Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1908 — PEOPLE GIVE MONEY [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE GIVE MONEY

New Orleans Editor Receives $7,000 for the Democratic Fund. ROBERT EWING TELLS ABORT IT Encouraging Reports Come from Many States. fit - .«=■ Oregon for Bryan—Wisconsin in Line —Minnesotans Enthuse— Even Ohio Will Defeat Taft, ' Says Ed. Mahon. Chicago, 111., Sept,—Special—lf publishers of Democratic papers throughout the country are as successful as Mr. Bobt. Ewing of the New Orleans Stales in raising funds for the Democratic* national campaign, Chairman Moses C. Wet more of the finance committee will not want for money to meet legitimate campaign expenses. Mr. Ewing, who lias boon here attending the meeting of the Democratic national committee, has collected a popular subscription fund of approximately $7,000. This has been accomplished within the past three or four weeks. Mr. Ewing predicts that the States' fund will grow and that it will final ly be as much os $20,000. “Our people are taking a lively interest in this work of raising a popular fund for the election of Bryan and Kern,” said Mr. Ewing today. “They realize fully the importance of getting a sufficiently large fund to run the campaign, and they know that this money must come from the people. The trusts and the special interests will save the Republican party the necessity of going out and raising money by small subscriptions. That is the reason this unprecedented collection of a campaign fund for the election of presidential candidates has been comparatively easy. Every parish in the state is swelling the fund. Already Democrats are regarding the contribution of funds for the election of Bryan and Kern as a patriotic duty. Fully five hundred registrars and judges of election in Louisiana, who earn $3.00 a day for their services one day in each campaign year, have contributed their earnings to the Democratic national campaign fund. That shows tlie extent of the personal sac | rifices being made by Democrats in j this presidential contest.” The Democratic national committee is not overlooking opportunities in Pacific coast states and a very vigorous cnnpnign is to lie conducted in those western states. The rcqtogts Chairman Mack lias received Yrom California, Oregon and Washington are convincing that Democrats have a fine chance to cany all of those states. The national 1-011111111100 will work in harmony with the state committees. Speaking of political conditions in the west. National Committeeman Mil ler. of Oregon, said today: “Bryan and Kern oil! carry Oregon this year, though 1 notice in the morning papers that United States Senator Jonathan Bourne says that Democrats haven’t a chance in the west. The best answer I can make to this statement is to cite Senator Bourne ns an authority against himself. Prior to the Republican national convention, (lie senator was proclaiming from one end of the country to tin* other that the nomination of Judge Taft would result in Ids defeat in the nation and a loss of Oregon to the Republican party. Mr. Bourne was for the renominatibn of President Roosevelt, but I think at the time he correctly diagnosed the situation in Oregon, when he declared that Taft could not carry tlie state against Bryan. , •‘Conditions are highly favorable to the Democracy in Pacific const states." continued Mr. Miller, “and I believe Mr. Bryan will grt relatively a larger per cent of tlie Republican vote in those states than in any others of like population in tlie country. The Denver platform is the best ever put forwaid by a party, and it appeals with particular force to Pacific coast i>coplo.” Representative Janies W. Murphy, of tlie Tided Wisconsin Congress! nal district, was a caller at Democratic headquarters today. He thinks Democrats have a fine chance to carry Wisconsin this year. He told Chairman Mack as much and went over with hire. tin* political situation in (lie state, “There is a wonderful change in public opinion towards Mr. Bryan this year." said Congressman Murphy. “This is particularly noticeable in cities where Bryan and Kern clubs are being organized. In Milwaukee one night last week, a Democratic club was sitarled with an enrollment of 2SO members. This was in a precinct Micro tin* total Democratic vote four years ago was only 30. This shows the drift towards Democracy in Wisconsin. and I hear like reports from all the states of the west.” J Chairman Moses C. Wetmore of the finance * committee stated today that I.SOO papers had joined in the movement to raise a iiopiilar subscription fund with which to run the Democratic campaign. He says, in his opinion, every Democratic paper in the United States will Join in this movement. Senator Thos. F. Brady, of New York, famous as an orator in the Tam many organization, was another caller at Democratic headquarters where he spent some time with Chairman Mack. Senator Grady has been on a two months' trip through the

yretft. He thinks Mr. Bryan win be elected president. He says Mr. Bryan has great strength among the western people who admire and believe in him. In every place that I visited, said Senator Grady, I heard Republicans say they would vote for Bryan in preference to Taft. Of course. New York Is going Democratic this year, and conditions favor a Democratic victory.” John A. Ilartigan, Insurance Commissioner of Minnesota, who called at Democratic headquarters, is very enthusiastic over Democratic prospects In that state. “Johnson will be elected governor.” he said, "and we will make a great fight all along the line for JJie Democratic ticket. There is no factionalism in our party. There are no Johnson men and there are no Bryan men. All Democrats are Bryan and Johnson Democrats and are working with enthusiasm and vigor for the state and national tickets. We are going to win tills year.” “Many people express surprise when the statement is made that Taft will fail to carry his own state this year, but It is my confident opinion that Ohio will give its electoral vote to Bryan and Kern.’ 1 ’ Tills statement came from Ed. Mahon, a prominent business man in Columbus, Ohio, who called at Democratic headquarters to arrange for the distribution of literature in the Ohio contest “We want all the literature we can get" said Mr. Mahon, “for the people are iu a very receptive mood this year. It is surprising to Democrats to find so many Republicans in Mr. Taft’s own state who are for Bryan and Kern. I never knew the Democratic party to be in as good shape as it is iu Ohio today. We are not only going to elect a Democratic governor, bnt we are going to beat Mr. Taft right in his own bailiwick.”