Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-02
FUNDS FOR CAMPAIGN
Iudke Reilly Urges All Democrots 10
 Contribute Something

VIII reach the core or the trne DenO- ! crscy through the medium Cf our col umus.
 Tombstone, Ariz., July 21, 1902. To the Democrats and Independent Citizens of Cochise County in Par ticular, and of Arizona in General. | Fellow Citizen>-lt Is now wei l known that William Jennings Bryan, ! the great apostle of real American | Democracy, has, after twelve long years spent in teaching the American people the true principles of real, radical Democracy, succt eded m driv- ing from the councils of the party all the advocates and tools oi the spe cislly favored interests, and has there by made the party and its candidates and platform the representatives of the common people.
 And that the Republican c.ndi 'ates are still the 'favorites" of wall street and of all those men who have be- come, not millionaires but mllti-mIl H. Ionalres and even billiouaiIe-, by the operation of special laws made to en- able them to gather to themselves the wealth of the country, and thereby hrihe city councils. state legislatures and congresses, not to mention any higher power
 | 1, is also well known that the Re- publican campaign committee has made peace with Waii street and all ills confederate interests, and tha' t., interests will subscribe nt rai-e powerful fund to carry the ei, ction, S7,5DCOJO as already pub l.shed, but It Is safe to put il at dou- bie II not trch,ethat auIount-oecau-e under our existing Iaw-, and with that great reiormer, Theodore Roosevelt, out oi the way. and the government ad- mIniste.ed by the Republican bosses. the henchmen oi Wall street and .pe- cial interests can, in four years. re- coup themselves, not alone ten times bu; perhaps forty times, the amount of their outlay. and they know 1t
 Now, fellow citizens, Mr. Bryan proclaims that the Democratic cam paign committee needs Sl,9o1, 300 to pay the expenses of the campaign and l think they want twice that sum.
 Are We going to sit still and leave that committee with hands tied for want of flad-, or will We rouse up and make subscriptions in every city and town in the territory and make a fund of S2O,0O0 to help the good work?
 By doing this, other states and ter rItories are very apt to initiate the ex- ample and, of the six million real rad ical Democrats who followed Bryan isl two campaigns, most oi whom are stIll alive and still ready to do as they have done. Certainly three millions are able to subscribe one dollar each and make fund of two or three mill. ion dollars and thereby enatle the Democratic national campaign com- mittee and it's candidates U make an aggressive, victorious and effective cam paign; not enough to buy vc'es or corrupt the electorate, for nc req! honest American citizen, Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Populist or Inde- pendent oi any kind, would want money used for that purp~se. They ieave that to the henchmen Of the special interests, the Republican "bosses."
 Now, fellow citizens, rouse up Now is the time to act There are few of you who cannot spare one dollar, and stood with Bryan in two campaigns will subscribe that sum, there will be ample funds for all legitimate pur- poses without any help from the crim- inaI wealthy, and fl you are real ! American freemen and have faith ir theAmerican declaration of independ- ence, the political contest of Faith of every true American, you will start the subscriptions and not leave the National Democratic committees ! hands tied for want of funds to eGu- cate the people, or leave them to beg ] funds Of lukewarm Democrats, who, ii they subscribe large sums will ex- pect to be rewarded with either office or some special privileges the same as the great subscribers to the RepublI- can campaign fund.
 r Bryan is elected, Arizona will be benefited at least as much so, if not more than sny other political division of the republic. Again l beg you, Arizonans, start tn, ball, set the good example and others will follow.
 Respectfully,
 JAMES REILLY,
 A Real Bryan Democrat.