Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-17
REPUBLICANS SEEK
$40 contributions
Popular Plan Of Financing
Will be Tried Out
in Campaign
ROOSEVELT ON
SPEAKING LIST

NEW YORK, Aug IA new plan
for raising money for national cam
paign purposes is TO be tried this year
by the Republicans subscriptions Of
$40 each are to be solicited from those
who favor Charles u Hughes. ana in
return engraved certificates will be
given the donors as sustaining mem
bers OF the Republican party
The Republican campaign managers
In this way hope to obtain a substan-
tial fund from all over the country
A somewhat similar plan was tried
some years ago in this State by Will
| liam Barnes, and netted more than
100000. In making the announcement
OF the plan Cornelius n Bliss. treas
urer Of the National Committee. said:
II firmly believe such membership
will be of great benefit to thee party
in many ways, and ] am asking the
hearty cooperation of all who are
interested In Republican success at
the coming election. ! am organiz-
ing an active and nationwide cam
paign TO make this movement success
full
THE response TO letters which have
already been sent to different sections
of the country has been most crafty
ing %
Dollar Plan Not Successful.
Republicans never before have tried
raising money on the popular plan in
a national campaign. In 1908 Mr..
Bryan tried the so-called dollar
plan and put a limit even on larger
contributions. Somebody figured out
that while the dollar plan looked good
in print Il cost almost a dollar to
get in dollar The Progressives
tried the same plan four years ago
and the net return was small.
Republicans figured out that $40
would show good sized profit after
all expenses Of collection were paid.
and would not be too much to ask.
9 Mr. Bliss said Il was not fair 10 infer
q money was unusually hard To- raise
i, this year 1T merely means he
said. that we would much rather
: have a large list Of small contribu-
tors than a small list Of large ones.
IA As a beginning for the plan MI
y Bliss recently asked State chairmen
10 send him names OF Republicans In
- their States who might contribute
" $40 TO such fund Not only has h,
=, received thousands OF names already
~ but accompanying these lists cams
y many $40 contributions. so that the
fund is started
~ Will Try Advertising.
To test out the plan. an advertiser
campaign Is TO be tried today In New
MS ark, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washing
ton and PITTSBURGH II the return
e Justify it this form OF appeal will
re continued Bul Mr.. Bliss has sever
u other plans for extracting the ten spo
n, from Republican pockets, if advertisi
IN the plan fails
- Mr.. Bliss made i plain too. that an
~ hodv's money would be acceptab
~ whether he called himself a Republic
ue or not. Also any amount, even und
70 $40, will bring Joy 60 the Republic
p, treasurer only there won't be certi
g Gates issued for II
II was announced yesterday al R
~ publican Headquarters that Col. Roos
Welt would speak in Battle Creek, Mic
on September 80. This is the secoI
~ campaign srrech announced for ii
I. Colonel the first heing az Lewiston, NJ
y on August 81. Charles W. Fairhanl
~ wired headquarters that he would
y, prepared 10 take the stump inst as so'
~ as he had been notified ~ his nomin
w tion. which will be on August 30 A
cordingly Mr. Fairbanks was booked {
two DAYS speeches in Maine on Sc
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