The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-15
RAISE MONEY FOR CAMP AIGN Louisiana Democrats at
 Work. ALREADY $7,OOO SUBSCRIBED Election Officers Give Pay for One
 Day. Chairman wetmore Expresses Appreci- ation of Work Done by News papers--senator Grady Says
 New York Is Safe.

Chicago, Ill.,. Sept. )--If publishers of Democratic papers throughout the country are as success full as Robert Ewing of The New Orleans States. in raising funds for the Demo- cratic national campaign, Chairman Moses c. Wetmore. of the Finance Com mittee. will not want for money to meet legitimate campaign expenses.
 Mir. Ewing, who has been here att tending the meeting of the Democratic National Committee, has collected a popular subscription fund of approxi- mately $7,000. This has been accomp- lished within the past three or four weeks. Mir. Ewing predicts that the finally be as much as $20,000.
 "Our people are taking lively in- terest in this work of raising popular fund for the election of Bryan and Kern" said Mir. Ewing today. They realize fully the importance of getting sufficiently large fund to run the cam paign, and they know that this money must come from the people.
 "The trusts and the special interests will save the Republican party the ne- cessity of going out and raising money by small subscriptions. That Is the req son this unprecedented collection of & campaign fund for the election of Pres idential candidates has been compare lively easy.
 When we started our campaign fund contributions came largely from New Orleans, but now every parish in the State is swelling the fund. Already Democrats are regarding the contribu- tion of funds towards the election of Bryan and Kern as private duty. Fully five hundred registrars and a,,Ao nF fn TnfItefann who earn $3 day for their services one day in each campaign year. have contrib uted their earnings to the Democratic national campaign fund. That shows the extent of the personal sacrifices be- ing made by Democrats in this Prest- dential contest.
 "A gratuitous offering on the part of party workers is worth more in this contest than the contributions of the Harrimans, cromwells, Du Fonts. Shell dons and Uphams."
 Chairman Moses c. Wetmore, of the Finance Committee, stated today that 1,500 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, ev- cry Democratic paper in the United States will join in this movement.
 "The Democratic press is doing Q - all the papers that favor the election of Bryan and Kern would go to work in earnest in this matter of collecting funds, I believe we would get the big gest part of the money necessary To successfully conduct our fight.
 "This is a real contest and all our resources will be taxed to combat the Republican Party. which will secure the money it needs through Its rich agencies that have derived Legislative protection from 1t.
 Senator Thomas F. Grady, Of New York, famous as an orator in the Tam many organization. was another cailef at Democratic Headquarters, where he spent some time with Chairman Mack. Senator Grady has been on two-montns trip through the West. He thinks MT. Bryan will be elected President. He has great strength among the Western people who admire him and believe m him.
 "In every place that I visited heard Republicans say they would vote for Bryan in preference to Taft" said MT. Grady. "Of course, New York Is going Democratic this year, and conditions favor a Democratic victory.