The sun., 1912-08-07
ASKS DOLLAR FUNDS
TO ELECT GOV. WILSON
Chairman McCOmbs Wants
Democratic Newspapers to
Receive Subscriptions.

The headquarters Of the Democratic
National Committee were crowded all day
yesterday with members Of the committee
and many Democrats who were passing Z
through the city on their way to SEA Girt
to be present at the notification to-day.
National Chairman McCombs had talks
with Norman l.. Mack. the former chair
man Of the committee: Ollie James. Ken
Charles j. Roeschcnstein. Illinois: o. T..
Wood. Michigan; Thomas }. McCue.
Colorado: F. Il. Lynch. Minnesota; r.. +.
Gotra. Missouri: }. Taylor Ellison. Nir-
ginia: Robert Ewing. Louisiana: John I.
McGraw. West Virginia and Perry Bel
mont, Thomas B. Love. delegate TO the
Baltimore convent ion from Texas. and
State Chairman W l.. Finley Of Ohio.
Mr.. Mack said yesterday that he was
well satisfied with the progress that was
paign managers. Il know what il means
to run nat ional cainIaign." ne said. and
/ am surprised to se,. how far advanced
he work l. at the New York headQuar-
ters."
Commenting on the ou. look Of the com
mittee so far as The raising of campaign
funds is concerned Mr.. Mack said:
| am strongly in favor Of raising money
by popular subscriptions. | want TO let
every one help hut do not favor a rich
man giving 500. 900. for example. That is
| wrong. But the rich men can well AFFORD
to give as high As 5000. We don't want
the poor man doing all the work and giving
all the money.
Eugene +. Read. nat ional committee
man from New Hampshire. another caller
at headquarters. said that while his state
had gone Republican for thirty-.ive years
he was confident THAI as result OF the
| Republican factional differences the State
| this year would elect the democratic State
and national ticket.
| Speaking Of the stuat ion in his state
Committeeman q. T.. Wood said
The placing of third ticket in the field
! in Michigan will divide the Republican
vote. in nv judgment. between Roosevelt,
and TAFT in the propor,ion of about U0 per
cent To 40 rhis may be either way. and n,
one can tell which faction will get the {,
| and which the a., but in any event it vii
30 divide the former Republican vote that
| the usual Republican majority will h.
| wiped out and il il quite generally con.
ceeded that the Wilson electoral ticket "
Michigan has by far the best chance OF
success.
Chairman McCombs announced that he
Wds pidIlIlulx LOT tlN starting Oh IA IOplitl
Democratic campaign fund and that the
leaders throughout the country would be
urged to start movements for the collec.
ton Of dollar subscrp, ions to the fund
He said further:
The morale OF the Democratic army vat
never better. Prospects Of success have
made differences disappear. Faction.
are forgotten. On the national ticket the
party Is "A unit. Recruits are daily coming
from Republican ranks. We intend. how
ever. 10 conduct a vigorous and unrs
| mitting campaign.
II requires money to meet the legitimate
| expenses OF such campaign Thi. Is the
| peoples contest. They have already in
dicated a willingness TO finance their owr
| fight. There IL no better or more desira bls
way to raise campaign funds thBn witt
popular subscriptions from the rank and
| file There is no better agency for the
! solicitation OF such subscriptions than tn,
Democratic press Of this country. ] hope
| every Democratic paper in the United
States will Immediately begin to solicit
popular subscriptions from dollar upward