The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-18
WILL BE NO SHRiEKS
LIKE DEMOCRATS MADE
Ut is Thought the Nominees
Will Take Their Medicine
Without a Whimper-Money
is Badly Needed.
palladium Specially


city tomorrow in response to call
sent out by State Chairman Lee. The
main purpose of the meeting will be |
to make the campaign assessments on |
the candidates for state offices. The |
democratic state committee met last
week and assessed the democratic |
state candidates, but the republican |
committee has not yet done anything
along that line. If the republicans
meet with as much complaining among
the candidates as the democrats have
heard since they met and made their
assessments there will be some noise
but 1t is not expected that there will
be any such complaint on the republic
can side.
II has always been the custom of the
two old parties to fix the assessment in
the neighborhood of 10 per cent of the
entire amount of salary which the can
didate will receive during the entire
term OF his office. provided he is elect
ed. 1t Is supposed that the republican
state committee will follow the prece-
dent this time. although there are some
who figure that the assessments this
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two and four years ago.
Campaign Funds Small.
This prediction is based on the CON-
ron knowledge that campaign funds
will be smaller this year than usual
and harder to get. and the state COM
mittee will undoubtedly have to dig
hard to get enough to run the cam
paign. II is well known that many of
the interests that usually give to the
campaign funds, even to both parties
will this year tie a string around their
wallets and refuse to give up a cent
Fractional troubles have been the cause
OF some of this condition Some of
tho interests have been opposing Sen
ator Beveridge for reelection and have
been liberal contributors to the cam
paign funds in other campaigns. This
year. however, they say they will no.
contribute cent. This means lot
of work for the state committee. but 1t
Is understood that the committee
thinks it sees ahead enough money for
the actual necessary expenses of the
campaign.
The democrats will have one advan-
tage this year over the republicans
when II comes to measuring funds for
the campaign for the democrats will
receive handsome contributions from
the brewers. OF this there can be no
doubt. The brewers and the LIQUOR in
.terests have always been the largest
contributors to campaign funds in past
years and 1t is a fact that both parties
have in years past warmed up to the
brewers to a certain extent in order to
get their money. Everybody knows
this who has ever had anything to do
with politics. But two years ago brew
crs' money went to the democratas In
Indiana. The republicans did not get
1t. Thousands OF dollars were contrib
uted by the brewers to the democratic
campaign fund. Even as late as a
couple Of weeks or SO before the elec-
ton, the brewers raised $1,000 for
the democrats.
Brewers Were Cautious.
Owing to the bitter temperance and
liquor fight that was on at the time
and the fact that each side was watch
ing the other like hawk, the brewers
did not wish to take any chances on
giving the money to the democrats
right here at home. So they sent the
money to Milwaukee and a Milwaukee
man took charge Of 1t. He brought it
into Indiana and It went into the In
diana democratic campaign as a cam
paign contribution from outside
sources. In this way 1t was believed
the true source of the money could be
hidden, and It was securely kept a Sc
cret for long time, but finally the
truth became known. That $4,000
helped out. too. The democrats in In
diana needed the money just at that
moment. The brewers as individuals
had made contributions OF large sums
to the campaign fund prior to that
time. but 1t had all been used up. In
fact, the main part of the democratic
campaign fund for that year came
from the brewers. because the demo-
cratic party then. Is now, were fight
ing to bring about = repeal of the coun-
~ option law which. had been passed
by . republican legislature few weeks
previous.
It has been understood that a por.
ton of the money contributed by the
brewers to the democratic campaign
fund that year came near not getting
into the hands of the democratic state
committee at all. but some of those
who had made contributions heard of
the trouble in time to see to it that
the money went where it was intended
Il should go. After that the brewers
were a little more careful about max
lng sure that the money was delivered
safely.
To Support Democrats.
There Is just the same reason for the
brewers contributing to the democrats
this year that there was two years
ago. for the democrats again have de-
clared their opposition to the county
option law and their determination to
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