The Washington times., 1908-10-02
President DiSpleased by IN
ability TO Get Clean"
Campaign Money.
FULLY EXONERATES
PARTY CHAIRMAN
Holds Appointment of du Pont His
Only Error-TruSt Affiliations
Undesirable.
By ]. c. WELLIVER.


NEW YORK. O.t. at IS at last nos
Fi0le 20 give some facts about the lat
est outbreak OF trouble concerning the
management Of The Republican cam
paiSn- There has been q vast deal or
surnlse, most Of IL erroneous.
The story that the President has bAan
dissatisfied with the conduct Of rba
campaign is correct, but the reasons for
his dissatisfaction have NOT bae- -
rectIy staeG
The President at no time has baa,
seriously concerned about the rana-e-
ment OF affairs under the charge ~
chairman Hitchcock Aside n-0n one
serious mistake, which AIr. Hitchcock
made, the appointment OF General du
Font as manager Of speakers. the
PRESIDENT has no especial occasion for
erlticism- He understood the reasons
why M Hitchcock did not want 10
open o campaign before late September.
ana he approved He did not experr
Jllat there would be large campaig1
iunc, and he wanted II conserved for
use IN the late weeks Of the fight when
It would do most good
Root Made Inquiry.
The story that the President sa,+ o
1 representative 10 New York 70 fnves-f-
gate the management Of the ~g-oair--,
I Is declared on the highest autlorft,, 70
/ be true The man who was fDfr71s+a5
1 with this important mission. II is f1rr-
ther stated, was no less a person rha7
Secretary Root He didn't come TO town
with brass bands. but he made a cuiar
inquiry which developed a most serious
situation In brief. IL was this
\ Treasurer George r Sheldon has NJ
] terly failed TO make good.
I 1he usual channels through vvbi~r, N
/ former years. funds have come 10 the
/ committee have been closed. Mr.. Shell
/ uoh has been entirely unequal 10 The
( ask OF organizing campaign fund Ii
/ the only way left namely. by popular
/ subscriptions.
some OF the most important sources
OF FUNDS In former years were pr5-
scr1oed from the start by the President
and Secretary Taft It was decided that
none OF their money must be used.
These were the very interests from
which 8ir- Sheldon would most easily
/ have raised a fund
When they were prescribed, Mr.. Shell
/ don didn't know whittier 10 turn I'm
/ portant and powerful interests were
4 barred from contributing. and other in
I terests in the street and In business.
/ whose contributions would have been
: in no wise Objectionable, didn't show
/ any willingness 70 loosen The result
I was that with the bad" money inter
/ ests shut out. the good ones decided
I 10 stay out. and business New York has
: been doing nothing
Condition Menacing.
Some time ago IL became apparent
[ that this condition was menaciIg. and
/ Chairman Hitchcock looked into it, \
/ scheme Of popular subscriptions TO be
raised through State organizations, by
/ canvassers. was organized. II has not
/ been a success II was started late. and
Is project which requires time. Some
OF the State financial Managers good
many, in fact-have not given proper
attention 90 this part Of the work They
didn't seem 10 take IL seriously. they
rather looked for money from the na-
u0nal committee, instead Of expecting
70 send il in
Two weeks or so ago It became nee
essary for the national committee to
reduce expenses Paid speakers were
taken OF the stump and every effort
was made 20 ecOuOmize-
Chairman Hitchcock. utterly unable 70
see any daylight alead tlrough rF-e
financial gloom, took financial matters
demanding a large share Jf his o-ten-
ton ever since Today he was NOT AZ
his office, being IN consultation at his
hotel with muffin lllOuaire New
/ Yorker, VINO IS interested and DISPOSED
TO help the committee out Of its trou-
bles- Il is hoped that a financial plan
may soon be devised which viii make
possible the resumption Of work at fun
blast All this has taken the chairman's
time away from his regular and proper
work. and has left business in sad con-
fusion.
Need Of Money.
/ Appointments made with the chairman
several days ago are being reorganized
and postponed, because It is useless for
him TO consider political affairs until the
financial situation is Strengthened out
There is no longer effort 10 deny that
the situation is critical.
one complaint is that certain wealthy
members OF the Diplomatic Corps have
done nothing for the fund In past years
! tribute, ana 10 be liberal They aren't
being asked this year. and while some
Of them have sent in checks others
have failed TO 10 so. or have sent very
small amounts Then there IS complaint
I because a lot of people holding homo
/ r2ry positions at Washington have been
4 likewise remiss. people who nave plenty
/ of money and are looked upon as proper
angels IN time OF need.
Chairman Is Worried.
/ Chairman Hitchcock is a badly wor-
/ ried man; but fl can be said that the
Administration investigation Of the
camFaign does not relate SO much 70
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