Evening star., 1928-09-10

| For the party that claims to contain
the minority of plutocrats, the Demo-
Gratis are doing pretty well, judging by
| the August financial statement just
issued at their national headquarters.
It's true that, compared to the Repub-
| licans' gross August receipts OF $3.50, ,O39,
| the Democrats drummed up only $455,-
| 797 during that month. But the
G. o. P. produced nothing to match the
| quartet of $4,000 contributions made
| to AL Smiths cause by his bosom
friend "Bill' Kenny, Pierre du Pont,
Herbert Lehman (the Democratic
finance chairman) and M. J. Meehan,
"Mickey"> Meehan is the Wall Street
| plunger who cleaned up millions last
Spring on Radio Corporation shares.
William H. Todd, New York shipbuilder
and another crony of Gov. Smith, is in
| the Democrats $4,000 column. In the
! same generous category are Bernard M.
| Baruch, Wilsonian old guardsman;
Joseph p Day, famous Manhattan
auctioneer, and the brothers, Nathan
Hugh and Percy Straus, the present
heads of the Macy Department Store.
The Democrats are still 1880 600 snort
of the $4,000000 total set by Chairman
| RaSkob.
Diverting explanations are current as
to why both the Republicans and the
Democrats are not stirring up the gold
dust at a dizzier rate. In the case OF
| the Republicans the alibi advanced is
that the Hoover management radlates
so serene confidence of victory that men
and women who might otherwise be In
| contributory mood are saying: "What
the use?" AS for the Democratic faith
full, they are naturally impressed by the
fact that the finance chairman OF Gen
eral Motors is running the campaign,
| and some of them in consequence are
arguing that the whereWithal will be
forthcoming without imposing any bur-
dens upon the party rank and file. And
then. of course, there's Bill Ken
nv's avoWal before the Senate cam
J paign funds committee that his bank
account is at "Al's" disposal ad llbltum.
Nobody doubts the good faith OF the
respective party managements IN pup
fishing their periodical balance-sheets,
but, whatever these shoWings disclose,
it's an open secret that neither tne
Hoover nor the Smith people are 'WQr-
| ried over money. The Republicans
never lack war sinews. It's a new
sensation for the Democrats to be on
Easy Street.
X X X
Charles M. SchWab Bethlehem Steel
| king, has Just revealed that the G. O
p. made an unsuccessful attempt tc
appoint him 1928 national campaign
treasurer II think more OF my ]ot
than I do of politics" Schwab has Just
announced. Incidentally, he's neutral
as between Hoover and Smith. He
| hot n fuar OnnH
knows and likes each of them, but il
he's made up his mind which one OF
them will get his vote, SchWab hasn't
let anybody be the wiser.
X X X
James j. Davis. Secretary Of Labor,
hopes to wind up his farewell six months
in Office by bringing about useful re-
form at the port of New York. He
seeks to end the exasperating delay
to which homecoming Americans anc
other ship passengers are subjected BY
the existing quarantine requirements
Instead of stopping incoming liners
couple of hourssor longer at Quarantine
in order that immigration medical in
spectors may see whether the passenger
list is entitled to good bill of health,
Secretary Davis would have an immi-
grafton inspector and public health
oficer aboard all transatlantic vessels
These officials would make their eXami'
nations en- route. SO that by the time
ships reached American waters the work
would be done and the present delay
at Quarantine avoided. Only 13 doctors
are now available to handle the enor'
nous number of ocean arrivals at New
York under the system which Jim
Davis wants to blot out.
| n
Probably the greatest change the
campaign has wrought in Herbert
Hoover Is to convert him from an ordi'