Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-06-30
Source of Money For Cam
paign Cause of Worry.

paign Cause of Worry.
Washington, June 27.-Where to
get the money to finance the cam
paigns of the big parties this year is
question that is causing not little
of interest, speculation and doubt in
the minds of those who are familiar
with the fact that it takes money,
much of it, to keep the game going
from nominating convention to
election time.
During the past week one of the
big features in connection with can
didate Harding's campaign confer
ences has been where to get the coin.
Harry Daugherty, his campaign man
ager, and the man who, must know
when and where to get the sinews of
war, has been here comforting on this
matter, as also has been Col Roose-
velt, son of the late president;
friends ofthe late George W. Per-
kins, the man who contributed liber-
ally and lavishly to the Roosevelt
campaign, and others, all directing
their minds in one direction.
There is no longer Mark Hanna
t'barrel," and even if Hanna were liv-
ing there are cogent reasons why
there would probably this year be no
Republican funds. One reason is that
of late congress has formed very
embarrassing habit of poking its
nose into the doings of the two big
parties. Democrats investigate the
doings of the Republicans and the
Republicans in their turn put their
smelling committees at work on the
least provocation to get something
on the Democrats. So there you are.
Nobody wants to be Investigated.
Old Days Easy.
Inthe days gone by it was easy for
big monopolistic concerns through
out the country-the big trusts
to contribute literally with good
prospects. for favors in return but
now it isn't so any more.
Congress in both branches is work
ing overtime smelling out for some
thing rotten in political Denmark,
but the present financial and econom-
ical situation here-where everyone
is hunting the profteer-makes the
big monied concern very geechy
about coming through with the coin.
There are statistics on file with con-
;gress where, in years gone by, the
strong financial concerns of the coun-
try made no secret of contributing
magnanimously to Republican slush
funds. But such days are no more.
The big concern which would now
give $4,000 or 100000, to a cam
paign fund at this time would prob
ably be jerked up by its corporation
heels almost before the ink on it's
check was dry because there would
Immediately arise the assumption
that something, and this very natur-
ally-would be expected in return.
The element of profteering would be
much too prominent for the general
good.
Stingy With information.
This is about the plan which will
be followed, although now Candidate
Harding's managers are as stingy
with information as tramp would
be with a new ham bone; contribu-
tions will not be asked in large
amounts. They will be solicited in
small denominations for two reasons.
One is that there must be no SEM
blance of big money from the money
strusts-which would indicate lot
full of profteers-and the other is
that with the aforesaid congress
members poking about here and
there it would certainly spell defeat
for the Republicans should there be
a repetition of the Wood and Lowden
.slush fund stuff. That killed both OF
,+bese worthy candidates even before
the doors of the big coliseum at Chi
cago swung themselves open, none
know it better. than the corps OF
Washington newspaper men who
were on the job.
The ghost will walk. of course, but