New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-10
Five-Day Whirlwind Cam
naign That Reelected
Him Not Paid For
AGENCY NOW SEEKS
CASH IT ADVANCED
Was Told TO Work With
out Limit to Get Stuff
Into Papers"

n,,,rer credit attaches TO sending
,.5s,nt Wilson back 70 the White
Us, belongs, according TO Vance Nc
r.--,,k chairman Of the Democratic
y.s,,d Committee. not to Californis
,,v Of the other long doubtful
-, but % the advertising company
-, "a being compelled 70 foot the
,,,.,,ndinr bills FOR campaign pub
Lefty. .,
with tie settlement Of practically
Fl ether campaign bills Of the Demo
-,e, National Committee, the one
s,r that is credited with finally turn
=, the tide iu Tho Presidents favor
-, beer stuck upon the unpaid
,,rk. Of that organization.
The approximate amount Of the bill
4, $4,000 i. IS due TO the sdvertis-
+, agency, Hanf-Metzger, Inc, OF %
v,sison Avenue. and the time Of pay
,,. according 20 certain representa-
,,u Of the campaign committee, is a
after o. erest doubt and small con-
,.-n 70 the men who contracted the
ndsbtedness.
Represents FiveDsy Campaign
TIE unpaid item represents the cost
Il n. fye-6sv whirlwind advertising
arpsign carried on by the company
,rs.- direction Of the committee
,vblieity department. Everybody con-
r,..sd With the campaign body, from
Chairman Mccormick down. freely sd-
ritted after the election that 1t was
m, advertising that had elected Pres
dent Wilson.
This was different from any Presl-
i,ntisl campaign carried on in this
country" said Mr.. Mccormick IN the
course OF an address IN which nc
laced al the credit Of the Democratic
victory upon the directors Of the pub
f.ity work. cit was mapped out and
rsshed as e newspaper campaign an'
With the same efficiency. 1t was TINS
Advertising that elected the President
and nobody has been found who de-
lied it,
or the total amount. the only cash
hat has been paid TO the telephone
telegraph. printing and publishing
tonrsnies TO whom it is due is S2O'OOI
,sgssred bv the HenE NetZger Com
nav 10 those who sought their money
m agency still is paying these bills
and since II lent it's credit TO the DEM
ocrate National Committee IN placing
the advertising and other publicity
features. IL assumed responsibility tor
all PAYMENTS. Until such time IN the
remote future as the committee may
arrange TO make a final settlement
The agency will be compelled to con-
t.nue TO pay bills.
Two Reasons Given
In recent conferences with repre-
sentatiyes Of the national committee
;wo reasons have been given othcers
Of the advertising company as 10 why
they should continue TO shoulder the
financial burdens Of the windup or the
campaign. One is that the committee
IS almost peuniless. The other IS thal
rates charged, in the opinion OF Ihe
committee members, are higher than
they should be-
The idea that rates for newspaper
idyertisug are subject TO adjustment
sitter the suacc has been used is not
rev, but it has been dead a long time
i5ycrtisng men eay. 10 rs not surprls-
ne that Democratic politicians should
Ilsh IN where business men would Tear
70 tread. though o is not thought likely
that they can long remain in their un-
',1ablc position.
L is matter Of general knowledge
hat the maintenance Of published ad-
ytrilsing rates is quite as important
% the publisher as It is TO the operat-
hg management Of a railroad, although