The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-17
PuhIIe OpInian.

Imagine the voters 04 tne M141te
 f&orce' & humbiy n @ awaiting % the he outcome of d conference of leaders In either New York or conaeetieut befeFe de-
 claring their preference for Gayernor West stupidiy eountsrslgning a capdis
 daey made in secret without their knowiedge and without their assent. as 1t ia directed the Republicans of
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 Middle West. if you please. but this
 free and aggressive Middle West aise
 abandoning public servant wha haa
 but half completed the imprevs5nsnsss
 in order, to ratify bargain, which nas
 neither sense nor morals in if. h.
 deed the State of Connecticut has much to learn from that section of the coun-
 methods of speech and policies Of action, which refuses to part with tes
 birthfight to please any man or set oI men. fhe revelations we are receivtng and independence and manlineas, revela- tons which will increase end multiply as the campaign proceeds. cannek RelR
 but stimulate 2 popular demana TOT the shackies of the machine in party control Connecticut and New Yofk have indeed much to learn from Kan sas. Iowa and Wisconsin. ThsSS tse
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 Journal-ceurie (Rep.l
 The frat campaign against Bryan was the most expensive in the political history of this and probably or any other country. The preseAt campaign premises to be on both siaes tns eqsan- generation. Formerly the parties bid against each other for subsidies. Now they are bidding for the erewn ef honest poverty. The Psrkans @ ssss,. s vestigation started tha disturhanee The ensuing moral awakenina led ta the passage last year et q naIlQnaA law forbidding political contributions fTem reach them. and similar laws in the State field were passed in New Iork and elsewhere President Roesevelt's appeal for enforced publicity for cam hasp snsres Sy eonsrss. and sseessa s the Chicago convention. Rvt MT Bryan and Mir. Taft were both com mitted to the policy, and the Denver convention heartily tndorsed 1t Tnsre. of the Republican National Gemmistse. that all contributions 70 the Republican campaign fund would ne made public after the election. n ed that contributions from corporations would be accepted. Mir. Bryan prornpt- ly caused the Democratic National Committee to announce that it wouid publish all It's contributions of less than $i0o before election. and ft would ae- cept no money from corporation& ano that it would take no more than S10yvu from any one person. Thereupon Mf Taft barred the corporations, too. ea!l7 ing attention to the laws which MT. Sheldon seemingly had forgotten: MT Bryan is now appealing to the people for small contributions. He thinks that with 6,00O, 900 voters to draw upon the Democratic newspapers of the country should be able to raise enough from all legitimate purposes. We anau have a chance now to see how the American people will vote when they are free from financial preseures- M is desirable of course for the party managers to have some small funds TOT ierItITnate expenses, but we could elect a President if they had no money ae all The voters are registered ana tne ballots are printed and counted at pup lie expense. A campaign without money would be slow. but the govern ment would not come to standstiii-- Couier's Weekly. -ar4is