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B fcl. ,, I it H .JT I )'' RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF I. How Honey Was Raised f Presidential - -- Bofi Democratic and Republican parties spent nearly $2,000,000 each for expenses :: No longer : able to gouge corpora tions, both sides appealed directly to, the people for , huge funds and succeeded Js. r. Tv J tf Jv vA Campaiors. yy7 ) s v 7 .... v c&'M MAPOffum t BwhI ' 'liyUWW i i,iii WW WW1 ii v r hfw(i naiikkdurimnBw'-: -.'j . - .j khi : t f . . v .- - t. . mi Je-' t-CSBBk. nw ) .v ... IT T lB ri ir i jKMWiiir 1 Vi4m mk&fctvrij k-k f, Ki 1l jit .iCTiiir ,. J !rMBnllBiiL i -.1 nH3m(3Ki pis rara iiiwifif m 'miwmimmzmZ) 'iii fin r K.ifhrrri ":uTii,u' c:ii aavaiBaaaiBiBa wm mt wllwTL nniinci JiM.'iiiAtk f.i -. bbw.x.1 TaiaiBiBiBm. .t - -arin .....; -j -.;-. . vzy ismm Henrvttoraenkhau. W?m 'W ' - i. I' TI IP r- v - Sl " r - x - Cornelius Bliss Jr. Republican Treasurer & 1 M lOraenlhau. Chairman DemnrTHr , ftmnce Committee. OW that U'h till ,settkMl for ntiotlior four years, you may bo Interested to know liow tin money wan raised to conduct tlm world's Kreatest political sliow. Well, lioro Is the whole, story with everything exposed secret passages, fqmlly Khostn, mystery, In ,trlKiie, lights, shallows, trapdoors a nun 1111: n'.ii 111 1 in: niiiKi- iiuii;ni H told hy n writer In the ?iew York Sun: Presidential caiupnlgus cost a great ileal of money. The Job of. gettliiK this money they call f raising the wind. When the amount required Is between Sl.fiOO.OOO and $2,000,000 one can see that the olllce of treasurer of a national commit tee Is no sinecure. It wn.s stated publicly the other day by Henry Morgcnthau, who as chairman of the Democratic finance committee, was a sort of financial over lord of this end of the gamu for the Democrats, that the Irreducible minimum of Democratic needs this year had been placed at $1300,000. Four yenrs ago It was $1,100,000. The Republicans did not make public their own-estimate of expenses. When the campaign was In Its Infancy they figured It out ns about $1,000,000. Later the amount was raised to $1. COO.000. And at a still later gathering of Ue publlcans to discuss this question certain gentle men of great political experience Informed young Mr. Bliss that 'the high cost of campaigns would probably make It necessary this year to spend close to $2,000,000 before November 7. The reason why It costs more now to run a campaign Is because everything Is higher. The cost of printing has tripled, for one thing, cam paign buttons cost twice as much, railroad fares .are higher. And so It goes. When the Republicans were looking around for someone to raise the wind this year their eyes fell upon young Mr. IHIss, for a good reason. 'Ills father was the Republican treasurer In three national campaigns. After some hesitation Mr. Bliss took the job, In which ho has ever slnco displayed the one quality conslflered n prerequi site to a successful Republican treasurer mod esty, Nobody but the' campaign managers themselves 'ever heard much of Mr. Illlss around national headquarters. Ills ofllce was on 11 floor below 'the chairman's. People who got off thero by mis take thought they had wandered Into the offices 'of a big up-to-date mercantile corporation. Thero were many clerks, many adding mnchlncs and 'many typewriters. It was from these offices, where scarce a foot Ifall was heard, that Treasurer IMIss raked the country for Republican money, not only In the form of largo subscriptions when ho xouhl get thcm, but also In the form of $10 subscriptions to what ho called his sustaining membership fund. Tho contributor to this got a nice little certltlcato showing that ho had been enrolled ns n sustain ing member of tho Q. O, P. This was Mr, Illlss' popular-subscription plan. Tho scheme Mr. Iillss brought out rwas n de velopment of one tried successfully by yfWInm Barnes when ho was head of tho state eommltteo, This plan was to invito $10 subscriptions to a epeclal' fund and In return hand out ?oino llttlo honorarium. Mr. Barnes succeeded In raising $GO,00 by this pirn In tho state of How Xork alone when everybody was hard up. Mr. Bliss raised about half a million. Under the Bliss plan local committees were formed in every town In the country. These committees did the work of collecting the $10 subscriptions. To get these committees Mr. Bliss made up tho biggest mnlllng list ever seen. He corresponded with every stato chairman nnd through these ofllclals got the county chairmen to draw up lists of possible contributors. When the lists were turned In appeals were made direct to those on the lists. iThe result is thnt shortly beforo election Mr. Bliss was getting frequently as much ns $i,000 lira single day's mall. Of course, under this plan contributions were not limited to $10, noiv were contributions of n smaller amount spurned. All were welcomed, but It required $10 at least to become enrolled as n sustaining member. Whatever may have been the success achieved by Mr. Bliss, tliere were persons around Demo cratic headquarters In New York, Just around the corner from the Republican shop, who were will ing to bet thnt Mr. Marsh would beat Mr. Bliss to a frnzzlo In collecting money from tho real "peepul." Out In Iowa, Mr. Marsh's, homo state, he has n record of being one of the grentest luonoy-rnlsors ever seen. The Marsh plan, soon In full swing, wns noth ing more than the good old "every-memher-enn-vnss" scheme which the churches out In Town re sort to when they nre fulling behind In current expenses or want to make n bonfire of tho mort gage. Marsh and his young men, some of them church workers, believed that If it could be worked successfully for n church It could be worked In the country as a whole for tho Demo cratic party. . An essentlnl feature of tho every-momber-enn-vass plan Is team work. Anyone who has ever been waited upon with a request to subscribe to n church fund to burn tho mortgage knows that not one person but two do the visiting. Confront ed thus by superior numbers tho prospect gener ally capitulates. To organize such teams In every town and hamlet of the United States wns tho task which Marsh nnd his Iowa hustlers set themselves to do. This Is the wny they did It: The name of a good Democrat In every town was first secured. Then n communication wns sent to him asking 1dm to forward at once to head quarters the names of six or eight men In the town who would feel It an honor to he named ns un auxiliary flnnnce committee of tho Democratic national committee, designating ono man on the list to bo appointed chairman. By return mall each man so named got his credential, a little card bearing the pictures of Wilson nnd Marshall, and announcing thnt tho Democratic natlonnl committee had been pleased to appoint him a member of Its flnnnce commit tee. With tills card went a personal letter from Trcnsuror Marsh calculated to mako tho now member of tho Democratic finnnco commlttco get busy, nere, for example, la ono paragroph from Mr. Marsh's letter, which as n wholo sounds Ilka the follow-up campaign of a man selling patent clothespins: "I wish 1 might visit with you face to faco and Impress you with tho tremendous importnnco of , this work. To my mind It Is far reaching. Wo nro absolutely dependent upon It for tho money to carry on tho campaign; moreover, It Is lm- DOOMED TO REMAIN GUARDSMEN TO STAY ON MEXI. CAN BORDER. PLANS FOR LASTING PEACE According to German Chancellor that Country Will Take Lead Rail roads Will Attack the Adnmson Law. Western Newspaper Union News Service. San .Antonio, .Tex. - National guardsmon are not to bo discharged from tho federal Bervlco for any rea son other than the "interest of tho government," according td now In sfouetfoua from 'Secretary of War Baker to Fouthern department head q'uariers. It wns admitted byofucora hero thnt this ruling practically closes (ho door to members of the na tional guard who aro desirous of leav ing the service for various reasons. The Information' also was given that It was Impossiblo for tho war depart ment to say definitely when tho vari ous organizations of any particular or ganization of national guards would be ibturned to their homo stations. Included In tho order was tho ox pla nation that "tho granting of all tho numerous applications of business and professional .men, for discharge from the national guard would disorganize many militia units and seriously lm pair tho ofllcioncy. of. thot'scrtrlco, nnd favorablo action oir.anyUndlyldun! ap plication would be a manifest diaijmr lnation against many soldiers similar ly circumstanced and equally deserv ing of'favdrhblo consideration." " Will Attack Adnmson Law Chicago; Illj-rSulb to tost the consti tutionality of tho AdaniBon lav( slm. liar to tho cases filed in Kansas City has .been Btartcd In tho fcd-eral district court hero by Jacob M. Dickinson, re cotver for tho Rock -IsIand railroad. All railroads of tho country are con sidering tho filings of, injunction suits attacking tho Adamsou law as was done by tho Chicago, Rock island and Pacific and tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fc, according to Vice President Sewall of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. PLANS FOR LASTING PEACE peratlve, because by having the citizen who loves his country finance the campaign we are keeping the government absolutely uninfluenced by per sons who have ulterior motives. Through you und the other party lenders I plan to make a personal solicitation of everyone who can nfford to give nnd who feels an enthusiastic Interest In the re-election of President Wilson, This Is a campaign for the people nnd It must be paid for by tho people. "Every patriotic nnd loyal person ought to give to tho point where It really means some thing pf n sacrifice (o him. To pnn thin might mean n thousand dollars or mor,e; to another, It might menn $500 or $50 or n dollnr. This Is tho spirit of giving which r hope you will Inspire. I want to know the names nnd amount each gives and will keep n, permanent card index record of this. 1 will classify cltjcs by population and make a comparative record of tho amount given by enoh. I feel certain you vill see to It that your city Is well up In this roll of" honor." But tho renl details of Mr.' Marsh's every-mem-ber-ennvass scheme wore explnlned In still an other communication from national headquarters, printed on pink paper. It was .entitled "How to Do It," and Is In Mr. Marsh's best style. Here Is what It said: ' "Success depends upon team work nnd upon getting Into the game right away. To this end you nnd eacli of the other members of your com mittee nre urged to adopt the following plan nnd stick closely to It: "1. On the dny you receive this letter moko n list of every person you know, be he Democrat, Republican. Progressive or Independent every forward-looking mnn and womnn whom yon know or believe to ho Interested In the re-election of Woodrow Wilson and set opposite his name tho amount you believe he can nffnrd to give, "2. Hnvo your committee meet at once, com pare notes, nnd together prepare n complete list of every possible contributor with the amount your committee estimates ho should give. tin r 11 . . ".1. iransmu immediately to me personally n conservative estlmnto of the amount your com mittee believes we may count upon receiving through your efforts. We need this estimate at once'; please see thnt It Is mailed within three dnys nfter you receive this letter. "I. Divide your committee Into teams of two and three to canvass personally and collect this money. You can work more effectively In pnlrs than singly, for It Is harder for n fellow to say 'No' to n committee of his neighbors than to one person. "5. Apportion your list of prospective contrib utors nmong your subcommittees and mako It tho business of your committeo to call upon ench one of these prospects In person. Do not let this 1)0 hlt-or-mlss work, but do it systematically, and do it without delny." As fast as these committees got any money they sent It directly to Treasurer Marsh. No mntter how small his contribution eacli contributor re ceived an engraved receipt nnd Ills nnmo went on Mr. Marsh's card Index, as a result of which honor ho will probably get another nppenl four years from now. Shorty before election, Mr. Marsh lnvted somo of his doubting friends into his office to see w'hat these committees were doing. Piled high on his desk was tho day's mall from theso finance com mittees, Ench letter Inclosed either a check or hnd pinned to It real money. Somq chnlrmen could hardly write legibly, but attached to each letter there was tho list In ench cu80 of the peoplo who had contributed tho amounts, running from 2.r cents to $r00. In ono day's mall tho checks and cashtcontrlhutlons, Mr. Marsh said, ninountcd to moro than $20,000. In fnct, tUo nverngo day's receipts during part of October were about $15,000. Germany Will Take the Lead Accord ing to Chancellor. Berlin. Chancellor von Bethmann llollweg has announced that after tho ending of tho war Germany will co operate in nn endeavor to find n prac tical means for procuring lasting peace by means of an international league. iTho semi-official Overseas news agency i;nvo out the following account of thp "hnucellor's address: "Tho chancellor made beforo tho relchstag main committeo a most Im portant speech about tho questions of an International union for peaco and cnnnectol with it tho problem ns to tho origin of tho present war. In do ng ,so the chancellor roplled to tho spqech made by Lord Groy, British 'oreig'n secretary, to foreign newspaper men in which ho said that tho origin of tho present war must influence peaco conditions, and that Germany would be entitled to nsk for guaran tees against futnro attacks it t)io present war really were forced upon Germnny. Of courso Lord Groy at onco added that Germany's interpre tation of tho origin of tho war was Incorrect and that tho war was forced oy Germany." State Newspaper Men to Meet. Lincoln, Neb. Tho Nobraska Press association will convene In this city Saturday of this week, In an adjourned sosslon of tho regular 191G meeting. Tho meetings will bo hold nt tho Com mercial club, following a reception Fri day night at tho same place, to visit ing Journalists, filvon by tho legal fra ternity of Lincoln. Census Increase In Fifteen Yeas Washington. Tho population of tho United Stales has Incroascd 24,000, 000 peoplo in tho last fiftcon years and tho number of beof animals has decreased 6,000,000 and sheep 10,000, 000, whilo hogB havo increased only 11,000,000. THE STRICTEST ATTENTION ljr wiivic4 I Rumanians Gain Ground. Berlin. Tho Rumanians havo gain ed further ground on tho Transylvan lan front in tho Tulghes sector, it Is announced officially. Noar Bodza pass Austro-Gorman forces recaptured po sitions taken rocontly by tho Rumanians. Former Queen Very III. San Francisco. Lilluokalanl, forraor queen of Hawaii, is very 111 at Hono lulu nnd may pass away at any time, according to Information 'rocolved hero. must be paid to the first evidence of weak ness in the stomach, liver or bowels Neglect only invites illness. BE WISE IN TIME-TRY HOSTETTER'S ' STOMACH BITTERS WHERE DEATH LURKS ALWAYS Bullets Sing Without Ceasing, and Birds Sometimes, in "No Man's Land" on Battle Front But it Is 11 wonderful thing, that strip we call No Man's Land, running from the North sea. to Switzerland GOO miles. All the way along the line, day nnd night, without a moment's cessation, through nil theso 'long months, men's eyes havo been glaring ncross that forsaken strip, iiudiU.'UU has been llyliu to and fro over It. ' To show yourself means, (loath. ' "But I iuive heard n 'lark trilling over' It In the early morning ns sweetly ns-nny bird over sung over nn English meadow, A lane r of death f00 miles long, .strewn from end to end with the remnlns of soldiers. And to cither slUe of It all through those r00' miles, n warren 'of trenches,' dugouts, saps, tunnels, underground passages, Inhab ited, not by rabbits, but hyiiuIlUons of rats, it Is" true, nnd millions of hiv ing, busy men, vlth countless billions of rounds' of deatll-denllng ammuni tion, and a complex organization ns closely ordered und complete us. the organization of any city In England. From a British Ofilc'er's Letter In tho Forum. Cure that cold Do it today. cascaraBquinine The old family remedy In tablet form safe, cure, easy to take. No ophites no unpleasant after effects. , Cures colds in 24 hours Grip in 3 days. Money bock if it falls. Get tho Kcnuino box with Red Top and Mr. Hill's picture on it-25 cents. At Any DrusStor 80a" Wkifi Ut nttttr. Plk, ou look u tkottf b jia "moI mIjiIbi rtor rM" I rttlur ''I'di .0J07I0J It will tsotiik only I'm think. Hi how I got 1 tulttr with mr daiptptU ifurwvdi. Om whit, but I'd fit firm it I Muld tara a)nclt Ioom n4 Ml iTtr itT-dtrsKl Itlif I wul, wi M tlr tolkid." J , Poor lid ehj dldal know bai U crMI rtmtd) Green's August Flower A blessing; to those with weak stom achs, constipation, nervous Indigestion and similar disorders. When the stom ach and bowels are in working order general good health prevails. When notlnworktagorder.uscareen'sAugust Rower. 25c and 75c. at all Druggists. Too Great a Change. "How did you enjoy thosu two weeks on your farm In tho country?" "Not us well us I expected. I suf fered from 11 laak of my nccustomed cNerclse." "Your accustomed exercise?" "Certainly ; dodging delivery wagons, street cars, and automobiles, tuid Jump ing over holes In tho street." Business and Pleasure. Ho Is u wise man who does not let his business Interfere with his pleasure at all times I Aurora, Neb. Followed by a funeral train of automobiles, moro in longth, tho body of Silas B. Barton, lato re publican candldato for congress in tho Fifth district, was convoyed to tho Aurora comotory and now rosta bosldo his father. Masonlo and United Work mon bodies took part In tho funeral coromonles, Business In Aurora stopped for a while In honor of Us fornier cltlzon and hundrods of Ham ilton county people attondod tho aenr lces at tho grave. Mr. Barton was born and rnlsod In Hamilton county. The Reason. "How did they get Into tho sctfnp?" "Trying to preservo their neutral ity." THE HIGHEST QUALITY MACARONI 36 fye Recipe Book fhe SKINNER MFG.CO.. OMAHA, USA lAXCUT MACM0XI fACTOHY IN AMU1CA DEFIANCE STARCH is constantly crnwlnu In favor hftcausn lt Does Not Stick to the Irof 4 and it will not injure the finest fabric. Fot'1. 16 01. package 10c H more lurch for tame money. DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omtka, Nebraska laundry purposes it has no equal, ' al. . m 1 '.(3 N Y ?1 V .