The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

McAdoo and %r Glass disagree as =,
how taxe1 should be levl,d and how
great the taxation should be. AZ Mr..
Glass is SOM to join his predecessor
in the ranks Cs ex-Secrctaries of the
Treasury, the question will have to be
decided by a new man. All of this
friction is the result of the. party be-
ing at the present time without a
head. II has not been in the halls of
doing its own thinking. II has done
Mr.. Wilson's bidaiaG 81 obediently
From the time he entered the White
House he has not only been in SUI
preme command bu- no other Demo-
crat has held a higher position than
sub-lieutenant in the army of which
he Is the general. There has been 70
general staff. There has only been,
outside of himself, a commissary de-
partment. "-PhilaGclphia Press.
49,
1.-THE high cost of living will re-
ceive another boost IL the Democratic
National Committee carries out its
plan to raise fund of 100000, 900
for the years Presidential campaign.
The chairman and treasurer of the
committee have been talking freely
about their plans for a nationwide
drive for subscriptions. Red Cross
and university fund drive methods
are to be introduced and the humble
five or ten dollar bill is to be pur-
sued by collectors, who formerly
would have disdained checks for any
thing less than thousand dollars.
Thomas F. Ryan admitted having
contributed half a million or so to
the Alton b. Parker campaign fund
In 1904. He probably furnished more
than so per cent of the sinews of
var for that disastrous venture. But
campaigns in those days were re-
latively simple and frugal affairs.
Little money was spent on organiza-
binder" was supposed to be the real
vote getter and he worked on very
limited drawing account.
Now political organization has
reached the stage of an industry and
enormous quantities of literature are
manufactured with far more profit
to the manufacturer than returns
from the voters. Mr.. Cummings says
that he is going to keep card cata-
logues of all the Democratic or near
Democratic voters in the country,
with their ratings as investors in HIS
fund. That is big business applied
to politics. But will the. electorate
cheerfully respond to such efforts 10
exploit 1t after the manner of a mail
house concern?
Some years ago Congress display
ed very lively interest in the limita-
Con of Federal campaign expenditure
1t compelled for the first time a fill
ing of all campaign accounts in cleo
tions-for Senator'S and Representa-
tives. Presidential electors are state
officers. But national political COM
mittees would seem to be subject to
Federal control Any party which
should raise a S2O,O0O,O0O fund for
the election of a President and Vice
President would be running directly
counter to American ideas of proprie-
ty. II would also challenge public
opinion, which is far more sensitive
now to the use of money in politics
than it was a generation ago.
"At present public opinion is
naturally skeptical as to Mr.. Cum
mings' ability to touch the Democrat
&c faithful for $50, 900. 900. For what
purpose? Merely to elect another
Democratic President. If he sue
ceeds he will certainly vindicate the
contention of those who say that the
American public has reached a stage
of bewilderment at which it ignores
price," and is no longer competent
to recognize a relationship between
the value of what it purchases and tie
money paid out for NEW York
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