The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-09-03
me Expenses Of a Political cam
p4ign.

A grrai dcsi u sspposissou - gtn'
ersl n.snrlinR a. lrRiiimaic expenses
X palfasal campaign. boz liiiie may
~ ssii u ~ actually kno@a y W.
asstngv rcndsr. A few iarts derived
from pass oAmpslgns shaald uas bs en-
interesting a. lhu ume.
The rl.eisan u Abraham lincoln -
i.s9 : aid a. have e~st thc kepahi''
.sn. ssa. 90. aud ibr llsmecfnis spent
about iily same ameuui ga stephen A.
i,oaglA.. whliv ihe slave h9iding WICK
II the Democratic party y supposed W
have speni more 90 John 6 lirecken-
ridge. Ia the election " is'i The be'n-
nerais had vcry liiile money! ior Cen.
Mcclellan. and while ma unlimited
amount was available Tor ihe re-eiee'
ton u President Lincoln. 40 large sum
ga. ne.-le,i. The elections Of 1855 and
qua 1872 required comparatively htlls
money. a. ,i.s. Democrats We're N no
position 10 c..aAaei an aggressive cam
pAign.
Big campaign funds mag IA SAID 81
have begun IN 1876. The Democratic
Marty had named Samuel J Tilden, a
man admired throughout the country,
and his manager, Abrain 5. Hewitt
gas A hnancier aud bad the confidence
II the money Interests. Nearly ~ 600
900 was spent IN that campaign. In
the campaign Of lssO there was pro
badly less money used that ~ The
Iayes.T ilden canipaigs, bgl enough
ans IN evidence ~ cause charges OF
eorrupii,.n from both sides. IN 1884
the tariff issHe was npperposi ana y y
probahle that more than 5000 400 was
spent. From that day on tbs bgares
| have been rising. ~ lH,2 the cam
paign expenses were eKprrsseI ~ mn
lions. -and even IN more millions III
1896. In the latter year s2oo,ooo was
spent IN the last ten days Of the cam
paign in the state Of Iowa alone. An
I incident, concerning the campaign oil
1 1884, shows hoy le9qey advanced toi
campaigning sometimes 10 %. fftprD'
ed In shortage at National kepnb'
| lican Headquarters, Mr., Blaine, thu
/ presidsyiia candidate, after having pre-
siously subscribed ~, 900, handed over
100000, upon mn agreermsY.i nat II
shopll be returned TO him. u wn'
never rei4rmed and it is said that thai
he wrote bis book pTgenty Years IN
Congress" 10 recoup bis own fortune
owing TO this loan.
This money is spent variously. Ma
tional headquarters has to have more
than oae .hugdred employees. Each
party has an e4psgge y this respect,
including rents, of 5000 ~ s,,DO0
day. Sometimes some OF these EN-
ployees are supernumerares. In 1904
former United States Senator, a per
sonal friend of Mr.. Bryan, drew $50 a
weet gFam National Headquarters, and
il was never kaoEa that he did any
thing for his salary. Another i4t'ge ex'
pense is speakers. The most Of them
receive salary and expenses. The aver
age salary is 800 week. There are
| inca ybo are paid AS high a 5000
week, and IN 1906 Bourke Cochran re-
ceived VI 900 for one speepi' Again
tbs distribution Of printed nntsel
makes m oaprmons sup n the aggre.
gate. II is not aseQmEnon 70 speno
Il, 900 on the distribution u 2 single
speech in printed form.
The raising OF campaign funds Is us
ualiy tho work of specialists, Some Of
the men who baye been most success
full in securing large amounts have been
Levi z. Morton, Marshall Jewel, John
Wanamaker aud Stephen b. Elklns fol
| the Republicans, and RoswellP, Flow
or. William &. Whitney and Abram >,
Hewitt for the pemocrats. One OF the
largest amounts ever raised ~ one city
ia "A single day was $50 900, secured by
| Mr., Jewell in Boston in 1884.