The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-10
s2,oOO,OOO FUND FOR WILSON TO
 BE IN CHANCE
Governor Outlines Small Contribution Campaign on Auto Ride With Chair
 man McCombs
Already Large Sum Realized By Democratic Editors In Getting Money from Peo- pie In Small Bits.

New York, Aug. 10.-With the drive ways of Central Park as a setting and two men in an automobile as the prin- cipaIs, plans were perfected between sunset and dark last night for the raising of $2,0O0000 in small change for the use and benefit of, Gov. Wood- row Wilson's campaign for the Presi- dency.
 A cardinal point in the plan is that no corporation money will be sought for and no corporation money with the slightest string attached will be accepted.
 The two men in the automobile which sped through the eastern drive way of Central Park while they talked over the money-ge getting campaign that is to open in earnest with the arrival of Rolla Wells, the campaign treas urer, from St. Louis on Monday morn ing, were Gov. Wilson himself and Col. William F. McCombs, chairman of his campaign committee. The pres ence of Gov Wilson at the final confer ence on financial matters meant mere ly that, as the personal responsi bility was his, so, too, was to be the consid- eration of the. financial arrangements.
 The work Of getting the money from the people in small bits was taken up yesterday in earnest by members of Col Robert L.. EWing's committee on newspaper contribution funds. l.. T. Russell, an editor from New Jersey, who had asked each of his readers to figure out his pro rata share of $2,- O0o. GOO fund and send in the amount from his editorial office to, write out for the benefit of the campaign com- n1ittee his plan of action. Under it, in Union County, of which his news paper, The Elizabeth Times, is the Democratic organ, Mr. Russell had campaign fund for the last several weeks.
 The editors plan was very simple. He merely published the amount need- ed for the nation, the voting popula- ton of Union County. the Democratic voting population of the county, and theapercentaEe of Iermocrats who read @ the paper. That Set each ssEnat3 t1 db- ing sum in figures and the answer that arrived varied from 30 cents to g each asSthe proper sum to give.
 MT Russell sent out several thou sand letters yesterday to the editors of other country newspapers, telling them how fine the plan had worked in his county and urging him to give it trial The letters were authorized by Col Ewing and are expected to bring good results
 Col. Ewing himself, on his own newspaper. The New Orleans States, has advocated a plan by which $3,700 has been raised in nickels and dimes and quarters He raised the banner total of all the Southern newspapers for the Bryan campaign fund, and he hopes to see the plan followed in the last Bryan battle extend this season from ltlle South. until it covers the en- tire country. It is very similar to the plan followed by MT. Russell in New Jersey.
 To supplement the plan of having funds for the Wilson campaign raised through the Democratic newspapers of the country, Chairman Morgenthau of the finance committee addressed yes- terday several hundred letters to prominent Democrats throughout the United States. calling upon them for volunteer work His plan is to have a finance committee in every state, manned by volunteer workers, who will go out among the people and raise funds for the expenses of the next few months.