Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-18

bribery went on in the State that year.
II Is charged TINT the voters were bought
In blocks Of five.
MARK HANNA USED MUCH MofEY.
Mark Hanna spent fortune during the
closing days Of the campaign Of 1896. The
reports from the West while MIR. Bryan
was swinging the circle, seriously alarmed
the Republican managers. A call for more
money was therefore sent out by them,
The financial interests Immediately re-
sponded In the State Of Iowa which the
Republicans believed had become doubt
ful, more than 100000 wag expended.
There was o similar situation IN 1888
-Four days before the election, Matt
Quay, then chairman Of the Republican
National Committee, notified Senator
platt Of New York that he must have two
hundred thousand dollars. The money
was raised with the assistance gf Coils 7.
Huntington. The situation during the
closing days Of 1884 also worried the Re
publican managers and caused them to
ask for more money They decided that
New York. New Jersey and Connecticut
were doubtful and that $3.50 600 was need
ed 10 swing those States. James G.. Blaine,
their standard bearer, contributed $4,000
of this sum and other members Of the
the candidate TO advance the rest They
promised il would he repaid 10 him after
the election. Mr.. Blaine accordingly adj
vanced 100000 more. The amount was
never repaid and il is said that TO reeoup
his losses Blaine wrote his famous VIwen-
ty Years in Congress"
CORPORATIONS ALWAYS CHIP IN.
The business interests and corporations
have always been liberal contributors to
the party campaign funds. The large ones
usually give % both sides, the biggest
check 10 the one most likely TO win.
During the campaig1s Of 1896 and 1000,
however. the Eastern business and cor
porate interests were hostile tn MIR. Bryan
and in the first campaign his fund came
entirely from the West. The next time he
ran. the Democrats tried the endless chain
system. So confident were the friends Of
Mr. Bryan after 1896, that he could be
named again in 1900, that they started 10
raise money this way as early as 1897. III
was by canvassing country districts Tor
subscriptions OF dollar a month The
sum raised by this method, however, was
entirely inadequate The candidacy OF
MIR Cleveland, on the other hand, al
ways attracted heavy contributors. When
he became the nominee of his party in 1892
| the fund at the disposal Of the Democrats
was very large. much Of it being raised by
Willaes G. Whitney. Benjamin Harrison,
on the contrary, was not so popular with
the rnoneyed men.
The raising Of funds IS usually delegated
to more than one man IN the party. While
the treasurer of the national committee y
usually supposed 10 do the collecting, he Is
| never without assistants Lew L Morton
was well-known az collector Of campaign
/ funds. His system was to make list Of
| those on whom he intended 70 call with the
| amount he expected them 70 contribute
set opposite their names. They usually
responded favorably Marshall Jewell also
| had reputation as Republican col
! hector. having raised as much as s7O,OO0
in Boston in single day During the
| Tariff fight in 1888, John Wanamaker
| acted for the Republicans in Pennsyl-
vania and got together nearly half mil
| lion dollars. stephen Il. Elkins was also a
| famous collector. The late Roswell =.
| Flower, Congressman and governor OF
| New York, gathered many campaign
| funds for the Democrats. William 6.
| Whitney and Abraham ). Hewitt did also