The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-28

The Money Power VS.. the People.
The fight this year will be waged
between the Money Power and the
People, and there is no. use in dis
gujsing the. fact that the Money
Power, represented by the Republi-
can party, taili try 10 buy he e'rs
ton, The Republican campaign fund
will be enormous, and will be divid-
ed between that for the legitimate
expenses Of the campaign, the items
of which Mr.. Taft declares will be
published latter election" and
another secret campaign fund which
will never see the light Of day, but
will be distributed to the Rcpulb'lll-
can machines of the doubtful States
and thence: for the corruption OF
venal voters.
All the tariff; protected interests
and all the Wall Street fnanciers,
and the malefactors Of great wealth
will be forced to contribute to the.
Republican campaign fund. The
record of their evasion Of the laws
of the land have been carefully IN
vestigated by special agents of the
Republican Administration; and the
evidence that would convict them is
in the archives Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, or the De-
partment Of Commerce and Labor.
The Chairman. or Treasurer Of
the Republican National Commits
tee will have the list and know just
how much to assess each malefactor.
How much the magnates of the
Standard Oil. Trust will pay for I'M
munity and for escape from large
fines hanging over their heads will
never be known to the public. but
that the amount will reach into the
millions does not need evidence to
prove it, or that it will be paid when
called for. But a small part OF the
amount so contributed will reach
the Treasurer Of the Republican
National Committee; only enough to
meet the legitimate expenses, which
ne estimates at sS,0O0,0O0. The
much greater amount will, by un-
derground channels that can easily
be surmised,. reach the Republican
workers and corruptionists.
There is one advantage of the
Democratic campaign that will
bother the Republicans and that is
the large number of States that will
be fought for as doubtful and will,
therefore, require aid from their
secret campaign fund source. 1t is
quite possible that enormous as this
corruption fund will be, it may fall
short Of satisfying the harpies that
lay in wait for it, when it has to be
divided into so many portions. The
panic and continued depression has
made even the Wall Street interests
short Of ready cash, and it will need
all the promises Of future favors
that the Republican managers dare
offer to make some feel they car
disgorge.
The Democrats have no such trou'
bles about campaign funds. They
have no protected interests" tc
draw upon, nor do they expect tc
raise a large sum. It is probable
that one hundred dollars will go as
far as one thousand does with the
Republicans. Still the Democratic
Committee will need considerable
money for printing andspeakers and
the hundred and one legitimate ex'
penses that q national campaign en-
tails. 4..s ): 80,
The Democratic Committee on the
advice of Mr.. Bryan has declared it
will receive no contributions from
corporations and has limited the
amount that will be received from
any individual to $4,000 and that it
will make publication before the
election of all contributions before
October Is, and contributions re.
ceived after that date will be pub
lished upon the day they arerecelv-
ed. That kind of Publicity would
seem to be carrying out in spirit and
in truth what the Democratic plat
form demands and promises.
Comes Out For Bryan.
In an article written in perfect