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Show Democrats, So staunch an anti-expansion paper as the New York Herald declares de-clares that half a million dollars will be raised among the Democratic office holders of New York and Brooklyn. I This is certainly credible, and if that I much can be done In these localities alone, it is an Indication that ten times as much money could probably be raised In other Democratic cities, all taken together, especially since Mr. Bryan has pointed ont that the Bryan-Ite Bryan-Ite campaign is very fortunate in having hav-ing control of the organization in the chief cities. Perhaps this Is the real reason that he had In mind for congratulating con-gratulating himself. The New York Journal Mr. William H. Hearst's socialist daily newspaper here, strongly urges the nomination of Comptroller Coler for governor. Croker Crok-er is against that and will probably prevail. Coler seems to be a pretty brave and honest man. though it must be admitted that his critics themselves admit that they have not quite gone to the bottom of this particular ease of reform. They know only too well that human nature Is human nature, wherever you find it. If it is true, as Mr. Coler contends, that commercialism commercial-ism In politics is the most horrible thing in the world, it is argued even by some of his friendly critics that he must not have had a sufficiently good advantage to be commercially in politics poli-tics himself. It makes a difference whose ox Is gored. In proof of which two stories, and pretty good ones, are always recalled re-called here when we hear so many of these predictions, largely known to be false, on the part of leading Democrats that what they really love more than anything else is the "dear peepul." One story relates to the Hon. "Buck" Hinrlchseu. A year ago last July the Democratic National committee met in Chicago. Ex-Gevernor Stone, Mr. Bryan and others, after the chief business bus-iness of the meeting was over, were invited to attend the opening of the new Chicago canaL Buck Hinrichsen was there, his pockets fairly bulging with street ear and railroad passes, and the telephone and telegraph franks that usually are sent to the gentleman with the real pull. It is related with every mark of proof that ex-Governor Stone saw these evidences of corporation corpora-tion favor and asked the Honorable "Buck" to procure for him a pass back to St. Louis, whither he did not want to walk. Some one asked if the ex-governor ex-governor of Missouri would fall so low as to accept a pass from a corporation, when Mr. Stone said: "What. I? Try me!" The other story is the old, old one. about Mayor Jones of Toledo. He was such a good man, and doubtless is still such a good man, that he does not believe be-lieve In government by injunction. But when somebody with an invention rivaling his own' famous sucker-rod patent proposed to do business in spite of .Touvs. the socialist golden-rule mayor may-or of Toledo promptly applied forau injunction in-junction according to the usual legal form. .- . . - -; -- Ir itnps" s-Vni to make a difference after af-ter all, whose ox is pared. The newspapers here seemed to delight, de-light, when Chairman Jones was last upon the spot, to ask him all about the American Cotton Company. They wanted to know if that was a trust, and if he was really in it, and if it was popular among the plantation owners of the South and elsewhere. Mr. Jones made more or less evasive replies. The most pointed questions were not answered, perhaps because nobody thought to ask them. The American Cotton Company is capitalized at $7,-000.000. $7,-000.000. No one is foolish enough to pretend that that amount of money has been paid In or that the company has property of any kind that by the widest wid-est stretch of the imagination could be set down as worth any such figure. Seven hundred thousand dollars, perhaps per-haps seventy thousand dollars, would fully represent the actual property of the company. It is not likely that the personality of Mr. Jones himself on the Democratic side of the Senate, and also in the finance committee of the Senate, has any seven-dollar interest, or seventy-dollar interest, or indeed any seven hundred dollar interest in the American Ameri-can Cotton Company. His pile has been made -out of these possessions. Since he has always been a poor man and has never been known as a promoter pro-moter of financial or manufacturing enterprises, the conclusion is irresistible irresisti-ble that the American Cotton Company was a good thing for Mr. Jones, either because of his political prominence or because of his prominence In the finance committee of the Senate; for he and John E. Searles, the head of the American Cotton Company and the former treasurer and the real head of the sugar trust are dear old friends. They have met many a time on the gory field of trust legislation at the national na-tional capital. What so natural as that Mr. Searles should put his good friend Jones in the way of making his everlasting ever-lasting fortune out of the American Cotton Company? Jones is considered to be a rich man. Where did he get It? This is the significant sig-nificant question that the New York papers forgot to ask Mr. Jones. He has not patented a million-dollar Invention. He is not a great money raiser for commercial com-mercial purposes. He unquestionably holds large quantities of the stock, mostly watered, of course, of the American Cotton Company. Here is another evidence that It makes a difference whose ox Is gored. ' DEMOCRATIC BOODLE. And Something About Trusts of Interest In-terest to Chairman Jones. (Special Correspondence.) New York, Aug. 29. It must not be supposed that the Democratic National committee is going to be without funds in this political campaign. In fact, it Is abundantly in funds at present, and all signs indicate that it will continue to be "flush" throughout. That is already al-ready evident from the way in which Chairman Jones and his committee are siiending money, and furthermore, It is not hard to imagine, or Indeed to find out exactly, where immense amounts of the "dough" are coming from. The New York World, the leading Democratic paper here, has stated positively pos-itively in so many words that William A. Clark of Montana (whom it calls "ex-Senator" as If he had been in the Senate), gave his check just before he sailed for Europe to Chairman Jones for $100,000, promising to do more and better later on if it should be necessaryand neces-saryand of course it will be necessary. neces-sary. ' The World also quotes "Senator" Clark's friends as declaring that the Montana, multi-mllllonalre and briber would rather give $500,000 than see the electoral vote of his own state cast for McKinley.' - ; ' It Is difficult to realize that so much money could be spent for such a purpose pur-pose In so comparatively small a state, yet those who are best posted about such matters consider it entirely possible, pos-sible, In view of what Mr. Clark has done In similar directions hitherto. It goes without saying that Clark and his Montana delegation were not admitted to the Kansas City convention without his agreeing to do something handsome in return; and Clark has evidently made a beginning, trough perhaps a small one, in doing that handsome thing. The World, by the way, prints a facsimile fac-simile of the Clark check for $100,000, so that its existence ' would seem to have been real. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire Is well remembered for- his extraordinary extraordi-nary and successful efforts to keep William Wil-liam A. Clark out of the Senate; and now It Is a commonly accepted fact In New Hampshire that Clark is going to return these courtesies by spending no end of money, all that might be required, re-quired, to defeat Mr. Chandler for reelection. re-election. It is doubtful if this kind of thing will go In New Hampshire, especially es-pecially if it becomes sufficiently well known that Clark Is determined upon that course. The incident doubtless a true one, is sufficient to Illustrate, however, that Clark has all kinds of money to spend, a fact long well known; and that he Is willing to spend it, and he is not much more particular abut the locality where his leg is pulled than he is about tbe method by which the act is done. The Democrats, as is well known, are in control of almost all of the large cities, and as no jealousy for civil service ser-vice reform concerns them when they get in, It follows that nearly all of the office holders In the large cities are |