The sun., 1916-08-17
REPUBLICANS SEEK
$40 CONTRIBUTIONS
Popular Plan Of Financing
Will Be Tried Out in
Campaign.
FUND NOW D WAY
state Chairmen Send Thou
sands Of Names Of Avail
ables to Bliss.

A new plan for raising money for ra-
tional campaign purposes is to be tried
this year by the Republican,. Subscrp.
lions Of SO zach arc TO be solicited from
those who favor Charles 4. Hughes. and
In return engraved certificates will b
given the donors 20 sustaining member
Of the Republican party.
The Republican campaign managers
In this way hope to obtain . substantial
FUND from all over h country. A some
what similar plan was tried some Year,
ago In this state by william Barnes. and
Melted more than $4,000. In makins
the announcement OF the plan Cornelius
N. Bliss, treasurer OF the National Com
mittse. said:
II firmly believe such membership will
be Of great bensnt ( the party In many
ways. and I am asking tho hearty co.
operation Of all who are interested In Re.
publican success at the coming election.
I Am organising an active n nation.
wide campaign to make this movement
successful.
THE response TO letters which have
already been sent to different sections OF
the country has been most gratifying"
Dollar Plan Not ssecessfal.
Republicans never before have tried
raising money on the popular plan In Z
national campaign. In 1905 Mr.. Bryan
tried the so-called dollar plan And pu,
q limit even on larger contributions
Somebody figured out that while the dol.
la rlsn tnnkAA RnnA ln ARne - Anat al.
most Q dollar to get In . dollar. The
Progressives tried h same plan four
years " and the net return was small,
Republicans figured out that $40 would
show . good sised profit after all sx-
penses Of collection were paid. and would
not be too much to ask. Mr.. Bliss said
II was not fair to infer money vas un.
usually hard to raise this year. Il,
merely means" he said. that We would
much rather have a large list Of small
contributors than . small list OF large
ones"
AZ q beginning for the plan Mr.. Bills,
recently asked State chairmen to send
him names OF Republicans In their
states who might contribute so to such
q fund. Not only has he received thou
sands OF anne already. but accompany.
Ing these lists came many 80 contribu.
lions. 30 that the fund now 10 started.
VIII Try AAvsrtlsinG.
To test out the plan an advertising
campaign 10 to be tried to-day In
Newark, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Wash
inston and PittsburG. II the returns
justify II this form Of appeal will b<
continued. But Mr.. Bliss has severa'
other plans for extracting the ten spoti
from Republican pockets. II advertising
the plan fails.
Mr.. Bliss made II plain. too. that any
body's money would he acceptable
whether he called himself a Republican
or not. Also any amount. even unde
SO. will bring Joy to the Republican
treasurer. only there won't be certificates
issued for II.
1t was announced yesterday at Repub
lican headquarters that Col. Roosevelt
would speak in Battle Creek. Mich. Of
September 30. This 10 the second am
paign speech announced for the Colonel
the nrst being at Lewiston. Ne. on Au
gust 81. Charles w. Fairbanks wiret
headquarters that he would be prepared
to take the stump Just as soon as ne hat
been notified OF his nomination. which
will be on August so. Accordingly Mr.
Fairbanks was booked for two days
speeches in Maine on September 5 and .