The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-11-17

alone when everybody was hard up Mr. Bliss
raised about half II million.
Under the Bliss plan local committees were
formed in every town in the country These
committees did the work of collecting the $40
subscriptions. To get these committees Mr.
Bliss made up the biggest mailing list ever seen.
He corresponded with every state chairman and
through these officials got the county Chairmcn
TO draw up lists of possible contributors. When
the lists were turned in appeals were made direct
10 those oS the lists The result is that shortly
before election Mr. Bliss was getting frequently
much $4,000 i'm single days mail
OF course under this plan contributions were
not limited To so, nor were contributions of
smaller amount spurncd. All were welcomed, but
II required SO ut least to become enrolled as Il
sustaining member.
Whatever may have been the success achieved
by Mr. Bliss, there persons around Demo
cratic headquarters In New York, just around the
from the Republican shop who were will
ing TO bet that Mr.. Marsh would beat Mr.. Bliss
10 n fra2ze In collecting money from the real
"peepul" Out in Iowa. Mr.. Marsh's home state
he has record of being one of the greatest
money y-rascrs ever seen.
The Marsh plan, soon I'm full swing was moth
ing more than the good old "every- -member-can-
vass" scheme which the churches out i'm Iowa re-
sort 10 when they are falling behind in current
expenses want 10 make bonfire Of the mort
gage Marsh and his young men, some Of them
worked successfully for a church IT could be
worked in the country whole for the Demo
cratic party.
An essential feature Of the cvery-member-Can-
vass plan is team work. Anyone who has
been waited upon with n request To subscribe To
n church fund To burn the mortgage knows that
not one person hut two do the visiting. Confront
ed thus by superior numbers the prospect gener-
ally CapltulateS. TO organize such teams I'm every
town and hamlet of the United States was the
task which Marsh and his Iowa hustlers set
themselves To do This is the way they did Il:
The name OF good Democrat In every town
was first secured. Then communication was sent
10 him asking him to forward ,at once .to head
quarters the names Of six eight men In the
town who would feel Il an honor 10 be named rs
an auxiliary finance committee Of the Democratic
national committee. designating one man on the
list TO be appointed chairman.
by return mail each man so named got his
credential little card bearing the pictures OF
Wilson and Marshall and announcing that the
Democratic national committee had been pleased
to appoint him n member Of Its finance commit
tee. With this card went personal letter from
Treasurer Marsh calculated to make the
member Of the Democratic finance committee get
busy. Here. for example, is one paragraph from
Mr.. Marsh's letter. which whole sounds like
the follow-up campaign of a man selling patent
clothespins:
'I wish might visit sith you face TO face and
impress you with the tremendous Importance OF
this work. To my mind II is far reaching. We
are absolutely dependent upon II for the money
to carry on the campaign: moreover. IL Is I'M