The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-25

use legltlinatelE. Sau SIaiTuElll JO.ie'.
.and we have no desire to use money
ilie.itinatelv." II TINT campaign the
Democratic party had about SJD.G3o
In its national treasury. The Republic
an national committee is credited with
having anywhere between $S.GO2.c"o
anL ~$l9.OO0OOO. In 1909 the Demo-
cratic national committee rn"civcl.
rnr"hly spca,:irg. about $"TIicnn. It
made an active ard Il creditaDlc cam
ra;"n. though thc>iS::,lc. Gf course. WAS
!ereat. Yet so carefully were H."
fNan"es Of the commiftra handled that
ct tie crd Of the camnai:.n S20.mn re-
,naincd In thc treasury 10 hc tnrn"9
over to the -tw national committee
selected ~ 1904.
Raising Campaign Funds.
This year both parties confront Il
new situation when the matter OF rails
in. fanGs is to lie considered Partly
through state laws. partly tiiroHg'i 4
more enlightened pubic sentiment ANA
largely hcraeSc OF the insiStcnce Of
Mr.. Bryan upon the limitation c! cam
uai~n contributions 10 individual coli
triIputorS ANA complete publicity to all
considerable contributions neither has
as yet the volume OF subscriptions to
It's fund that under otl:cr conditions
wonid be already in hand. This does
puzzle the o'd line politicians. Down
in Ohio sons body started what waS
called Il League Of Thirty Cent Clnl:s.
Tie only subscription. asked 10 the
Democratic funl is 80 cents. But the
nan llrirg worked on the endless chain
system does nevertheless bring in some
considerable rcmttanreS licsi;.es inter
esting Il multitude OF people iaia CAM
pa:SR to which they are contributing.
though only il Il small way. Ore OF
the famous OLD money Grtters-Tam-
many woul1 call him the Wiskinhie-
spoke TO me In high Indignation over
this device Said he. 1T les the con
trLu:or off for - cents when You
might as we'll have got 81 or 10 from
him" IN some instances that may no
III" case. In more the 90 cents IS all
the contributor could afford or ie
willing to give. In manr he cnrolls
himself in the Thirty Cent club AMI
sends his larger contribution direct to
hr,dnTart"rS.
Then there are the newspaper sub
SnrintionS Not less than 1I0 Demo
cratic pa2erS are inviting Snl,scrip-
tinnS TO the c;impalga fund ana remit
ting every few days TO HEADQUARTERS.
-Four states now and four publications.
are struggling for n-r-cmiNcncr IN this
useful service. The Cnmmoncr leads
The list rs Il money "cttcr. With the
Houston Post. edited hy Colonel K. VI.
Johnston nr the national committee.
y close second The New Orleans
Daily States and The Nashville Ten
acSSccIn are STRUGGLING neck an1 neck
for third place. This method of rails
in- funds from popular subscriptions
will develop and grow rs the cam
paign goes on. Every now and then
some new device for extending 1t IS
presented. aud MI are given careful
attention hy the finance committee.
ne one INN" 'lElt HIS NOT peeh zone
- I" diFeT"c III 'sie silShteSt u'SFee
from the spirit of the resolution a1opH
ru III the hrSt E"et.l% ol III" Eaii"lai
committee after he convention which
declared a@ait!St s"nc''Hi" OF accepting
'"i.''''"''i''> 'f""h 'o' "'"''>' Nv
- guy" '''"'' '''"''''' '"', 80 '','
'o''hu IT," W.! INV 'ie '''>
''.'','"'' .,
i''Ne "o way VI N'''" 'i'r "''' '''e
i'el'""i''ahS ''e N"'"@ |" ''"> 't'"''''
OF hEahce. put l'iere seems |" " ~
Httic evidence "l ac'Fe Wo:k OH theil
part III soliciting small .ln!lFl"hal Sr'-
Scrip'lnIs lhat the haturai ihi"rel'e -
that thcy are aSahi gong ailer INC
corporations ;'ilH INC trusts ne pres
cnce nl SheiGon, l'u i'oAt ana "thefS
oh their finance committee seems |"
make lhlS inference Ju>'!ii''p'e.
Mir. Bryan's Tac..
Two nhraScs usn,I hv Mr.. Bryan in
his spepcI, Ht The Illinois state cunvru-
ti,n ,t Peoria y.eallN pleased Ike
Friends IN Illinois of the amiable and
admirable candidate for governor OF
tt,t siatr Hon .tu,;i T.. Stevenson.
General Stevenson. il will be rcmeln-
hnrcd WIS thc vice presidential candi-
d,ta with Mr. Ervan in 1900. Moreover.
there had hecn and is still continuing