New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Will Raise $5,O0O,OOO to
$IO,OOO,OOO for 1920
Campaign, Says Director
of Finances Jameson
100000 for Stamps
Wilson Might Rum Again
if League of Nations
Is Rejected by Senate

finance of the Democratic National
Committee, outlined his plans for the
1920 campaign yesterday at the Hol-
land House. The more important OBJ
jectives are:
The raising of $5,OOO,ooo to S1o,ooo,-
600.
The organization of q corps Of i .000.-
600 cash contributors.
The spending of 100000 for two
cent postage stamps between now and
November, 1920.
The employment in campaign contri-
button collections of 5000 to 5000 per-
sons in the Washington committee
headquarters alone.
Mr. Jameson, who came on from
Washington Friday night to choose two
or three men for heads Of financial
that the only thing, in his Judgment,
that will impcl President Wilson to
stand for third term is the failure of
the Senate to ratify the league of ma
tlOnS covenant.
100000 Contributors Sought
1T is our deliberate plan to enroll
-'NoStVON
cratic campaign fund for 1920" Mr..
Jameson said. eve now have 100000
names of men and women who in 1916
and since then have contributed to the
Democratic party. We are not as ia
Vorably situated as the Republicans, as
not very many Of the wealthy men of
the country belong to our party. We
would prefer to have a very large num-
Der Of small contributors, as that will
work for an effective organization. If
we get one million payers, it goes
without saving that we shall have one
million workers. But We need the pay
ers as much as we do the workers.
If we are to carry the message to
the people it is absolutely essential
that we have the money to do it. In
every campaign since the Civil War
when we have had money to carry the
Democratic message to the pcople we
have elected our ticket We had it
IN 1876, when We elected Tilden, but
Democrats grew apathetic when at the
last hour in 1880. Hancock instead Of
Iilden was chosen. and we lost. IN
1892 W. c. Whitney and his friends
got interested, and We won In the
two Bryan campaigns, the Parker. cam
paign and in the third Bryan campaign
we didn't have the money for the cam
paign, and we lost.
Ford Didn't Come Through
"In 1912 we raised from about rs 900
people the sum of S1,1OO0O0. In 1910
we had 100000 contributors, and we
raised, including the 500, coo deficit
after election, the sum Of S2.5o0.OOo" ;"
"That was because Henry Ford did
not come through" it was suggested.
Yes" said Mr.. Jameson, that was
because Mr.. Ford did not come
through but there were others"
"How much do you expect to raise
this year,"
"Well, from s5,oOo.ooo- to $4,000, 900.
There are four factors in the new
equation. There are 100000 new
voters who have acquired the right to
vote since 1912; there are 100000
young men who have come of ace the
coming campaign will be the most in
tense in the history of American poll
tics; everything that enters into the
cost of running campaign has very
greatly increased"
Are you going to limit the size of
contributions to 81, 900, the same as
Chairman Hays of the Republican Ma
tional Committee 2"
Several Names Discussed
~ shall not limit them any more
son. "Out Of 100000 p C.'s'-pro-
spective contributers-we expect to de-
velop 1000 600 real contributors To
every man and woman who contributed
in 1916 will go letter asking for the
names of those who may, if solicited,
become contributers.'
"Who is the leading Democratic can
didate at this time?"
81 am just back from a trip across
the United States, and | am free to say
that there is lack of concentrated
judgment as to who the Democratic
candidate should be. | hear discussed
Palmer, Governor Cox Of Ohio and
Ambassador John W. Davis, of West
Virginia. Vice President Marshall, of
Indiana, doubtless will be the favorite
son candidate from his state, and SEN
ator Hitchcock is likely to have the
delegates from Nebraska"
GLOW about President Wilson ?"
81 do not speak officially. judge
that the OILY thing that might impcl
the President to become q candidate is
the failure of the Senate to ratify the
the league Of nations treaty."
'Dirty" Money Not Acceptable
"ls not Mr.. Bryan receptive candi-
datc?"
"Hc might be a receptive candidate,
but l hardly expect to see him nomin-
ated. Some people are talking about
Pershing. My understanding is that
the general does not want to be a can
didate ! think he is favorable to Pres
ident Wilson's ideas. Another element
in the situation is the unrest and the
possibility that a great popular move
ment might disarrange the calculations
of the old parties. | do not think the
so-called labor movement is going to be
effective in 1920"
Reverting to money raising, Mr..
Jameson said:
every man ought to contribute. the
same as he would from religious mo-
tive. We don't want any money from
anyone who figures that he is making
an investment. We shall not accept any
dirty money. In 1916 q woman in a
poorhousc contributed ten pennies to
the Wilson campaign. There was a re-
ligious spirit back of the gift. That
was as real a contribution as Barney
Baruch's $50,00O."
Mr.. Jameson said that the coalition
between the Non-Partisan League and
the labor leaders was not a natural
one, and would not last, as the farmer
was becoming more and more Of the
employer class. He saws that the
President doubtless will make his tour
across the country in aid of the league
OF nations ratification.
Supreme Court to Pass
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