Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-25
New Orleans Editor Receives
$1,000 for the Democratic
Natio nal Fund.
ROBERT EWING TELLS OF IT
Oregon for Bryan, Wisconsin Is in
Line and Minnesotans Are
Most Enthusiastic.


cratic national campaign, Chairman
Moses C. Wetmore Of the finance COM
mittee will not want for money to meet
legitimate campaign expenses. Mr..
Ewing. who has been here attending
the meeting of the Democratic nation
al committee, has collected a popular
subscription fund of approximately
S7,0G0. This has been accomplished
within the past three or four weeks.
Mr.. Ewing predicts that the States
fund will grow and that it will final
ly be as much as $4,000.
"Our people are taking a lively in
terest in this work of raising popu-
lar fund for the election of Bryan and
Kern" said Mr.. 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
necessity of going out and raising
money by small subscriptions. That
is the reason this unprecedented col
lection of Il campaign fund for the
election of presidential candidates has
been comparatively easy. Every par
ish in the state is swelling the fund.
Already Democrats are regarding the
contribution of funds for the election
of Bryan and Kern as patriotic duty.
Fully five hundred registrars and
judges of election in Louisiana, who
earn $500 a day for their services one
day in each campaign year. have con-
tributed their earnings to the Demo-
cratic national campaign fund. That
shows the extent of the personal sac
rifices being made by Democrats in
this presidential. contest"
Not Overlooking Opportunities.
Inc Democratic national committee
Is not overlooking opportunities in Pa
cidc coast states and very vigorous
can pagn is to be conducted in those
western states. The reports Chair
man Mack has received from Cali
fornia Oregon and Washington are
convincing that Democrats have fine
chance to carry all of those states. The
national committee will work in har-
mony with the state committees.
Speaking of political conditions In
the west National Committeeman Mil
Ter. of Oregon, said today: Bryan and
Kern will carry Oregon this year.
though | notice in the morning papers
Bourne says that Democrats haven't
a chance in the west The best an
swer I can make to this statement is
to cite Senator Bourne as an authority
against himself. Prior to the Repub-
lican national convention. the senator
was proclaiming from one end of the
country to the other that the nominal
ton of Judge Taft would result in his
defeat in the nation and loss of Ore
gon to the Republican party. Mr..
Bourne was for the denomination of
President Roosevelt. but think at the
time he correctly diagnosed the situa-
ton in Oregon. when he declared that
Taft could not carry the state against
Bryan.
Conditions are highly favorable to
| the Democracy in Pacific coast states"
continued Mr.. Mixer. land l believe
Mr. Bryan will get relatively larger
per cent of the Republican vote in
| those states than in any others of like
population in the country. The Den
yer platform is the best ever put for
ward by a party, and it appeals with
particular force to Pacific coast peo-
Dle.'
Hear From wisconsin.
Representative James W. Murphy,
| 81 the Third Wisconsin Congressional
| district. was a caller at Democratic
headquarters today. He thinks Demo
Gratis have fine chance to carry Wis
| consn this year. He told Chairman
I Mack as much and went over with
him the political situation in the state.
] "There is wonderful change in
| public opinion towards Mr. Bryan this
year" said Congressman Murphy.
| 'This is particularly noticeable in
cities where Bryan and Kern clubs are
being organized. In Milwaukee one
night last week. Democratic club
was started with an enrolment of $50
members. This was in a precinct
where the total Democratic vote four
years ago was only 80. This shows
the drift towards Democracy in Wis
consin, and I hear like reports from
all the states of the west"
Chairman Moses c. Wetmore of the
finance committee stated today that
LOO papers had joined in the move
ment to raise a popular subscription
fund with which to run the Democratic
campaign. He says. in his opinion.
every Democratic paper in the United
States will join in this movement
Senator Thos. +. Brady of New
York, famous as an orator in the Tam
many organization. was another caller
. at Democratic headquarters where
he spent some time with Chairman
Mack. Senator Grady has been or
two -nionths' trip through the
west He things Mr. Bryan will b