The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
PAPERS RAISING BIG POPULAR FUND PeG0Ie Are Subscribing Readily
 for Democracy GOOD NEWS FROM WEST Oregon Is Claimed for the Democrats Because the Denver Platform Ap-
 peals to the Voters of the
 Pacific Coast.


 ic national campaign, Chairman Moses C.. syetmore of the finance committee will not want for money to meet legitimate campaign expenses. MT. Ewing. who has been here attending the meeting of the democratic national committee, has collected a popular subscription fund of approximately $7O00 This has been &C., complished within the past three or four weeks. MT. Ewing predicts that the States fund will grow and that it will finally be as much as $2O,OOO.
 Our people are taking a lively in' terest in this work of raising a popular fund for the election of Bryan and Kern," said MT. Ewing today. ''They realize fully the importance of getting a sufficiently large fund to run the campaign, and they know that this money must come from the people. The trusts and the special interests will save the republican party the necessity of go- ing out and raising money by small sub- scriptions. That Is the reason this un- precedented collection of a campaign fund for the election of presidential can didates has been comparatively easy. When we started our campaign fund contributions came largely from New Orleans, but now every parish in the state is swelling the fund. Already dem ocrats are regarding the contribution of funds towards the election of Bryan and Kern as a patriotic duty. Fully 800 reg istrars and judges of election in Louis iana, who earn sS a day for their services one day in each campaign year, have contributed their earnings to the demo- cratic national campaign fund. That shows the extent of the personal sacri- fees being made by democrats in this presidential contest. A gratuitous offer ing on the part of party workers is worth more in this contest than the con- tributions of the Harrimans, Cromwells, Duponts, Sheldons and Uphams."
 The democratic national committee Is not overlooking opportunities in Pacific Coast states and a very vigorous cam paign is to be conducted in those west ern states. The reports Chairman Mack has received from California, Oregon and Washington are convincing that demo-
 
 those states. The national committee will work in harmony with the state committees. The fight is to be an az gressive one. With the object of per fecting an organization in the Pacific Coast states and developing a plan for campaign a meeting is to be held in Portland on September 16, at which will be present the national committeeman and the state chairmen from the three states mentioned.
 Speaking of political conditions in the west Mr., Miller said today: Bryan and Kern will carry Oregon this year, though I notice in the morning papers that United States Senator Jonathan Bourne says that democrats haven't chance in the west. The best answer l can make to this statement is to cite Sen ator Bourne as an authority against himself Prior to the republican national convention the senator was proclaiming from one end of the country to the other that the nomination of Judge Taft would result in his defeat Tn the nation and a loss of Oregon to the republican party. MT. Bourne was for the renomi- nation of President Roosevelt but think at the time he correctly diagnosed the situation in Oregon when he declared that Taft could not carry the state against Bryan.
 "Condtions are highly favorable to the democracy in Pacific Coast states," said MT. Miller today, land I believe MT. Bryan will get relatively a larger per cent of the republican vote in those states than in any others of like pop ulation in the country. The Denver plat form Is the best ever put forward by party and it appeals with particular force to Pacific coast people,"
 Representative James w. Murphy of the Third Wisconsin congressional district, was a caller at democratic headquarters today He thinks democrats have a fine chance to carry Wisconsin this year. He told Chairman Mack as much and went over with him the political situation in the state.
 "There is aNwonderful change in pub lie opinion towards MT. Bryan this year." said Congressman Murphy. '"This is par ticularly noticeable in cities where Bry- an and Kern clubs are being organized in Milwaukee one night aast week a dem ocratic club was organized with an en- rollment of 2S0 members. This was in a precinct where the total democratic vote four years ago was only 30. This shows the drift towards democracy in Wiscon- sin, and I hear like reports from all the states of the west"
 The democratic text book, which MT. Bryan declared to be the best cam- paign document of the kind ever issued Is making a record for popularity. Ten thousand copies were delivered at head quarters in this city less than a week ago. This supply was quickly exhausted and the publishers now ,have an order for an additional 30,000 copies. Every mail brings piles of letters requesting copies of the text book. Many applicants enclose checks for sums larger than the price of the book which is % cents. For instance, a Nebraska, man sent @ check for $10 for two copies. He mad already purchased vne copy and liked it so well that he decided to get aditional copies to place in the hands of repub-. lican friends whom he expects will vote for Bryan and Kern.
 Chairman Moses c. Wetmore of the finance committee stated today that 1500 papers had joined in the movement to raise a popular subscription fund with which to run the democratic campaign. He says, in his opinion, every demo- cratic paper in the United States will join in this movement.
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