New-York tribune., 1920-07-30
Leaders Plan
Popular Fund
For Harding. 9.
Treasurer Of the National
Committee Tells Candi-
date Of Project to
Raise Campaign Money
Allotment to Each State
Idea Appeals Strongly to
Nominee and to Rank
and File of the Party
From a sto0 Correspondent


MARION, Ohio, July 20. - Senator
Warren c. Harding had an opportunity
to day to learn the details of an or
ganization perfected in Chicago for
the raising Of a popular campaign
fund and which is serving as a model
for many other cities The nominee
was visited by more than forty infu
entail business men of Illinois, who
make up the Republican National Com
mttee's financial campaign organiza-
ton for Chicago.
Headed by Fred w. Upham, treas
urer Of the national committee, they
arrived in time to have n ham and
egg breakfast with Senator Harding
at the Marion Club.
In the party were James A. Patten,
wheat speculator; Harry Merrick,
president of the Great Lakes Trust
Company; John M. Glenn, secretary
Of the Illinois Manufacturers Associ-
alton; Andrew Russell, State Auditor
McChesney, Illinois manager for Cen
eral Leonard Wood in the pre- -conven-
tion campaign, and Charles Picz, for
mer head of the United States Ship
ping Board.
$50 Workers in Plan
After breakfast they marched to the
Senator's home and were introduced
to Mrs. Harding. Aftc- several hours
of informal discussion of campaign
matters they walked TO the Union Sta
tion, accompanied by Senator Harding
who ordinarily waves goodby to his
visitors from the front porch.
1t was announced before Senator
Harding left Washington for Marion
that no contributions in excess of
$1,000 would be received by the Ways
and Means Committee of the National
Committee. The organization perfect
ed in Chicago will permit the raising
of an adequate fund in spite of this
limitation. 1t is based on an cxecu-
tive committee Of twenty five mem
bers, who arc the directors o the en-
tire volunteer organization. The vol
unteers are divided into three divi-
sions of workers, each with its own
chairman. Each division comprises ten
teams of ten men each, with captain
for each team. This makes, including
the general officers, a total organiza-
tion of $50 mon. "Prospects" will be
card indexed
The plan is to make the drive tor
funds in one week, raise the amount
apportioned Chicago and have the
business finished. In addition to this
organization there will be formed an
auxiliary organization through which
every voter in the city will be given an
opportunity to contribute according to
his means and Interest
"This campaign is going to be
financed by truly popular fund.- MIR
Upham said, before departing for Chi
cago. ARIZONA is going to contribute
It's share IN proper proportion, just OK
actly as New York and Illinois will do.
The idea Of a popular fund has ap-
pealed strongly to the rank and file of
the party
$4,000 Returned
Mr.. UphAm turned over check for
$4,000 to tho Marion Civic Associa-
! ton, no longer functioning, to reim-
burse members Of this non partisan
/ organization for expenditures of a
partisan character incurred pricr to
and during the notification ceremonies.
There is hardly any possibility OF an
interruption Of the front porch cam
palgn before September j. BY that
time most people will have returned
farmers will have harvested their
crops. The first speaking trip, it is
now believed, will be to Minneapolis
where the farmers Of Minnesota, Mon
tana and the Dakotas, Nonpartisap
League territory, are to hold a CON
vention.
Senator Harding has practically fin
shed the speech he will deliver Satur-
day afternoon to delegation from the
neighboring county Of Richland. It
viii not exceed 200 or 1000 words
II is the nominees hope that most Of
the delegations that visit him will be
groups interested in a specific subject
rather than geographical gatherings.
His theory is that mixed delegation.
q cross section. of the life of some city,
would not inspire the elaborated speech
on a single subject that would be oc-
oasioned by q gathering of farmers,
for example. or civil engineers.
Leslie NJ. Shaw, former Secretary Of
the Treasury, called on Senator Hard
ing to-day. After bidding the Senator
goodby he said:
II was greatly pleased but not at all
surprised to find Senator Harding
thinking, not so much of how he can
get the Office to which he aspires as Of
= what he can do with it when he gets it,
The man who has vision in private af-
fairs is sometimes called fnancier.
The man VINO has clear vision in public
affairs is entitled TO be called states
man. The candidate who clearly sees
Election Day is only politician. To
the extent that candidate sees be
yond Election Day he is greater than a
! politician. Senator Harding has vision