fifty Congressional districts in the
United States The number Of course
varies from campaign 10 campaign ac-
corGing to The issues They are prac-f
tically all in the northern states and
most Of them are in or near the large
cities It has been suggested that the
two Congressional committees should !!
save money and energy by agreeing IN
tricts and confining their operations To-
them. That kind Of a political conf
cert however, is nor probable for a
long time.
According TO the Republican plan Of
campaigning II requires about $4,000
for conducting the work in each close
district They probably viii not have
as much as that this year. although
some think Chairman Sherman'g call
for dollar contributions q bluff TO cover
the funds given by the highly protect-i
ed manufacturers ard the interests
that were favored in one way or an
other at the recent session Of Congress.
II Is understood that the Denocratie
Congressional committee in each Of its
last three or four campaigns has had
10 get along with quarter Of the
money that flowed into Republican,
Golfers The Democratic committee has
not even So. 900 in sight this year and
il is likely to be mighty hard up be-
fore the campaign is over, although at
present there is enough TO pay rent,
postage. and a force OF folders.
ERNEST G. WALKER