The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-08
FUNDS FOR STATE CAMPAIGN.

80 - ~ - ~fftttt FAN~ANa
With me election only a month
away Grady county Democrats have
not AS Vet contributed dollar toward
deftayine the expenses of the state
campaign AS far as we know, the
dollar fund raised by The Express
constitutes the only sum contributed
BY the Democrats of this county and
this small amount was for the national
campaign
At the meeting Of the county cen
tfal committee Saturday it was decid,
ed Chat each precinct committeeman
should az once GET busy soliciting
funds for the state and national cam
paign and it Is to be hoped that the
work win be pushed As we under.
stand It now an agreement has been
reached among the leaders in charge
Of the state and national campaigns
in Oklahoma whereby all funds con
trihuted win be eQuitably divided be-
tween the two committees.
The state committee Is in great need
Of funds and money must be forth
coming If an effective campaign is to
Die waged Money makes the mare
go" and it is also an essential ingred-
lent in successful campaigning. It
costs large amount to maintain state
headquarters nay the expepses Of
speakers and meet the other numer.
ous Items, and unless the sinews Of
war are provided the committee must
be Handicapped
With the coming together Of the
Moosers and Republicans in OkIaho-
ma, which is clearly evident in the
light Of recent developments, it be-
comes necessary for the Democrats to
wage just as active a battle as they
have ever put on IN the past. In many
states where there are three tickets
in sne field, Wilson has easy sailing,
but ia Oklahoma we have no such Sit
uation Only one set Of Republican
electors win appear on the ballot to
oppose the Wilson electors. Whether
those Republican electors will support
Roosevelt or Taft is a mooted cues.
tion. The Moosers say nine OF them,
il elected, wiil vote lor Teddy, while
the regular Republicans deny this
The situation is an anomalous one
indeed, it being impossible for the
man who supports the Republican
electors to know positively whether he
is voting for Taft or Roosevelt, but
however bitterly the two factions pro
fess 70 be opposing each other, they
are bosh supporting the same electors
and the alignment is therefore prac-
tieally the same that has existed in the
past
It has been truly said that more
battles are lost because Of over-confi-
dence than from any other one source.
That there are enough Democrats in
Oklahoma to roll up a handsome ria
iority for Wilson is not to be qaes-
TONED, but they viii count for nothing
ia the result IL they don't 80 to the
polls It is therefore OF the greatest
Importance that our committee be SUP.
piled with sufficient funds to make a
campaign that win place the situation
and the issues squarely before the peo-
pc 10 the end that the full Democratic
vote may be brought out
As one of the big Democratic coun,
ties, Grady must contribute her full
shara Of the amount needed to win a
pronounced victory in Oklahoma. In
great battle for popular rule and in
the face Of the unprecedented oppor-
funity presented in the nation at
large. the Oklahoma Democracy must
not BE- found lacking It is q great
eanse and the humblest man in the
party's ranks should iahe pride in ex-
tending assistance to the extent OF his
ability to the captains in charge Of the
campaign. Let every Grady county
follower Of Wilson respond when called
Hii0n
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