Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-17

They make an especially bad face
when they're pretty certain to have
plenty; they try to look cheerful ana
confident when nobody Is coming
across It's the way of the game.
Taking the view Of both crowds, dis
counting all they say. and calculating
on the interests at stake, I guess that
there. will be plenty Of campaign funds
this year for both sides. and that 1t
will be quite some campaign. But 1t
will not be another 1896 affair, with
five or six million dollars spent on
either side. There will not be any
mahogany sets especially built Tor
headquarters purposes, because they're
not doing that sort Of thing now. Folks
don't care so much about 1t.
The democrats are prosperous along
with the rest OF the country. They
have some business interests on their
side. They figure that II they can live
thru this campaign they will have
squeaked out Of their traditional posi-
ton as a minority party. once In
while lucky enough to get into power
by accident. They think they will be
set squarely on their feet II Wilson
wins again: and they want 1t more
than they want to go to heaven.
A Literary Campaign,
It's going to be more Of q literature
campaign than ever before. There will
be some spellbinding. but congress Will
be in session pretty much all summer
and early autumn, according to pres
ent expectations; and spellbindins
campaign without the statesmen-the
big fellows, you know-to sound the
KEYNOTE, Is pretty much Of a frost.
Then there comes in the personnel OF
the leaders. Neither candidate is the
sort of person to care much about an
over financed campaign. Mr.. Hughes
doesn't go in for that sort Of thing, and
MIR. Wilson is expected to give, gen.
eral tone to the democratic manage
ment that will keep 1t out OF the wall
low.
MisgivIngs about the president in
terfering to the extent Of debating the
whole campaign business. however,
are not seriously entertained by the
veterans Of the national committee.
They say that four years ago he con-
cerned himself very little about such
affairs: the committee did as 1t pleased
before election: and the president did
precisely as he pleased after election;
which wasn't always so unqualifiedly
to the king makers. This
year the boys viii at least know that
they're not. going to be Fooled Inc
campaign managers on both slides rec.
ognize that their post-November pull
is likely to be about as liquid an asset
as the influence Of the Riggs National
Bank with john Shtitoa williams
Henry Morgenthau. one OF the best
little producers that ever lugged sub
scription paper around among our first
citizens. will be chairman Of the IL
nance committee by common consent.
He and the president are understood
to be in unison in the desire that VII
bur W. Marsh of Iowa shall be treas
urer. Mr.. Marsh IS himself some or
sarizer and financier. He Is rich. a
who doesn't want too
much protection. and knows everybody
in the world. OF energy he has an un-
limited store. and apparently he never
had an ambition save to boost his
friends.
Still. there's one argument that
might weigh against him, II it's true
that the president was superstitious
enough not to want to be nominated on
Friday.
Mr. Marsh Is the leading citizen OF
the city Of Waterloo.