The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-20
CAMPAIGN FUNDS ARE
SOURCE GREAT WORRY
10TH POLITICAL PARTIES WON
nppING JUST WHENCE, ARE
COMING "SINEWS OF WAR"
OLD METHODS ARE GONE

Corgress Has Formed the EmDarras-
sing Habit of POking Its Nose into
Comnaign Expenditures. Neverthe-
loss Ghost viii Walk.
Observation-Disclosures to get the
money to finance the campaigns OF
+ba big parties this year is ques-
.;on that is causing not little OF IN
forest speculation and doubt in the
n,;rds Of those who are familiar with
4bo fact that it takes money, much OF
4 to keep the game going from
nominating convention to election
time.
During the past week one of the big
features in connection with candidate
Harding's campaign conference has
hopn where to get the coin. Harry
Daugherty, his campaign manager
and the man who must k0fdin zen
and where to get the sinews o. ~
has been here conferrlng on this mat
fer. as also has been Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, son of the late president;
friends of the late George W. Per-
kins, and others, all directing thef
minds in one direction.
There is no longer Mark hanna
barrel" and even if Hanna were Nv
inc there are cogent reasons why
there would probably this year be no
such lavish contributions to repubil-
can funds. One reason is that of late
congress has formed very embarras-
sing habit of poking its nose into the
doings of the two big parties. Demo-
Gratis investigate the doings OF the re-
nublicans and the republicans IN their
turn put their smelling committees
at work on the least provocatlon to
get something on the democrats. So
there you are. Nobody wants TO De
investigated.
Was Different Formerly.
In the days gone by it was easy Tor
the big monopolistic concerns through
ont the Countrywide big trusts-to
contribute literally with good pros7
nects for favors in return but now 1t
isn't so any more.
Congress- in both branches is work
= ing overtime smelling out for some
thing rotten in political Denmark, but
Z the present financial and economical
situation here-where everyone IS
hunting the profiteer-makes the Dig
monied concern very geechy ABOUT
coming through with the coin: -,
There are statistics on file with
4 congress showing where, in years
gone by, the strong financial concerns
! of the country made no secret OF CON
tributing magnanimously to republl-
4 can slush funds. But such days are
no more. :,
The big concern which would now
give $4,000 or 100000 to cam
paign fund at this time would prob
ably be ierked up by its corporation
heels almost before the ink on IT'S
] check was dry, because there would
i immediately arise the assumption that
i something would be expected IN re-
q turn. The element of profteerlng
would be much too prominent Tor the
general good.
Small Contributions.
This is about the plan which VIII pc
followed, although now candldaVe
Harding's managers are as stngN
! with information as tramp would De
with a new ham bone; contributions
will not be asked in large amounts.
They will be solicited in small denom-
nations for two reasons. one Is Vhat
there must be no semblance OF pig
money from the money trust-whlch
would indicate a lot full of protiteers
and the other is that with the afore-
said congress members poking about
here and there it would certainly spell
! defeat for the republicans should
there be repetition of the Wood ana
4 Lowden slush fund stuff. That Killed
both of these worthy candidates. even
before the doors of the big coliseum
at Chicago swung themselves open
4 and none know it better than the
corps of Washington newspaper men
who were on the job.
The ghost will walk, of course, put
i there will be no prancing ABOUT an
dressed in the finery of big doliar
i marks. This year he will do his MD
night hour-graveyard stunts--ln ms
usual quiet way and watch it, ne VIII
q be there with the goods. There Will
be no big, dazzling punches of the old
time Hannah stuff, but, on the con.
trary, thousands and thousands OF
small contributions from persons TOO
small and insignificant for the con-
i gressional nose to ferret out. Inc
money will count, however, all the
same, and money-plenty OF IT, Is
what the big wigs in the two big par
n Ties ara lOokincr f0Y. now