Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-09-29
New Orleans Editor Receives
$1,000 for the Demo.
cratic Fund.
ROBERT EWING TELLS ABOUT IT
Encouraging Reports Come from
Many Staten
Oregon for Wisconsin in Limo
-Minnesotans Enthuse-Even
Ohio Will Defeat Taft,
Says Ed. Mahon.

Nnlcdgo. ILL.,, Sept.-Special-lf pu0-
fishers Of Democratic papers through
out the country are as successful as
Mr. Robt. 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. Mr..
Ewing, who has been here attending
the meeting OF the Democratic nation
al committee, has collected popular
subscription fund of approximately
$1,000. This has been accomplished
within the past three or four weeks.
Mr.. Ewing predicts that the States
fund will grow and that it will final
" be as much as $4,000.
"Our people are taking a lively In
terest in this work of raising popu-
lar fund for the election OF Bryan and
Kern" said Mr.. Ewing today. They
realize fully the Importance OF getting
sufficiently large fund to run the
campaign, and they know that this
money must come from the people.
The trusts and the special interests
will save the Republican party the
necessity of going out and raising
money by small subscriptions. That
is the reason this unprecedented col
lection Of a campaign fund for the
election of presidential candidates has
been comparatively easy Every par
ish in the state Is swelling the fund.
Already Democrats are regarding the
contribution Of funds for the election
OF Bryan and Kern as patriotic duty.
Fully five hundred registrars and
judges of election In Louisiana, who
earn $500 a day for their services one
day in each campaign year, have con-
tributed their earnings to the Demo
cratic national campaign fund. That
shows the extent of the personal sac
rifices being made by Democrats In
this presidential contest"
The Democratic national committee
is not overlooking opportunities in Pa
cific coast states and a very vigorous
can paign is TO be conducted in those
western states. The reports Chair
man Mack has received from Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington are
convincing that Democrats have fine
chance to carry all of those states. The
national committee will work in har-
mony with the state committees.
Speaking of political conditions in
the west. National Committeeman Mil
Ter, of Oregon. said todal: Bryan and
Kern will carry Oregon this year,
though / notice in the morning papers
that United States Senator Jonathan
Bourne says that Democrats haven't
chance in the west The best an
swer I can make to this statement is
to cite Senator Bourne as an authority
against himself. Prior to the Repub-
lican national convention, the senator
was proclaiming from one end OF the
country to the other that the nomina-
ton of Judge Taft would result in his
defeat in the nation and loss OF Ore
gon to the Republican party. Mr..
Bourne was for the denomination Of
President Roosevelt, but think at the
time he correctly diagnosed the situa-
ton in Oregon, when he declared that
Taft could not carry the state against
Bryan.
Conditions are highly favorable to
the Democracy In Pacific coast states"
continued Mr.. Miller. land / believe
Mr.. Bryan will get relatively larger
per cent OF the Republican vote In
those states than In any others Of like
population in the country. The Den
yer platform Is the best ever put for
ward by party, and 1T appeals with
particular force to Pacific coast peo-
ple.v
Representative James W. Murphy.
OF the Third Wisconsin Congressional
district, was a caller at Democratic
headquarters today. He thinks Demo
Gratis have a fine chance to carry Wis
consin this year. He told Chairman
Mack as much and went over with
him the political situation In the state.
There is a wonderful change in
public opinion towards Mr.. Bryan this
year" said Congressman Murphy.
This Is particularly noticeable in
cities where Bryan and Kern clubs are
being organized. In Milwaukee one
night last week. q Democratic club
was started with an enrolment Of $50
where the total Democratic vote four
years ago was only 30. This shows
the drift towards Democracy in Wis
consin. and | hear like reports from
all the states OF the west"
Chairman Moses C. Wetmore OF the
finance committee stated today that
1,5o0 papers had joined in the move
ment to raise popular subscription
| fund with which to run the Democratic
campaign He says. in his opinion,
every Democratic paper in the United
States will join in this m4ement.
| Senator Thos. +. Brady, Of New
York, famous as an orator in the Tam
many organization. was another caller
at Democratic headquarters where
he spent some time with Chairman
Mack. Senator Grady has been on
= two montAs' trip through the
west. He thinks Mr.. Bryan VIII be
elected president. He says Mr..
Bryan has great strength among the
western people who admire and be-
lIieve in him. In every place that
visited. said Senator Grady, heard
Republicans say they would vote for
Bryan in preference to Taft. OF
course, New York Is going Demo
cratic this year. and conditions favor