Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1908 — RETURNS CAMPAIGN FUNDS. [ARTICLE]

RETURNS CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

Marshall Refuses to Accept Money From Any Person. Columbia City, Ind., November 6. —Thomas R. Marshall spent Wednesday and Thursday receiving the congratulatory messages which poured in from all parts of the State from friends and in reading the correspondence which had piled up during the last weeks of the campaign. At the beginning 6f the campaign Mr. Marshall made the" statemene that be would accept no assistance in financing his canvass of the State, but in spite of this letters were received at his office almost daily during the last two months, either containing or offering money for expenses of the campaign. No accurate account has been kept, but the total is nearly >3,000. Mr. Marshall has accepted none of this, and is now engaged in returning to ths contributors their contributions. The sources from which this money came were not even iq a single instance saloon keepers or brewers, nor did any of them consult Mr. Marshall at any time. The largest single offer was one of |6OO. Large numbers of letters came with flO bills Inclosed, and all of these will be answered personally and the money refunded by Mr Marshall.