Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-08
POLITICIANS ANXIOUS
 ABOUT CAMPAIGN FUNDS

WASHINGTON, July G.-These are tn. days when the politicians in Wash ington are anxiously seeing to 1t, SO far as they are able, that the campaign coffers are plen'ifully supplied with the one thing which is necessary in politics, money. So far, the republicans have been more lucky than the democrats in securing the money.
 The republicans are making no gloomy pronouncemeu,s about the lack of funds. On the contrary, they ex. press themselves as being pretty well sa,isii@l with what they have. This general state of content applies 10 the congressional campaign committee as well as 10 the national committee. The deniocra's on the other hand, say they are shor, of money. They need the cash to pay the actual expenses of sending ont literature and doing sim. liar work.
 Both parties gre confronted with great expenses. Not only has the lit. era,ure been sent out, but the work of organization in the doubtful states and districts requires money for travelling expense. and similar costs. In addi. tion to all this. the expense of the speakers who are sent oyer tse country must be paid in soms way.
 That the republicans have been more lucky than the democrats in raising money is accounted for largely by the fact that there are 50 many wealthy men in the republican party. The days of getting contributions from corpora. tions are dead and gone. Now the money has 10 come from individuals en. tirely. Rich individuals who vote the republican ticket and wsrk fer repnbli. can victory are many.
 Among the deuiocrats. the reverse is the case. Bryan himself is booked to make handsome contribntion out of his own resources, and taere are several wealthy men in New York who will in all probability "cenie across" for the expense of the fight. But it takes more than few 10 make up a respecta. Blc campaign fund, and it is for this reason that the democrats Rnd them. selves in such n sorry plight at present.
 This brings up the memory of the vast amount of talk which was indulp. ed in by both parties in tns house in the last session of congress ts the eff. feet that both parties were anxious for the widest publicity in campaign con. tributions. Both democrats and rcpub. iicans said they wanted law which would tell the people before an election who h'cd given the money and why it had been given, in what amounts it had been given and at what time.
 Although the laws was not passed, the report reached Washington today that the democrats, to show their sin. cerity m the matter, would publish their contributions, the names of the contributors and all the details some time in September or October. The re. port went on to say that his would be done at the request of William Jen. nings Bryan, who is now the great apostle for sucn publicity.
 But the report was not true.
 Prominent democrats here pointed out that, as there is no law compellinp this publicity, and as the republicans had announced no intention of taking such n step, there could be no reason Tor the democrats doing so. When it was said that Bryan wished it, it was pointed out that Bryan has no control over the democratic national commit lee The committee will have absolute eharge of receiving and disbursing oil the money, and it could not be com. pelled to publish its accounts unless n majority of its members voted to take such action. This, it is thought, will mot kn 1..a