The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-10-14
ASK FOR 100000
AS CAMPAIGN FUND
1T is HOPED THAT MILLION OR
MORE PERSONS WILL CON-
TRIBUTE TO DEMOCRATS.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Plans have
been perfected by the Democratic
National committee to collect cam
paign fund for 1920 of between 3d.
100000 and $1O,O00,000. They will
spend as much for postage stamps
alone between now and election day
next year as the sum total of their
funds in the three Bryan and the
Parker campaigns.
These declarations were made at
the Holland House yesterday by Will
liam D. Jameson, director of finance
of the national committee, who is
here to pick out three or four eff
Gent executives for his organization
of money gatherers, which he de-
clares will consist of not less than
1000 persons shortly after the first
of the year.
The high cost of living has hit the
campaign parties and they must col
lect more money if they are going to
live and continue to function, accord
ing to Mr.. Jameson. The democrats
always have won, he asserted, when
they had enough money to take their
message" to the people.
Plan for Obtaining Cash.
Mr.. Jameson says he doesn't want
any investment" contributions, any
through which the donor expects
some return for himself or the inter
ests with which he is allied. He pre-
fers small gifts and hopes that the
list of contributors will reach the
million mark.
"In order to get that money" said
the director of finance, 1--WE will start
with 100000 p. c's,' by that l
mean prospective contributors. We
have 100000 persons already, who
gave in 1916, or since, card indexed,
and we will write to them for more
prospects"
Mr.. Jameson is not prepared to
speculate as to who this tremendous
fund of S1O,000,000 will be spent
for. He does not think that President
Wilson will be the candidate-unless
he is forced to do so by the defeat of
his league of nations. William Jen-
nings Bryan may be giving a thought
to being the candidate, but it IS Mr..
Jamieson's opinion he will not be the
choice of the delegates to the nation
al convention.
Great Sums Now Needed.
AS for issues, the only one that
Mr. Jameson knows about now is the
need for getting whale of lot of
money to put them before the public,
whatever they may be next year. 1t
would be foolish to predict what the
issues are going to be in the opinion
of the director of finance.
One thing is certain, there is
tremendous amount of unrest all over
the country, and it will take cool
heads to avert trouble, but Mr.. ia
mieson does not believe that labor as
an organization will cut much of a
figure in the 1920 campaign.
Mr.. Jameson asserted that the
democrats had won in presidential
campaigns since the civil war in ev-
cry case where they had sufficient
money.
"That was true in the Tilden cam
paign of 1875, which was won in
spite of the declaration Of the cleo
toral college," he continued, "and
would have won in 1880, except for
the fact that we had to substitute
Hancock for Tilden because of the
death of the latter
''In the first Cleveland campaign
we had lots of money and he won.
In 1892, when he was elected for the
second time, William C. Whitney and
his friends furnished the sinews of
war in abundance. In the three Bry-
an campaigns and the Parker cam
paign we did not have in all as much
money as we will spend for two cent
postage stamps between now and
election day in 1920. We figure that
amount will be 100000.
"In the first Wilson campaign in
1912 we collected $1,100,000 from
{ 10000 to $4,000 people. We got ST.
100000 before election day in 1916
and after the reelection of President
Wilson got enough to pay off a
! 100000 debt. There were about
100000 contributors to this fund"
Why More Is Needed.
Outlining the factors that would
make it necessary to have a bigger
fund in 1920 Mr.. Jameson said that
there would be 100000 more vo-
ters, men and women, one-third of
them young men who had reached
their majority. The cost of campaign
/ ing has gone up tremendously, along
with everything else. And last but
not least he believed that the 1920
/ fight would be the most intense this