The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-17

Ney York correspondence Washington Post.
 If the amount suggested informally a day or two ago by National Chairman Mack represents the actual amount con tributed to and expended by the Demo- cratic National Committee in the cam- paign recently ended--about s500.000--- then the cost of the Republican cam paign was about three times as much. For the forthcoming statement of George R. Sheldon, Treasurer of the Re- publican National Committee, will show that the sum subscribed to and disbursed by that organization approx imated s1,500,0o0.
 This is not the exact total of the con- tributions received at the Republican headquarters in New York and Chicago, but it Is close enough to indicate what 1t cost to keep the Republican machin- cry in good working order during the campaign. This is not quite as much as was expended in 1904 by the Republican committee, nor by the Democratic Na- tional Committee the same year. AS was stated in The Post in the fall of 1905. the amount collected by Cornelius N. Bliss, the Republican Treasurer, was nearly S1,900 .000. The exact amount was about $25,0O0 less, and at the close of the campaign there was balance of $1,000,000 which enabled the commit tS0 NO bldAAl1iH nS114AaAtG tGtG AOE NtAU four years ensuing and to make a small beginning last summer.
 Party Funds Equal In 1904.
 The accuracy of the figures showing the cost of the Roosevelt campaign was vouched for by officers of the Republi- can committed, but the Democratic committee never gave any indication of the amount 1t expended four years ago. Still, from authentic sources. it was ascertained at the time that the sum disbursed for Judge Parker was practically the same as that which was at the disposal of the Republicans. This year. however. the Democrats will make public what they insist are the actual contributions and expenditures in be- half of MT. Bryan. Treasurer Ridder is now engaged in preparing the state ment, and it will show that tho amount received and expended approximatAd half a million dollRrs There has been a suspicion that the Democrats recctvs ed funds from sources which wih not ba disclosed. but up to this time no ey-' idence has been produced proving that there is reasonable ground for 1t.
 Between 12.000 and t3 ,000 individuals subscribed to the Republican fund, and the amounts ranged from less than dollar to a sum equaling the snuual salary Of the President of the united States. The first subscription of the latter SlZS came tEOm -Fe-tAb@AFtAt -ANSteOzt Cromwell, the New York lawyer, who acted as the agent of the Panama Can al Company in the transfer of its property to the United States early in the present decade. Cromwell gave his check for $50,o00 and his subscription created considerable comment. II was rumored recently that Treasurer Shell don, acting upon an intimation from Washington or Cincinnati, returned ths major portion of Cromwell's contrbbu- tion. but Chairman Hitchcock this af- ternoon said that he had heard nOth- ing about it. -----
 Charles P. Taft's Gifts.
 My information Is that SheldoD's statement will show a contribution of $50 900 from Charles P. Taft, of Cin- cinnati. This, however. does not rep resent anything like the entire outlay of the brother of the President-eiect; tor, as has been explained before. Edi- tor Taft went down into his pocket for other expenses incident to the cam